8 Educational Coach jobs in South Africa

St Alban’s College, one of South Africa’s leading independent boys’ high schools, seeks to employ a Learning Support Facilitator. The position is an opportunity for a learning support facilitator who is experienced, talented, and creative and who will foster enthusiasm for learning and development.

This position consists of two equally important roles:

• Facilitate learning support programs at the College and the administration that goes with it.

Job Description of the Learning Support Facilitator

As our Learning Support Facilitator, you will:

• Be part of the Academic Support Department, working closely with the Academic Support Director and Educational Psychologist.
• Assist in implementing accommodations throughout the year, managing computer accommodations and private invigilation. This includes the role of reader/scribe when needed.
• Work alongside the Educational Psychologist to provide Learner Support Programs, implementing effective strategies and interventions to help students succeed in mainstream education. This may include classroom visits to get a better understanding of mainstream education and inclusivity.
• Monitor new students’ academic adjustment to St Alban’s and provide the necessary support.
• Manage the appointed reading program and/or other intervention programs. This includes the administration and monitoring of the processes, as well as monitoring student participation.
• Assist in keeping minutes of meetings and ADAM notes up to date and accessible to staff.
• Work alongside the St Alban’s Pastoral Tutors, assisting tutors from time to time in both group settings and one-on-one interactions where tutees need executive function support.
• Monitor private tutors who use St Alban’s facilities to work with students.

Criteria

• Proven experience in helping students who have learning barriers (e.g., dyslexia, ADHD, dyscalculia, executive function challenges, etc.).
• Demonstrated excellent administrative skills, including proficiency in record-keeping, scheduling, and general office management.
• Ability to work exceptionally well in groups and foster collaborative relationships.
• Capacity to provide effective and empathetic support to individuals.
• Highly adaptable and resourceful, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A genuine passion for education and student development.

Date of Commencement: 1 January 2026

A letter of application, together with a Curriculum Vitae (no longer than two pages) will be received by email only.

If you have not heard from the College within three weeks of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. St Alban’s College reserves the right to not fill this position.

St Alban’s College, in line with POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) will attempt to ensure the confidentiality of all applicants for this role. All reasonable measures will be in place to protect personal information but will be used in the recruitment, selection, and reporting process. By submitting your application for this position, you are recognising and accepting this disclaimer.

It takes a school with vision to prepare a young man for life

Closing Date

20/08/2025

Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

• Morning Session: Set daily goals, review progress, and address questions or challenges
• Afternoon Session: Recap the days progress, provide encouragement, and resolve outstanding concerns

• Scheduling a wrap-up session to review self-paced achievements and set expectations for the upcoming instructor-led phase
• Collaborating with facilitators to share insights on learner performance and challenges

• Track learner activity and progress using performance dashboards and LMS analytics
• Identify at-risk learners early and implement tailored intervention plans

• Participate in training sessions to remain updated on LMS features, digital tools, and learner engagement strategies
• Provide feedback to the programmes and product teams to enhance the onboarding experience and overall programme delivery

• Support learners in managing stress, setting goals, and maintaining motivation
• Celebrate learner milestones and achievements to foster a sense of accomplishment and belonging

• Minimum 2 years of experience in learner support, academic advising, or customer success
• Familiarity with LMS platforms and blended learning environments
• Experience in facilitating onboarding or training sessions

• Proficiency in LMS platforms and other digital tools used for learning
• Ability to guide learners in navigating self-paced and blended programmes effectively

Want to revolutionize the future of education anddo meaningful work that transforms future generations’ lives?

Crimson Education is a Series C, global EdTech startup founded in 2013 with the idea that through personalized education and technology, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow. We’re now in 28 markets and have an ambitious team of 700 that’s rapidly expanding across the globe. Our tech platform connects 3000 tutors/mentors to students aiming to achieve admission and scholarships to top universities or their dream career pathway.

To support our students, we have built / purpose of role

This is a remote full-time position.

What are the main responsibilities for this role?

• Coordinate, engage and facilitate the student’s journey with Crimson to help them achieve their goals (this crux of the service will be provided by Crimson’s world-class Strategists, Tutors and Mentors who contribute to a personalized student roadmap)
• You will be the main point of contact for students and parents, and be the link between them and the wider Crimson team
• Advise the team on possible value add solutions to support the student
• Provide the global team insights into local cultural nuances and demands
• Keep up to date on student’s progress, and report back to the team regularly
• Proactively manage and foresee issues by resolving complaints or escalations in a timely manner

What skills and experience are required?

• 1-2 years experience in customer service, project management or transferable role
  
• Ability to build strong customer relationships with families through excellent customer service, high cultural awareness and adaptability
  
• High level of resilience and ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
  
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage a range of internal and external stakeholders
  
• Outstanding organizational skills, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Collaborative, with an openness to give and receive feedback
  
  

Why work for Crimson?

• Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
• Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
• $1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
• Psychologist on staff
• Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high performing and ambitious team
• Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
• We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and want to work with cutting-edge technology then we'd love to hear from you!

Please keep an eye on your spam / junk email folder for correspondence from Team Tailor.

Want to revolutionize the future of education anddo meaningful work that transforms future generations’ lives?

Crimson Education is a Series C, global EdTech startup founded in 2013 with the idea that through personalized education and technology, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow. We’re now in 28 markets and have an ambitious team of 700 that’s rapidly expanding across the globe. Our tech platform connects 3000 tutors/mentors to students aiming to achieve admission and scholarships to top universities or their dream career pathway.

To support our students, we have built / purpose of role

This is a remote full-time position.

What are the main responsibilities for this role?

• Coordinate, engage and facilitate the student’s journey with Crimson to help them achieve their goals (this crux of the service will be provided by Crimson’s world-class Strategists, Tutors and Mentors who contribute to a personalized student roadmap)
• You will be the main point of contact for students and parents, and be the link between them and the wider Crimson team
• Advise the team on possible value add solutions to support the student
• Provide the global team insights into local cultural nuances and demands
• Keep up to date on student’s progress, and report back to the team regularly
• Proactively manage and foresee issues by resolving complaints or escalations in a timely manner

What skills and experience are required?

• 1-2 years experience in customer service, project management or transferable role
  
• Ability to build strong customer relationships with families through excellent customer service, high cultural awareness and adaptability
  
• High level of resilience and ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
  
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage a range of internal and external stakeholders
  
• Outstanding organizational skills, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Collaborative, with an openness to give and receive feedback
  
  

Why work for Crimson?

• Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
• Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
• $1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
• Psychologist on staff
• Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high performing and ambitious team
• Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
• We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and want to work with cutting-edge technology then we'd love to hear from you!

Please keep an eye on your spam / junk email folder for correspondence from Team Tailor.

Vice Principal: Teaching, Learning, Community Engagement and Student Support (5 Year – Fixed Term)

• Vice Principal: Teaching, Learning, Community Engagement and Student Support (5 Year – Fixed Term)

The unitalentza website was launched out of necessity. It is a direct off-shoot of Academic Partners , the pre-eminent talent accessing and assessing service company within the South African Higher Education sector. A company that started 44 years ago in the commercial sector, but which in the last 26 years, has focused almost exclusively in the HE sector. Having founded the company, Jimmy Wayland took retirement in May 2022, but as a swansong objective, he undertook to develop Unitalentza website to uphold the same values, levels of confidentiality, trust and reliability as the founding company. Anything less and Jimmy would like to hear about it.

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In his quest to achieve the best website possible, Jimmy is ready to receive comments and/or suggestions, negative or positive, on his personal email:

LOCATION: PRETORIA

The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the largest comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) institution in Africa and the longest comprehensive standing dedicated distance education university in the world, nurturing aspirant leaders of tomorrow and motivating a future generation through knowledge development, research, community engagement (engaged scholarship) and innovation.

UNISA offers an unparalleled range of study choices in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and research. As part of Unisa’s commitment to continuous life-long learning, and attention to the constant shifts in industrialization systems and shifts in the knowledge arena, Unisa offers a range of short courses, certificates, diplomas and degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate levels including Masters and Doctoral degrees. In recognition of its innovations in comprehensive open e-learning and distance education, with equally a strong focus on research and innovation, Unisa is recognized as one of the best universities nationally and globally. Unisa has equally produced some of the leading, if not influential alumni in varied sectors of the economy, including two Presidents of South Africa.

About the role:

UNISA is committed to providing the best teaching and learning, research, development, and innovation and engaged scholarship environments for its students. It is equally committed to promoting access and success for its students through vibrant qualification frameworks at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and as such, prioritises academic excellence, research, and social responsiveness through knowledge impact as important imperatives. Key to the advancement of the core academic and university missional mandate is the transformation philosophy underpinned by, inter alia, an emphasis on Africanization, decolonization, decoloniality, and centering endogenous /indigenous knowledge systems, Africa’s knowledge systems, civilizations, philosophies, pedagogies, epistemologies and social justice, whilst also embracing proficiency and deep insight and research of other knowledge systems. This position therefore requires an astute academic and leader who not only possesses vast experience as an academic but also has the gravitas and “hands on” experience as an academic leader with the capacity to inculcate these values in all our academic endeavours, including accelerating the 10 Catalytic Niche Areas.

Creation of knowledge and the formation of undergraduate and post graduate students as critical citizens and contributors in the local and global knowledge arena is also key to the work of this portfolio. This position is responsible for eight (8) colleges, two (2) schools, namely, the Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs and 26 Regional Centres. The portfolio also oversees the five distinctive areas, which entail, community engagement / engaged scholarship, academic programme approval, accreditation and registration services, tuition support and facilitation of learning, teaching and student support and promoting a culture of lifelong learning. These functions provide Primary Academic Support to the whole institution. Equally, the portfolio is fundamental to providing inputs into Unisa’s overall strategy and a focus on accelerating the shift towards becoming a leading Comprehensive Open Distance e-Learning institution harnessing the full benefits provided by the 4th industrial revolution (4IR). The incumbent of this position must have a clear understanding of 4IR and its implications for teaching and learning and engaged scholarship in the changing higher education and global knowledge landscapes.

It is expected that the incumbent and portfolio will provide strategic direction and managerial leadership aligned to the institutional vision, advice and support pertaining to teaching, learning, community engagement (engaged scholarship) and student learning support. The incumbent must strive to ensure that Unisa becomes a leading CODeL university that develops and provides wide-ranging, flexible and technology enhanced programmes within a strong quality assurance framework for accreditation and related matters in a South African and global context. Taking cognisance of the comprehensive nature of our institution and the changing student profile, the incumbent must develop responsive and student-centered strategies including the development of internship models to produce sought after graduates who have the attributes, discipline, knowledge, and competencies to contribute ethically and creatively to their local, continental and global contexts.

The position is to further ensure a quality undergraduate experience achieved through the strategic alignment and synergies between academic colleges, curriculum development, tuition, the professional development of academic staff, tuition support and student support, and assessment in a technology enhanced CODeL environment.

• A full professor with a minimum of 10 years relevant management experience in Higher Education institutions with at least 5 years at an executive management level.
• NRF-rated or globally acclaimed scholar will be highly recommended.
• Knowledge of local accreditation systems is a minimum requirement and global accreditation systems is recommended.

Knowledge and skills

Distinguished academic with a sound-track record as a researcher and academic leader and expert knowledge of teaching and learning:

• Strategic leadership
• Academic excellence
• Culture / Change management
• Sound knowledge in Universal Design for learning and proven experience in curriculum development and transformation
• Proficient knowledge and insight into challenges facing higher education, specifically with regard to comprehensive open distance and e-learning (CODeL)
• Demonstrable commitment to and record of transformation in the academic environment
• Communication
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Results oriented
• Innovation and creativity
• Rules orientation
• Problem-solving
• Analytical skills
• Resilience
• Conflict management
• Corporate governance
• Project management
• Budgeting and Financial Management,
• Performance management
• Politically savvy
• Knowledge of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) laws and other relevant regulations applicable to higher education institutions.

• A detailed cover letter indicating your suitability for the position.
• Names and contact details for at least 3 referees.
• Certified copies of matric and degree certificates and Identity Document. Proof of SAQA verification of foreign qualifications, where relevant.

The position is open to all including people with disabilities. UNISA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to employment equity.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!

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• General support to the Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in matters related to postgraduate students
• Coordinate and assist during postgraduate support sessions
• Track postgraduate students’ performance and direct them to available support structures at the University of Pretoria such as finance, academic support, counselling and other services available
• Assist during the annual Faculty Research Legotla which serves as a platform for postgraduate students to showcase their research
• Provide academic advising services to postgraduate students in the Faculty of Education on study paths and associated career options
• Contribute to academic skills development sessions with postgraduate students on topics such as academic writing, time management, goal setting and study skills
• Create a data base to monitor registered postgraduate student numbers and postgraduate student progress
• Assist with the establishment of holistic student engagement and support in the Faculty of Education
• Identify ‘at risk’ students and conduct special individual support sessions/tutorials with them and manage data on student interactions.
  
  

• Honours degree in Educational Psychology or Psychology or Social Work
• Three years’ experience as a tutor, mentor or advisor at a tertiary institution
• Experience in data capturing.
  
  

• Empathy and passion for supporting the wellbeing of others
• Competence in the use of Microsoft packages (including Word and Excel), Google Suite of applications and the internet
• The ability to analyse data
• A good understanding of the Faculty of Education’s postgraduate curriculum
• Excellent time management skills
• A basic understanding of Higher Education Systems
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to plan and facilitate workshops and conduct one-on-one interviews
• Ability to manage and follow through on referred cases
• Available to keep office hours
  
  

• Master's degree in Educational Psychology or Psychology or Social Work
• Experience in student counselling or career counselling
• Experience in working with university students in an orientation, advising, retention, student life, residence life, service learning or closely related field
• Knowledge of the UP-campus ecology
• The ability to handle a variety of complex tasks simultaneously, meet stringent deadlines and work under pressure for extended periods of time.
  
  

• A comprehensive CV
• Certified copies of qualifications
• Names, e-mail addresses and telephone details of three referees whom we have permission to contact.