Maths Specialist

5 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Funda Wande Full time

**Purpose of Role**:
Reporting to the Maths Lead, the role of the Maths Specialist is to support the implementation of the Maths strategy across all of the implementation interventions from a central office. This will involve working with the provincial teams, participation in the Maths materials research, review and/or development; the development of the Thinking Maths course as well as participating in advocacy at various levels.

**Objectives of Role**:
**1. Materials development and review**
- Coordinate and report on materials review based on internal and external input.
- Take part in the development and refinement of Bala Wande materials (print and videos) drawing on an in-depth knowledge of the CAPS (Mathematics) to ensure that Bala Wande materials are fully aligned to the National Curriculum..
- Review and/or proof read Bala Wande materials in order to inform the content, design and sequencing of the materials, reporting to the maths lead.
- Consult with the Intervention teams in order to engage them in the materials review process - drawing on field inputfor this purpose.
- Gather, analyse, and interpret data from research to support improvement of the Bala Wande program.
- Participate in the development of the 12 Module Thinking Maths course.

**2. Intervention Support & Development**
- Coordinate support required for implementation of the BW materials in the intervention sites.
- Lead the planning, development and/or refinement of training materials as needed and participate in training sessions as required.
- Develop/refine training slides and conduct train-the-trainer sessions for the intervention team members and in this way support in the Instructional development of all Foundation Phase teachers in the Bala WandeInterventions.
- Troubleshooting and using feedback gathered from the intervention teams.
- Lead sessions with teams in the provinces to empower them on academic reading and writing.
- Encourage provincial team members to submit presentations for, and attend, conferences for their continuous development as expert mathematics field trainers et al..
- Reporting on all tasks (such as readings sessions; training sessions; meetings with intervention team members).

**3. Research Monitoring & Evaluation**
- Take an active role in the Bala Wande Programme research - working with the intervention team specialists in this role.
- Take an active role in other Bala Wande research, monitoring and evaluation projects.

**4. Advocacy**
- Contribute to writing advocacy/academic papers, etc. about the Bala Wande project and engage with appropriate parties to promote the Bala Wande materials.
- Attend meetings and conferences to present on the work of the Bala Wande programme at National platforms (e.g. CIES, COPs, Inter-NGOs and other reference team meetings).
- Immerse self in the programme to become its ambassador and able to serve the project optimally.

**Experience and Qualifications**:

- Minimum Master’s degree in Maths / Maths Education / Education
- Minimum 5 years’ experience working in Foundation Phase Maths related work(teaching/lecturing/training).
- Own vehicle and driver's license essential.
- Demonstrated knowledge of development and review of the Maths school level and tertiary level material
- Demonstrated proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office skills.
- Demonstrated expertise in oral and written communication in English (any of Sepedi, IsiXhosa, Sesotho and IsiZulu in addition to this will be an advantage).
- Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with colleagues.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities and strong interpersonal skills, including giving and receiving

constructive feedback.
- Strong educational knowledge and mathematics content and pedagogical knowledge.
- Understands the social issues children face and how these can interfere with learning.
- Models’ continual improvement, demonstrates lifelong learning, and applies new learning.

**Competencies**:

- An interest in and alignment to Funda Wande’s Vision and Values
- Attention to detail and extremely organized
- Committed to improving processes and systems
- Work well under pressure and with changing deliverables
- Confident, proactive, self-reliant and performance oriented
- Great team player
- High degree of emotional intelligence
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Disciplined administrative skills



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