The Role:
Shikho is looking for a Mentor & Content Developer for the Humanities team within the Knowledge department. In this role, you will be responsible to take live classes, review and deliver high-quality study materials in various formats such as PowerPoint Presentations, Video Lectures, Resource Packs, Tests & Practice Questions, amongst others. You will play a key role in bringing innovation and creativity to the approach to make learning and teaching simple. So, if you are student-centric and driven to change the way we look at education, then we would love to talk to you!
Key Responsibilities:
Academic Content Leadership:
• Spearhead the development and oversight of the curriculum for the Subjects of Humanities and academic program, ensuring alignment with the latest test patterns and educational standards.
• Lead and inspire a team of subject matter experts and educators to create dynamic, engaging, and effective learning materials tailored to diverse student needs.
•Implement innovative teaching methodologies and leverage cutting-edge technologies to elevate the learning experience in subjects of ICT Program.
Program Strategy and Development in the Subjects of Humanities:
• Formulate a comprehensive strategy for the Subjects of Humanities and academic program, encompassing both short-term objectives and a forward-looking vision.
• Drive the creation of new courses, content, and modules to enhance the competitiveness and appeal of the Humanities program segments for both online and offline settings.
• Conduct thorough market research to stay abreast of industry trends and competitor offerings in the required subjects.
Student Success and Support in the Subjects of Humanities:
•Implement student-centric support systems specific to the subjects of Humanities program, ensuring a positive learning experience and high success rates in tests.
• Collaborate closely with student counselors to provide targeted guidance and mentorship to students, addressing both academic and personal development needs in all the subjects.
Mentorship & Teaching:
• Teaching any subjects of humanities group in live classes using online pedagogical methodologies.
• Creating and developing teaching-learning resources (e.g. Slides, Lesson plans, Workbooks) for live classes.
• Making Practice books, Model test questions and other questions for specific subjects
• Providing support and feedback to the teaching team.
• Developing process for the best online teaching practices.
• Ensuring quality of the teaching-learning resources.
• Maintaining liaison with the relevant teams (e.g. Marketing team, Live Operations team) inside the organization for executing course launching plans.
• Supervising live classes to ensure those are the best quality and best fit based on the students’ requirements.
• Promote Shikho and take part in its branding and marketing activities.
• Creating strategy and action plan for online classes.
• Developing and implementing a proper budget plan for the live courses through proactive communication with the Sales and Marketing team.
• Gathering data on every course from the Customer Support team.
• Documenting the learning and challenges faced during and after each course ends in a data- centric manner and proactively communicating the findings to the designated stakeholders.
• Ensuring efficient course development process by documenting, simplifying, and communicating relevant process flows to the relevant stakeholders.
Qualifications and Skills:
▪ BSS or BA degree from a reputed public or private university.
▪ Having humanities background in SSC and HSC will get preference
▪ Deep understanding of national curriculum of Humanities.
▪ Teaching and training experience in similar subjects.
▪ Any other relevant job experience that is relevant to this JD.
▪ Strong grasp of the principles of education and the importance of the quality of its delivery.
▪ Good oral and written communication skills.
▪ Computer literacy and you are good at MS Office and G-Suite applications.
The Important Bits:
▪ Job Type: Full Time, 5 Days a Week, 10 AM to 6 PM
▪ Location: Gulshan 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh
▪ Department: Knowledge
▪ Gross Salary: Negotiable; (subject to statutory deductions)
▪ Other Benefits: Festival Bonus (2), Insurance Coverage, Leave Encashment, Annual Leave, etc.
About Shikho:
Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology start-up with a mission to democratise access to high-quality education. It has so far raised $8 million USD of international funding from global venture capitalists in Singapore and America, the highest for a Bangladeshi seed-stage startup and the highest in education technology for the country. Investors include education technology investment specialists Learn Capital from Silicon Valley, regional experts Wavemaker Partners from Singapore along with the Family Office of Singtel Chairman and local partner SAJIDA Foundation. Shikho aims to build a holistic learning ecosystem for a digitally enabled Bangladeshi student population, across primary, secondary, and tertiary education.
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