Furrer Foundation is hiring:

Lecturer – Zambia Entrepreneurs College (ZEC), Rufunsa

Do you want to provide opportunities to Zambian rural youth by helping to promote craftsmanship and entrepreneurship in a new approach to vocational training?

About the Zambia Entrepreneurs Park & College:

With our newly built training institution, we want to:

1) Position vocational training (apprenticeships with maximum practical exposure) as a viable alternative to academic pathways

2) Train quality craftsmen and develop them into small- and mid-sized entrepreneurs

3) Kick-start development in the areas around our institution. Currently, we are preparing apprenticeship training courses in construction, carpentry and metalwork and plan to offer up to 10 professions in the future. ZEP apprentices will benefit from extensive practical training by our designated ZEP master craftsmen as well as high-quality teaching by our ZEC lecturers and visiting businessmen- and women – all with the aim of equipping our apprentices with all the skills needed to become the most successful entrepreneurs in Zambia.

As ZEC is becoming operational, we are looking for experienced and well-organized Lecturers with drive and enthusiasm for youth vocational training:

FIELDS:

• Metal fabrication (One)
• Bricklaying and Masonry(One)
• Power Electricals (One)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION OF LECTURERS

• He/she should have a Craft Certificate(TEVETA).
• He/she must have a teaching qualification such as the Technical and Vocational Teachers’ Diploma
• Minimum of two (2) years relevant industrial experience
• Added advantage if is accredited with TEVETA

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Lecturer

OVERALL PURPOSE

Teaching

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teaching is the principal area of concern
• Responsible for coordination of teaching programmes and for the proper use of teaching facilities
• Responsible for the day-to-day control of classroom and workshop activities in the assigned area
• Evaluation and development of text books and teaching aids applicable to area of responsibility
• Any other duties as may be assigned by management
• Highly reliable, trustworthy and diligent in all business matters
• Native-level proficiency in spoken and written English and Nyanja (and Bemba).

Contractual aspects:

• Contract: full-time or part-time, start date ideally Midyear 2023 / by arrangement
• Salary: competitive and commensurate with experience
• Location: Rufunsa (expected to take residency there)