Global Curriculum Innovation Director at Bridge International Academies

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Global Curriculum Innovation Director

Location: Lagos

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

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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