English Teacher – Hargeisa

English Teacher – Pharo KG School – Hargeisa, Somaliland

Organisation Overview

Pharo Foundation (the “Foundation”) is a privately funded entrepreneurial organisation that runs philanthropic programmes as well as the for-profit arm, Pharo Ventures. The vision of the Foundation is an economically vibrant and inclusive Africa. The mission is to achieve our vision by investing in Africa’s human and physical capital with a strong focus on job creation.

Established in 2011 as a UK based non-profit, the Foundation has since made a strategic shift to directly design and implement its own programmes to ensure greater engagement with communities, better results and increased accountability. The Foundation has carried out numerous projects in East Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia, Somaliland and Rwanda. The key themes for the philanthropic side of the Foundation are education, health, water and agriculture. At the end of 2019, the Foundation started its Pharo Ventures franchise to prioritise sectors where the Foundation believes a real impact can be made by establishing self-sustaining businesses that focus on job creation.

Pharo Kindergarten provides a wonderfully vibrant learning environment that is hands-on, engaging, and fun. It puts equal emphasis on all child development aspects including cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development. To ensure that holistic development is reached, the kindergarten offers the following learning activities; Languages, Mathematics, Religion, Physical Education, Creative Studies, Science and Social Studies.

Headquartered in London, the Foundation has an operational Head Office in Nairobi, Kenya with country offices in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Assosa), Somaliland (Hargeisa) and Rwanda (Kigali) with further expansion plans in East Africa.

Position : English Teacher

Reporting to: Head Teacher

Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland

Contract Type: Fixed Term – One year

Position Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic kindergarten teacher to foster and facilitate the intellectual and social development of the children. Teaching in kindergarten includes planning, implementing and assessing lessons. The incumbent will teach children with patience and creativity while designing a teaching plan and using activities and instructional methods to motivate children.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans and prepares a daily structured program using a monthly theme as a planning and teaching method.
• Guides and supervises children through the daily program, facilitating a variety of stimulating activities including free-play, structured – play, creative work, outdoor play etc.

• Instructs the children in personal cleanliness and hygiene and teaches them how to brush their teeth, wash their hands, etc.
• Maintains a positive degree of discipline inside and outside the group room in order to create a safe, secure and appropriate environment for learning. Supervises the children at all times to ensure accidents are avoided.
• Promotes a warm, supportive, non-threatening ethos in which the child finds learning enjoyable and stimulating and in which respect and cooperation are emphasized.
• Uses creative teaching methods to nurture the children’s interests in learning, e.g., uses drama, puppets, storytelling, singing or art to enhance the learning experience.
• Creates a lively, stimulating atmosphere in the classroom, e.g., by decorating the walls with children’s arts and crafts or by establishing a “nature corner”.
• Maintains the classroom in a neat and tidy condition in order to create an environment conducive to learning.
• Encourages the child to develop a respect for all livings things by conducting nature walks and gardening sessions.
• Promotes the use of natural material (sand, water, wool etc.) for discovery-based learning and to develop creativity.
• Promotes a creative environment in which children are encouraged to make use of limited resources such as plastic bottles and toilet rolls for craft activities.
• Closely observes each child to monitor individual progress. Evaluates each child’s strengths and weaknesses, and plans play sessions accordingly.
• Maintains a personal portfolio (scrapbook of achievements) for each child, which traces the child’s development through kindergarten.
• Prepares annual progress reports for each child, assessing the child’s intellectual, social, emotional and physical development.
• Actively participates in all Kindergarten meetings and activities such as sports days, cultural activities and plays.
• Maintains close contact and relationship with parents to discuss the child’s overall progress and general development.
• Participates in all parent-teacher meetings.
• Any additional duties and responsibilities assigned by the line manager.