2026 Student Welfare Associate - Tatu Primary

Job Description

We are looking for an outstanding educator to serve as a Student Welfare Associate at our Tatu Primary campus. As a Student Welfare Associate, you will be a member of the school leadership team. Your core focus will be developing and leading our student welfare and parent partnership model alongside the school leadership, teaching and student affairs’ teams. In addition you will build strong relationships with teammates and parents to facilitate student culture and discipline strategies in the school. Moreover, you will work closely with data systems to ensure and develop pastoral excellence. This is an opportunity to help create a transformative school model with the future of Africa’s youth at stake.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a culture champion for our Primary & International School by spearheading school student culture events within the school's vision and annual theme
• Engage with the many stakeholders who make up Nova Pioneer community in the following ways:
• Students - Manages the student’s government programmes including elections, induction, training, activities and offboarding.
• Provides safe channels for students to share feedback/ideas and address their concerns via student hours.
• Manages the student happiness survey process (scheduling, administration, data analysis and leveraging data to improve students’ experience).
• Leads student mentoring/buddy programmes to strengthen student relationships
• Provides structures for celebrating students who are living and leading NP Culture
• Coordinates student onboarding. Onboard new students and orient continuing students to new expectations as they progress from one level to the next
• In conjunction with the Deputy School Leader, owns the implementation of the contents of the Student Code of Conduct handbook and related policies
• Coordinates the school’s daily routine from arrival to dismissal, ensuring the baraza and recess schedule is clearly mapped out and implemented.
• Leads health and safety activities: lead the health and safety committee, plan and coordinate emergency drills, first aid training for all teammates and students, etc.
• Tracks and maintains high levels of student safety, health and wellness
• Understands how to support students in managing behaviour expectations using restorative approach and guides instructional leads on how to apply SEL

Parents

• Manages the family satisfaction survey process (scheduling, administration, data analysis and leveraging data to improve students’ experience).
• Onboards new families and offboards families exiting the school.
• Works with Administrative staff and Admissions to coordinate and track new enrollments/ joiners.
• Coordinates beginning of year student onboarding activities such as Week Zero.

Academic & Student Affairs’ Teams

• Conducts professional development and trains teachers on managing student behaviour and building student character.
• Is the primary owner of Student Leadership Development: Creates plans and systems for teaching student leadership development to Novaneers, including supporting rollout with teachers, training and development for teachers, and observation and feedback on implementation.
• Coaches and manages the Student Affairs team that comprises the School Nurses and School Counsellors
• Works with the School Counsellors and teachers to create individual student behaviour plans and student support plans.
• Coordinates school duty rotas and other relevant student life experiences (non-academic) e.g. health and safety; school culture e.g. dismissal; transitions; safety drills e.g. fire drills, etc.
• Any other duties as assigned by your Manager

How to Apply

To apply, please complete the form on the right hand side of this page. We cannot process applications that are emailed to us. Please note: You are encouraged to attach your resume in PDF format to protect formatting. There are a series of stages in the Nova Pioneer interview process and candidates will be moved forward in the process depending on their success in the previous stage. The process is as follows:

• Phone interview: a short conversation to understand your skills and experience a little better.
• Practical demonstration of what you can do: you will complete a written task or a demonstration related to the role you are applying for. Teachers sit an assessment and deliver a lesson to a class.
• Final interview: you’ll have a final conversation with the hiring manager before decisions are made.