Tutor (External Contractor) - Programming Fundamentals Nanodegree (Africa)

Udacity

Contract Position

Summary

This job is for a Tutor (External Contractor) in the Programming Fundamentals Nanodegree in Africa. The tutor will provide technical support to students, facilitate community activities, and offer 1:1 support to students who need help.

What you'll do

  • Provide technical support for students daily over an online community forum
  • Answer questions around course content over the forum and facilitate content for students who get stuck in learning
  • Participate in organizing community activities in coordination with the forum’s admin to ensure a fun and engaging learning environment and to help in improving students’ progress (such as online webinars, technical quizzes, technical challenges..etc)
  • Share interesting extracurricular information over its dedicated categories, such as content-related news articles and useful resources to enrich the personal and professional aspects of the community
  • Attend regular online meetings/ office hours with Udacity representatives through zoom, the online forum, or other medians if needed
  • Be responsive over close groups and discussions with Udacity representatives
  • Provide students with 1:1 support over the community forum or using other medians if needed
  • Tutors should check their private tutor’s category on the forum on a daily basis to be up to date with all the latest news from your peer tutors, community moderators, and your Udacity community manager

Requirements

  • English fluency is a must
  • Technical competence: Proficiency in Web Development, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Webpack/Gulp/Grunt, Frontend Framework (Angular/React/Vue), CSS Preprocessors, RESTful API structure, NodeJS, and ExpressJS
  • 1-2 years of working experience related to the above skillsets
  • Udacity Graduate is a plus
  • Experience teaching technical concepts and public speaking
  • Strong interpersonal skills and confidence to lead a group of students
  • Students-oriented mindset and focus on understanding their problems
  • Innovative approach and proactivity with students that need help
  • Positive character, trusted by the students, creating emotional ties in the group
  • Existing tech network and experience in technical conversations & discussions
  • Flexibility at their current job to take this challenge as a part-time, external contractor

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Location

Africa

Contract Length

Ongoing

Compensation

The compensation for this position is not listed.

Keywords

web development html5 css3 javascript webpack gulp grunt frontend framework angular react vue css preprocessors restful api structure nodejs expressjs

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