We are looking for a skilled and highly motivated individual to lead the development of teaching materials for an integrated hardware/software platform which teaches young people in Zambia the fundamentals of building a decentralised renewable energy supply. You will be working in a small team to deliver an innovative product which has the potential to make renewable electricity accessible to millions of people.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development of a curriculum teaching people how to design, build and maintain household electricity supplies
• Working closely with a designer, electronic engineer and software engineer to create digital and physical teaching materials
• Collaborating with a designer to create human centred design study
• Bringing insight into the broader context of education in Zambia
• Representing the views of teachers in design studies
• Supporting the development of a detailed product specifications for hardware and software platforms
• Supporting development of an educational feature phone application teaching people how to build an electricity supply
• Managing student learning through an online learning platform
• Translation
• Evaluating student data and teaching impact
• Fieldwork in rural areas investigating the impact of our programmes
  

Requirements

• A passion for education
• Bachelor degree in physics, engineering or related field.
• Experience teaching in a low resources rural setting, without reliable electricity.
• Experience teaching electronics up to A-level or beyond.
• A teaching qualification along with recent teaching experience.
• Willing to complete a background check
• Demonstrated capacity to develop innovative teaching programmes
• Experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies 
• Experience evaluating the impact of teaching programs on student learning
• Experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback to students
• Ability to engage and inspire young aspiring future engineers and scientists
  
• Command of English, Nyanja and Bemba

Desired skills

• Experience using Microsoft Office and Google Suit
• Experience with electronic circuits 
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills
• Hands on experience with electronics testing equipment (scope, DMM, sig-gen, PSU)