**Now accepting applications for summer 2025 (until January 10, 2025)**

Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) is hiring instructional staff to teach, mentor, and supervise high school students in one or two sessions of our academic enrichment and leadership program for secondary school students from Africa.

YYAS will host a six-day virtual session in from  17 - 22 July 2025 and a 9-day residential session from 9 – 17 August 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. Preferred candidates include graduate or undergraduate students with a desire to teach online and/or in-person and a passion for working cooperatively with others.

Ideal candidates will have a passion for teaching, mentoring, and inspiring talented African high school students, and are willing to work collaboratively to create a successful and memorable program.

Instructional staff will teach, mentor and supervise program participants during our online and/or residential session. This position is a good fit for anyone interested in:

•  Teaching and mentoring a diverse group of high school students;
•  Gaining experience in an African context;
•  Growing and improving as an educator.

Instructional staff play an essential role in developing our curriculum as well as take on a wide array of academic and supervisory responsibilities. Instructional Staff responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing seminars on topics of personal and professional interest;
• Leading admissions testing tutorials;
• Running university guidance workshops;
• Facilitating Family Time sessions over the course of the week;
• Helping with participant attendance, in addition to check-in and check-out at the start and end of each session;
• Contributing to the residential life aspects of the program, and
• Aiding leadership team as necessary in administering program policy and ensuring student comfort and security.

You can learn more about YYAS’ programmatic components, including those mentioned above, by clicking here. Instructional staff must commit to work for the full duration of the session in addition to attending all trainings and the orientation. Interested candidates can also learn more about the position by reading the 2025 employment prospectus here.