About Nairobi Waldorf School Trust.

The Nairobi Waldorf School Trust (NWST) is a unique school in Kenya and all of East Africa. Our approach nourishes the intellectual, physical, and artistic development of the child; cultivating each child’s unique contribution for the future through the unfolding of courage, compassion, and truth. NWST is dedicated to providing education inspired by the Waldorf philosophy.

This foundation maximizes the potential for learning, loving, and creating to unfold naturally in children while helping to remove obstacles in their paths. Academics, art, music, and movement are interwoven to meet the developmental needs of the whole child. Through a Waldorf education, we are preparing children to be conceptual thinkers whose self-understanding, compassion, expressiveness, and creative problem-solving skills equip them to take on life to its fullest potential.

This is a pivotal time in the growth of our school because we recently launched our high school, which is currently the only Waldorf school in East Africa that offers a high school education through the Waldorf curriculum. We are on a path to scale what was started in 1999 with 4 students, and to date, we have a total population of 450 students across the kindergarten, primary, and high school and two campuses.

Position Overview.

We are seeking a skilled and collaborative Lead Mentor to join our leadership team. This role will focus on supporting teachers and students across the school with responsibilities that include strengthening teacher practice through coaching, evaluating, improving and implementation of processes across the team and classes, and working in partnership with parents and caregivers.

Key Responsibilities.

• Strengthening teacher practice through effective coaching and evaluation.
• Mentor and coach teachers through observation, reflection, and professional dialogue
• Support new teacher on-boarding and ongoing faculty development
• Improving and implementing evaluative processes across the team and classes.
• Co-lead faculty meetings and collegial processes
• Working in partnership with parents and caregivers to foster a supportive educational environment.
• Role Flexibility: There will be some flexibility in the responsibilities of this position. Duties will be shaped and negotiated with the successful candidate to best meet the needs of the school and the individual.
• Administrative Support: The position will involve a number of administrative tasks including teacher appraisals and student assessment.
• Collaboration and Mentorship: As an integral member of the wider leadership team, the Lead Mentor will work closely alongside the heads of each Community of Practice, acting as both mentor and coach.
• Ideal Candidate Profile: This dynamic role is suited to an educator with strong leadership capacity and good communication and interpersonal skills. Ideally they should have taken a class through from Class 1 to Class 8 at least two times.

Qualifications and preferred skills.

• Master’s Degree in Education, Education Administration and Curriculum Planning (added advantage).
• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or equivalent qualification.
• A Diploma in Waldorf / Steiner Education is an added advantage.
• Registered with Teachers Service Commission is Compulsory.
• Excellent in both verbal and writing skills with demonstrated experience of both.
• An assertive and ethical team player with practical knowledge of pedagogical systems and processes and the ability to work under pressure and meet set deadlines.
• Strong grounding in child development and developmentally appropriate practice.
• Collaborative leadership style and an ability to collaborate with diverse faculty and staff.
• Effective and empathetic communication with teachers, parents, and administration.

• Strengthening teacher practice through effective coaching and evaluation.
• Mentor and coach teachers through observation, reflection, and professional dialogue
• Support new teacher on-boarding and ongoing faculty development
• Improving and implementing evaluative processes across the team and classes.
• Co-lead faculty meetings and collegial processes
• Working in partnership with parents and caregivers to foster a supportive educational environment.
• Administrative tasks including teacher appraisals and student assessment.
• Work closely alongside the heads of each Community of Practice, acting as both mentor and coach.

• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Assertive and ethical team player
• Practical knowledge of pedagogical systems and processes
• Ability to work under pressure and meet set deadlines
• Strong grounding in child development and developmentally appropriate practice
• Collaborative leadership style
• Ability to collaborate with diverse faculty and staff
• Effective and empathetic communication with teachers, parents, and administration
• Strong leadership capacity
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Master’s Degree in Education, Education Administration and Curriculum Planning (added advantage)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or equivalent qualification
• Diploma in Waldorf / Steiner Education (added advantage)
• Registered with Teachers Service Commission (Compulsory)