LGEA Reading Coordinators at the Education Development Center (EDC)

EDC is one of the world’s leading nonprofit research and development firms. EDC designs, implements and evaluates programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity worldwide. Collaborating with both public and private partners, we strive for a world where all people are empowered to live healthy, productive lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: LGEA Reading Coordinator

Location: Sokoto

Job Description

• The LGEA Reading Coordinator will provide technical assistance and guidance to the project's support to improved reading instruction at the IGEA level.
• The position will he based at the respective Local Government Education office.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the implementation of all Northern Education Initiative Plus supported reading material, all Northern Education initiative Plus supported trainings in reading, all teacher and classroom supervision and monitoring and all student testing efforts.
• Ensure complementarily of activity approaches in reading across the LGEA, Liaise with LGEA government representatives and technicians on technical matters, and hears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that children its Northern Education Initiative Plus public, IQTE, and NRC schools achieve improved outcomes in reading.
• Provide support to LGEA teams during school visits anti teacher support activities

Key Qualifications

• Master's Degree with at least one year (or Bachelors with at least 2 years) of relevant experience in education development, with tmiliahty working in local governmental systems in Nigeria
• Prior experience providing training and capacity building to staff and counterparts in areas of participatory planning
• Undergraduate Degree in Education or related field;
• Fluency in English and Ilausa required.

Application Closing Date
Thursday 7th April, 2016.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as ONE MS document or PDF to: [email protected] . If you wish to be considered for a post, please specify the position for which you are applying in the subject line.

Note:

• There are no relocation allowances available for these positions.
• Note that if the underline instructions are not followed application will not be considered.