World Change Starts with Educated Children®

IMPORTANT: All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located. Room to Read is not able to provide sponsorship.

Position Overview:

Through its Gender Equality Portfolio (GEGEP), Room to Read engages with school-going adolescent girls from economically disadvantaged communities and vulnerable backgrounds to ensure that they complete secondary school and have the skills to negotiate key life decisions. GEP is operational in 8 States of India, namely, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Telangana. Room to Read envisions a world in which all children, can pursue quality education that prepares them to make positive change – in their families, schools and communities. Within its Life Skills Education Framework, GEP with its intervention, enables adolescent girls to discover their own strength, advocate for themselves, think critically, empathize, rely on themselves, navigate through day-to-day challenges and make informed decisions. The Program Facilitator will report to the Program Associate/Program Officer in the state. The position will be field based; one Program Facilitator will be responsible for almost 5 schools. This position is focused on working on the thematic area of life Skills Curriculum and would involve working with teachers and adolescents.

Roles and responsibilities:

Programmatic Understanding and Preparedness:

• Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read’s Girls’ Education program design and implement activities basis the inputs from the national and state team.

• Develop thorough understanding of the complete content package of the thematic area and Life Skills Curriculum to be rolled out in the selected schools.

• Understand and support in Program planning (in consultation with State Office and program officer/ associate).

• Undertake corrective action and incorporate feedback when provided by the supervisor.

• Participation in monthly review meetings, quarterly meetings and trainings organized by GEP national and state office team

Onsite Support and Capacity Building:

• Contribute in capacity building of facilitators on the program content providing necessary support to team in planning, execution and facilitation.

• Co-facilitation of life skill session curriculum in capacity building sessions of facilitators.

• Demonstrate and support teachers in life skill sessions, parents meetings and other activities of program design during implementation.

• Support school teachers to set schedule of program activities with girls, observe sessions and providing handholding support to the teachers.

• Set a schedule of visits to the schools as per the benchmarking indicated in the design.

Ensuring Quality program at the field level:

• Observe the life skills sessions and other activities as per the program design and benchmarking indicators.

• Engage in regular handholding and coaching of teachers for qualitative program implementation.

• Ensure and support the school teachers for keeping program records as decided per the program design.

• Understand and work on factors that may impede quality and fidelity of Life skills on the field.

• Support in tracking of quality standards is being met and provide updates to PA/ PO.

• Use life skill observations form along with the PA/PO and basis this provides feedback to teachers.

• Support and facilitate the administration of teacher’s training assessment tool for all the trainings.

• Facilitate or participate in monthly/quarterly meetings of school teachers to discuss and identify solutions to challenges are facing in program implementation and in working with the girls.

• Conduct discussions on Program Quality with School teachers during meeting.

• Ensure feedback is given to specific school and recorded.

• Support in dissemination of LS journals at the school level.

Liaising, networking and building linkages:

• Support in planning and organizing trainings and meetings for government officials with SCERT, Gender Cell, District Officials, Block level/Cluster level etc about the program and its updates, upcoming plans.

• Effective liaison with program school administration for smooth operations of the program design.

• Support state PO/PA in building linkages with like-minded organizations.

• Support PO/PA for creating visibility of the program.

• Participate and support in learning events at state level.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Fill the record and monitoring forms and trackers consolidate and report to state office.

• Support in documentation of best practices, case studies, photos and lessons learned and share with the GEP Team.

• Maintain general book-keeping of attendance in program activities at school.

• Record qualitative reflections of sessions.

Family and Community engagement:

• Lead the community campaign in the schools as per the design and ensure stakeholder involvement.

• Support in organizing, planning and monitoring of parents meeting (conduct parents meeting if needed in specific design situations).

• Supporting PA/PO in facilitating donor, country office, GO team members visit.

• Support in ensuring the sustainability and scalability of the program.

• Conduct initial home visits of the participants if the design requires.

Organizational Engagement:

• Participate in regular trainings and meetings with Room to Read staff.

• Participate in donor/ government stakeholders visits to program locations and provide information to donors/stakeholders about Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program as needed.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in education / social sciences or equivalent/ Chemistry/environmental sciences or higher.

• Minimum experience of 3-4yrs (1-2 years of relevant experience in the education /development sector including internships).

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English / Hindi and the local language of the state where position is based.

Preferred:

• Experience working on life skills/gender /adolescents.

• Proven experience of working with school administration and travel to field sites.

• Ability to work effectively with school teachers and govt officials

• Strong field planning and project implementation skills.

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.

Child Protection Principles

• Room to Read is committed to the education and welfare of children and protecting them from abuse and exploitation

• Room to Read has zero tolerance for child abuse and exploitation.

• All children have the right to be free from abuse and exploitation, including neglect, maltreatment, and physical, mental or sexual violence, injury or abuse.

• All children should be treated with respect and dignity.

• The well-being of the child is Room to Read’s first priority when dealing with all identified or suspected cases of child abuse.

• Room to Read shall integrate child protection into all its organizational strategies, structures and work practices.

Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Principles

• Room to Read Representatives must create and maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.

• Room to Read has zero tolerance for adult sexual exploitation and abuse.

• Sexual exploitation and abuse are serious violations of fundamental human rights and will not be accepted or tolerated.

• All adults should be treated with respect and dignity.

• Room to Read implements a survivor-centered approach, putting the survivor’s rights and dignity at the forefront.

• Survivors referred to available professional assistance (e.g. mental health counselling), upon consent.

Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.

Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel must adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy, Child Protection Code of Conduct and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy.

About Room to Read:

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, where all children have room to read, learn and grow – creating lasting change. Through our Literacy Portfolio, we train and coach teachers of the early grades in literacy instruction; create and publish quality books and curricular materials in local languages; and establish children’s libraries filled with diverse children’s books that can be enjoyed at school and home. Our Gender Equality Portfolio supports adolescents, particularly girls, in developing life skills that promote gender equality, helping them to pursue lifelong learning and make informed decisions.

We support young people of all genders to overcome gender biases and build the knowledge and skills to create a gender-equal world. Room to Read collaborates with local communities, partner organizations, publishers, and governments to test and implement innovative models that can be integrated into the education system to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. To date, Room to Read has benefited more than 50 million children in 28 countries.

Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.