Iteme Fellow at Kepler College: (Deadline 6 April 2024)

Iteme Fellow

Humanitarian · Kigali, Kigali City

About Kepler

Since Kepler’s launch in 2013, we are building a model of accessible and quality higher education. We provide a different kind of education – one that combines in-person, online and on-the-job learning in service of a singular goal: decent jobs for young Africans. And we have been successful, with more than 90% of scholars employed within six months of graduating. Kepler, through a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), has enrolled more than 1,000 students across our campuses in Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda.

In 2018, Kepler introduced a preparatory program called  Iteme to prepare secondary school graduates from refugee and vulnerable host communities for access and success in higher education. Since 2018, Iteme has prepared 1,171 secondary school graduates across 6 refugee sites in Rwanda and in Kigali, with approximately 65% of them successfully transitioning to tertiary education in Rwanda and abroad, and others to employment opportunities.

In 2022, we piloted an Iteme+ program with entrepreneurship pathways that target Iteme graduates who wish to create or already have their businesses.

Position Description

Kepler is hiring an  Iteme+ fellow to work with the entrepreneurship facilitator in Rwanda. This is a 6 months contract that will support the design, facilitation, and evaluation of Iteme+ classes

Iteme+ fellow will collaborate with the Entrepreneurship Facilitator to manage the Iteme+ Program’s entrepreneurial class, which will serve 20-25 participants. Alongside the facilitator, the Iteme+ fellow’s main duties include co-teaching, monitoring attendance, helping with class delivery, preparing and organizing course materials, leading student office hours, following up with students regularly, providing individualized business consultations, making sure fieldwork is adequately supported for students and more.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Co-teach entrepreneurship classes with the facilitator.
• Ensure accurate reporting, keep track of and record class attendance.
• Prepare and arrange the materials needed for each class session.
• Prepare students for office hours and collaborate with the facilitator to provide more assistance.
• Conduct regular student follow-ups to monitor progress and offer feedback.
• Provide one-on-one business consultations to students as needed.
• Ensure that students’ field activities are adequately supported with relevant resources.
• Help to organize guest speaker sessions, workshops, and networking activities.
• Improve your teaching abilities, and learn from the facilitator’s best practices

Qualifications and eligibility 

• Track record of achievement in business growth, entrepreneurship, or related fields.
• Excellent presentation and communication abilities.
• Demonstrated capacity for productive teamwork.
• Proficient in time management and organizing.
• Understand Rwanda’s local entrepreneurial environment.
• Previous teaching or mentoring experience is a bonus.
• Ability to communicate in Kinyarwanda and fluent in English
• Excellent with using Google Products(creating and uploading files and folders, sharing files folders, google forms, etc.)

Application Link: Click here

Deadline: Interested candidates should apply by April 6, 2024.