NBT AQL Workshop Facilitator

We’re looking for workshop facilitators to support our National Benchmarking Test AQL Workshops! This contract role is perfect for full-time or retired educators, Maths/English teaching students, or post-graduate students in English, Maths, Economics, Science or Engineering. Our NBT courses are run as School Workshops and Open Workshops, both in person and live online. Workshops are mainly delivered on weekends, during school holidays and, in some cases, during the week. Facilitators will be responsible for teaching and delivering our high-impact NBT AQL Preparation workshops, which are taught in English. This position is available to educators in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Durban. Ability to facilitate the MAT Workshop and to teach in Afrikaans is advantageous.

The candidate we’re looking for

• Passionate about teaching and education
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong technology skills
• Willing to constantly learn and improve on teaching ability
• Able to facilitate productive and constructive lessons
• Organised
• Self-motivated
• Good classroom management skills
• Detail-oriented
• Able to learn and adapt to various tools for administration
• Friendly & empathetic
• Patient
• Collaborative team player
• Good listening skills
• Excited to extend quality education

Minimum qualifications and requirements

A successful candidate must hold or be studying towards a Degree/Diploma in Education or an English/Maths/Economics/Engineering/Science-oriented degree.

• Five or more years of High School English or Science (Grade 10-12) teaching or tutoring experience
• Excel in the classroom teaching context
• Possess an excellent level of understanding in Academic and Quantitative Literacy
• Have a good command of English, both spoken and written

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate NBT AQL workshops
• Perform a basic administrative role during the workshop
• Provide insightful input into workshop improvement
• Give customer insight and feedback to the team
• Communicate intelligent recommendations/advice to customers

The contract

Remuneration: Approximately R417–R625 per hour

• Depends on the number of workshop hours (AQL is five hours)
• Depends on the level of teaching experience and NBT experience
• In the event of travel, a subsistence allowance and any related travel costs are paid over and above the workshop fee
• A bonus is paid if an AQL and an MAT NBT Preparation Workshop are taught on the same weekend by the same educator

You will be employed on a part-time contractual basis for the duration of the NBT season. The majority of courses are held over weekends and holidays in the main cities around South Africa. The courses that the Facilitator is to deliver will be agreed to with the Advantage Learn team prior to course delivery. An offer of employment is dependent upon receipt of satisfactory references, a personal interview, completion of the NBT Educator course, NBT test results, Child Protection Register check, and teaching practice review.

How to apply

If you are interested in the position, please send your CV and a five-minute video of yourself teaching a Grade 12 Maths concept for AQL to [email protected]. Please include the role’s title in your subject line. You may consider your application unsuccessful if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of submitting your CV.