Kepler College Jobs 2026: 3 Open Positions in Kigali - Kepler College Jobs

Kepler College Is Hiring: Manager of Entrepreneurship Center and Two Postdoctoral Fellows in Kigali.

Kepler College in Kigali is accepting applications for three full-time positions: Manager of the Entrepreneurship Center, Postdoctoral Fellow in Business and Entrepreneurship Analytics, and Postdoctoral Fellow in Education. Each is a 2-year, full-time role based at the Kepler College campus in Kigali, with a possible move into a full-time faculty position, depending on performance and funding.

About Kepler College

Kepler College offers affordable, competency-based higher education built around one goal: graduates who get jobs. Its teaching is hands-on, and students learn by doing while building the transferable skills employers look for. The College wants to become a leading competency-based institution in Sub-Saharan Africa, and its motto says it plainly: “Educating Africa’s youth for tomorrow’s opportunities.”

1. Manager of the Entrepreneurship Center

Reports to: Lead, Business and Entrepreneurship Analytics Research
Deadline: 20 November 2026

The Entrepreneurship Center helps young people build an entrepreneurial mindset, and it incubates and scales promising businesses. The Manager will lead it.

What you’ll do

• Set the Center’s strategy and build its reputation as a regional leader in youth entrepreneurship
• Design and deliver design thinking and entrepreneurship courses, workshops and bootcamps
• Run the incubation, acceleration and scaling programs, from selecting startups to mentoring them
• Test new approaches, keep what works and share the results through case studies, reports and events
• Build partnerships with mentors, investors, industry experts, government and development partners
• Track impact through indicators such as people trained, ventures incubated, businesses scaled and jobs created

What they’re looking for

• A master’s degree in business, entrepreneurship or a related field is strongly preferred. A bachelor’s degree with proven experience may be considered.
• At least 3 years of experience in entrepreneurship or business
• Experience managing an accelerator or incubator, or developing a startup ecosystem
• Experience designing or facilitating design thinking and entrepreneurship training
• Knowledge of fundraising, mentorship, venture capital and scaling
• Strong project management skills and the ability to work independently
• Excellent communication in English. Kinyarwanda is preferred.

Apply with: a cover letter and an updated CV.

Apply here: https://bit.ly/4zyJz2g

2. Postdoctoral Fellow in Business and Entrepreneurship Analytics

Reports to: DVC for Academic and Research Affairs

This Fellow joins the Business and Entrepreneurship Analytics Research Group. The job is to study Kepler’s own incubation and scaling work, along with SMEs in Rwanda, and turn the findings into evidence that entrepreneurs, investors, support organizations and government can use.

Research areas

• Entrepreneurship education and mindset
• Incubation and acceleration
• Scaling and access to finance
• SMEs and business performance in Rwanda
• Youth entrepreneurship and employment

What you’ll do

• Design and run quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies
• Build and maintain a venture-tracking dataset covering survival, revenue, jobs and investment raised
• Evaluate entrepreneurship and business-support programs, using experimental or quasi-experimental designs where appropriate
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals, with a target of at least two submissions a year
• Write business insight briefs and contribute to a flagship publication on youth ventures and SMEs in Rwanda
• Write competitive research proposals and build partnerships to raise funding
• Advise students on research and capstone projects, and run short workshops on research methods and data analysis

What they’re looking for

• A PhD in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Economics or Development Economics, Management, Finance, Business Analytics, Statistics or a closely related field, awarded within the last five years. Candidates finishing before the start date may be considered.
• Strong quantitative skills, including econometrics and impact evaluation, in R, Stata or Python. Power BI or Tableau is an advantage.
• Training in qualitative and mixed-methods research
• Peer-reviewed publications, published or under review, suited to your career stage
• Research interest in entrepreneurship, SMEs, incubation, access to finance, private sector development or youth employment
• Experience writing proposals or grant applications. A record of securing funding is a strong advantage.
• Knowledge of the business environment in Rwanda or Sub-Saharan Africa is an advantage

Apply with:

• A cover letter describing your research interests and how they connect to the areas above
• A CV with a list of publications
• A research statement of up to two pages, proposing one study you’d carry out on Kepler’s entrepreneurship programs or on businesses in Rwanda
• One writing sample, either a published article or a manuscript
• Names and contact details of three referees

Apply here: https://bit.ly/47VRWc7

3. Postdoctoral Fellow in Education

Reports to: DVC for Academic and Research Affairs

Kepler has built a distinctive higher education model and a large body of data on how students learn, progress and move into work. This Fellow will study that model and share the lessons with institutions in Rwanda, across Africa and beyond.

Research areas

• Leveraging AI in teaching, learning, feedback, assessment and student support
• Competency-based curriculum
• Learning by doing, including project-based and work-integrated learning
• Competency assessment, including validity, reliability and fairness
• Transferable skills such as communication, critical thinking, collaboration and digital literacy

What you’ll do

• Run quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies
• Analyze institutional data, including admissions, learning management system records, competency-mastery records and graduate employment outcomes
• Develop research tools such as surveys and interview guides, and collect new data
• Design and evaluate pilots of new teaching, assessment and AI-enabled approaches
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals, with a target of at least two submissions a year
• Write policy briefs, practice notes and case studies, and document Kepler’s model so other institutions can adapt it
• Write research proposals, build partnerships and manage funded projects
• Advise and mentor students, and run workshops on research methods, academic writing and the responsible use of AI in research

What they’re looking for

• A PhD in Education, Higher Education, STEM Education, Educational Psychology, Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, Educational Measurement and Assessment, or a closely related field, awarded within the last five years. Candidates finishing before the start date may be considered.
• Strong training in research methods, including quantitative analysis in R, Stata, Python or SPSS, plus qualitative and mixed methods
• Peer-reviewed publications, published or under review, suited to your career stage
• Research interest in AI in education, competency-based education, experiential learning, assessment, transferable skills or graduate employability
• Experience writing research proposals or grant applications
• Experience advising or supervising students in research
• Knowledge of higher education in Rwanda or Sub-Saharan Africa is an advantage

Apply with:

• A cover letter describing your research interests and how they relate to the research areas above
• A CV with a list of publications
• A research statement of up to two pages, proposing one study you’d carry out at Kepler College
• One writing sample, either a published article or a manuscript
• Names and contact details of three referees

Apply here: https://bit.ly/3WuzhS8

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