Specialist – Academic Policy and Procedure at The School of St Jude | July 2024

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Job Description

Specialist – Academic Policy and Procedure

Want to work for one of the largest charities of its kind in Africa? Are you passionate about creating and implementing academic policies? Do you enjoy training and supporting staff? Does it sound like we’re talking about you? Keep reading!

About Us

The School of St Jude is a pioneering leader in charitable education within Africa. Every year we give 1,800 students with free, quality education, 100’s of graduates with access to higher education and provide more than 20,000 government school students with quality teachers. St Jude’s is funded by generous supporters from around the world who make our mission of giving bright, poor Tanzanian students a free, quality education possible.

Requirements

• have excellent written English and love writing

• have a strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

• are passionate about education and dedicated to improving educational policies and procedure.

• You are a “people person” and excel at training and supporting staff to follow procedures.

• You have strong Mathematics background.

• You go to sleep at night dreaming about innovative ways to enhance academic systems and processes

• Have past experience in writing procedures and processes for your previous employer

Responsibilities

• Create and continually update academic-related policies and procedures, ensuring they are clear and understandable for all staff.

• Conduct training sessions with staff on how to adhere to your academic policies and procedures.

• Compile and submit various monthly reports to your supervisor.

• Organize logistics for Parent Mobile Centers (held twice a year across northern Tanzania)

• Attend various meetings across the schools with the Senior Academic Manager, including Student Behavior, Parent Agreement, Staff, and academic leadership meetings, so that you can create new or edit current academic procedure documents.

• Participate with scholarship application processes such as organizing the list of staff to be involved in the process and help with doing poverty checks at student homes.

Why us

• The opportunity to use your talents and expertise to fight poverty through education and make a positive impact in Tanzania

• A flexible and supportive community of international and local employees

• Ample opportunities for career progression and development

• Mid-morning tea and lunch (during working days)

Are you interested?

Send your cover letter and an up to date Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@schoolofstjude.co.tz (subject line must include the reference number: TSOSJ/HR/ACDM/PR/02/24)

Applications close on 12th July 2024, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

DISCLAIMER:

PLEASE BE AWARE OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN JOB ADVERTISEMENTS AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS. THE SCHOOL OF ST JUDE DOES NOT REQUEST PAYMENT AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS INCLUDING THE OFFER STAGE. ANY PAYMENT REQUESTS SHOULD BE REFUSED AND REPORTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION.