Job function
Math Teacher
Designation
Chemistry Teacher
Level
–
Employment Type
Contract
Experience level
Minimum 5 years
Workplace Type
Onsite
Location
Sheikh, Somalia – Sheikh District
Job role
Chem-Math Teacher (Support Role)
Pharo Secondary School Sheikh, Somaliland
Overview
Pharo Foundation (“the Foundation”) is a pioneering, mission-driven organisation working to build a vibrant, productive, and self-reliant Africa. Founded and fully funded by Pharo Management, an emerging markets hedge fund, the Foundation represents a new model of philanthropic capitalism: a private endowment using its own capital to design, fund, and operate development programmes with private-sector discipline and long-term commitment.
Over the next decade, the Foundation’s ambition is to deliver lasting impact across three interdependent missions:
- Empowering the next generation through affordable, high-quality education.
- Solving water scarcity by building and operating sustainable water infrastructure.
- Driving economic productivity by unlocking jobs, investment, and innovation through both non-profit and for-profit ventures.
The Foundation operates in Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya, and Rwanda, employing more than 750 people. It combines a not-for-profit engine: Pharo Development, with a for-profit engine, Pharo Ventures, which builds and operates sustainable businesses to create jobs and advance economic self-reliance.
Pharo Foundation delivers its education mission through a network of Pharo Schools, providing high-quality education from kindergarten through secondary level. In Somaliland, the Foundation operates four educational institutions, Pharo Vocational Training Centre, Pharo Kindergarten, Pharo Primary School, and Pharo Secondary Boarding School in Sheikh District.
Our schools enrich both international and national curricula through diverse means, such as engaging reading materials, innovative technology-driven learning methods, and educational technology tools. We take pride in our well-equipped instructional spaces tailored for dynamic learning, ongoing assessment, mentorship, and age-appropriate resources like libraries, laboratories, ICT facilities, and pedagogical centres. We firmly uphold the significance of academic excellence in nurturing students, facilitating their seamless transition into adulthood, and paving the way for occupational and economic success.
Position Summary
Pharo Secondary School in Sheikh is seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Chemistry and Mathematics Support Teacher (Pearson Edexcel Curriculum) to join our academic team. The successful candidate will work closely with lead teachers to support the delivery of high-quality Chemistry and Mathematics instruction, assist students in developing their understanding of key scientific concepts and mathematical problem-solving skills, and help facilitate practical activities, including Chemistry laboratory experiments and class exercises.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate good subject knowledge, a learner-centered approach, and the ability to support engaging lessons that promote curiosity and academic growth. This role includes assisting with tutorials, assessments, classroom preparation, student supervision, and other academic support activities, while also contributing positively to boarding school life and wider school and community activities.
Key relationships
Position: Chemistry & Mathematics Teacher (Support Role)
Location: Sheikh, Somaliland
Reporting to: VP of Academics
Contract Type: Fixed Term (One Year)
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Leads all activities within the assigned Class.
- Prepares lesson plans and outlines in accordance with the curriculum guidelines or requirements of the school or government.
- Teaches lessons and facilitates or supervises a variety of non-academic activities. Ensures all necessary preparations are made prior to each lesson.
- Participates in all student activities inside the school.
Creates a stimulating learning environment.
- Maintains a positive degree of discipline inside and outside the classroom to create a safe, secure, and appropriate environment for learning.
- Promotes a warm, supportive, non-threatening ethos in which the students find learning enjoyable and stimulating, and in which respect and cooperation are emphasized.
- Uses creative teaching methods.
- Creates a lively, stimulating atmosphere in the classroom.
- Maintains the classroom in a neat and tidy condition to create an environment conducive to learning.
Ensures the educational development of each student.
- Provide individual attention to each student, monitoring their educational progress and taking appropriate corrective action as necessary.
- Conduct academic support programmes to meet the educational needs of each student.
- Develop and implements homework programmes which may include project work, extra reading, or other assignments.
- Teach Chemistry and mathematics in all classes.
- Prepare online lessons (if required)
- Prepare progress reports for each student as required by the principal and vice-principal detailing the student’s academic progress as well as overall development.
- Keep attendance registers, grade records and any other records required by the school.
Acts as a participating member of Pharo Foundation
- Actively participates in all school meetings and school activities.
- Maintains close contact with parents discussing the student’s academic progress and general development.
General
- Perform administrative or other extra duties as required by the principal.
- Support students in extra-curricular clubs and activities.
- Assume responsibility for additional duties in the boarding school.
- Assists in the school’s involvement in supporting the Sheikh community.
- Assists in monitoring the student boarding section of the school.