Iringa Mjini Iringa
WHO WE ARE
SCHULBANK is a German-Tanzanian NGO founded in 2013. In cooperation with high-quality educational institutions from primary school to university, we run a scholarship program for orphans and children of very poor families. In addition to the financial support, we accompany the scholarship holders on their educational path to their entry into the profession.
JOB SUMMARY
As a Learning Mentor, you are the companion of children and adolescents in our scholarship program. You have a personal relationship with every scholar, you know the family environment and you are in constant communication with their teachers. You maintain the school results in our monitoring system and analyze the educational development of your mentees. Together with guardians and teachers, you develop individual educational pathways and propose measures to support strong and weak students.
Together with your Tanzanian and German colleagues you develop the structures and processes of your mentoring program and contribute to an optimal learning environment.
monitoring and analysing of schools results
making home visits to talk to parents about issues and to offer advice about strategies to deal with problems
joining parents days and meeting teachers to discuss scholars performance
supporting pupils inside and outside of the classroom
agreeing and writing action plans
manage the tutoring program
aiding pupils with the transition to secondary education
helping pupils to increase their confidence and self-esteem by listening to them and devising appropriate strategies
give SCHULBANK a face and organize joint leisure activities
YOUR COMPETENCIES
Take responsibility. Discretion combined with 100% honesty and trustworthy
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Love working with students.Helpfulness is your strength.
Sensitive in dealing with people and have a pronounced social understanding
Very well structured in the daily work routine, even if frequent interruptions, deadlines or lack of resources make work difficult.
Qualified pedagogue or worked educationally in the educational environment
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
University degree in teaching
Fluency in written and spoken Kiswahili and English
Familiar in using Word, Excel or PowerPoint
WHAT SCHULBANK OFFERS
Interesting perspectives in a fast-growing project
Intercultural co-working with a lot of expertise
A fair salary of a reliable employer
A workplace in downtown Iringa
IMPORTANT!
Please apply in English using your CV (including education, internships, working experiences and employments) and covering letter (as a motivational letter why you are interested in this position and SCHULBANK e.V.) as a single document. Also include actual and expected annual gross compensation for this position and references from former working experiences.
Without this information your application will not be considered.
Please send your application to Edgar Mgembe, jobs@schulbank.net