Lead Educator at Gritwel Group Incorporated

Gritwel Group Incorporated is a Nigerian social childcare company headquartered in Lagos and parent company to 6 subsidiaries. Gritwel Group is governed by an executive management team of professionals and advisory directors. Like an NGO, we receive social loans from our sponsors and we very committed to our social mission, but as with a for-profit corporation, we generate our revenues from our business operations, making us financially sustainable over time.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead Educator

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• You will create a stimulating atmosphere that can help the optimal development of children in accordance with our British EYFS + Nigerian primary educational curriculum
• You will care for kids within the age of 6 months - 11 Years.

The following are oversights of your role:

• Implementation of educational curriculum
• Together with the Educational specialist- Head of Academics, you will develop educational activity plans for children in our various leaning groups.
• Prepare, Implement & coordinate, daily, weekly and monthly learning activities that is in accordance with our educational curriculum, and will also meet the children’s developmental needs.
• Participate and coordinate during children’s meal time.
• Supervision and Documentation roles
• Ensure that children are always supervised, especially during structured and unstructured-play activities.
• Ensure that the class room atmosphere is always a safe and secure environment for children to feel comfortable
• Document the children’s daily engagements and their attained development milestone.
• Integrate special needs for children in a positive and respectful manner, and implement positive discipline when required.
• Communication with parents:
• With the approval of the Educational Specialist and Head of School, you will communicate updates on child development to the parents, and maintain confidentiality of children information when necessary
• Keep parents informed of program expectations, program activities and their child’s progress, and discuss identified problems and needs with parents when necessary.
• Participate in community activities and support the school to promote literacy on early education amongst parents and guardians.

Other Responsibilities:

• General care for children - keep them tidy, neat and presentation
• Place the children down for naps and bedtime
• Receive children during drop-off and pick-up and ensure that parents sign all necessary forms
• Ensure orderliness in keeping children material and items in place and intact during pick up time.

Requirements

• Candidate must be at least 22 years of age, and authorized to work in Nigeria
• Candidate must have relevant work experience (not less than 3 years) as an assistant educator in an earlychildhood school setting
• You must possess technical understanding of the British EYFS and Nigerian primary educational curriculum.
• Candidate must possess working knowledge on first aid for young children
• Candidate must be reliable, honest, and trustworthy, with good ethical behaviors
• Candidate must have excellent organizational skills, with ability to plan, organize, and multitask with minimal supervision
• Candidate must have the ability to stay calm under stressful conditions
• Candidate must have an excellent command of English.

Coditions

• 7.00 am to 4.00 pm, from Monday to Friday. Occasionally training/meeting may be organized for Saturdays
• Basic salary is NGN25,000/month
• Holiday allowance will be paid, calculated as 1.2 % of yearly gross salary and will be paid in December.
• Additional bonuses may be paid depending on your performance and the company yearly profit rating. Bonus may vary between NGN 0 - NGN 100,000 per year.

Application Closing Date
10th March, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume with a motivational letter as part of the e-mail body to: [email protected] using the position you are applying for as the subject of the mail.