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  • MUTIPLE JOBS AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF USA (AUN)

    MUTIPLE JOBS AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF USA (AUN)

    The American University of USA (AUN) was established in 2003. The institution was conceived as Africa’s first Development University. Its mission is to pioneer service learning and build leaders who
    will be prepared to tackle societal concerns. Located in Yola, Adamawa State, the University is a world-class career-oriented institution missioned to be an agent of change in the development of the region. AUN has a strong commitment to providing the skills and the leadership essential to solving the continent’s critical social and economic problems.
    The University offers an American – style education modeled after the curriculum of American universities with corresponding approaches to teaching and students assessment. The first entering class of 124 students and 20 professors was enrolled in September 2005. In ten years, AUN is fast becoming a model for other universities in USA and West Africa.

    Job Tittle; Grade 1 Teacher

    Job Type; Full Time

    Qualification; BA/BSc/HND

    Experience; 3 years

    Location; Adamawa

    Job Field; Education / Teaching

    SUMMARY OF POSITION:
    The position shall develop and implement lesson plans that meet the requirements of Grade 1 pupils in accordance to the guidelines of the University. This involves using the appropriate teaching style and material/equipment to strengthen the learning process of the pupils. The incumbent shall provide pupils with appropriate learning activities to help fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth while establishing effective teacher - pupil, teacher - parents’ relationship and communicate with parents to discuss pupil’s growth and interpret school program.

    DETAILED LISTING OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Supervise pupils in and out of class rooms’ activities.
    • Evaluate each pupil’s performance in terms of academic and social growth.
    • Prepare reports on pupils as required by the administration.
    • Maintains professional competence by personal growth.
    • Administer and prepare grade test, assignments in evaluating pupils’ progress.
    • Establish and enforce rules of behavior among pupil.
    • Confer with parents, teachers, counselors and administrators to resolve pupil’s behavioral and academic problems and progress.
    • Maintain accurate pupil’s record as required by the Community School Administration.
    • Prepare lesson plan for course of study in accordance to the curriculum/syllabus guidelines and implement remedial program for pupil who require extra help.
    • Provide variety of materials and resources (computers, audiovisual aid), for pupil to explore and use for learning and imaginative play and also for presentation.
    • Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development.
    • Attend staff and professional meetings.
    • Coordinate with other staff and teachers to enhance individual goals and objectives attainment.
    • Contribute to develop and translate lessons plans for pupils.
    • Creates a flexible and favorable environment for pupil’s safety, creative thinking and expose the pupils to potential careers.
    • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
    Requirements for the position:
    • B.ED OR BA in any related discipline, PGDE preferred.
    • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English Language.
    • 3-5 years of experience in teaching in a multi-cultural environment.
    • Must be computer literate.

    Other requirements, abilities for the position:
    • Ability to be a Role model.
    • Experience teaching young children.
    • Passion for teaching and love for children.
    • Ability to create a healthy classroom environment.

    Job Tittle; Physical Education Teacher

    Job Type; Full Time

    Qualification; BA/BSc/HND

    Experience; 3 years

    Location; Adamawa

    Job Field; Education / Teaching

    SUMMARY OF POSITION:
    The Physical Education Teacher serves as the Games master in the community school. He reports directly to the Executive Director Community School and makes sure all pupils in the community school engage in weekly physical training activities. He is in charge of the use of all sporting equipment and facilities in the community school and schedules a timetable accurate enough to make sure all students in the school engage in sporting activities. The Physical Education Teacher also seeks out and encourages outstanding talent amongst the students. He/She is also actively involved in the school inter-house and inter-school competitions; making sure the school teams are well trained and ready to win any competition.

    DETAILED LISTING OF RESPONSIBILITIES;

    • The Physical Education Teacher is the person responsible for all aspects of leading/coaching the pupils’ games activities.
    • The Physical Education Teacher is in charge of scheduling the pupils’ physical training activities through athletic races and soccer matches.
    • The Physical Education Teacher make sure all the pupils are actively involved in physical training activities and also seek out talented athletes amongst them.
    • The Physical Education Teacher also serves as a coach, mentor and role model for the students of the Community School.
    • Coordinates the use of all sport facilities by students groups.
    • The Physical Education Teacher is responsible for the early development of health and wellness activities in the pupils by engaging them in games, races, drills and exercise meant to boost mental strength and physical wellness.
    • The Physical Education Teacher is responsible for training, teaching and conditioning student-athletes in preparation for all interschool competitions.
    • The Physical Education Teacher will be responsible for a wide variety of administrative tasks including, but not limited to, scheduling of practices and games, submitting reports, providing PE roasters.
    • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

    Requirements for the position:
    • B.Ed. OR B.A in physical and Health Education or any related discipline.
    • A PGDE will be an added advantage
    • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English Language.
    • 3-5 years’ experience in a similar setting
    • Must be computer literate.

    Other requirements, abilities for the position:
    • Ability to be a Role model.
    • Experience teaching young children on physical exercise
    • Passion for teaching and love for children.

    Job Tittle; Pediatric Nurse

    Job Type; Full Time

    Qualification; BA/BSc/HND

    Experience; 2 years

    Location; Adamawa

    Job Field; Medical / Health / Safety

    SUMMARY OF POSITION
    Pediatric nurses provide health and medical care for children at the AUN Early Learning Center.The nurse will provide expert care to the child while working with parents, teachers and the Center Director for information, direction and assistance in line with stipulated policy and procedures.

    DETAILED LISTING OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Identify changes in a child’s signs and symptoms and intervene in emergent situations
    • Maintain privacy and confidentiality in nurse/child relationships
    • Differentiate between normal and abnormal physical findings
    • Serve as health advocate for staff, ensuring that health concerns are given proper attention.
    • Participate in activities to manage a child’s pain
    • Analyse situations to anticipate pathophysiological problems and detect changes in status
    • Administer medication using age-appropriate guidelines
    • Determine a child’s needs related to pain management
    • Evaluate a child for signs and symptoms of abuse
    • Provide supportive care to dying children with parents
    • Administer all medication at the center, communicating clearly
    • Motivate staff to maximize collaboration, retention and growth
    • Assist the center Director with the day-to-day operations of the school.
    • Shall perform any other duties as maybe assigned by the supervisor.

    Requirements for the position:
    • Nursing Certificate
    • Valid License to practice/Nursing registration
    • Two (2) to four (4) years of direct work experience with infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers.

    Basic Nursing Ethics
    • Ability to undertake self-directed tasks when necessary.
    • Flexible with time.
    • Ability to learn
    • Attention to detail.
    • Capacity to prioritize by assessing situations to determine urgency.

    Other requirements, abilities for the position:
    • Skill in developing and maintaining effective working relationships.
    • Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and confidentiality.
    • Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures, and techniques
    • Knowledge of pharmacological agents used in the treatment of infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
    • Effective verbal and written communication skills along with proper telephone etiquette
    • Tactfulness and professionalism

    Method of Application
    Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as approved by the University.
    Suitably qualified candidates should submit their resumes, cover letters and references to recruitment@aun.edu.ng before the closing date of this publication. The position being applied for should be the subject of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

  • Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Job Vacancy For an OVA Adviser

    Management Sciences for Health-MSH saves lives and improves health, especially among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

    Job Title: OVC Advisor

    Location
    Abuja

    Job Field
    Medical, Health, Safety

    Overall Responsibilities
    The objective of the OVC Advisor position is to provide technical leadership on the delivery of comprehensive and quality VC services under the ProACT project in a manner that strengthens community leadership and development systems and creates linkages and synergy between community and facility-based services.
    The OVC Advisor is expected to spearhead the building of innovative models and community interventions that will improve the well-being of OVCs and care givers as well as lead efforts geared towards strengthening the capacity of community based organization in partnership with the state and local government, private organizations, OVC-focused implementing partners and the community itself.

    Specific Responsibilities

    • Provide technical input in the development of an integrated ProACT project work plan in collaboration with the Directors, Advisors and State Teams.
    • Take lead in the strategic design of an integrated OVC program that ensures linkages between facility and community level interventions.
    • Develop and implement a comprehensive capacity building strategy for care givers, state government and CSO partners to ensure the initiation of quality OVC services in target communities
    • Provide technical support and mentoring of OVC desk officers at partner State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (SMWASD) units to enhance sustainability and ownership of the OVC program.
    • Take responsibility for technical monitoring, evaluation and reporting of OVC services within the project PMP framework
    • Actively engage the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, NACA, CSOs and other IPs to identify gaps in policy and practice and package evidence to inform changes in OVC policy and practice.
    • Generate quarterly and annual technical reports that detail programmatic achievements, innovations and lesson learned.
    • Work with ProACT management to document and publish best practices.
    • Provide technical oversight for management of the project’s OVC focused small grants programs with assistance from the senior technical advisor and working closely with the field based specialist.
    • Design strategy and roll out plan for building and coordinating networks of VC focused community-based service organizations/providers and using these networks to leverage additional resources for championing VC initiatives in focus states.
    • Represent MSH at national and technical working groups meetings hosted by the USG, NACA, and FMoH on matters of OVC.

    Management Responsibility
    • Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of VC services including community services provided under the ProACT project in USA
    • Member of the Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project performance
    • ACCOUNTABILITY:
    • Supervision: Works independently and reports to the Senior Technical Advisor Care and Support.
    • Decision Making: Working within project strategy and policy guidelines, makes decisions with regards to work responsibilities and is accountable for them.
    • Responsibility over data or information: Has access to information within project, and is responsible for program data generation and management.
    • Responsibility over assets: Responsibility for assigned assets in the program.
    • Responsibility over Staff: Overall responsibility for staff reporting to this position.

    Qualifications
    • Master level or higher training in public health, Social Work, demography, social or behavior science
    • Minimum of 5 years senior level program experience with HIV/AIDS programs supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID, particularly those related to community HIV interventions, prevention with positives (PHDP), orphans and vulnerable children.
    • At least 5 years experience facilitating community programs on health or social development.
    • Comprehensive understanding of community-based HIV care and support initiatives, including program design, implementation and evaluation.
    • Demonstrable experience on participatory rural training methodologies and excellent facilitating skills.
    • Strong working competency in computer applications to carry out management and statistical analysis required.
    • Grants management experience an added advantage.
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English.

    Method of Application
    All interested and suitably qualified candidates should click here in order to apply online

  • Popularizing Machine Learning

    Three weeks ago I gave a presentation on probabilistic modelling to an audience of data mining practitioners. These people know about machine learning, they use it every day, but their main concern is to analyze data: real data!

    The experience taught me a valuable lesson which I hadn’t come across by interacting with the academic community: Probabilistic models are hard. Even for people that are very close to the machine learning community (data mining), probabilistic models are a very different (new?) way of thinking.

    The whole idea of building a generative story for your data and then using Bayes rule to “invert” the model given some dataset has become second nature to me. Nonetheless, I (we?) shouldn’t forget that it took statistics a long time to think about modelling in this sense. Hence I now understand realize that for outsiders the framework of probabilistic modelling is a highly non-trivial concept to grasp.

    In this context I am obliged to share a blog post by Jeff Moser. I have never seen such a great explanation of a non-trivial probabilistic model that is deployed in very large scale on XBox Live: “Computing Your Skill”, a description of the TrueSkill ranking model. Very very well done Jeff!