Literacy Facilitator
Position Overview:
The
Literacy Facilitator (LF) is responsible for supporting and coaching
teachers, librarians, and principals to adopt new ways of working with
children to increase their literacy skills and habit of reading. The LF
will report to the Program Officer Literacy Field. The Literacy
Facilitator has no direct reports.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Program Implementation, Training, and Monitoring
- Serves
as the technical resource in the schools on applying literacy skills
and the habit of reading techniques in the classroom or library. - Through
the Program Officer, Literacy Field, coordinates closely with the
instructional design and Teacher Support Unit to ensure they are
successfully implementing the program design and able to provide
feedback on how well it is working. - Regularly observes,
demonstrates, and coaches Grade 1 and 2 teachers in delivering the
instructional component of the Literacy Program. - Regularly
observes, demonstrates, and coaches all teacher Librarians and language
primary grade teachers in the management and implementation of the
library period and reading activities. - Supports Grade 1 and 2
teachers in effective use of ongoing student tracking assessments to
inform to inform the management and Instruction teachers. - Conducts and analyzes data related to formative student assessments to inform support for Grade 1 and 2 teachers.
- Regularly
provides an update to the head of school on progress and coaches the
same on ways to support teachers and ensure longer term sustainability
of literacy outcomes within the school. - Attends and participates in teacher and librarian trainings related to the Literacy program.
- Participates in literacy events, parent meeting and other community activities.
- Participates
in regular review meetings and any other activities which may be
required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization. - Supports donor visits through demonstration projects and presentation, as needed.
Planning, Reporting and Documentation
- Conducts ongoing planning, documentation, and reporting of school visits.
- Documents best practices and lessons learned and shares with the Program Officer, Literacy Field.
Qualifications:
Required:
- University degree in Education, preferably with a major in Language/Linguistics
- 1-2 years of related work experience
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), internet and related applications
- Good command of English (both written and oral)
- Good interpersonal skills and a team player
- Ability to monitor progress of program implementation
- Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative
- Desire
and ability to spend 90% of time traveling and visiting school sites to
provide coaching and monitor progress of program implementation - Experience working with young children
- Experience working with schools and teachers
- Experience with reading, literacy or learning improvement programs
Compensation:
Room
to Read offers competitive pay with excellent benefits. 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.
Application Procedure:
Please
visit our website at www.roomtoread.org and click on the “careers” link
under about us tab. This will take you to Room to Read’s Career Portal.
Click on the See Current Vacancies to find this vacancy, select the
vacancy you are interested and click apply to begin the online
application process. If you do not hear from Room to Read within one
month of the closing date, please accept that your application was
unsuccessful. Please note that late applications will not be considered,
and correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only.
Room
to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to
identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from
diverse backgrounds, Women are encouraged to apply. Room to Read is a
child safe organization. CLOSING DATE: February 14th, 2022.
Location(s)
Tanzania – Tanga
To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
- Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
- Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
- Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
- Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
- Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment
Room
to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to
identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from
diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled
