Position:      Program Officer, Multilingual Education – Instructional Design and Teacher Support (IDTS)

Location:    Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi.

Organization Profile:

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. With its global headquarters in San Francisco, Room to Read till date has benefited 32 million children across 21 low-income countries.

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

Position Overview:

Program Officer, MLE- IDTS position will be based at New Delhi, Country Office and report directly to the Advisor- Instruction Design and Teacher Support (IDTS). This position will involve frequent travel to field offices, as well as regular interaction with education officials, partners, school administrators, teachers, and students.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Led the development of instruction design and materials for multilingual education programs in consultation with different departments and based on available research.
• Develop planning and material for capacity building of state team on multilingual education.
• Review existing materials on foundational literacy, multilingual education, and capacity building and develop content for the Cadre of trainers (videos, hand-outs, literature review, etc.)
• Participate in the discussions, reviews, presentations, and meetings related to the multilingual education program.
• Develop a thorough understanding of RtR’s Literacy program design. 
• Lead expert engagement on MLE
• Participate in GO-led meetings/workshops for multilingual education.
• Participate in CO-level meetings/workshops with the technical team and IDTS.
• Preparation and facilitation in Training of Trainers (ToT), one MLE alignment with policy and Instruction and library interventions
• Participate in CO level Program Review Meetings
• Facilitate and participate in state-level training on foundational literacy and multilingual education.
• Any other task or combination of smaller tasks (Research/ assessments, other departmental coordination) that will require a significant amount of this position's time.
• Participate in meetings with government officials to coordinate for multilingual education.
• Determine topics for research and further analysis, both at the local/field level as well as at the country level w.r.t MLE
• Keep track of progress towards the agreed outcomes.
• Regularly communicate with Operations/RM&E/Administration/ Finance/ HR teams at the CO and State levels to ensure smooth implementation of program activities.
• Attend training and review meetings for Teachers, Library Coaches, and Literacy Facilitators
• Undertake any other work assigned from time to time to meet the technical needs of the organization.

Qualification:

Required:

• Master's degree in education / social sciences or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Prior experience working in the area of Early Grade Literacy/Multilingual Education

Preferred:

• Awareness of language and reading practices and approaches.
• Master’s in education / social sciences or equivalent preferred
• Experience working in a Multi-lingual context.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in Hindi, and English. Knowledge of another Indian language would be an added advantage.

To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:

• Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic non-profit organization.
• Be an innovative and creative thinker – not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so.
• Have a solution-oriented approach.
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness.
• Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction.
• Work well independently as well as part of a team.
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment.

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.

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a 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:

Kindly CLICK HERE  to submit the application.

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.

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