Purpose
Family Legacy (FL) is a faith-based organization that exists to glorify God by equipping children in Zambia to live out their God-given potential. Since 2000, Family Legacy Missions Zambia (FLMZ) has been transforming the lives of vulnerable and orphaned children through three core programs: Camp Life, the Tree of Life Children’s Village, and the Legacy Academies using for key pillars of our ministry – academic, emotional, spiritual and physical.
The overall responsibility of the Home Economics Teacher is to imparting of knowledge and skills into the learners. The implementation of scheduled and unscheduled learning activities in line with the ministry policy on education. Monitor the conduct and discipline of learners. Preside over the social, economic and professional needs of students. Guide Legacy Academy students on expected behavior and hold them accountable for any shortfalls. To create an environment which will enable students to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, spiritual and psychological development. Promote interests of stakeholders who are the learners and caretakers.
Child Safeguarding
Family Legacy Missions Zambia is committed to the highest standards of child safeguarding and the protection of vulnerable individuals. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of abuse, exploitation, or harm. Safeguarding is an act of discipleship. Protecting the physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological wellbeing of children reflects God’s heart for justice, dignity, and restoration. All staff are stewards of trust and are called to create environments where children are safe, heard, and able to reach their God-given potential.
All staff have a duty to uphold the organization's Child Safeguarding Policy, including mandatory reporting of any concerns or disclosures, active participation in training, and commitment to safe behavior inside and outside the workplace.
Core Safeguarding Responsibilities:
- Always promote the safety and wellbeing of children in all organizational activities.
- Report any suspicion, disclosure, or evidence of abuse within 24 hours to immediate supervisor or designated Safeguarding Focal Point.
- Report concerns in good faith without fear of retaliation, including concerns involving colleagues or supervisors, using approved reporting and whistleblowing channels.
- Cooperate fully with authorities including Police Victim Support Unit (VSU) or Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare when cases arise.
- Always uphold professional boundaries and follow the Code of Conduct for Working with Children.
- Complete mandatory annual safeguarding training and demonstrate understanding of reporting procedures.
- Maintaining confidentiality while ensuring child safety is never compromised.
- Model respectful, appropriate behavior in all interactions with children and families.
- Challenge unsafe practices or concerning behaviors observed in colleagues.
Failure to report or protect a child may constitute "neglect of duty" and can lead to disciplinary action up to and including termination and may result in criminal liability under Zambian law.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Student Management (20%)
- Oversee and manage students in assigned classes regarding task management.
- Attend regularly scheduled meetings with supervisor.
- Listen to students concerns and needs and provide feedback at an appropriate time to supervisor.
- Track attendance of students.
- Locally initiate mediation in conflict management among students.
- Ensure proper adherence to the policies and goals of the organization for subordinates, such as the Education Policy.
- Advocate for and ensure the safety and protection of students when reporting child protection or other sensitive issues.
- Ensure the concerns and needs of Legacy Academy students are attended to so that their work is not disrupted.
- Maintain a comprehensive assessment report on the performance of each Legacy Academy student. This will be done through consistent monthly tests and School-Based Assessments.
- Assess teacher’s requests for absence at work and initiate measures to ensure learners scheduled learning program are catered for.
- Document and maintain in a Teacher Binder with lesson plans, schemes of work and records sheets.
- Document learners’ cases of indiscipline for reference and decision making
2. Safeguarding (15%)
- Provide emotionally safe, affirming learning spaces for struggling learners.
- Monitor signs of distress, shame, or withdrawal during interventions
- Maintain daily awareness of learners’ emotional, behavioral, and physical wellbeing.
- Maintain daily vigilance for signs of abuse, neglect, distress, or behavioral changes in children.
- Respond calmly and appropriately to student disclosures
- Document and report concerns the same working day.
- Document and report any concerning observations, disclosures, or incidents to supervisor within same working day.
- Keep accurate attendance and wellbeing logs as required by position (e.g., classroom registers, care logs).
- Follow one-on-one interaction protocols including visibility requirements and documentation procedures.
- Ensure physical contact with children is appropriate, minimal, and in line with organizational guidelines.
- Never be alone with a child in isolated or private spaces without visibility or another adult present.
- Maintain professional boundaries including no private social media contact, personal phone communication, or gifts without supervisor approval.
- Participate in trauma-informed care training and apply principles in daily interactions.
- Recognize and appropriately respond to disclosures of abuse following organizational protocols.
- Submit to annual background verification renewal and maintain current clearances.
- Notify supervisor immediately if facing personal circumstances that could impair judgment or child safety.
- Adhere to digital safeguarding standards, including appropriate use of ICT, protection of child data, and compliance with consent and photography guidelines.
3. Leadership (10%)
- Engage in decision-making consultation with supervisors.
- Create a school culture that promotes good values among learners as required by the ministry policies.
- To stimulate and promote a culture of togetherness, cohesion, unity among the class students.
- Provide incentives for and encouragement to students through words of affirmations and more.
- Provide suggestions to the head teacher about appropriate solutions to problems that threaten smooth implementation of academic activities at a campus.
- Promptly forward academic students’ needs and concerns to the Head.
- Be a role model to all students in a holistic manner.
4. Lesson Delivery (20%)
- Use schemes of work based on the new revised curriculum and produce a detailed lesson plan that promotes effective teaching.
- Model academic students in the use of the English language in class and at the school campus for effective learning and communication.
- Promote the use of English language at the Legacy Academy and learners within the school grounds and in the classroom.
- Implement skills learnt during workshops and trainings organized by the ministry, this includes school-based trainings as well.
- Implement the teaching of students is in their power zones.
- Hold students accountable for failure to follow laid down school rules. This will be done using the Classroom Management Step Plan and Incident Report. This should be reflected in the teacher binder.
- Design and implement appropriate remedial and interventions to improve the performance of struggling students in various courses.
- Submit lesson plans weekly and schemes of work at the start of the term to the Head teacher.
5. Student Discipline (5%)
- Handle, document students disciplinary and grievance cases according to the outlined legacy academic students and learner’s code of conduct.
- Liaise with Social Services and Headteacher on issues that affect learner’s welfare such as incidences of child abuse, prolonged absence from school, readmissions and parent conferencing.
6. Time Management (5%)
- When on duty, ensure students report for work on time, begin scheduled learning activities on time, break, assembly, lunch and dismissal are conducted accordingly to scheduled times.
- The Home Economics Teacher should arrive at the at least 30 minutes before students arrive, maintain attendance roster on each school day to monitor reporting time.
- Monitor learner’s punctuality and apply appropriate measures to curb late coming.
7. School Environment and Maintenance (5%)
- Ensure toilets and classrooms responsible for are clean to expected standards.
- Receive and create an inventory for all class items/ supplies assigned to the class teacher by the Head.
- Sensitize students on the prudent use of class resources and materials. Teach students to show gratitude to their sponsors.
8. Communication (5%)
- Follow the laid down channels of communication with the Head and all other staff.
- Promptly communicate using retrievable mode important information to the Head.
9. Classroom Security (5%)
- Ensure that the assigned classroom is locked at the end of each day school day and submit the keys. Keys should not be given to students.
- Ensure students are not left unsupervised.
10. Records Management (5%)
- Maintain a teacher binder. The binder will contain records for the following data:
· Student List
· Student Attendance List
· Behavior Log
· Lesson plan
· Schemes of Work
· School Curriculum
· Records Report
· Incident Reports
· Any other forms deemed necessary by the FLMZ office
11. Exams (5%)
- Administer locally set tests.
- Invigilate national examinations in a malpractice free environment.
- Provide credible and accurate information on learners as requested by the Head teacher and Program Manager.
- Administer and record School-Based Assessments for Grade 5 to 12.
- The Employee shall also be expected to undertake any responsibilities as may be delegated by his or her supervisor.
Qualifications
Education:
- Grade 12 certificate.
- Diploma in Secondary Education or equivalent
- Teaching Council of Zambia Certified
- Must be computer literate
Experience:
Must have worked in a similar position for 3 years
Skills and Competencies:
- Proven ability to work cross-culturally and in faith-based environments.
- Must be a Christian and committed to Christian values, servant leadership, and Family Legacy’s mission
- High levels of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
Performance Indicator:
Measurable improvement in students results.
All FLMZ staff are expected to embody the organization’s core values:
- Integrity: Doing what is right at all times.
- Compassion: Demonstrating Christ-like love for children and communities.
- Excellence: Striving for the highest quality in service delivery.
- Accountability: Stewarding resources responsibly and transparently.
- Faith: Living out the mission through service and commitment to God’s purpose.
