Ascent Soccer
Ascent Soccer Teaching Intern
Start Date: June 15th 2025
End Date: 31st December 2025
Internship: Full time, paid
Ascent Soccer is looking for a teaching intern to join our team of teachers and help inspire curiosity, a lifelong thirst for knowledge and desire to solve problems in the next generation of Malawi’s student athletes. The successful candidate will implement a student-centred approach to education that encourages our students to think critically and form their own opinions about the world around them. They will draw on innovative teaching ideas from a wide variety of sources to devise their lessons and they won’t be afraid to try new things, take risks, or make mistakes.
Duties will include:
- Implementing the Ascent Foundation Curriculum
- Planning and teaching lessons in a variety of primary subjects with a focus on reading, English language acquisition and foundational numeracy.
- Delivering classes in English
- Modelling both critical thinking and a growth mindset to our students
- Helping develop our curriculum and library of learning resources
- Teaching our students to read using a phonics-based approach whilst at the same time inculcating a love of reading
- Managing both digital and physical teaching resources
- Engaging fully in Ascent’s professional development program
- Supervising students on school trips
- Potential afternoon pastoral duty
Applicants are required to hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Education and a current and valid Teacher Registration Certificate from the Teachers Council of Malawi, in compliance with the Malawi Education Act.
To apply please send your CV and a short video (not more than 2 minutes long) to +265 884247751. Applications without video’s won’t be considered.
Closing date for applications – June 1st, 2025