Head of Curriculum (Senior Engineer) at Moringa School

Lead Curriculum Development & Assessment Strategy

• Plan, review and implement Moringa’s technical curriculum in line with industry best practice
• Develop an end-to-end curriculum review process with all relevant stakeholders to maintain quality and effectiveness
• Lead implementation of standards-based grading, designed to ensure that grades are closely aligned with mastery of learning targets
• Designing robust projects and assessments strategies that accurately measure learner progress and course effectiveness.
• Plan, review and implement technical mock interviews for both instructors and students
• Manage curriculum/content quality assurance
• Support scoping & needs assessment and delivery process for our corporate training programs

Maintain Curriculum Relevance and Best-practice

• Ensure the performance of all new and existing content is reviewed, and issues and improvements are resolved promptly
• Collaborate with industry and education field to deliver a quality curriculum/content
• Develop & maintain policies and procedures related to curriculum guidelines and standards
• Collaborate with classroom on instructional strategies, lesson planning, effective classroom management/delivery, troubleshooting, assessments and giving/receiving/actioning feedback
• Observe in-class instruction, analyze test data, assess education standards, recommend best practice instructional techniques

Team Management

• Lead recruitment of specialist curriculum engineers
• Supervise and mentor the curriculum team including setting performance objectives, and establishing a supportive environment while emphasizing accountability
• Ensure the consistent performance and development of curriculum engineers

WHO YOU ARE

• An experienced software engineer with a desire to learn and remain on the bleeding edge of the field
• An educator who can recall when they were a beginner in the field, and use that to determine best how to teach beginner-level students
• A creative problem solver who can cooperate with peers to solve challenges and seek new opportunities for Moringa technical programs
• A great verbal and nonverbal communicator; you listen to understand then respond
• A knowledge base; you teach, guide and mentor the students
• Self-aware; you are in tune with your feelings and emotions and understand how they impact other people

WHAT YOU HAVE

• 5+ years working experience in technical software development roles
• Led the development of enterprise products in use in the market
• 3+ years experience in technical educational content curation and implementation
• Demonstrated experience with Java (Android), Python (Flask & Django), Dev Ops
• Nice to have experience in Data Science, Cloud, UX/UI
• A degree in Computer Science/Software or any other relevant degree