Consultant, Literacy Program

Designation: Consultant, Literacy Program

Duration: 10^th August 2024 to 31^st March,2025

Program: Literacy Program

Project: NASH

Location: Blocks/ Jodhpur districts, Rajasthan

No of Openings: One (01).

Working days – Monday to Friday.

Working timing – 9:30 am to 6:00 pm/or as per school opening time.

Organization Profile:

Room to Read India was established in 2003 and presently has programs in 10 states –Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.

Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools during two time periods that are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations, and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be replicated, localized, and sustained by governments. Room to Read has globally distributed offices and staff and has so far benefited more than 39 million children across 23 countries.

Position overview:

Consultant will work closely with the State Manager in engaging with the respective block and district education department of Rajasthan for delivering Foundational Literacy initiative. S/he will support the program officer in design of the program, execution, coordination with various stakeholders (Blocks/District level government and non-profit partners) and delivering on a roadmap for building government capacity to sustain the impact and interventions from the program. Program associate will lead a team of 7-8 program coordinators and report to the program Officer.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Consultant will be responsible for the intervention in his / her district/block (s) and will have the following specific key roles and responsibilities:

Program Understanding:

• Have a good understanding of Room to Read’s Literacy program design and the ability to defend the program in various forums
• S/he has good awareness of literacy programs, their design and strategies operating in project region.
• Oversee the quality of program implementation and adherence to program guidelines for blocks and district under his/her jurisdiction.
• Develop a strong understanding of Govt’s education policies NEP 2020, NCF, FLN, SIQE etc.

Support program strategy and approach:

• Support to State Manager on designing program strategy and creating an action plan with specific inputs from the block (s)and district.
• Co-develop actionable implementation plan for the district with clear timeline, budget targets, M&E framework, along with the program officer
• Support program officer in adapting program strategy based on on-ground learnings from blocks and district level.

On-ground implementation and monitoring:

• Play the leading role in a team of 7-8 program coordinators in ensuring Project achieves the objectives in the respective assign block (s) and district.
• Interact with key stakeholders (government departments and officials such as CDEO/ADPC/DEEO/RPs/DIET etc.) on a day-to-day basis to ensure delivery on program objectives.
• Create ownership for the program among block and district officials.
• Develop strong working relationships with government officials at block and district level.
• Ensure program is delivered as per the plan and within the budget and timeline targets.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and weaknesses, wherever applicable and come up with solutions for the same in consultation with program officer.
• Track program progress on key indicators according to the M&E framework during monthly meetings and throughout the project timeline.
• Conduct regular field visits and joint visits with Govt officials in the block and district level.
• Co-ordinate all district level activities (trainings, review meetings) related to Project
•  Develop community engagement plans for the block and district level.
• Provide operational oversight to the program Coordinators and support them in communication with schools. Identify gaps in the operational capabilities and plan for their capacity building in discussion with the program officer.

Planning, Reporting and Documentation:

• Support to preparing regular (monthly, quarterly and yearly basis, including program data) qualitative reports and documenting case studies and best practices. 
• Support to high stake donor reporting, developing their annual work plan and its implementation.
• Support to prepare implementation calendar for literacy program and development of program tracking system for timely and quality implementation of activities.  
• Support the program officer in strategic planning and advocacy, technical assistance, quality assurance, sustainability planning and future expansion decisions.
• Participate in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfil the objectives of the program/organization.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education/equivalent is required
• Work experience of minimum 4-5 years in development sector, preferably education
• Experience with on-ground program implementation in a team lead role is crucial
• Experiences working with government and in education sector is required
• Fluency in Hindi is required and basic communication in English is preferred.
• Desired skills include problem-solving and analytical skills, written and oral communication skills, interpersonal skills and networking skills, and ability to work on tight deadlines

Room to Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy and Child Protection Code of Conduct.

Application Procedure:

Interested candidate can share updated resume at koyana.dutta@roomtoread.org mentioned subject line “Consultant, Literacy Program (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)”.

 

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