Head of Education

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Huddle Education Full time

**Overview**:
Are you an inspiring leader, operational wizard and education geek? Do you believe that every child deserves a world-class education, and bold enough to make this vision a reality?

At Huddle, our mission is to help address South Africa’s education crisis by making rigorous and joyful teaching & learning accessible to all through scalable blended classrooms.

As the Head of Education, you will drive our educational strategy, and lead our team of passionate teachers to deliver effective and creative learning experiences for students across the country. This role isn’t just a job; it's a calling to be at the forefront of educational excellence and innovation. Let's teach and make history together.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Leadership & operations
- Lead, inspire and manage a high-performing team of brilliant teachers.
- Oversee process design, capacity management, and project management.
- Shape and drive education excellence
- Continually learn from experts, evidence-based research, feedback and data to refine our education philosophy and structured pedagogy strategy.
- Curriculum planning
- Use your deep understanding of CAPS to lead teachers in developing their assessments and Annual Curriculum Plans to ensure thorough backwards planning and clear, strategic lesson objectives for every lesson.
- Lesson design
- Imbue your passion for teaching & learning by helping teachers create the most joyful & rigorous lessons ever created in South Africa. Incorporate best teaching practices to ensure that our lesson videos and workbooks optimise student engagement and achievement.
- Teacher Training and Development
- Support our Head of Professional Development in creating and executing a comprehensive professional development plan for teachers that will bolster their goal of becoming the Springbok teacher team.
- Quality Assurance
- Define the role of a QA Lead and support their creation of QA frameworks and processes to continually measure and improve our education excellence.
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Collaborate with the Data Lead on monitoring and evaluation, employing data to assess the impact of our interventions and drive informed decision-making.
- Recruitment
- Lead recruitment efforts to find superstar teachers.

**Requirements**:

- Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and lead a team of educators.
- Extensive experience in teaching, curriculum design, and pedagogy, ideally with a strong understanding of the South African educational system and CAPS.
- A track record of implementing effective teaching strategies, methodologies, and technologies that enhance learning outcomes.
- Experience in teacher training, professional development, and quality assurance in an educational setting.
- Competency in data analysis and using insights to drive educational improvements.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills.

**Character traits we’re looking for**:

- Teaching & learning geek. Deeply passionate about solving South Africa’s education crisis. This feels like a calling rather than a job.
- A positive, resilient, high initiative go-getter who will thrive in a startup environment (which includes creating clarity amidst ambiguity and being an expert problem-solver).
- Humble, curious, loves giving and receiving feedback, and possesses a growth mindset.
- Team player. Highly collaborative and loves helping others flourish.
- Laser focused on excellence and achieving goals. Sets and upholds extremely high standards for themself and others.

**Benefits**

**Salary**: We pay competitive salaries to attract top talent. The salary for this important role ranges from R50k to R100k per month, depending on your experience and track record of exceptional performance.

Please see other benefits on our Careers page.

A stunning workplace is stunning colleagues. There’s nothing more important for Huddle than finding the right people who will thrive here. And we know that this could be a life-altering decision for you. So let’s do this dating thing properly before we decide to get married.

2. Asynchronous video interview. Time: +-25 mins. Need: Computer/phone to record your answers.

3. Work sample. Time: TBC. Need: Your best thinking.

4. Live interview/s. Time: TBC. Need: Questions and your authentic self.

5. Short or Long-term Offer. Time: TBC. Need: champagne glass.

We’re rooting for you to find your highest calling, hopefully with Huddle

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