Abaarso School - General Teacher

Founded in 2009, the Abaarso Network enables transformative change in Somaliland, East Africa, through educating and empowering the human capital needed to achieve ethical and effective development. The Network includes three world-class educational institutions that provide high-potential students with critical access, support, and leadership development:

Come teach some East Africa's brightest students.

The Abaarso Network includes three school systems in Somaliland (Somalia): a residential high school known as Abaarso School; Barwaaqo Women’s University, offering a four-year degree in education; and Kaabe Montessori primary schools.

Somaliland has been peaceful since it declared independence from Somalia in 1999. Crime is low. However, development and education have lagged. The Abaarso Network educates the next generation of Somali leaders, who will help develop their country after the devastating civil war. Since opening in 2009, Abaarso has sent nearly 200 students on scholarship to top colleges and secondary schools throughout the world, including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, MIT, Amherst, Swarthmore, and many more. The Abaarso School has been featured on 60 Minutes and in The New York Times, BBC World, and CNN Money, among many others.

Teachers in the Abaarso Network work hard, in difficult conditions. They work long hours, often in a boarding school environment. They also provide an extraordinary opportunity for children and young adults to access world-class education in an otherwise impoverished, under-developed setting.

All staff fully immerse themselves in the school’s mission. They forge lifetime connections with grateful students. Abaarso School teachers gain invaluable classroom teaching experience and receive expert coaching to become better teachers. Barwaaqo Women’s University teachers have the opportunity to empower young Somali women to become professionals and drive development through their communities. Career development opportunities and additional incentives exist for those who spend more than one year with the Abaarso Network. Applications for subject teachers, with a priority on STEM, and teacher-leader roles are welcome. Experience teaching or working with youth is desirable, but not required.

The successful candidate will

• Be educated to bachelor degree level.
• Have at least 3  years teaching experience in a high school
• Have an understanding of East Africa context, particularly education sector and fragile settings 
• Be experienced in managing a team of adults in an academic setting
• Be experienced in Development (humanities, STEM, or both)
• Have experience in Student Assessments
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Results-oriented, entrepreneurial; takes initiative and is undeterred by ambiguous situations
• College major, minor, or significant experience in subject material for their classroomI.

The successful candidate will

• Be educated to bachelor degree level.
• Have at least 3  years teaching experience in a high school
• Have an understanding of East Africa context, particularly education sector and fragile settings 
• Be experienced in managing a team of adults in an academic setting
• Be experienced in Development (humanities, STEM, or both)
• Have experience in Student Assessments
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Results-oriented, entrepreneurial; takes initiative and is undeterred by ambiguous situations
• College major, minor, or significant experience in subject material for their classroom.

If you are an exceptional candidate who would like to make an impact, we will welcome your application.