The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, is the first school in a planned network of residential schools dedicated to expanding access to education of an international standard of excellence. The campus is located on a beautiful 7.4 ha site overlooking the Indian Ocean in Mombasa.
Upon completion of the residential facilities, which are currently under construction, the Campus will consist of over 30,000 square meters of high quality academic, athletic, dining, residential, and administrative and services buildings in addition to extensive sports’ fields and hard and soft landscaped areas. The Academy will eventually house and serve over 1,000 students, faculty and staff. We invite applications for the following new positions at the Academy:
Facilities Manager
As a maintenance professional your ability to motivate, lead and develop your team will ensure your objectives around continuous improvement, customer service, review of plant equipment & systems, Health & Safety procedures, environmental policies and maintenance best practice are achieved.
With a relevant trade qualification (eg electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, mechanical) and a minimum of 7 years maintenance experience within a multi-purpose facility environment, you’ll be well placed to understand The Academy. Your previous exposure to mechanical, electrical maintenance and quality control will mean you’ll hit the ground running, and have the ability to solve complex problems at the root cause.
Human Resources Coordinator
If you are a dynamic, ambitious individual currently in your first HR role or have some HR responsibilities and you’re ready for the next step, we can offer you a challenging, stimulating and varied HR Coordinator role in our growing and complex organisation.
You will support the Head, Principals and Administration team, across all aspects of HR with specific emphasis on recruitment, policy and process, employment relations, performance management, job evaluation, and reporting.
As an all-round administrator, you will be providing crucial first tier HR coordination, support and advice.
Executive Chef
We are searching for a passionate, exacting individual to lead our kitchen team.
You will be required to recruit, train, schedule and lead a high quality team who enjoy serving young people and embrace the larger educational mission of the Academy and the corresponding standard of excellence. Although we are fully functional in a temporary facility, a new ‘state of the art’ kitchen and food hall will be completed at the end of this year, and the ‘set up’ will be an executive chefs dream first job.
We will be looking for you to successfully manage costs; develop and implement exciting menus, ensure compliance with all health and safety requirements, employment law and the Academy Code of Conduct.
This is a key role and a management position.
Librarian
Help others learn about the world around them Become part of the team who send people’s minds on exciting journeys as they explore the world of books, Internet and more at the Aga Khan Academy library.
With your library qualifications behind you and a few years experience in a school, this is a chance to work with other committed professionals to support the learning of students in the International Baccalaureate Programme,
their teachers and our community outreach programme. Additionally you will provide library desk assistance to our customers on a rostered basis.
This is a key position as we look to move further ahead in our inquiry-based curriculum.
For all positions we offer an excellent package in duding competitive salary, professional development opportunities, medical insurance and indusion in the school pension scheme. We look forward to hearing from you with a resume of your skills and experience.
To Apply:
Interested candidates need to forward a letter of application, detailed curriculum vitae, with at least 3 suitable referees & copies of all relevant qualifications and testimonials and daytime telephone contact before closing date
of 1 October 2010 to:
The Human Resource Department,
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa,
Mbuyuni Road, Kizingo, Mombasa,
P O Box 90066 80100
email: recruiting@akam.ac.ke
(clearly specifying the position being applied for in the subject line)
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