Officer, Literacy

The Officer, Literacy will anchor and support all literacy inputs. They will be based at Jharkhand and will report directly to SPMU (State project management unit) Lead and have dotted reporting to Country office Manager, IDTS (Instructional designing and technical support). One Program Associate, Literacy will report to them. This position will involve frequent travel to field as well as regular interaction with education officials, partners and external experts.

Responsibilities :

Lead and Design state level Curriculum, FLN (Foundational Literacy and numeracy) approach, Literacy Materials and TLM (Teacher learning material) :

• Facilitate in formulating curricular position paper and vision document for state around FLN, contributing to SCF.
• Provide guidance to state FLN PMUs (Project management unit) in reviewing and finalizing Learning outcome framework, curricular frameworks on Literacy as per NIPUN guidelines through a consultative process with SCERT.
• Provide technical support to state FLN PMUs in designing curricular materials inclusive textbooks, school readiness materials, learning gap addressing materials, in-service teacher training plan.
• Support PMU and state level institutions in development of FLN tool kits with a focus around Foundational literacy.
• Guide in designing curricular materials and TLMs around Literacy for early grades.
• Build relationships with state and district education officials, government partners, and school administrators to further the program.

Vision building and Capacity Building of State and District Resource Groups on Literacy :

Lead Teacher Professional Development and support in strengthening field implementation of Foundational literacy :

Guide and Support Technical Team at PMU level :

Qualifications : Required :

Compensation :

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries on literacy and gender equality in education.

Room to Read is a Child safe organization.