Program Associate (PA), Instructional Design and Teacher Support

Job Description

Position: Program Associate (PA), Instructional Design and Teacher Support – Literacy Program
Location: Ho Chi Minh City and frequently travel to project sites
Employee: Full time

Organization Profile:

Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income countries 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 in low-income countries 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 benefited 11.5 million children across over 20,000 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia, and aims to reach 15 million children by 2020.

Position Overview

Literacy Program PA will work in HCMC office and travel frequently to project sites in which Literary Program activities are implemented. PA is responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring of assigned activities. S/he will work to improve the Literacy program, with the aim of ensuring that Literacy Program are effectively and fully utilized by schools and communities as a tool for increasing student motivation, development of educational activities, and promotion of reading. This will involve the PA working closely with Literacy Director Associate, Instructional Design and Teacher Support (IDTS) Manager, Quality Reading Material (QRM) officer, national and provincial key trainers, writers and illustrators to conduct trainings and workshop for school libraries and QRM.

General Duties & Responsibilities

PA will report directly to IDTS Manager and support in the smooth and timely implementation of the program in the following ways:

Program development and cross program coordination

• Support the organizing of, and participate in meetings, program events, study tours that Literacy Program conducts with governments partners as planning
• Participate in activities that require cross program coordination
• Take part in regular professional development activities, including identifying own professional development needs, and review of performance

Implementing and Monitoring

• Support the QRM officer in the process of booklist development: Prepare technical documents and provide technical support (contact, receive feedback from publishers, find and replace books in the booklist, check packing process) to Admin team regarding technical requirements for the booklist
• Support IDTS and QRM teams in contextualization of training packages including translation of materials, review and revision of materials.
• Coordinate with team to prepare and arrange logistics and venue for events, such as teacher trainings, workshops for both IDTS and QRM
• Discuss with GO, give feedbacks and edit layout design
• Liaise with Global Office to finalize English portions of published books, including dedication language, copyright information, story summaries, and author/illustrator biographies.
• Work with publisher to obtain government approval for QRM books
• Liaise with Global Office staff to facilitate donor allocation of book titles including providing information about titles, and sending copies of books once they are printed.
• Update Global Solutions Database (GSD)
• Obtain copyright for QRM books
• Develop contracts and supervise payment process for writers, illustrators, collaborators and consultants in terms of work complication, quality performance.
• Prepare for book packaging for non-RtR schools, INGOs, DoETs and GO
• Warehouse visit and audit assist
• Support design and other logistic tasks in year-end meeting
• Participate in monitoring and support activities as required
• Perform other agreed tasks assigned by IDTS Manager.

Qualifications

Required:

• Native Vietnamese
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• At least bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience
• Knowledge and understanding of teaching methodologies for primary stage
• Experience with library and quality reading material programming
• Understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and process documentation
• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people and organizations
• Ability and desire to travel frequently to visit school sites

Preferred:

• Experience teaching at the primary stage
• Experience in developing and conducting on-site school support and coaching initiatives for teachers
• Development and use of observation and other monitoring tools and practices to assess progress of primary school interventions
• Effectiveness in working or volunteering in a non-profit organization that is focused on maintaining high quality work and low overhead
• Prior track record of achieving results in a fast-paced, growth-oriented global or regional organization

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 - you are not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so
• 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

Application Procedure:

• Please submit your application preferably with a cover letter, online by visiting our website
  www.roomtoread.org (about us > careers > see current vacancies).

• Alternately, send application and cover letter to [email protected]

We regret that we cannot respond to all applicants personally due to high applicant volume.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

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.