Session Lead (External Contractor) – Cloud Developer Nanodegree (Africa) at Udacity (Remote)

Udacity is on a mission to change lives, businesses and nations through radical talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey.

Udacity is proud to be backed by respected investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Bertelsmann and Drive Capital, among other leading VC firms, and provides a powerful and differentiated solution inside of a $32b total addressable market opportunity. Udacity has more than 100 enterprise customers including Airbus, Bertelsmann, BNP Paribas, Leidos, Mazda, and the United States Air Force.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Session Lead (External Contractor) – Cloud Developer Nanodegree (Africa)

Location: Remote

Position Overview

Session Leads are industry professionals who provide world-class technical support to our learners in their Nanodegree journey.
All our session leads are handpicked through a rigorous selection process so that we can truly be #studentfirst.
As a Session Lead/Instructor, you will be meeting virtually on a weekly basis with your students for group work, activities and short lectures.
During the week, students are expected to study an estimated 10 hours on their Nanodegree programs on their own, and you will be expected to respond to their technical questions and check-in with them to make sure they are making progress.
This program runs in partnership with an organization with an aim to enrol 10,000 learners in Africa!

Responsibilities

Managing weekly Connect sessions with students according to Udacity guidelines
Creating the Udacity Connect session agenda & notes
Coordinating between the students and the Udacity Connect team
Reporting to Udacity the weekly overall attendance status of students & observations about each session
Being present at every Connect session over Zoom, helping students introduce themselves, organizing students in groups and keeping track of time
Explaining concepts of the Nanodegree program to your group of students when needed
Solving questions raised by students during the Connect session
Reporting student’s attendance and progress to the Mentor’s dashboard
Communicating with students on Slack
Weekly check-in with all students on their progress.

Required Skills / Qualifications

Residing in Africa is a must
Proficient in English Language.
Proficient in French Language is an added plus
Technical competence: Cloud Fundamentals, FullStack Apps with AWS, Deploy Infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Monitoring and Logging, Micro services at Scale using AWS & Kubernetes
2+ years of working experience related to the above skillsets.
Graduate from any of the Cloud DevOps/Developer courses/Nanodegree programs is an added 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 part-time as a contractor
Ability to speak and write in English fluently
Flexibility at their current job to take this challenge as a part-time, external contractor.