Data Science Senior Technical Mentor

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Company Details
Industry: Education Management
Description: Founded in April 2014, Moringa School plays a crucial role in developing and nurturing highly potential individuals who are passionate about technology and want to take a lead role in mobile and web development through equipping them with life long skills. Through our top quality teachers, to our intensive curriculum we are creating world-class developers in Africa with the help of our partnership with Hack Reactor and many other coding schools from all around the world. We are dedicated to committing the majority of our profits back to our main mission of transforming higher education in Africa. Diversity We are an all inclusive school that is accepting of students and staff from all walks of life. Our ever growing community comprises of people from all backgrounds each and every one of whom share a passion for code. Vision Our vision is to increase access to high quality market driven education that empowers people to pursue excellence and transform society. Mission Our goal is to build human capacity by training people of varied technical ability in a holistic way; we focus on both technical proficiency and personal growth, meaning that graduates are effective learners and contributors, and well rounded employees and leaders.
Job Description

The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience in data science and working well in diverse teams, even in a dynamic and changing environment. The Technical Mentor role provides the mentorship and supervision necessary to ensure that their students have a 5-star experience and achieve strong outcomes.

 

What You Have

 

5+ years of experience working, at least 3+ years experience professional coding in languages used in the classroom

 

Bachelor's degree in a related field

 

Lots of patience and empathy, ability to work well with and accommodate the needs of other people

 

Strong problem-solving abilities to handle complex situations involving many people

 

Ability to work with and mentor large, diverse groups of people

 

Positive, empathetic, team player with a systems mindset

 

Ability to multitask and strategically solve diverse problems

 

Coding school alumni (preferred)

 

Experience teaching, working in education, or program management (preferred)

 

What You Will Do

 

Lead and coordinate all classroom training activities for your class

 

Responsibility for class and student success and happiness.

 

Weekly 1.1’s with students, including personal check-in and independent project review

 

Disciplinary follow-up for all incomplete independent projects

 

Disciplinary follow-up for all academic and interpersonal issues

 

Fill out and maintain student tracking, come up with plans for success of all students

 

Raise red flags early when students are not on track!

 

Kick off and run all daily activities, such as: daily standup, peer review hour, etc

 

Master TM responsibilities and processes to ensure quality is maintained

 

Once TM mastery is achieved, iterate on processes such as classroom structure, curriculum, etc by providing good feedback and insights, doing (very calculated) experiments, and updating documentation

 

Personal professional growth: Moringa is part of your professional journey. It is up to you to decide how you want to grow through that journey, and to continuously improve in doing your work using the tools at your disposal.

 

 

 

Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
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