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IDMANN Institute ( https://www.idmann.institute ) provides training in professional development and technical entrepreneurship through our College of General Studies and the School of Experiential Learning, respectively. We also provide secondary and pre-secondary tutorial services through IDMANN Academy. All our courses are offered online in live sessions with seasoned instructors. Our IDMANN classes offer students the experience of a world-class online learning environment but from the comfort of their own home or respective workplace, and at a convenient time.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

1. English Language Tutor
2. Mathematics Tutor
3. Chemistry Tutor
4. Physics Tutor
5. Government Tutor
6. Literature in English Tutor
7. Accounting Tutor
8. Chinese Language Tutor
9. Economics Tutor

Job Requirements:
o Proven experience in the specific subject area.
o Ability to understand curriculum and develop lesson plans and teaching methods that will help students cover required content.
o Great speaking and writing skills.
o Ability to plan, execute and coordinate standardised academic tutoring, which is progressive and reflective of the needs of learners.
o Prior experience preparing students for external examinations such as WAEC, NECO, GCE & JAMB.
o Prior experience in an educational establishment would be considered a plus.
o Prior experience teaching online or familiarity with an online teaching engagement is critical in this position.
o Minimum of NCE.
o Minimum of 2 years of teaching experience is required.

10. Public Speaking Tutor
Job Requirements:
o Demonstrated passion for imparting humanity by helping people develop their public speaking/leadership capacities and skills.
o Excellent verbal communication and relationship-building skills and capabilities.
o Ability to demonstrate excellent inter-relationship skills across a wide variety of personality types, occupations, and geographies.
o Previous experience training, coaching, or public speaking is required.
o Must be growth-minded, highly motivated, and continuously striving for personal and professional improvement.
o Ability to plan, organize and prioritize the outreach effort in the target area.
o Ability to craft and deliver standardised training programs which are progressive and reflective of the needs of learners, using IDMANN’s public speaking methodology.
o Ability to understand curriculum and develop lesson plans and teaching methods that will help students cover required content.
o Prior experience in an educational establishment would be considered a plus.
o Prior experience teaching online or familiarity with an online teaching engagement is critical in this position.
o Minimum of B.Sc. Mass Communication or any related field.
o Experience: Minimum of 5 years.

11. Audio Engineer
Job Requirements:
o Ability to set up, test and adjust recording equipment for recording sessions and live radio presentations.
o Ability to separate instruments, vocals and other sounds; combine sounds for radio productions.
o Collaborate with teachers and presenters to determine technical details of productions.
o Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
o Prior experience as an Audio Engineer is required.
o Excellent communication skills.
o Prior experience in an educational establishment would be considered as a plus.
o Prior experience working online or familiarity with an online working engagement is an added advantage.
o Minimum of H.N.D Electrical Engineering or relevant qualifications & training.
o Experience: Minimum of 2 years.

12. Content Writers (Radio)
Job Requirements:
o Ability to initiate, develop and implement strong creative ideas for radio programmes.
o Ability to launch scripted programme series for IDMANN Radio.
o Oversee radio programmes from inspiration to final delivery, including conceptualizing, writing and managing editorial.
o Ability to Work with Production Management to develop and manage budgets.
o Work with operations to book sessions and fulfil multiple delivery schedules.
o Work closely with multiple departments (Tutoring, broadcast, sales, marketing, affiliate marketing) to implement all promotional spots (on-air, off-air, marketing, radio, digital, streaming & social).
o Prior experience producing and editing in creative promotion and marketing.
o Prior experience working on scripted series.
o Prior experience as a radio content writer/developer is required for this job.
o Experience working in an educational environment is an added advantage.
o Minimum of H.N.D Mass Communication or related fields.
o Experience: Minimum of 2 years.

13. Social Media and Digital Marketing Analysts
Job Requirements:
o Ability to analyse user engagement (e.g. click-through and bounce rates).
o Constantly report on web traffic from all social media.
o Build and support SEO strategies, including optimizing keywords in content marketing projects.
o Identify habits of our online customers and suggest ways to reach a broader audience.
o Maintain a cohesive strategy across all platforms to increase our brand awareness.
o Prior hands-on experience with social media platforms and digital marketing campaigns is required.
o Demonstrable understanding of Google Analytics, Facebook Analytics, Search Console, Adobe Analytics, and other web analytics platforms.
o Prior experience with social media management tools.
o Demonstrable familiarity with online content management systems is required.
o Ability to identify target audience preferences and trends.
o Excellent communication skills.
o Minimum of H.N.D Marketing, Mass Communications or related field.
o Experience: Minimum of 2 years.

14. Research Analysts
Job Requirements:
o Ability to analyze previous operations' results and perform variance analyses.
o Ability to identify and analyzing trends and forecasts as well as recommend improvements to the IDMANN Institute.
o Researching market trends, conducting surveys and analyzing data from competitors.
o Ability to analyse the business's operations, expenditures and customer retention to identify patterns of potential issues or improvements.
o Using data analysis and interpretations to guide the decision-making of the Institute.
o Using operations data to develop pricing models and identify areas for improvement.
o Demonstrable ability to use statistical, economic, and data modelling techniques and tools.
o Ability to organise and analyze data; create charts, graphs and present your findings to the leadership team.
o Experienced with analytical software such as IBM SPSS Statistics, Minitab and SAS.
o Experienced with ERP software such as NetSuite ERP, Oracle Hyperion.
o Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
o Providing recommendations to improve future business operations.
o Excellent at organising and storing data for future research projects.
o Testing processes, policies, and protocols for efficiency and improvements.
o Minimum of B.Sc. Economics, Finance, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields.
o Minimum of B.Sc. Economics, Finance, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field.
o Experience: Minimum of 4 years.

15. Web Analysts
Job Requirements:
o Demonstrable ability to analyse web development and maintenance costs.
o Be regularly updated on business results, industry standards, strategies, and best practices.
o Demonstrable experience in web analysis, ecommerce, or related fields.
o In-depth knowledge of web analytics and business intelligence tools.
o Ability to provide training to team on all web related terminology and recommend changes in website.
o Responsible for creating presentations and reports when needed.
o Manage budget allocation for software purchases and equipment.
o Provide input into new equipment and new technologies purchase decision.
o Analyze web-related data to provide enhancement to business intelligence programs.
o Ensure standard implementation of software application to aid various businesses.
o Assist other departments to develop test scripts and perform troubleshoot on various issue in systems.
o Minimum of H.N.D Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Statistics, or related fields.
o Minimum of H.N.D Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Statistics, or related fields.
o Experience: Minimum of 2 years.

16. Educational Specialists
Job Requirements:
o Demonstrable experience coordinating, overseeing teaching staff, evaluating performance and recommending changes that could strengthen teaching skills.
o Planning, conducting and coordinating teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials, equipment and teaching aids.
o Interpret and enforce provisions of standard and operational education codes, rules and regulations.
o Prior experience or training in vocational, adult or remedial education is advantageous to this role.
o Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.
o Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.
o Prior experience as an educational specialist, principal, school administrator or related position is required.
o Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, is required.
o Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
o Well-organised; time-conscious and ability to supervise and lead by example.
o M.Sc. Ed., B.Ed.
o Experience: Minimum of 5 years.

17. Advertising Sales Executives
Job Requirements:
o Scout and identify prospective customers with advertising needs for IDMANN Radio.
o Conduct client survey and background checks to ascertain advertising history, preference and needs.
o Maintain correspondence with clients via telephone calls, emails and arranged meetings to discuss the capability of their service in satisfying customer needs.
o Prepare and offer job proposals to clients indicating their benefits in receiving advertising services.
o Plan and deliver sales pitches to potential customers convincing them to purchase an ad space.
o Explain service features, estimate of cost and terms of service.
o Direct the activities of advertising sales team and representatives to ensure optimal performance.
o Set and implement advertising standards to maintain quality of service and ensure company revenue.
o Maintain good working relationship with new and existing customers to establish client.
o Experience with radio program marketing and social media marketing is an added advantage.
o Previous experience as advertising sales executive, marketing sales executive or related position is required.
o Minimum of H.N.D Marketing or any related discipline.
o Experience: Minimum of 4 years.

18. Business Development Manager
Job Requirements:
o Demonstrable ability to set goals and develop plans for business and revenue growth.
o Ability to carry out research, plan and implement new target market initiatives.
o Researching prospective accounts in target markets.
o Pursuing leads and moving them through the sales cycle.
o Developing quotes and proposals for prospective clients.
o Setting goals for the business development team and developing strategies to meet those goals.
o Training business development staff.
o Attending conferences and industry events.
o Good knowledge of content management system (CMS).
o Excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills.
o Must be self-motivated.
o Minimum of B.Sc. Marketing, Business Administration or any related field.
o Experience: Minimum of 10 years.

19. Technical Services Manager
Job Requirements:
o Demonstrable ability to set goals and develop plans for business and revenue growth.
o Ability to carry out research, plan and implement new target market initiatives.
o Researching prospective accounts in target markets.
o Pursuing leads and moving them through the sales cycle.
o Developing quotes and proposals for prospective clients.
o Setting goals for the business development team and developing strategies to meet those goals.
o Training business development staff.
o Attending conferences and industry events.
o Good knowledge of content management system (CMS).
o Excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills.
o Must be self-motivated.
o Minimum of B.Sc. Marketing, Business Administration or any related field.
o Experience: Minimum of 10 years.

20. Theatre/Drama/Vocal Performers
Job Requirements:
o Ability to learn script lines or songs.
o Ability to research assigned play/character.
o Attend all rehearsals (including technical and dress rehearsals) as scheduled.
o Take direction from the Director.
o Work with other Performers.
o Perform the show to an audience.
o Perform other duties laid out in the job description depending on the kind of show.
o Must have clear vocals, ability to project voice and get into any character.
o Good time management, organised and good inter-personal relationship.
o Previous experience in theatre, drama and vocal performance is required.
o Minimum of O.N.D in Theatre Arts or Related Fields &Professional Training.
o Experience: Minimum of 2 years.


Application Closing Date
24th December, 2021.

Location: Umuahia, Abia State.
Employment Type: Contract.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their current resume with a cover letter to: work@idmanninstitute.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note
o Applications submitted without a cover letter will be deemed non-responsive.
o Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis till all positions are filled.

Keep it coming

At IDMANN Academy, we provide Pre-Secondary, Secondary and Post- Secondary subject tutorials.

All our tutorials are offered online in live sessions with seasoned instructors.

As the demand for our services has grown, we are looking to hire SUBJECT TUTORS to support our expanding operations.

Are you in Umuahia or willing and able to relocate to Umuahia at no extra cost to IDMANN?

>> Demonstrated interest in education and/or expanding educational access.
>> Ability to plan, organize and prioritize the outreach effort in target area(s).
>> Excellent written and oral communication skills.
>> Clear interest in education as a vector for personal improvement and communal development, and a curiosity about the world at large.
>> Prior experience in an educational establishment would be considered as a plus.

Interested candidates must submit ALL of the following:
a. A cover letter that outlines their specific subject.
b. A current resume.

Applications submitted without a cover letter will be deemed non-responsive. Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis till all positions are filled. Interested candidates may send their application by email to work@idmannacademy

At IDMANN Academy, we provide Pre-Secondary, Secondary and Post- Secondary subject tutorials.

All our tutorials are offered online in live sessions with seasoned instructors.

As the demand for our services has grown, we are looking to hire SUBJECT TUTORS to support our expanding operations.

Are you in Umuahia or willing and able to relocate to Umuahia at no extra cost to IDMANN?

>> Demonstrated interest in education and/or expanding educational access.
>> Ability to plan, organize and prioritize the outreach effort in target area(s).
>> Excellent written and oral communication skills.
>> Clear interest in education as a vector for personal improvement and communal development, and a curiosity about the world at large.
>> Prior experience in an educational establishment would be considered as a plus.

Interested candidates must submit ALL of the following:
a. A cover letter that outlines their specific subject.
b. A current resume.

Applications submitted without a cover letter will be deemed non-responsive. Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis till all positions are filled. Interested candidates may send their application by email to work@idmannacademy

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We will be very lucky if schools reopen normally two years from now.

This may seem like a cynical assertion until you realize these are essentially the words of none other than the Director General of the World Health Organization, a professional optimist. The W.H.O. has the unenviable obligation of conveying serious life-and-death information to the global population while consciously avoiding anything that would induce a sense of the panic. In a press conference on August the 21st, 2020, Dr. Ghebreyesus stated publicly, “We hope to finish this pandemic (in) less than two years, especially if we can pool our efforts”.

That is not a statement of confidence.


Remember the time?


Okay, so you don't like the W.H.O. Fine.



Here is the (almost ordained) paragon of U.S. public service virtue, Dr. Anthony Fauci, in an interview with MSNBC on the 11th of September, 2020.



“If you’re talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to COVID, it’s going to be well into 2021, maybe even towards the end of 2021.”



It gets even better. Or worse depending on your perspective.

Two of the most celebrated research groups in the world working on a vaccine for the virus are resident at Oxford University and Cambridge University. The Jenner Institute at Oxford established an enviable lead over other research group in the world in terms of recognition, funding, and high hopes that they could deliver a vaccine. The Viral Zoonotics program at Cambridge was one of the first to advance a fundamental understanding of the “behavior” of the virus.

The very same week that money was being shoveled at these vaccine research teams, Cambridge University closed its doors to all in-person classes till September 2021 at the earliest. All classes are now online, for the first time in the thousand-year plus history of Cambridge University. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT, you name it! They have all closed their doors to students for the next year – and perhaps longer. Mark you these are the leading research institutions in the world, working on the solution to this problem. Do they know something the rest of us need to pay heed to? Yes! Yes! And yes again!


This thing is not ending any time soon.


There is no point rehashing the many recent news stories of school districts – and universities, no less! - who believe the well-worn laws of virology are mere suggestions that do not apply to them. They have gone ahead to open their doors to students. After a few days, Mum and Dad have had to rush BACK to pick Junior up from the dorms, now with the added dread that he may be a viral missile headed straight back home to take down Grandma and Grandpa; the very same doting grandparents who were celebrating his [ill-advised] departure for college only a few days earlier. This is what happens when calm rational thinking is displaced by blathering optimism (the very type that can result – and has resulted - in mass casualties).


Prepare for the long haul. This thing is NOT ending any time soon!

And then there is the oft-overlooked impact on very young children. Remember back at the start of the pandemic when this was the “benevolent virus” that did not attack children? Then came mid-summer when there was “a few hundred” reported cases of multi-symptom inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children. By early September, 500,000 children in the U.S. had been infected. What?! The virus changed its mind and suddenly went after children?!


Nah! Let us apply the wisdom of a Franciscan Friar that dates back almost 900 years. A simple application of Ockam’s Razor would suggest that initially children were not affected by the virus simply because they were aggressively quarantined at the start of the outbreak. Parents were genuinely terrifed and therefore protective of their children. As the summer dragged on and parents relaxed their restrictions, infection in children picked up. Predictably.

Today children represent close to 10% of the total cases in the U.S. The infections may be milder (on average) but children are certainly contributing their quota to the spread of this virus. There is no pediatric immunity to be had! The data on worldwide pediatric infections – and mortality - speaks for itself. Unfortunately.

But kids have to keep learning (even though this thing is not ending any time soon).


So what have schools and school districts done? In the same haphazard, half-baked approach that has characterized the response in the U.S. and many other countries, schools have put five and six year-olds into Zoom classes of 15-20 students with teachers who have had no formal training in online teaching. Anyone who has raised a child KNOWS how that is going to end. It is practically impossible to hold the attention of very young children in an online class for any length of time. That is unless you have a parent supervising them DIRECTLY from home; and that defeats a critical purpose of the online classes which is freeing parents to return to work, even if that work is home-based.




That is the real mental health risk in this pandemic; that children will experience severe mental stress due to sustained learning loss and inadequate tutorial services, and as a result, learning in the future will become a highly distressful undertaking for these young minds. This mental stress will further erode their desire and ability to learn, thereby exacerbating the learning loss. And that will activate a vicious – and mutually reinforcing – cycle of negative and compounded outcomes. That, will be the real pandemic for our young children, if not managed properly.

So what can parents do?


The first step is to accept: this thing is not ending any time soon.


That is a critical mental and emotional hurdle that will prepare parents to act independently and decisively in the best interest of their children, rather than waiting for relief that is not coming; at least not for a while. (Think of the five stages of grief. We need to skip steps and rush right to the very end of that process, and embrace acceptance. If nothing else, for the sake of our children. There is no time to waste.)


The second is to seek available, workable solutions. There is good news here. There are affordable and accessible interventions that are available to parents once they make this critical mental shift.


Several organizations are providing support for families who want to take their children's destinies in their own hands. For instance, IDMANN Academy operates the Cooperative Parents' Alliance (CPA) in which ten (10) like-minded families come together to develop a tutorial plan that works specifically for their children. A dedicated tutor is provided to teach the student coop. The CPA limits the size of each cooperative to ten students. The tutorial schedule and the tutorial content are tailor-made to address the needs of the students and the aspirations of the parents in the cooperative.

This is the ideal situation for parents who want to have a direct and dispositive hand in fashioning their children's education. Parents in the CPA can include electives and other pedagogical experiences that are simply not available in the regular school curriculum. (Want virtual reality (VR) based scientific expeditions right from the comfort and safety of home? IDMANN CPA is providing that. Interested in a particular foreign language? It is being done by a number of CPAs at IDMANN Academy.) Perhaps, just perhaps, this is the future of education, brought forward by this pandemic.


IDMANN Academy also operates the Private Tutor Program (PTP) in which a tutor is provided for a single student. From experience, this has been shown to be the most effective way for younger kids (10 and under) to learn. In the vast majority of cases, students actually enjoy online learning. Young students benefit from the undivided attention of a trained private instructor who works with them everyday. They can learn at their pace (which in many cases is faster than in a regular school class) and instructors can focus on those areas where the student needs the most help.

This has proven to be one of the most popular programs at IDMANN Academy because it provides parents the relief to focus on their own work, while providing an enriching and exclusive learning experience for the enrolled student, everyday. There are other innovative solutions available to parents and students; they just have to start looking for them.

Finally, parents need to do one more thing: relax. For better or worse, children take their emotional cues from the adults in their lives. A stressed-out and emotionally overwrought parent or guardian is not going to exert the calming influence children need to get through these trying times. Find time to read an interesting article (or book), take a walk, rediscover and share in your children's interests. They will never be this age again. Neither will you.



As a parent, I have rediscovered the sheer joy of taking long walks with my (now pre-teen) daughter. When she was born I stayed home with her for the first few months of her life. Then I would take her on long walks everyday. That was how I coaxed her to sleep, in the safety of the sling carrier. Time passes, they grow up. With a hectic school schedule (for her) and work (for me), I thought wistfully about those moments we shared when she was only a few months old. Then came this pandemic and we all had to be home. We have rediscovered those frequent walks during this pandemic. (This comes with the added benefit that I don't have to haul her in a baby carrier anymore!) Now she proudly counts the number of steps she takes on her smartwatch. A few days ago we did a "record 15,000 steps". That was for her. For me, it was the subdued exhilaration of a grateful father, walking - hand-in-hand - with his daughter for two hours, non-stop. And to think this 6-mile walk was her idea! Who said we are not blessed?

Yes, these are very difficult times; but let us work harder to find the joyous moments in them. They exist. Let us make every minute count, pandemic or not. That is how we all get through this – sane and sound.

(For more information on the programs at IDMANN Academy, visit www.idmann.academy or email admissions@idmann.academy).



-- Article by Emeka Nwankwo, D.Eng.Sc. (accepted for publication, September 15th, 2020). All rights reserved. Copyright 2020.

See Your Friends In School? Oh Sweetie! Maybe In A Few Years (If We're Lucky).

IDMANN Institute provides training in professional development and technical entrepreneurship through our College of General Studies and the School of Experiential Learning, respectively. We also provide secondary and pre-secondary tutorial services through IDMANN Academy. All our courses are offered online in live sessions with seasoned instructors. As the demand for our services has grown, we are looking to hire Educational Outreach Associates to support our expanding operations.

This position will focus on expanding institutional service by introducing our programs and services to students, families and schools to enable increased access to our training & tutorial services. This is a remote function and will not require a commute to an office.
Successful candidates will be responsible for introducing, establishing and developing relationships with students, families and institutions that facilitate the uptake of our services. The ultimate goal of this effort is a partnership with the target school, where relevant.

The ideal candidate will have most, if not all of the following:
• Organizing, planning and prioritizing the outreach effort.
• Outstanding knowledge of our programs and services and how they support the needs of families and the mission of other educational institutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Outstanding negotiation skills.
• Ability to interpret technical information and to summarize that information.
• Ability to confer with coworkers to determine needed actions.
• Clear interest in education as a vector for personal improvement and communal development, and a curiosity about the world at large.
• Prior experience in an educational establishment would be considered as a plus.
• Access to reliable broadband internet connectivity and a functioning laptop or desktop to enable effective operation.
• Space from which to operate daily, free of distraction or intrusion.

Interested candidates must send ALL of the following to jobs@idmannacademy.com:
a. A cover letter that outlines their specific experience and how it relates to this position.
b. A current resume.

Applications submitted without a cover letter will be deemed non-responsive.
Applications are due by September 23rd 2020, with applicants to be interviewed soon thereafter.