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:

The Literacy Facilitator (LF) will be responsible for supporting and coaching teachers, librarians, and principals in the literacy program schools to help them adopt to new ways of working with children that increase the children s literacy skills and habit of reading. They will report to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate and will not have any direct reports. This position is based at project location (District/Mandal/ Cluster).

Responsibilities:

- Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read s Literacy program design.

- Support literacy program intervention across assigned project schools and ensure adherence to the program design.

- Provide reflective feedback on program design and implementation (especially with respect to progress towards outcomes) and demonstrate a solution-oriented approach.

- Serve as a technical resource to the schools in the area of language development, literacy skills and reading.

School Visits:

- Undertake school visits with government resource person at cluster levels every day, except for days when on official travel and leave.

- Regularly observe, demonstrate and coach Grade 1 and 2 teachers in delivering the instructional component of the Literacy Program.

- Conduct informal assessment of at least 5 children during every school visit and discuss with teachers and share report to supervisors.

- Regularly observe, demonstrate and coach teachers and librarians in the implementation of the model library period, reading activities and library management practices.

- Support teachers in conducting ongoing student tracking assessments and plan corrective action.

- Regularly collect data related to program quality.

- Supports school librarian in the initial set up of the library, including book delivery, levelling and classification system, check-out system, setting up furniture, and creating a library period timetable.

- Regularly provide the principals/ Headmasters an update on progress and coach them on ways to support teachers and ensure longer term sustainability of literacy outcomes within the school.





- Participate in school level teacher meeting, literacy events, parent meeting and other community activities.

Training, Workshop and Meeting:

- Participate and facilitate in regular teacher and librarian trainings (both centre based, and school based) related to the Literacy program (Instruction, library activities and management).

- Participate in development of materials, training modules and other technical resources as required.

- Attend professional development training and workshops at mandal/district/state/national level, as required.

- Attend review meetings at mandal/district/state within RtR and with government stakeholder, as required, and complete all programmatic reports on a timely manner.

- Participate in monthly review meetings with CRCs at school level.

Planning, Reporting and Documentation:

- Tracks and reports library monitoring data to ensure timely and accurate reporting to stakeholders.

- Conducts ongoing planning, documentation, and reporting.

- Write monthly reports to supervisor including progress data of CICO and status of student reading skill, in a template provided by RtR.

- Documents best practices and lessons learned and shares with the Literacy program team.

- Collaborates with Principal, and community to develop sustainability plan for managing literacy program components and acquiring resources (instruction materials, stationery and recent books) after Room to Read s support ends.

- Reports to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate.

- Supports in donor visits, and in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfil the objectives of the organization.

- Compile and analyse ongoing reading skill assessments data conducted by school and plan school wise corrective action in discussion with supervisors.

Qualifications:

Required:

- Bachelor s degree in education / social sciences or equivalent.





- Minimum 2- 3 years of relevant experience in development projects, preferably in education.

- Teaching experience at primary level preferred.

- Strong knowledge about education in general and language and reading practices and approaches in particular.

- Strong written and oral communication skills.

- Good interpersonal skills and a team player.

- Critical thinking and analytical skills.

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.

Child protection text: Room to 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.

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📌 Literacy Facilitator, Literacy Field (Warangal)
🏢 Room to Read
📍 Warangal