Job Title: Technical Advisor II, Senior Reading Specialist
Company: FHI 360
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Field: Administration Education
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FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.
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Job Summary / Responsibilities:
The Senior Reading Specialist provides overall technical oversight and guidance to the project's support to improved reading instruction. He/she supervises the production of all NEI+-supported reading material, all NEI+-supported trainings in reading, all teacher and classroom supervision and monitoring and all student testing efforts. He/she ensures complementarity of activity approaches in reading across the three NEI+ activity states, liaises with government representatives and technicians on technical matters, and bears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that children in NEI+ public, IQTE, and NFLC schools achieve improved outcomes in reading. It is expected that the reading specialist will work directly with a Hausa language expert (particularly if the reading specialist is not conversant and fluent in written and spoken Hausa).
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Qualifications: – Master's Degree in education, preferably with a specialty in early grade reading. Ph.D. in education with a focus on early childhood education and/or early grade learning preferred. – At least 8 years of experience in programs in sub-Saharan Africa that work specifically to improve early grade reading is required. – Prior experience with the development of early grade reading materials, training programs, classroom monitoring protocols, and tests and assessments, including EGRA, is required. – Prior experience with supporting civil-society based monitoring of reading outcomes is required. – Professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English. It is preferred, but not required, that the candidate be conversant and fluent in written and spoken Hausa – Demonstrated management and leadership skills working on large and complex donor-funded programs; – Experience managing and reporting on large donor-funded programs, especially USAID contracts. – Understanding of larger policy goals and how they impact program management; – Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and gain the respect and confidence of host country counterparts, staff, and clients; – Strong interpersonal communications and team-building skills – Ability to mentor, motivate and empower the performance of team members and counterparts; – Excellent written and oral communications skills in English; and Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
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