Pedagogy Expert - Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
Location: New Delhi, India
Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience
Engagement Type: Consultant | 6-month contract, extendable based on program needs

About Us
Wadhwani AI Global (WAIG) is a next-generation AI transformation partner for governments and multilaterals across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. We combine cutting-edge AI products with deep advisory capabilities to unlock large-scale opportunities in health, education, and agriculture.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Pedagogy Expert – Foundational Learning to strengthen the learning design behind WAIG’s foundational education tools, including Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and other AI-enabled literacy and assessment solutions.
The consultant will bring deep expertise in foundational learning solutions, reading fluency, language acquisition, and assessment design, with the ability to adapt these concepts for public education contexts across Africa.
This role is ideal for someone who understands how children learn English as an additional or second language,



and can translate that understanding into practical product guidance, content frameworks, assessment logic, and classroom-ready learning tools.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strengthen English Learning Pedagogy
- Define pedagogical principles for early-grade English learning tools
- Build learning progressions for reading, listening, speaking, and comprehension
- Ensure tools reflect how children acquire English in multilingual contexts
- Ground solution design in evidence-based literacy and language learning practices

2. Design Foundational Literacy & ORF Frameworks
- Develop frameworks for oral reading fluency, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension
- Define indicators for accuracy, pace, expression, pronunciation, and meaning-making
- Support design of grade-level texts, prompts, rubrics, and benchmarks
- Ensure assessment tasks are developmentally appropriate and instructionally helpful

3. Improve

📌 Pedagogy Expert (New Delhi)
🏢 Wadhwani AI Global
📍 New Delhi