Vacancies Open at Valenture Institute

DESCRIPTION

• The Subject Specialist role is primarily responsible for ensuring high-quality teaching and learning for their allocated subject and phase. The Subject Specialist will also be responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality tuition and the student experience.  The incumbent should be extremely detail-oriented, well organised, and familiar with online learning management systems, ed-tech tools and data management. The ideal candidate should have a positive personality and growth mindset, excellent interpersonal skills, and an unbridled passion for – and commitment to  – changing the world (yes, the world) through high-quality education.

DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Learner experience:

• Develop and deliver a variety of teaching and instructional methodologies that make up best practices for their subject.
• Regular contact through Ask-Me-Anything and Mastery Bootcamp sessions with learners to encourage, motivate and empower them to achieve their best.
• Employ a variety of dynamic teaching and instructional methodologies, with the aid of edtech tools
• Conduct lesson planning to develop appropriate teaching solutions and strategies that target the specific learner needs that arise as they progress through the course.
• Develop and be closely involved in the moderation of Cycle tests, examinations and SBAs.
• Take ownership of learners enrolled in your subject, and monitor their academic performance using data and metrics aligned with key performance indicators (KPIs). 
• Consult on the course evaluations process to ensure that feedback is channelled into the Learning Design team according to the ADDIE model. 
• Work with our Support Coaches, Student Experience Leads and Student Well-Being to oversee the progress of learners enrolled in their allocated subject.
• Review holistic performance of learners on a regular basis.
• Manage the posting of announcements to the online campus, and respond to discussion forum posts made by learners. 
• Facilitate and participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities, clubs, assembly and learner organisations where required 

Academic Quality Assurance:

• Moderate submissions that contribute to learner progress.
• Work closely with the Product team to improve content, using data analysis and best practice in your subject.
• Using subject specifications to ensure that the quality of grading meets the required examination standards.
• Using subject specifications to ensure that content meets the required examination standards, peer-review cycle tests and exam papers, and determine the efficacy and suitability of content.

Community of practise:

• Engage in lesson observations to maintain quality assurance of instruction in line with Valenture’s Teaching and Learning approach and to enable personal and peer improvement through feedback, coaching and mentorship.
• Regular professional development sessions to develop a deep knowledge of the most recent advances of research in the subject you teach, as well as the research on how something can be taught and learned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years teaching experience at secondary school level, with either BEd, PGCE, or relevant qualification.
• Experience teaching the relevant curriculum will be an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively working with young people to promote their individual academic potential.
• Adept in a technological environment.
• Operationally savvy. 
• A good feel for working with assessment data and operational data. 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. 
• Excellent administrative and reporting skills.
• Must be comfortable working remotely and independently. 
• Police clearance required.
• SACE registration or eligible to apply for SACE

Tech requirements:

• A second screen.
• A stable internet connection (minimum of a 20mbps line).

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Who Are We, The Data And Analytics Team?

• The Data and Analytics Team is a central node of Valenture Institute that supports the data and analytics needs for the entire business. Our team exists to improve data-driven decision making across many stakeholders, to increase the operational effectiveness of teams, and to improve the core educational experience of Valenture’s educational products by building data assets, insight assets andprediction assets.

Who Are You?

• As an intermediate analytics engineer, you possess a strong foundation in data engineering and analytics, demonstrating a passion for leveraging data to drive actionable insights.
• You thrive in anticipating and addressing business stakeholders’ evolving needs and excel in crafting compelling narratives through data visualisations.
• Your commitment to making a tangible impact in education is evident in your entrepreneurial spirit and proactive approach to problem-solving.
• You possess a deep-seated curiosity for exploring emerging technologies and implementing best practices to overcome challenges.
• Your self-motivation and accountability drive you to take ownership of your work while actively contributing to the collective learning environment.

What are your daily responsibilities?

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines to facilitate the collection, processing, and transformation of data from diverse sources for analysis.
• Optimise data storage, retrieval, and processing mechanisms to ensure the scalability and efficiency of the analytics infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to discern their data needs and translate requirements into effective data analysis and visualisation solutions.
• Manage and enhance data models within the data lake and transformation layer.
• Create actionable data visualisations to empower Valenture stakeholders with insights for decision-making.
• Provide technical support for debugging, testing, and performance tuning of data assets, visualisation assets, and prediction assets.
• Identify and address data quality issues to uphold data integrity and consistency.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, tools, and technologies relevant to data engineering and analytics.

What Stack Will You Be Using?

• Snowflake
• dbt
• Fivetran
• Airbyte
• AWS
• Looker (LookML)
• Python
• Gitlab

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Relevant Engineering Discipline, or Equivalent Practical Experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Rapid adaptability to new technologies and methodologies.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Fundamental understanding of data warehousing concepts and ETL processes.
• Experience with Git and Git-based workflows.
• Prior exposure to data vaulting and dbt is advantageous.
• Familiarity with data visualisation tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) is beneficial.
• Understanding of data science libraries in Python (e.g., pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, seaborn) is a plus.

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Role Overview

• The Communications Administrator at Valenture Institute is a proactive and detail-oriented individual who plays a critical role in ensuring that clear, proactive, engaging, personalised and consistent communication is delivered to our customers (being guardians and learners across our multiple offerings).
• The Communications Administrator reports into the Student Success Manager (and will form part of the Student Success Team), and is primarily responsible for the creation, editing, managing, and delivery of communications to all guardians and learners. By fostering effective collaboration across departments, the Communications Administrator ensures seamless delivery of communication tailored to meet the unique needs of the learner and guardian community we serve. 

Summary of Responsibilities

• The Communications Administrator will need to source and assimilate key information and updates (across various departments) while ensuring that communications are set up and managed correctly. This role, therefore, requires focused task management, excellent communication skills, meticulous attention to detail, effective collaboration with colleagues and the ability to remain agile and responsive while multitasking.
• The Communications Administrator is constantly looking to understand our offerings’ internal operations through the eyes of a guardian and a learner, ensuring that the end customer receives timeous communication and feels supported along the way.

The day-to-day responsibilities of this role include: 

• Set up, schedule and send both ad hoc, as well as planned and/or recurring communication campaigns across each of our offerings via Intercom, our communications platform.
• Assume full responsibility for the creation, maintenance and improvement of communication templates (per offering). This involves the designing and development of visually appealing templates across formal school channels, constantly updating them to reflect termly milestones and organisational changes. As the Communications Administrator, you will continuously seek ways to enhance template effectiveness in order to maximise engagement. 
• Provide assistance with drafting and refining content for all school emails, banners, mobile app push notifications, SMSes and Infohub articles.
• Evaluate the type of communication request originating from internal stakeholders, and provide suggestions on the optimal/preferred communication channel for the communication at hand. 
• Enhance ongoing campaigns to more effectively cater to the needs of learners and guardians. This involves integrating feedback from internal stakeholders, as well as conducting regular reviews of communications related to reports release and appeals, onboarding, and other crucial school-wide communications pivotal to achieving key academic milestones.
• Set up termly wrap-up campaigns to deliver critical information to our learner and guardian community as we conclude an academic term and outline expectations for the upcoming term.
• Support with leveraging AI and automation to increase communication efficiency and effectiveness across all offerings.
• Evaluate ways to improve the process through which internal stakeholders submit communication requests.
• Efficiently manage and prioritise communication requests on a daily and weekly basis. This involves ensuring timely internal communications with internal stakeholders to maintain transparency regarding timelines.
• Share communication tests with internal stakeholders to provide them with the chance to review and pinpoint areas for enhancement.
• Generate reports on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to communication performance and take ownership of monitoring communication trends. Additionally, proactively propose enhancements to communication strategies and processes based on identified trends and work alongside the Student Success Manager to execute on these.
• Collaborate proactively with learner-facing teams to pinpoint common inquiries from learners and guardians. Subsequently, create informative resources and Infohub articles to address these queries effectively.
• Take ownership of maintaining the Info Hub and collaborate with departments to ensure the relevance and currency of articles. This encompasses curating collections to support diverse departmental needs, such as partnerships, Cycle Tests and Exams, and grading.

Realities of the role

• Valenture Institute is a fast-paced startup. We are not a traditional school! We are reimagining schooling and precedent needs to be adopted only where it has proven to have great results. If you think that traditional schools have it all figured out, this is probably not the right role for you. 
• Collaboration is the name of the game. We operate in highly specialised teams, and our ability to deliver an excellent learner experience is premised on our team’s ability to collaborate, value the contributions of their teammates (including those in other teams) and see the value in the “rubbing of minds”. If you do not find value in having your ideas interrogated or others weighing in on how things could foreseeably be done, you are unlikely to enjoy the role. Similarly, if you are not comfortable with other teams being accountable for different parts of the learning experience, you are unlikely to find this environment to be a good fit for you. 
• The Student Success team members are master multitaskers. They enjoy the pace and variety of guardian and learner engagements, collaborating with teams and working on multiple systems — all in a day’s work! If you prefer long periods of deep, uninterrupted time, you are unlikely to enjoy this role. 
• Providing a seamless learning experience for learners and guardians often involves a lot of backend admin. The ideal candidate would have a pragmatic understanding of the value that administrative tasks bring to bear on the experience of an end-user. 
• As a new brand of schooling operating at the forefront of digital disruption, technical challenges do arise. The ideal candidate will have an appreciation for how necessary it is to fail fast and fail forward, learn through iterative feedback loops, and embrace the process of continuous learning.
• Change is constant as a result of rapid learning cycles. If consistent change gives you energy rather than drains your energy, you are likely to thrive in this environment. Similarly, if you are adept at managing yourself in a demanding environment and understand the importance of self-awareness and boundaries in your work, you are likely to do very well. 

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Communication, Marketing or PR is preferred 
• 3-5 years of work experience, in a communications role
• Experience working with CRM platforms (list management, template creation, campaign set-up and testing)
• Exceptional spoken and written communication skills
• A passion for communicating proactively, effectively and consistently with customers
• Adept at working cross-functionally to bring about change 
• Analytical skills in working with quantitative and qualitative data