Literacy Facilitator (1 Position)
Position Overview
The Literacy Facilitator is assigned to work at Field Office. S/he is primarily responsible for coordinating and facilitating the implementation and achieving RtR-Kh Literacy Program (LP) at target schools for full district coverage approach. S/he will support in conducting training, coaching, demonstrating District Resource Person (DRP) to ensure they have capacity to support school principals, teachers, librarians to conduct Literacy activities, and support School Support Committee to develop and implement School Development Plan through monitoring & supervision of the program activities; provide logistical and organizational assistance to the Literacy Program Officer, technical in implementing the Program. Other responsibilities will also include procuring, organizing logistics for trainings/meetings and delivering reading and instructional materials to RtR’s target schools. This position is required extensive travel to work with teachers in remote rural schools. This position will report to the Literacy Program Officer (LPO).
Compensation:
The salary range for this position will be determined based upon the experience of the candidate hired. Benefits including 13th month bonus, provident fund, monthly medical allowance, health and accidental insurances for staff and their family, leaves and staff professional development are also provided. Additional benefits include a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through the lifelong gift of education.
- Program Implementation, Training and Coordination;
- Assists in coordinating, conducting and facilitating training and capacity building workshops on children’s learning and reading skills improvement, reading habit promotion, early childhood learning process, activities to promote art and literacy development.
- Provides coaching, demonstrating and supporting DRP in supporting principal and teachers to ensure that children learning is achieved.
- Assists schools in implementation of Literacy Program and enriches activities for children, and make suggestions for improving quality and utilization of new literacy materials/resources.
- Involves in making suggestions on improving the Literacy Program’s impact and sustainability in schools and communities, with particular focus on maximizing quality and the community’s involvement and contribution to the sustainability of the program.
- Planning, Reporting and Documentation
- Supports logistics and facilitates training and maintaining capacity building to Training of Trainer of Literacy Facilitators (LFs), teachers and school administrators on R&WI, library management and activities.
- Gather statistics (student learning achievement, attendance, other progress performance…etc) as and when required.
- Monitors and gathers information/data for reports on the status and progress of project sites.
- Assists in preparing program reports: monthly progress report, quarterly report, annual completion report and submit to supervisor on timely basis.
- Documents best practices and lesson learned observed during field visits and meetings and submit to relevant sections for communicating to external parties (government, donors, regional & global staff).
- Assist with collecting data for baseline survey for new target schools
- External Coordination and Networking
- Represents Room to Read by attending and speaking at relevant forums and advocates for the importance of Literacy program work at the district level.
- Performs other duties as assigned by direct supervisor.
- Required:
- At least high school diploma or bachelor’s in education or Bachelor of Literature or related field
- Certificate of pedagogy from Provincial Teacher Training Center (PTTC) or Regional Teacher Training Center (RTTC)
- At least 3 years of experience in teaching in any grade (primary/lower secondary/upper secondary) or no teaching is required but with experience in educational work
- Some experiences in facilitating trainings and giving presentations
- Ability to travel frequently to target schools in the agreed district
- Has own motorbike and is able to drive
- Preferred:
- Loves to read
- Local candidates based in the targets above are strongly encouraged to apply
- Prior experience working with schools, teachers, administrators and government officials
- Prior experience in a fast-paced, growth-oriented global or regional organization
- Effectiveness in working or volunteering in a non-profit organization that is focused on maintaining high quality work and low overhead
- Good computer user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Work, Excel), internet and email
Technical Facilitator (1 Position)
Position Overview
The GEP Technical Facilitator will be primarily responsible for supporting the government officer to scale up the life skills in the secondary and high schools in the assigned target by building the capacity of government officers including but not limited to conducting training on life skills for the government teachers, building the capacity of the District Resource Person (DRP) and school director to be able to support and coach teachers for the long term sustainability. This position will involve frequent travel to the assigned target schools, as well as regular facilitation with DRPs and teachers, the school director, the Technical Subject Leader, and the District Of Education Officer (DOE) for implementing the GEP scale-up approaches for life skill education. The position will report directly to Sr. Program Officer, Program Operations.
Compensation:
The salary range for this position will be determined based upon the experience of the candidate hired. Benefits including 13th month bonus, provident fund, monthly medical allowance, health and accidental insurances for staff and their family, leaves and staff professional development are also provided. Additional benefits include a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through the lifelong gift of education.
- DRP and Teacher Capacity Building
- Conduct periodic lesson observation, in target schools and provide ongoing coaching and mentoring support as agreed plan including demonstrating and supporting DRP to provide effective coaching and mentoring to teachers.
- Support DRP in organizing quarterly Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at the district level including DRPs, and teachers from different schools.
- Support DRP to organize quarterly technical reflections at the school level with teachers, and School Management.
- Support PO to coordinate annual program reflection meetings at the provincial level with all district DRPs.
- Develop TOT of life skills education
- Support DRP to cascade life skills training to teachers and support DRPs in conducting refresher training for existing teachers as needed.
- Develop TOT for DRP training on life skills
- Conduct ToT training life skills education in lower secondary schools to National Trainer, DRPs.
- Conduct refresher training for DRP based on the need
- Develop TOT for DRP training on mentoring and coaching package
- Conduct DRP training on mentoring and coaching package
- Program Planning, Implementation
- Support PO to identify new potential target for project scale up
- Provide input to the refresh contextualized training packages led by the technical team.
- Support PO to prepare letters to PoE, DoEs, and teachers to join RtR life skill training
- Attend quarterly technical meetings with program managers.
- Supports logistics and facilitates training and maintaining capacity building to Training of Trainers of teachers and school administrators on life skills education and scale-up approaches activities.
- Complete monthly PIM report with high accuracy and submit to PO follow agreed timelines.
- Ensure having clear actions to be taken which were found in the previous PIM Report
- Monitors and gathers information/data for reports on the status and progress of project sites.
- Timely prepare and submit monthly activities plan and report against suggested recommendation to supervisor.
- Assists in preparing program reports: monthly progress report, quarterly report, annual completion report and submit to supervisor and partners on a timely basis.
- Documents best practices and lessons learned observed during field visits and meetings and submit to relevant sections for communicating to external parties (government, donors, regional & global staff).
- Assist with collecting data for baseline survey for new target schools
- Represents Room to Read by attending and speaking at relevant forums and advocating for the importance of life skills at the district level.
- Other tasks
- Write success story/ case study from the field
- Support stakeholder visits to the project side
- Attend other training/meetings as required
- Performs other duties as assigned by direct supervisor.
- Required
- Bachelor’s degree in related fields (Teacher training, pedagogy, education development…etc).
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in education, relevant experiences with girl education and gender equality or teacher training is a plus
- Mature and demonstrate great skills in providing life skills training
- Sound good knowledge in gender equality and gender sensitization
- Prior experience working with students, teachers, school administrators,
- Demonstrate mature and good skills in dealing with government officials at least DoE and Schools Director level as well as relevant stakeholders.
- Have good coaching, facilitation, presentation and communication skills with teachers and students.
- Have a strong passion for girls’ education and gender equality, development, and social work.
- Ability to travel frequently and work in rural areas.
- Computer literate: basic Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Preferred
- Prior experience in developing/using life skills training packages and tools
- High commitment and trustworthy
- Effectiveness in working in a non-profit organization that is focused on maintaining high-quality work
- Enjoy working with girls’ education programs to improve their life skills, traveling to communities in remote rural villages.
- Knowledge of basic project management and budgeting
- Ability to communicate basically in English.
