Responsibilities include:

• Support teacher professional development and improvement of classroom instruction to enhance learning outcomes for the project
• Responsible for developing training materials and managing national teacher training.
• Will collaboratively design and coordinate training in technical areas relevant to early grade reading.
• Guides program staff on essential components of reading programs as relevant, possibly including curriculum design, lesson planning, instructional approach, teacher professional development, materials development and distribution, classroom-level assessment and large-scale assessment to develop highly effective activities in these areas and to integrate them for maximum effectiveness at the program level.
• Engages directly with host-country government and other organizations on their capacity development needs with the overall aim of improving equitable and high-quality service delivery to host-country populations for improved reading outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education or other relevant fields; academic coursework with a focus on curriculum development or reading instruction highly preferred
• Minimum four years of experience in technical direction of international programs that work specifically to improve early grade literacy
• Prior experience with the development of early grade reading materials, training programs, classroom monitoring protocols, and tests and assessments (including Early Grade Reading Assessment)
• Minimum four years of experience in conducting teacher training/coaching and training of trainers
• Prior experience working with communities, government, and other donors to support improved reading preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of international evidence-based approaches to learning reading using phonics and systematic, structured, and explicit instruction required; experience using these approaches in instructional design or direct instruction strongly preferred
• Experience and expertise in overseeing the design of instructional materials for large-scale education programs required
• Minimum three years of demonstrated excellence in a management position, preferably including direct supervision and evaluation of professional staff and multiple concurrent project deliverables preferred
• Fluent written and spoken English required, and fluent Nyanja/Chewa and Bemba highly preferred