[Maths-Education] Exciting Job Opportunity in Cape Town South Africa

[Toni Beardon]

Are you a South African who could be lured back home by the right job 
prospect? Read on...

             THE AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 
                       SCHOOLS ENRICHMENT CENTRE (AIMSSEC)
                       http://aimssec.aims.ac.za
                           ACADEMIC MANAGER 

AIMSSEC is part of a visionary pan African initiative to promote the 
teaching and learning of the mathematical sciences in Africa bringing 
people together from around the continent. See 
http://www.nexteinstein.org/
 
Summary of responsibilities: 

Management of all AIMSSEC activities to include:

* the management and teaching of professional development courses for 
mathematics teachers along with a team of more than 40 senior 
academics from around the world who teach on the AIMSSEC courses as 
unpaid volunteers;

* the development of an online distance learning course to train 
teachers from historically disadvantaged communities as subject 
leaders in mathematics in partnership with The Institute for 
Mathematics and Science Teaching of Stellenbosch University (IMSTUS);

* maintaining and building on the established AIMSSEC educational 
services;

* supporting related research and evaluation;

* fundraising in order to expand the AIMSSEC programme.


Competencies and personal attributes: 

* a passion for mathematics, for teaching and for improving 
educational opportunities for learners in South African schools;

* good interpersonal and people management, verbal and writing 
skills, planning, organising and financial management;

* energy, flexibility and willingness to go that 'extra distance' to 
achieve the project goals.


Minimum qualifications and experience required: 

* a good honours degree in the mathematical sciences;

* qualifications or experience in school teaching, teacher training 
and educational research;

* experience in team leadership, project management (or similar), 
budgeting and managing funds;

* well developed computing skills.


Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.


To apply: 

Send a CV and a covering letter indicating your experience, 
qualifications and current salary package structure and describing 
why you are particularly well suited for this post, with the names 
and contact details for two academic referees to

Gudrun Schirge,
AIMS, 6 Melrose Rd., 
Muizenberg 7945 
South Africa 

or by email to: aimssec at aims.ac.za

by 11 August 2008. 

Enquiries aimssec at aims.ac.za 
or telephone +27 (0)21 787 9320 or +44 (0)1223 560 582