Educator (Subject Specialist Teacher)
Reference: JHB000887-Charm-1
About the Role
We are seeking a passionate, experienced Educator to join our founding teaching team. You'll deliver live, interactive online lessons (30–60 minutes) to learners across Africa and internationally, using a flipped, synchronous-led model where learners prepare beforehand so live time is spent on discussion, application and real engagement. You'll collaborate with your Head of Department on content and assessments, support learners through dedicated Learning Assistants and live analytics, and prepare students for external examinations — all backed by structured training and ongoing professional development.
Duties & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities- Live teaching: plan and deliver live, interactive online lessons of 30 to 60 minutes, running several activities per lesson – quizzes, polls, whiteboards, breakout rooms, case studies, debates and Socratic questioning – structured on Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle with deliberate scaffolding.
- Lesson and content development: develop schemes of work, lesson content and interactive pre-class activities with the relevant Head of Department and the instructional design team, aligned to the syllabus and examination board requirements of each class taught.
- Assessment and feedback: set, mark and moderate formative and summative assessments that mirror external examination formats and return marked work with constructive feedback within the school’s defined turnaround times.
- Learner progress: monitor each learner’s engagement and performance through LMS analytics, act early on at-risk flags with the learner’s Learning Assistant, differentiate instruction, and give individual guidance that builds confidence and independent study skills.
- Responsiveness: answer learner subject queries through the LMS within one school day.
- Exam preparation: prepare learners thoroughly for external examinations through mock exams in authentic format, revision programmes and explicit exam technique.
- Learner attributes: develop the Cambridge learner attributes and Regenesys graduate attributes by design – building critical analysis, reflection and evaluation into learning activities, not leaving them to chance.
- Parent engagement: participate in semester teacher-parent meetings, contribute to progress reports and weekly summaries, and communicate professionally with families.
- Professional development: complete Accelerated Facilitator certification before live teaching; participate in weekly training sessions, the facilitation skills pathway, lesson observations and a Personal Development Plan; act on observation and learner feedback.
- Collaboration: plan with the department so that knowledge builds cumulatively within the subject and articulates across subjects, applying the shared assessment rubric and taking part in moderation.
- Safeguarding and integrity: uphold child protection, eSafety, responsible AI use and academic integrity (plagiarism detection and proctored assessment) in every interaction, in line with School policy and POPIA.
- Continuous improvement: contribute short explainer videos for concepts learners find difficult, and improve materials based on lesson ratings, learner feedback and analytics.
Metrics/KPIs for Performance Measurement
- Lesson quality: average learner lesson rating (School target: minimum 4.2 out of 5.0).
- Engagement: live-lesson attendance and pre-class activity completion rates in the Educator’s classes.
- Assessment turnaround: share of assessments marked and returned within the defined turnaround.
- Responsiveness: share of learner queries answered within one school day.
- Learner outcomes: internal assessment results against targets and, at examination stages, external results against predicted grades.
- Early intervention: timely flagging and escalation of learners who need support, with the Learning Assistant.
- Development: outcomes of lesson observations and the biannual KPI-based evaluation; progress against the Personal Development Plan and required training participation.
Qualifications and Requirements
- A Bachelor of Education (or international equivalent) is essential;
alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in the subject field with a PGCE.
- At least 3 years’ experience teaching the subject on one or more of: Cambridge (CAIE), Pearson Edexcel, Oxford AQA, IEB or SACAI/NSC.
- Strong preference for candidates with British international curriculum experience (Cambridge, Edexcel or OxfordAQA); additional IEB or SACAI experience is advantageous.
- SACE registration is advantageous.
- Experience teaching live online classes is strongly advantageous.
- An excellent command of English, the School’s medium of instruction and assessment.
- Strong on-camera presentation and facilitation skills, with the energy to hold the attention of school-age learners online.
- Reliable high-speed internet, a computer with webcam, and a quiet, professional teaching space; able to teach the School’s SAST (UTC+2) timetable.
- Educators are appointed per subject across the school’s offering, including Psychology & Afrikaans
Key Competencies
- Subject Mastery: deep, current command of the subject and its examination requirements.
- Live Online Facilitation: creates ‘Magic’ in the online classroom –lessons that are interactive, purposeful and paced for 30–60-minute attention spans.
- Learner-Centred Pedagogy: applies active learning, cognitive conflict and scaffolding to move learners to higher-order thinking.
- Communication: clear, warm and professional with learners and parents alike.
- Data Literacy: uses analytics and assessment data to spot gaps and adjust teaching.
- Collaboration: works openly with the department, Learning Assistants, instructional designers and Training and Development.
- Care and Safeguarding knows every learner as an individual; treats safety, fairness and integrity as non-negotiable.
- Growth Mindset: principled, creative and passionate about teaching; seeks and acts on feedback.
