2 Educational Support Staff jobs in South Africa

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SPARK Schools is a social impact disruptor and is leading change in the education space through its network of affordable private schools. The SPARK Schools network provides transformational education innovation through Africa's first blended learning model, which elevates student achievement and provides the tools teachers need to serve their students effectively.

The blended learning model, which combines classroom teaching and online instruction, allows teachers to anticipate student needs and equips schools to provide personalized education at an affordable cost. SPARK Schools is pioneering this transformative education model to ensure the accessibility of university and careers for all.

SPARK Schools has a culture of collaboration, because getting South Africa to lead global education takes a team effort. We are innovators who strive for excellence through persistence and a sense of urgency to achieve SPARK Schools' vision, mission and social transformational objectives. Our work environment is vibrant/cheerful, fast-paced/dynamic, engaging/stimulating, tech-enabled and data driven.

SPARK Schools is a high growth, mission and values-driven, entrepreneurial organisation, operating 21 primary schools and 5 high schools and serving over 18,000 families in 2025. We are looking for dynamic people to join our team.

Reports To: School Operations and Blended Learning Manager

Purpose of Role:

SPARK Schools FET Learning Support Assistants drive student achievement by overseeing the culture and effectiveness of lunch, break, and the aftercare programme. High School FET Learning Support Assistants care for classes of students during lunch, break, and aftercare programmes to ensure student academic achievement, health, and safety.

Responsibilities:

Classroom and HUB support

• Provide extra support in classrooms and innovations during the learning day

Scholar support

• Emotional Learning curriculum with scholars
• Behavior management of scholars
• Communicate professionally with parents and line managers about incidents, conflicts, or concerns that occur in the after school programs

Scholar Supervision and Monitoring

• Supervise lunch and break during the instructional day
• School patrols
• Bathroom supervision
• Ensure SPARK's healthy food scheme is enforced with students by checking lunches

Achievement enrichment school program

• Supervise scholars during the after school program, ensuring play, and structured activities.
• Plan engaging enrichment experiences and resources for scholars including but not limited to structured activities and team based sports activities such as netball.
• Ensure all after school program resources are used responsibly and effectively.
• Assist scholars with clarifying and reviewing concepts taught in class, explaining processes and assist students to solve academic problems with a specific focus on mathematics
• Schedule and plan individual sessions for your scholars in collaboration with subject matter educators.

Clubs

• Use SPARK culture and behaviour management strategies to manage clubs '
• Facilitate weekly club lessons

Competencies:

• Customer orientation
• Analysis/problem solving
• Quick thinking/learning
• Team work
• Communication

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and criteria:

• Grade 12 Certificate
• 1-2 years study towards an education degree, specialising in mathematics is advantageous
• Prior working experience with High School age scholars preferred
• Clear/clean criminal record
• Provisional SACE is advantageous but not required

SPARK Values: Service, Persistence, Achievement, Responsibility and Kindness

SPARK offers:

• fair market linked remuneration

• performance-based annual bonuses and increases

• above average/good annual leave

• life, disability and funeral cover

• employee wellness support

• educational support & study leave

• individualised professional development, support and mentorship

• employee discount on school fees

• opportunities for career growth

Compensation: R7,242.00 CTC p/m

Position Type: Full Time

Location: Rivonia, Gauteng

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SPARK schools is an equal opportunities employer and preference will be given to candidates from designated groups with due consideration of the company's Employment Equity goals and targets.

SPARK schools encourages persons with disabilities to apply.

SPARK Schools may expire the posting of this advertisement at their own discretion.

Kindly note that should you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.