CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY TEACHER VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position title: Chemistry and Biology Teacher (1)

Working locations: nbsp&Kayonza

Supervisor: nbsp&School Principal

Deadline: Thursday 6^th March 2025

Context of the position:

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent, non-governmental social development organization. The Organization supports vulnerable children and young people in four locations of Kigali, Byumba, Kayonza, and Gikongoro. SOS Rwanda applies a one-program approach in its education and family strengthening, that supports a holistic approach in the interest of children. In this regard, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda seeks to recruit an experienced and competent Chemistry and Biology teacher for its lower secondary school in Kayonza.

Job summary:

The Chemistry and Biology teacher provides students with learning activities and experience designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth. Creates a stimulating learning environment by introducing new, creative teaching methods and by providing a varied, challenging and balanced educational programme.

Key performance areas and main responsibilities:

• To teach and educate students according to guidelines provided by the National Curriculum Framework under the overall guidance of the competent education authority;
• To teach and educate students according to the educational needs, abilities and attainment of potential individual students entrusted to his/her care by the Head of School.
• Planning, preparing and delivering lessons to all students in the class
• Teaching according to the educational needs, abilities and achievements of the individual students and groups of students;
• Adopting and working towards the implementation of the school development plan of the particular school they are giving service in;
• Assigning work, correcting and marking work carried out by his/her students;
• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress, attainment and behavior of one’s students;
• Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students or groups of students;
• Providing guidance and advice to students on educational and social matters and on their further education and future careers;
• Perform any other task given to him/her by his/her hierarchical superior.

Required Qualification

• Bachelor’ Degree in Chemistry and Biology with Education with Three (3) years of relevant working experience of teaching the same subjects in Ordinary level

Required Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective communication skills for dealing with students, parents, teachers and support staff
• Should be organized, energetic and self-directed
• Ability to interact at all levels
• Optimizing Diversity
• Strong intellect and vision
• Aligning Performance for Success
• Must have good knowledge of using a computer (Word and Excel)
• Fluent in both Kinyarwanda and English and good knowledge of written in both languages.

How to Apply:

 If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position, please send your detailed application including application letter, CV with three traceable refferrees and copies of education qualification) to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.organd properly fill the application form found through the following LINK by not later than Thursday 6^th March 2025, at 5:00 pm Kigali.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Late applications will not be accepted.

“SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasise to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.

Done at Kigali, on 27^th February 2025

Jean Bosco Kwizera

National Director