Organisation Overview
The Pharo Foundation (the ‘’Foundation”) is a privately funded entrepreneurial organisation that runs philanthropic programmes as well as a for-profit arm, Pharo Ventures. The Vision of the Foundation is an economically vibrant and inclusive Africa. The Mission is to achieve the Vision by investing in the human and physical capital of Africa, with a strong focus on job creation.
Established in 2011 as a UK based non-profit, the Foundation has since made a strategic shift to directly design and implement its own programmes to ensure greater engagement with communities, better results, and increased accountability. The Foundation has carried out numerous projects in East Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia and Somaliland, and is now expanding operations in Rwanda and Kenya. The key strategic pillars for the philanthropic side of the Foundation are education, health, water, and agriculture. At the end of 2019, the Foundation also started its Pharo Ventures franchise to prioritize sectors where the Foundation believes a real impact can be made by establishing a self-sustaining business, which focuses on job and economic value creation.
The Pharo Primary School Assosa, in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State (BGRS), was established in 2020 by The Pharo Foundation with an aim of creating a high-quality learning environment where all students realize their full potential. The school will start a secondary school in the upcoming academic year 2022-2023 in addition to providing quality primary education to students from grades 1 to 8.
Our school follows the regional and national curriculum that is supplemented in various ways including reading materials, creative technology-based learning, and education technology solutions (we have well-structured instructional classrooms for active learning, continuous assessment, guidance & support, and an age-appropriate library, laboratories, ICT and pedagogical centres). Our school is a child-friendly learning environment that is organised in a way to treat all children in an equal and respectful manner and more importantly strives and work for students’ all-around development.
Headquartered in the UK (London), the Foundation has an operational head office in Kenya (Nairobi) with country offices in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Assosa), Somaliland (Hargeisa), and Rwanda (Kigali).
Position Summary
We are looking for a competent and committed teacher for our Pharo Schools, Assosa, who is passionate and dedicated to teaching. The teacher is a key resource for the schools and the qualified candidate is highly expected to discharge their duties with high standards of excellence in order to meet the schools’ objective of providing quality education service delivery for students in the surrounding community.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Role: Performance & Visual Art Teacher
Location: Assosa, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State in Ethiopia
Required number: 1
Contract Type: Permanent
Reporting to: School Principal
Functional Relationships: Head of Education, Head of Academics
Qualification Requirements
Personal Attributes