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Applied AI curriculum lead

ABOUT US

In 2035, Africa will have the largest workforce in the world and will need to catalyze transformation by empowering its largest untapped resource - its people. Fueled by this, the African Leadership Group is an ecosystem of institutions with a shared vision to harness Africa's abundant human capital and transform the continent and the world by selecting, developing, and connecting 2 million young leaders to opportunities by 2030. ALG was founded over 15 years ago by Fred Swaniker, a serial entrepreneur recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019. ALX and The Room are two brands of the African Leadership Group.

ALX is our training arm, focused on developing skills for the fourth industrial revolution (software engineering, devops, data science, etc.) to ensure that Africa is able to compete effectively as the world undergoes a digital transformation. To cement this, through our legal entity African Leadership International (ALI), we have signed an agreement to acquire Silicon Valley based Holberton Inc. – a project-based, college alternative educating the next generation of software engineers. This will give us ownership of the advanced technology program that will enable us to provide global organizations access to significant untapped pools of talent that can bridge the growing global shortage of technology talent. For more on this, please read this article here.

The Room, our talent placement arm, is a community that our young talent join to access global work opportunities. To learn more about us, please read this article about why we launched The Room & this article about the impact of our development programs on African youth.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The SE team is managing the Software Engineering and the Intro to Software Engineering programs at ALX - the entire team is dedicated to learners. We are responsible for hundreds of thousands of learners.

ABOUT THE ROLE

AI is changing everything around us. It's in our phones, cars, and even our homes. Because AI is becoming a big part of our lives, it's important for learners to understand how it works, how they can use it, and what they can build with it. Our new program will help learners learn about AI and how to use it. By offering this course, we want to make sure our learners are ready for the future where AI will play an even bigger role.

This course will not be about how to create an AI from scratch, but rather, how to use existing AIs as tools to help, learn, create and build. The applied AI course will be project-based and will showcase small projects and tutorials on how to use these AI tools. It will be about discovering and testing the latest AI technologies.

Eventually, there will be two levels to this course:

  • Level 1 - "Discover", that will not require coding skills
  • Level 2 - "Build", that will require coding skills

Example of potential small project for Level 1 - "Discover":

Example of potential small project for Level 2 - "Build":

We are seeking a highly motivated, hardworking, and organized individual to join our team to create, lead and animate the applied AI program. The ideal candidate needs to know how to code, and is passionate about AI, follows the field closely and is already playing and / or working with lots of different AI tools. In addition, they have a passion for education.

This is a full time position*.

You will mostly be working with Julien Barbier (for AI, curriculum) and Joy Ejiofoh (for operations and students success), as well as Dr. Obed Ehoneah (for curriculum design support).

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and create the new Applied AI curriculum
  • Improve current curriculums (such as Software Engineering for instance, to add a layer of AI)
  • Follow closely the AI field and create project as soon as a new interesting AI is worth sharing and playing with for learners
  • Create attractive post for social media and use social media constantly
  • Support and answer questions from learners on social media, Discord and whatsapp
  • Cadence: one new project per week will be released to our learners

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Passionate about the field of AI. Have played with multiple AIs already (if you never heard about and have never played with ChatGPT, this job is not for you)
  • Very curious about new technologies
  • Fluent in English and Python. French is a plus
  • Good understanding of social media (FB, IG, X, LI, TT, etc…)
  • Demonstrates relentless execution, resourcefulness, and delivering results in challenging situations (aka you get sh*t done).
  • Takes ownership.
  • Excellent judgment and agility in problem solving root issues.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while being able to handle pressure and tight deadlines.
  • Excellent writing and storytelling skills
  • Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
  • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality.
  • Ability to travel to Africa at least once a year.
  • Flexibility in work schedule (job requires to speak with the team from all over the world).
  • Degree: we don’t care about degrees.

YOU WILL LOVE THIS JOB IF..

  • You are very curious and very excited about AI
  • You have a get sh*t done attitude
  • You are a team player
  • You like fast pace teams
  • You love education and want to make an big impact

We would like to remind you that this is a remote job, which means that you can work from anywhere in the world.