Career at Bridge International Academies

Employment Nigeria 05-Feb-2016 LAGOS , Education and Training

Bridge International Academies is the world’s largest and fastest-growing chain of primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 100,000 pupils in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their children to live a very different life. We leverage experts, data, and technology in order to standardize and scale every aspect of quality education delivery, from how and where academies are built to how teachers are selected and trained, and how lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement. We are vertically integrated, tech-enabled, and on our way to profitability. Bridge expects to continue rapid expansion in East Africa, and has just launched operations in Nigeria in September 2015, with India to follow in 2016.

POSITION : Global Curriculum Innovation Director

About the Role
This Role Has Two Main Components:

The focus includes solving problems that (to our knowledge) have not been solved well in the developing world: getting pupils to ask meaningful questions more frequently (and for teachers to respond well); teachers "Checking For Understanding"; shifting the motivation of more pupils from "just complying with the task at hand" to "genuinely seeking comprehension."
Analyzing the high-stakes tests for each country (KCPE, PLE, etc) and finding curriculum improvements that drive up pupil results.

What you will be accountable for:

Try changes to our textbooks and lesson templates in furtherance of the goals above, in a few academies
Then have your most promising changes get outside evaluation by our field work team, to further discover which are ready for pilots in many academies
Analyze data from that pilot, and then lead work to take the best changes - and integrate across our curriculum

A successful scorecard for the CPD in 2016 would include:

Higher C8 gains on the KCPE for 2016 than 2015
Large academic gains in Uganda for C6 pupils in 2016
Our field teams finding large gains from the Innovations

Requirements
What you should have:

Deep knowledge of pedagogy
A track record of generating large measurable test score gains in high-poverty schools
A Bachelor's Degree
Exceptional organization and project management skills
Strong people management skills with experience managing a large team of professionals
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage and execute large-scale projects
Experience with designing and implementing organizational systems
Ability to analyze data and effectively use data to inform decisions
Flexibility and a strong work ethic with an ability to overcome obstacles
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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