Zindagi Trust is looking to add value in Professional Development Team and accepting applications to hire Subject Lead for Mathematics, English, Urdu, Social Studies, and Science.
About Zindagi Trust
Zindagi Trust is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that strives to improve the quality of education available to the average Pakistani. Our areas of work include reforming public schools, educating working children and lobbying the government to improve education policy. Our flagship projects of school reform are at two government schools in Karachi which have been transformed into vibrant centres of learning through a combination of infrastructural development, administrative upheaval, academic reforms, student development and teacher development. The Trust is supported largely by gifts from individual donors and a few corporate donors.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Curate and design curriculum, teaching tools and resources to teach the subject effectively
- Evaluate National and International Curriculums and adapt them as per the needs of the organization
- Organize and develop the subject area’s scope and sequence, and measure its effective impact on teaching and learning in the classroom
- Evaluate textbooks, learning materials, resources, audio-visual aids etc. for the subject area
- Work with other subject leads to develop linkages among subjects and link scheme of studies with the other subjects’
- Work with individual and/or small groups of teachers on content mastery, pedagogy, classroom management, designing learning experiences and reflection
- Build authentic relationships to connect with each teacher’s style, strengths, and areas of growth.
- Co-teach and model innovative learning practices with subject coordinators and teachers
- Plan and deliver regular trainings for relevant subject teachers
- Decide on attainment targets to overview child’s progression between year groups
- Evaluate the teaching of subject across the school and use this analysis to report the management about effective practices, areas for improvement and future action plan
- Develop monitoring and evaluation tools along with the rest of the team
- Develop institutional knowledge of best teaching and training practices through frequent documentation
- Undertake frequent and regular classroom observation to assess the implementation of the new strategies in subject area
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Teaching expertise in the relevant subject.
- Strong collaboration skills, preferably with experience in cross-team coordination and facilitation of workgroups.
- Ability to communicate with staff having diverse skills, mindsets and expectations.
- Ability to work independently, analyze and solve problems in complex, unstructured systems and create action plans.
- Ability to analyze academic data; format, visualize and present it effectively through software.
- Belief in the ability of all students to achieve excellent academic and non-academic outcomes regardless of their socioeconomic background.
- Commitment to excellence and strong work ethic.
Education and Experience:
Applicants should hold an B.Ed. and ideally a Masters degree in the subject that they are applying for, along with 04 plus years of school teaching experience
Minimum Experience
04 Years
Minimum Education
Masters / MPhil
How to Apply:
Prospective candidates should send their CV to [email protected] mentioning the Position and Subject in the subject line.
Zindagi Trust is looking to add value in Professional Development Team and accepting applications to hire Subject Lead for Mathematics, English, Urdu, Social Studies, and Science.
About Zindagi Trust
Zindagi Trust is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that strives to improve the quality of education available to the average Pakistani. Our areas of work include reforming public schools, educating working children and lobbying the government to improve education policy. Our flagship projects of school reform are at two government schools in Karachi which have been transformed into vibrant centres of learning through a combination of infrastructural development, administrative upheaval, academic reforms, student development and teacher development. The Trust is supported largely by gifts from individual donors and a few corporate donors.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Curate and design curriculum, teaching tools and resources to teach the subject effectively
- Evaluate National and International Curriculums and adapt them as per the needs of the organization
- Organize and develop the subject area’s scope and sequence, and measure its effective impact on teaching and learning in the classroom
- Evaluate textbooks, learning materials, resources, audio-visual aids etc. for the subject area
- Work with other subject leads to develop linkages among subjects and link scheme of studies with the other subjects’
- Work with individual and/or small groups of teachers on content mastery, pedagogy, classroom management, designing learning experiences and reflection
- Build authentic relationships to connect with each teacher’s style, strengths, and areas of growth.
- Co-teach and model innovative learning practices with subject coordinators and teachers
- Plan and deliver regular trainings for relevant subject teachers
- Decide on attainment targets to overview child’s progression between year groups
- Evaluate the teaching of subject across the school and use this analysis to report the management about effective practices, areas for improvement and future action plan
- Develop monitoring and evaluation tools along with the rest of the team
- Develop institutional knowledge of best teaching and training practices through frequent documentation
- Undertake frequent and regular classroom observation to assess the implementation of the new strategies in subject area
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Teaching expertise in the relevant subject.
- Strong collaboration skills, preferably with experience in cross-team coordination and facilitation of workgroups.
- Ability to communicate with staff having diverse skills, mindsets and expectations.
- Ability to work independently, analyze and solve problems in complex, unstructured systems and create action plans.
- Ability to analyze academic data; format, visualize and present it effectively through software.
- Belief in the ability of all students to achieve excellent academic and non-academic outcomes regardless of their socioeconomic background.
- Commitment to excellence and strong work ethic.
Education and Experience:
Applicants should hold an B.Ed. and ideally a Masters degree in the subject that they are applying for, along with 04 plus years of school teaching experience
Minimum Experience
04 Years
Minimum Education
Masters / MPhil
How to Apply:
Prospective candidates should send their CV to [email protected] mentioning the Position and Subject in the subject line.
