Head of Academic Design & Learning Excellence

About the role

Kalvia is building Africa’s leading vocational learning ecosystem and seeks a visionary leader to shape the academic design and learning excellence of its programmes. As Head of Academic Design & Learning Excellence you will create a seamless, future‑ready learning experience for graduates across technical trades and professional skills.

Key responsibilities

• Design and own Kalvia’s end‑to‑end learning architecture, integrating partner curricula with proprietary content.
• Manage relationships with technical curriculum providers, industry experts, employers and certification bodies.
• Develop and continuously improve proprietary modules in business, finance, customer excellence, project management, digital/AI skills and leadership.
• Establish competency frameworks, learning standards and governance processes.
• Ensure academic quality, drive continuous improvement and guarantee that every graduate is workforce‑ready.

Required profile

• Proven experience in curriculum design, learning strategy, instructional design, workforce development or academic leadership.
• Strong stakeholder, partnership and project‑management capabilities.
• Ability to build systematic learning solutions rather than isolated courses.
• Startup mindset with high standards and a bias for execution.
• Passion for education that transforms lives.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape a continent‑wide vocational education platform.
• Collaborative, high‑impact startup environment.
• Competitive compensation package.