Position title: Program Assistant, GEP

Program: Girls Education Program

Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Organization Profile:

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read develops children’s foundational literacy skills, as well as life skills that promote gender equality. Committed to accelerating learning outcomes for more children, more quickly, we have benefited 45 million children across 28 countries. In India, we are working since 2003 and have positively influenced lives of more than 18 million children. Presently, we work across the 10 Indian states of Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. Learn more at www.roomtoreadindia.org.

Position Overview:

The Girls’ Education Program (GEP) Program Assistants (PA) spend will assist the planning and execution for work related to government engagement of Room to Read’s Girl Education program at the field level and provide strategic, technical and management support. They will oversee the quality of implementation, coordination, development and reporting of the Girl Education Program for the State under Technical Assistance. The Program assistant, GEP will report to the Senior Program Officer. This position will involve close interaction with education department officials, school administrators, teachers and students along with travel to Districts. They would serve as the main point of contact for the local government officials. The base location would be the State office of the government department at Dehradun.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Program Understanding:

• Strong understanding of Room to Read’s Girl Education Program design and the ability to defend the program in various forums.
• Good awareness of Gender and Life Skills programs, their design and strategies operating in region, its planning and implementation nuances.

Technical assistance and advocacy:

• Closely work with Government Education Department and serve as a technical resource at the State/ district/ block level and participate proactively in technical assistance discussions.
• Developing good understanding of existing policy documents and attend government meetings, discussions and committees and use those forums to advocate for enabling policies and government orders in support of Girl Education Program.

• Provide onsite technical assistance to school as per observation and make suggestions for improving quality and utilization of library resources.

Program coordination and monitoring:

• Responsible for managing relationships with government counterparts in their jurisdiction and respond to issues that may arise in these relationships. 
• Collate and analyze program data and school information emanating from the field, develop programmatic co-relations and flag off issues for larger discussion.

School visits:

• Make joint visits to schools, observe trainings ,classroom implementation , speak to teachers and headmasters
• Identify design and quality issues, including problems being faced in field implementation.  Discuss these issues with the concerned person and based on that provide solutions at the field level.

Training, workshop and Reporting:

• Identify gaps in training plan and ground practices and suggest on future plans.
• Act as the resource person with respect to different capacity building initiatives at different level.
• Attend review meetings at the district and state/national level and participate in key government level meeting, trainings and development workshops.  
• Prepare monthly  reports for submission for external as well as internal team. These reports to have qualitative inputs, case studies and best practices. 
• Participate in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
• Prepare monthly dashboard and able to draw trends from data.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Master’s degree in education/social work/development/Gender Studies or equivalent.
• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant work experience in areas of gender and  life skills.
• Previous experience working closely with schoolteachers and government.
• Demonstrate understanding of Uttarakhand educational challenges, including gender issues, and knowledge of regional policies and guidelines governing education in the state.
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
• Proficient in MS  Office for reporting purposes.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, including the ability to monitor program implementation progress.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative.
• Previous experience working closely with diverse groups of people.
• Experience in facilitation and training.
• Good knowledge of Hindi and English.

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; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy and Child Protection Code of Conduct.

Application Procedure:

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Due to the high volume of applicant responses, not all applicants may receive a response from Room to Read. Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. We always encourage women to apply.

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