TERM: 
Full-time
JOB DESCRIPTION: 
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Your Role
If you are a highly energetic robotics specialist who has working experience with children and is a tech enthusiast, then being the Mechanics Instructor in COAF's Debet SMART Center is a perfect role for you.
RESPONSIBILITIES: 
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Your Team
You will be joining the COAF SMART Programs team and be a part of a multidisciplinary team working with the students of the center with an individual approach. You will work under the leadership of the COAF SMART Education Manager and will be working in close contact with the team of instructors of the center. Your duties will include:
Content creation and instruction (80%)
- Develop theoretical and practical content for the Mechanics program, constantly perfecting it according to international and national standards;
- Create respective syllabi, lesson plans, hand-outs, exercises, and presentations;
- Develop and implement programmatic learning outcomes and measuring tools for tracking students' progress;
- Inform students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements;
- Lead Mechanics classes with 5 groups of students regularly introducing them to the field of designing, building and programing robots;
- Assist in the development of supplemental learning materials and activities to meet the varying academic needs of students;
- Track students' individual and team performance and give them regular feedback, review and grade their assignments and take notes on their progress;
- Plan and conduct community-based projects in the completion of each course;
- Implement effective classroom management techniques;
- Implement different ideas as part of project-based learning at the end of each course;
- Assist in the development of supplemental learning materials and activities to meet varying academic needs of students.
Administrative duties and communication (20%)
- Individually inform students and/or parents of the course requirements, schedules and absences, and evaluation procedures;
- Work efficiently in a multi-disciplinary team and build teams of idea generators, creators, developers, and implementers around in their field;
- Ensure a safe, creative and imagination-boosting working and learning atmosphere;
- Participate in short or long-term on-the-job training organized by COAF and/ or partner organizations.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 
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You
COAF is expecting your best and requires that:
You Know
- The Fundamentals of Physics, especially the Mechanics;
- How to operate Lego education tools as well as 3D design software;
- How to design a syllabus in Physics and Robotics;
- The nuances of individual and group work;
- Verbal and written Armenian, knowledge of English and Russian is a plus;
- Non-formal education methods;
- Have a certificate of higher engineering education or professional training.
You Can
- Use technologies with ease, especially equipment used during the courses;
- Manage conflicts and be a team player;
- Design a hands program content;
- Organize, prioritize and multitask;
- Work independently, work efficiently under pressure;
- Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team;
- Present and communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
You Are
- An avid observer of organizational work ethic;
- An initiative taker and a doer;
- A creative and out-of-the-box thinker;
- Open-minded and critical;
- Responsible and accountable;
- Media-literate;
- A lifelong learner.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 
COAF is waiting for you. Please, take your first step and apply here:
https://shorturl.at/rtDGK Deadline to apply is the 15th of February, 2024 (EoD). The organization conducts a day-to-day review of the applications, depending on the results of which, the hiring process and selection of the appropriate candidate can be carried out before the deadline.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this announcement through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: 
Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that employs community-led approaches to improve the quality of life in rural Armenia, with a particular focus on children and youth. COAF’s target development areas are education, health, social and economic development. COAF launched its programs in 2004, starting in one village and expanding to 66 villages in Armavir, Aragatsotn, Lori, Shirak, and Tavush regions.
Since 2015, COAF has developed and started implementing SMART Initiatives. COAF SMART is designed to advance a generation across the rural world through education that will benefit individuals, societies, and the environment. COAF SMART is an exemplary model of development and will be replicated in other regions and communities throughout Armenia. The first COAF SMART Center was inaugurated on May 27, 2018 near the village of Debet, Lori Region.
Note: COAF is a growing nonprofit working within a dynamic system. COAF's team must be agile as COAF grows in scale. COAF is looking for teammates who are resilient and adaptive.
COAF Offers:
- A life-changing work experience;
- A job that you’d be passionate about;
- Competitive salary;
- Career development opportunities;
- Free English classes per need;
- Positive and creative work environment.