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The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is committed to hiring the best educators and staff nationally and internationally.

Work With Us

There are many ways to get involved with the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, making a difference to your own lives and those of others. We welcome your interest in working with us and invite you to explore the opportunities available.

Who Are We Looking For?

We have great ambitions for our students, and for the communities we hope they will work to benefit. Our vision rests with the people who create the environment in which the students live, and who share their knowledge and enthusiasm with them.

We seek colleagues who are:

Aligned with the Academies’ vision of developing homegrown leaders who will be able to make a positive societal change.
Lifelong learners committed to student-led learning and their own professional development.
Open minded and demonstrate our values of pluralism and meritocracy.
Enthusiastic about working with young people.

"We are heartened by an important new World Bank study which indicates that it is not the quantity of time or money that leads to educational success, but rather the quality of specific educational experiences. The stimulus provided by extraordinary teachers and exceptional companions is most important."

His Highness the Aga Khan, Mombasa, Kenya, 14 August 2007

What Do We Offer?

We offer an outstanding work environment with excellent facilities, a unique and diverse school community, and the opportunities provided by being part of a cross-continental development agency network. We are strongly committed to continuous learning for our faculty and have timetabled weekly professional development sessions.

How Do I Get Involved?

Employment opportunities at the AKA Mombasa and throughout our network are posted on the AKDN Career Centre. We recruit recent graduates from universities around the world for two-year fellowship placements. If you would like to experience life at an Academy while playing a pastoral role and gaining departmental work experience, please visit our Fellows page. We host IB workshops which provide professional training for our own teachers and for educators and school leaders across Kenya. We provide professional training for educators and school leaders across the region. Please visit our professional development page for more information. Our partners and donors play a vital part in the Academies’ success. Whether you are able to offer an internship or contribute towards scholarships for children from underprivileged backgrounds, please find out more about how you can make a difference.

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Empowering teachers to nurture leaders

Michael Lizotte

Shortly after arriving at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa campus, I quickly became involved in several student CAS (creativity, activity, service) projects and enrichments programmes like iSEAyou, Beehive Apiary, Cheesemaking and the Fruit Tree project. All these endeavors are noble in themselves as projects but have something greater in common. They are all rooted and based on the ideals of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations (UN). A little background; in 2019 I visited Guinea for the first time. We all know of Guinea as having diverse wildlife and scenic beaches, but what I saw in the streets of the capital were different images. On every street corner, thousands of children, teens and adults were sitting idly. My eyes were opened. I spent that summer, not as planned, instead studying about sustainable development programmes and the UN’s 17 goals for 2030. My personal mission changed that summer and it has been something I try to live by: change only happens if you show solutions, change does not happen by simply talking about it. The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is a school that practices this mission, more importantly, the students also take the responsibility of this mission. We are here to find and present these solutions, and work together to figure out how to make our world a better place to live for all people. Our students are the fingers of the Academy’s mission who will spread throughout the world to be our future leaders, with knowledge of solutions and the ability to act. Michael Lizotte, Music Director

Shaping careers

“One unique thing about the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is its dedication to ensuring that people grow holistically. Working here means being surrounded by individuals – both students and educators, who while being grateful, strive for continuous improvement and growth in different aspects of their lives, leaving one challenged to aspire for more. Joining the Academy almost immediately after university meant that I was quite unsure of my career path, however, the experience has been a defining one for me. Interacting with great educators and engaging with brilliant and inquisitive students at the Academy has ignited in me a passion for education. Having been exposed to different opportunities for International Baccalaureate (IB) educators, I have decided to pursue a graduate degree in education. I have applied and been accepted at the University of the People to pursue a Master of Education in Advanced Teaching in collaboration with IB commencing in January 2021 term. Being at the Academy is the beginning of what I hope will be a long and fulfilling journey in education.” Jackson Ltorisha

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Spotlights

Aga Khan Academy students making a difference

Two IB Diploma students are aiming to create awareness on pressing environmental issues through research and the creation of articles in order to obtain support from people and acquire feasible solutions to help eradicate these problems.

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Creating leaders for civil society

Sitting in a luxurious common room facing the sea and chatting with his friends belonging to various nationalities and ethnic backgrounds is a hard-earned privilege for Salim, a poor boy who earlier worked in a cycle shop in a small Kenyan village to support his education.

Unit of Inquiry Celebration

All the classes at the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad recently completed their first