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Biochemical Engineer (Paid Social Project) LAGOS
Job Summary:
Transfer your STEM knowledge to generate real impact and create a fairer and more equitable future for children in vulnerable communities.
Key Highlights:
1. Support teachers and develop projects to promote opportunities for students
2. Help children simplify mathematics and explore scientific thinking
3. Formative leadership development and individualized mentoring
**Initial Registration Link: https://teachforportugal.outsystems.app/TFP\_Mentor/**
**Transform your knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics into real community impact!**
Work full-time on your own development, invest in requalifying and expanding your skills, and apply them to build a fairer and more equitable future.
**About the position:** **Teach For Portugal (TFP)**, part of the global Teach For All network, works so that all children achieve their full potential. As a **TFP Mentor**, you will join, for **2 years**, an **educational community** located within a context of vulnerability, supporting teachers and developing projects that promote greater opportunities for students.
**We want you to apply your knowledge in fields such as Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or Technology in a new role: TFP Mentor.**
You will help children from disadvantaged backgrounds simplify mathematics, explore scientific thinking, and develop essential skills—gaining contextual knowledge **that you can later apply in innovation, research, education, or social impact projects.**
**What We Offer?**
* A 2-year formative, professional, and paid Leadership Development Program;
* Gross remuneration of €29,000, distributed over the 22-month full-time contract;
* +300 hours of training, including 4 weeks of initial intensive residential training (theoretical and practical);
* Individualized pedagogical and leadership mentoring by a pedagogical tutor;
* Internal and external job shadowing: opportunity to explore other contexts related to education or social impact during the summer between the two program years;
* Career mentoring;
* Benefits policy (in accordance with organizational agreements);
* Real and direct impact inside and outside the classroom.
**This Program Is Right for You If:**
* You possess these 5 competencies: Alignment with TFP’s mission and vision; Growth mindset; Collaboration; Nonconformity; Emotional intelligence.
* You hold a completed bachelor’s degree by September 2026;
* You have geographical availability for the areas where we are recruiting;
* You are fluent in Portuguese and have an intermediate level of English;
* You aim to contribute long-term to Education, Social Economy, Public Policy, or similar fields through your career.
**Be part of the change!**
It all starts with you. Solve the equation of inequality, apply your logical reasoning on the ground, and build solutions that transform lives. **Join the movement!**
**“A child’s postal code must not determine their future.”**
At TFP, we believe **diversity, equity, and inclusion** are fundamental to building this future. Therefore, we value **different backgrounds, paths, and perspectives**, fostering an environment where everyone is welcome and has the opportunity to contribute.
**Locations:** Alto Minho; CIM Ave; CIM Tâmega e Sousa; CIM Viseu, Dão e Lafões; CIM Alto do Alentejo; Lisbon Metropolitan Area; CIM Alentejo Central; CIM Algarve
For any questions, please email: recrutamento@teachforportugal.org
**Initial Registration Link: https://teachforportugal.outsystems.app/TFP\_Mentor/**
Type of position: Full-time

R. Marreiros Netto 16, 8600-753 Lagos, Portugal
€ 29,000/year