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Our mission is to develop a new generation of ethical and entrepreneurial leaders who will shape Africa's future. Through our innovative curriculum, focus on experiential learning, and vibrant pan-African community, we empower students to become changemakers, problem-solvers, and innovators. At ALU, we're not just teaching; we're nurturing the leaders who will drive Africa's progress and prosperity in the 21st century\nWe are dedicated to fostering an open yet secure environment, balancing the safety of students, staff, and visitors with respect for individual rights, and safeguarding responsibilities.\nHOW WE WORK\nThe ALU Team works in starkly different ways to traditional academic bureaucracies. We approach education from first principles, empower individuals to design, test, and implement creative new ideas, and work closely together to craft transformative learning experiences. We are deeply passionate about our students and excited by the challenge of building something entirely new.\nThe African Leadership University is committed to ensuring the safety and Well-being of all students under our care. As part of this commitment , we have a comprehensive safeguarding policy in place , which outlines our Zero-tolerance approach to any violation of safeguarding.\nABOUT THE ROLE\nThe Foundation Lead supports the Foundation Manager in ensuring the coherent design, quality and delivery of the Foundation and Leadership Core learning experience. The\npostholder provides academic and operational leadership across entrepreneurship, Responsible Enterprise, project-related learning and other foundational courses, while\nmanaging and supporting faculty to deliver consistent, rigorous and learner-centred experiences. The role connects curriculum, people and programme operations. It ensures that course content remains relevant, assessments are well designed and moderated, Canvas course environments are ready, faculty are equipped to facilitate effectively, and students receive timely academic support. The Foundation Lead also contributes to continuous improvement, cross-programme alignment and the development of scalable experiential learning.\nResponsibilities \nAcademic Leadership and Curriculum Stewardship\nLead the planning, coordination, delivery and continuous improvement of assigned Foundation and Leadership Core courses, with particular responsibility for entrepreneurship, Responsible Enterprise and project-related learning.\nReview and refine curricula, learning outcomes, session guides, Canvas materials, assessments and rubrics to ensure academic coherence, appropriate challenge and alignment with the institution's learning model.\nEnsure that entrepreneurship learning develops opportunity recognition, customer and stakeholder understanding, experimentation, business modelling, resourcefulness and ethical value creation.\nEnsure that Responsible Enterprise learning integrates ethics, sustainability, stakeholder responsibility, governance and the social and environmental consequences of enterprise decisions.\nStrengthen project-based learning by establishing clear project briefs, milestones, supervision processes, feedback cycles, presentation standards and authentic assessment practices.\nSupport the integration of critical thinking, managing complex tasks, self-directed learning, reflective practice, collaboration and communication across the Foundation experience.\nMaintain definitive course documentation for programme handbooks, quality assurance reviews, accreditation processes and institutional reporting.\nPeople Management and Team Support\nManage, coach and support a team of faculty, facilitators and associate faculty, setting clear expectations for preparation, delivery, assessment, learner support and professional conduct.\nLead faculty onboarding, induction and re-induction, ensuring that team members understand course intent, learning outcomes, facilitation approaches, assessment requirements and operational processes.\nHold regular one-to-one and team check-ins; provide timely feedback; agree development goals; and contribute to probation, performance review and other people-management processes.\nObserve teaching and facilitation, review course evidence and learner feedback, and provide practical coaching that strengthens inclusive, experiential and discussion-based pedagogy.\nBuild a collaborative team culture in which faculty share resources and challenges, calibrate academic judgment, solve delivery issues collectively and learn from one another.\nPlan faculty allocation and workload with the Foundation Manager, identify capacity or performance risks early, and coordinate appropriate support or escalation.\nPromote staff wellbeing and sustainable working practices while maintaining accountability for agreed standards, timelines and learner outcomes.\nDelivery, Assessment and Learner Support\nCoordinate trimester readiness, including course-shell verification, publication of learning materials, faculty allocation, delivery schedules, assessment calendars and learnercommunications.\n\nMonitor the quality and consistency of in-person, blended and online delivery, and address gaps in preparation, facilitation, accessibility or learner engagement.\nLead assessment briefing, moderation, grading calibration and results review processes, ensuring fairness, transparency, academic integrity and timely feedback.\nUse attendance, participation, assessment and student-feedback data to identify learners or cohorts requiring support and coordinate appropriate academic interventions with relevant teams.\nGuide undergraduate projects and applied learning activities, helping students translate ideas into disciplined inquiry, responsible action and demonstrable outputs.\nSupport academic orientation, programme induction and learning-transition activities for new and continuing students.\nQuality Assurance and Continuous Improvement\nConduct regular course audits and contribute to annual and periodic programme reviews, using evidence from learner outcomes, faculty reflections, student evaluations and stakeholder feedback.\nImplement approved modifications to learning materials, assessments and delivery approaches in response to internal and external quality assurance findings.\nSupport consistent academic standards across cohorts, programmes and campuses through shared templates, moderation, documentation and communities of practice.\nPrepare concise reports and recommendations for the Foundation Manager on delivery performance, learner progress, faculty support needs, risks and improvement priorities.\nEnsure that course design and delivery comply with institutional policies on assessment, attendance, accessibility, safeguarding, data protection, academic integrity and the responsible use of AI.\nPartnerships, Applied Learning and Institutional Contribution\nDevelop and maintain relationships with entrepreneurs, enterprises, community organisations and other partners that can enrich projects, cases, guest sessions, field experiences and learner feedback.\nWork with the Foundation Manager to assess partnership opportunities, draft concept notes and translate relevant external engagement into well-scaffolded learning experiences.\nContribute to student-staff consultative forums, faculty working groups, committees and other institutional service activities as requested.\nUndertake other reasonable duties assigned by the Foundation Manager in support of successful Foundation and Leadership Core delivery.\nKey Working Relationships\n Internal: Foundation Manager; Foundation and Leadership Core faculty; programme managers and leads; Registrar and academic operations; quality assurance; student success; Centre for Applied Learning and Innovation (CALI), Centre for Entrepreneurship (C4E) learning design and technology teams.\nExternal: entrepreneurs, responsible businesses, community partners, guest practitioners, project clients and learning-content partners.\nEnsure the safety and well-being of all young persons and vulnerable adults with whom we deal, by adhering to ALU’s comprehensive safeguarding policy, maintaining a zero-tolerance approach to any violations of safeguarding standards\nRequirements \nEssential \nA master's degree in entrepreneurship, business, education, sustainability, project management, leadership or another field relevant to the role.\nAt least three years of relevant professional experience, including a minimum of two years in higher education, training, learning design or academic programme delivery.\nDemonstrable subject knowledge and practical experience in at least two of the following: entrepreneurship, Responsible Enterprise, sustainability, business ethics, project-based learning or project management.\nExperience designing and delivering experiential, applied or project-based learning for undergraduate learners or adult professionals.\nExperience guiding student projects, assessing complex outputs and providing developmental feedback.\nExperience managing, supervising or coaching faculty or multidisciplinary delivery teams, including setting expectations and supporting performance and development.\nStrong curriculum and assessment design capability, with an understanding of constructive alignment, rubric design, moderation and quality assurance. \nAbility to interpret academic and engagement data, identify risks and determine appropriate learner or faculty support interventions.\nExcellent written and spoken English, facilitation, presentation, interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills.\nStrong planning, judgement and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver reliably in a fast-moving environment.\nCommitment to inclusive, learner-centred education, ethical leadership and high standards of professional practice.\nConfidence working with digital learning platforms such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard or Google Classroom, as well as collaborative productivity tools.\nDesirable \nExperience in programme management or academic leadership within a higher education institution.\nExperience developing entrepreneurship education, venture-building programmes, enterprise challenges or incubator/accelerator learning experiences.\nExperience integrating sustainability, ethics, governance and stakeholder responsibility into business or entrepreneurship education.\nExperience coordinating multi-course delivery across cohorts, programmes or campuses.\nExperience teaching in online, blended or challenger-university environments and using learning analytics to improve delivery.\nA strong network among entrepreneurs, responsible businesses, incubators, accelerators, community organisations or higher education partners in Rwanda or across Africa.\nCore competencies\nAcademic leadership: Translates programme intent into coherent courses, assessments and learner experiences, while maintaining academic standards and delivery discipline.\nPeople leadership: Creates clarity, trust and accountability; 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