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Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is seeking passionate individuals who will be involved with teaching and mentoring entrepreneurs-in-training in technology so that they can begin building a scalable technology company at the end of the program.
These individuals will contribute to creating a culture of excellence in a supportive environment that furthers the success of our entrepreneurs-in-training and drives the reputation of MEST as a world-class entrepreneurship training program.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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To design, develop and execute lesson plans on technical topics.
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Grade and evaluate technical deliverables.
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To mentor individuals and project teams.
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To lead projects within the curriculum.
EXPERIENCE
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Programming proficiency in an objected-oriented programming (OOP) language.
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Experience building scalable applications:
- UX/UI Designer : Wireframing, Prototyping, Ideating, Developing final designs using Photoshop/Illustrator, etc.
- Front-End : Exposure and practical skills of one of the popular frontend frameworks such as Ember.js , Angular , React , Backbone , etc.
- Back-End : Daily development of one of the popular full stack frameworks such as Ruby on Rails , Django , Meteor , Laravel , etc. Experience in both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, etc) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, Redis, etc). If you have BAAS experience, that’s a plus.
- Mobile application developer. If you do native development with Java (Android) or Objective-C/Swift (iOS) that’s a plus.
- Testing
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- Ability to design and architect complex software programs, and maintain them over time.
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Experience managing software projects and teams using project management tools.
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Ability to adopt new languages and frameworks quickly in order to help teams using them.
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Experience with emerging technologies, AI(ML, NLU/NLP, CV, VR, AR), Blockchain (Hyperledger fabric, Ethereum) and IoT. Knowing how to build gaming systems is a plus
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Understanding of Design Thinking methods is highly desirable
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Significant experience in public speaking, teaching, and mentorship.
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Significant experience with entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship.
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Experience working in multi-cultural and geographically diverse teams and familiarity with the challenges/opportunities in African countries.
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Plus: Entrepreneurship experience in Africa or emerging markets.
CHARACTERISTICS
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Passion for excellence, creativity, innovation, teaching and learning
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Excellent facilitator and speaker
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Team player, effective in a Collaborative Work Environment
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Coaching, able to bring out the best in others
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Learning mindset
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Innovative
BENEFITS
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Monthly stipend
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Travel, Housing, Meals and Emergency Health Insurance provided by MEST
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Teaching experience; international work experience
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A chance to make a significant impact- transfer knowledge and skills
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Skills development outside of typical day-to-day roles
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Exposure to some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and investors through guest lectures.
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On-the-ground operational experience in high-growth markets.
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Broadened perspective through exposure to out-of-industry problems, players, and technologies.
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Invaluable international work & life experience in an entrepreneurial organization supporting talented African tech entrepreneurs.
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