HOAX: This poster advertising jobs at Aga Khan Schools is a scam

The school administration has termed it fake.

This poster shared on Facebook purportedly advertising vacancies at Aga Khan Schools is a HOAX.

The poster describes the schools and lists various teaching and support staff vacancies, reference numbers and available positions.

The vacancies include teachers, librarians, bus drivers, and youth pastors. According to the purported advert, applicants for teaching positions should hold relevant academic qualifications, with no other qualifications listed. Interested applicants are directed to send their applications to a provided email address.

The poster has also been shared here.

To determine its authenticity, PesaCheck reviewed the school’s website and Facebook page but found no trace of the job openings. A statement on the website notes that job openings are posted on the ‘career center.’

Aga Khan also flagged the poster as fake on their Facebook page.

“It has come to our attention that there is a fake job posting circulating online. To avoid any confusion and ensure you’re applying to legitimate opportunities, please note that all our available positions are posted on AKDN’s official careers page: http://www.akdn.org/careers

Your career journey matters to us, and we want to make sure you find genuine opportunities that align with your skills and aspirations. Stay informed and stay safe!” reads a post cautioning job seekers.

Additionally, PesaCheck contacted the school’s administration, which, through communications manager Aalia Kurji, termed the job advert fake.

“Please see here a post on our Facebook page regarding the same advert, in which we have said that it is fake,” said Kurji via email.

PesaCheck has looked into a poster on Facebook purportedly advertising vacancies at Aga Khan Schools and found it to be a HOAX.

This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.

By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.

Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.

This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Harriet Ogayo and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa.

The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Doreen Wainainah.

PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org.