Senior Lead, IDTS

Senior Lead, IDTS

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:

The Senior Lead, IDTS will be based at New Delhi, Country Office, and report directly to the Director, Literacy. The position will play a critical role in strengthening and implementing RtR's Literacy Program by providing high-quality technical support, contributing to program design, and enabling effective system strengthening in partnership with state governments. This position will involve frequent travel to field offices, as well as regular interaction with education officials, partners, school administrators, teachers, and students.

Responsibilities:

• Program Design and Technical Support:
  Develop a thorough understanding of RtR's Literacy program design. Contribute to the preparation of conceptual notes, logical framework/results framework, operation manuals/guidance and related tool kits in local language. Contribute to contextualizing the Worldwide Implementation and Professional Development Modules and other documents/guidance provided by the Global Professional Development and Technical Assistance team. Carry out necessary revisions in program design and activities based on feedback from the field and results emanating from reading assessments and library indicators.
  
  Determine topics for research and further analysis, both at the local/field level as well as at the country level.
• System Strengthening and Government Engagement:
  Provide technical support to the states in System Strengthening and knowledge transfer. Provide technical support and assistance to the state team in system strengthening, Effectively conceptualizing and executing I Do/We Do/You Do interventions. Contribute in the co-creation of foundational literacy resources with State Education. Support in developing state strategy for teacher capacity building, monitoring, and assessment systems based on the revised design.
  
  Contribute in policy (NEP/NIPUN/NCF) level strategic discussions with State Officials and State team and represent the organization and its approaches. Develop detailed implementation plans for program interventions and support the state in negotiation of such plans with the respective state governments. Develop/refine state team capacity building on policy level, pedagogical level, and teacher training facilitation skills with the Facilitator Guides.
• Training and Capacity Building:
  Develop training plans, growth frameworks, training content, trainer manuals, and participant handbooks for all the various types of trainings planned for the teachers and head teachers. Attend training and review meetings for teachers and field team.
• Monitoring, Assessment, and Data Use:
  Keep track of progress towards the agreed outcomes. Analyse data from reading assessments and library rating indicators to determine trends and identify areas that need more focused attention. Review and revise program design, materials, and training content accordingly.
• Coordination, Communication, and Documentation:
  Regularly communicate with Operations, RM&E, Administration, Finance, and HR teams at the Country Office and State levels to ensure smooth implementation of program activities. Communicate with Global Office and other external stakeholders as needed. Contribute to the preparation of various reports, budget reviews, forecasts, and documentation of good practices.
• Miscellaneous:
  Undertake any other work assigned from time to time to meet the technical needs of the organization.

Qualifications:

Required:

Bachelor Degree in education / social sciences or equivalent. Masters in education / social sciences or equivalent preferred. Minimum 10 years of relevant experience. In-depth knowledge about FLN and reading practices and approaches, including national and international research on the same. Knowledge about early grade reading assessments Experience of having worked with program design and log frames will be an added advantage.

Strong written and oral communication skills. Preferred:
Ability to work…