Head of Education
Huddle Education
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leadership & operations
- Lead, inspire and manage a high-performing team of brilliant teachers.
- Oversee process design, capacity management, and project management.
- Shape and drive educational excellence
- Continually learn from experts, evidence-based research, feedback and data to refine our education philosophy and structured pedagogy strategy.
- Curriculum planning
- Use your deep understanding of CAPS to lead teachers in developing their assessments and Annual Curriculum Plans to ensure thorough backwards planning and clear, strategic lesson objectives for every lesson.
- Lesson design
- Instil your passion for teaching & learning by helping teachers create the most joyful & rigorous lessons ever created in South Africa. Incorporate best teaching practices to ensure that our lesson videos and workbooks optimise student engagement and achievement.
- Teacher Training and Development
- Support our Head of Professional Development in creating and executing a comprehensive professional development plan for teachers that will bolster their goal of becoming the Springbok teacher team.
- Quality Assurance
- Define the role of a QA Lead and support their creation of QA frameworks and processes to continually measure and improve our educational excellence.
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Collaborate with the Data Lead on monitoring and evaluation, employing data to assess the impact of our interventions and drive informed decision-making.
- Recruitment
- Lead recruitment efforts to find superstar teachers.
- Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and lead a team of educators.
- Extensive experience in teaching, curriculum design, and pedagogy, ideally with a strong understanding of the South African educational system and CAPS.
- A track record of implementing effective teaching strategies, methodologies, and technologies that enhance learning outcomes.
- Experience in teacher training, professional development, and quality assurance in an educational setting.
- Competency in data analysis and using insights to drive educational improvements.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
- Teaching & learning geek. Deeply passionate about solving South Africa’s education crisis. This feels like a calling rather than a job.
- A positive, resilient, high initiative go-getter who will thrive in a startup environment (which includes creating clarity amidst ambiguity and being an expert problem-solver).
- Humble, curious, loves giving and receiving feedback, and possesses a growth mindset.
- Team player. Highly collaborative and loves helping others flourish.
- Laser-focused on excellence and achieving goals. Sets and upholds extremely high standards for themself and others.