The Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKES, Kenya) operates five schools in Kenya and provides nursery to senior secondary education in both national and international curricula. It is part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of private development agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people of all faiths and origins in specific regions of the developing world.
The Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi (AKA, Nairobi) is an IB continuum school in Kenya authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate curriculum (IB) from Early Years through the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), and the Diploma Programme (DP). With over 1000 students, AKA, Nairobi is a multi-cultural school with a variety of nationalities represented in our student and teaching faculty.
The Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi – Junior School has an opening for the position of: Kiswahili Teacher.
Role Summary
The role of the Kiswahili teacher will be to deliver high quality and vibrant lessons that enable each student to reach their individual potential. The successful candidate will create a safe and exciting learning environment with high expectations and leading learning and teaching practices. He/she will develop formative and summative assessments in order to accurately report on the progress of students in line with the IB PYP curriculum. The teacher will ensure students recognize and use Swahili as a vehicle of communication, thought, reflection and self-expression.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, teach and assess engaging Kiswahili lessons aligned with the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), supporting students’ language development across listening, speaking, reading and writing.
- Collaboratively plan Units of Inquiry, integrating Kiswahili meaningfully into transdisciplinary learning experiences.
- Deliver developmentally appropriate, inquiry-based and differentiated lessons that support diverse learning needs and language abilities.
- Create a safe, nurturing and inclusive classroom environment that promotes student wellbeing, confidence and a love for language learning.
- Use a range of formative and summative assessment strategies to monitor student progress and inform teaching, in line with IB PYP assessment practices.
- Support students in using Kiswahili as a tool for communication, thinking, reflection and self-expression in age-appropriate ways.
- Provide clear, constructive feedback to students and maintain accurate records of student progress and development.
- Actively participate in collaborative planning, professional learning communities and school events within the Junior School.
- Demonstrate high standards of professionalism, child safeguarding and ethical practice, in line with the values and philosophy of the Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi.
- Commit to ongoing professional development, particularly in IB PYP practices and early language pedagogy.
The requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Education (Kiswahili).
- 5 years of teaching experience in an international school.
- Be conversant with the use of technology as a teaching and learning tool.
- Teachers Service Commission (TSC) registration certificate.
For more details on the position and the application process, please visit www.akdn.org/careers.
The closing date is February 15, 2026.
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Sector
Social Development
About the Agency
The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, non-denominational educational networks in the Global South. AKES currently operates over 190 pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and more than 100 non-formal education programmes in diverse geographic locations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. Most schools offer their respective country’s national curricula, with some schools in East Africa and Bangladesh also offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). AKES employs over 6,500 teachers and staff and educates over 104,700 students. More information…
Region
Eastern Africa
Location
Kenya
Salary
Salary and package to attract the best candidate
Job Expires
15-Feb-2026
