TEACHER AIDE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS – Ministry of Education & Skills Development

VACANCY NO.: 10 OF 2022

POST: TEACHER AIDE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

(Tenable in different Schools across the North West Region)

Applications are invited from suitably qualified employees for the above position in Ministry of Education & Skills Development tenable in the North West Region.

SALARY SCALE: B3/2 (P59, 412 – P82, 836)

LEAVE: 20 Working days per annum

BENEFITS:

Optional contributory Medical Aid Scheme with the Botswana Public Officers Medical Aid Scheme (BOPMAS – Government pays 80% and employee pays 20% for Standard Benefit . For a High Benefit the employer pays an equivalence of the employee’s entitlement under the Standard Benefit

Contributory Pension scheme (Government contributes 15% and employee contribute 5%)

QUALIFICATIONS:

Certificate in Early Childhood and Development plus Junior Certificate, Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education or its equivalent

N.B: Competence in one of the following languages will be an added advantage:

• Thimbukushu
• Sheyei
• Otjiherero/Otjimbanderu
• Sign Language

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To assist in providing a safe, caring and stimulating environment that would prepare pupils for formal learning and successive life development stages

REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Strategic Skills
• Operating Skills
• Energy and Drive
• Organizational Positioning Skills
• Personal and Interpersonal Skills

DUTIES:

• Reinforces instruction taught in the classroom to learners
• Provide exceptional support to learners with diverse needs
• Observes learner activities and generates records
• Initiates and engages learners in fun-based activities
• Instils proper discipline in children
• Supervises learners play
• Monitors learners behaviour
• Supports learners who need assistance with self-help skills (feeding, toilet training and dressing)
• Maintain a clean and safe classroom environment
• Identifies and reports any peculiarities of children to the class teacher for appropriate intervention
• Assists in the development of teaching aids and educational kits for learners
• Participates in fundraising activities to support the programme
• Attends professional staff meetings, seminars and conferences
• Benchmarks with other institutions for best practices
• Undertakes research on job-related issues