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Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. We are achieving this goal by providing support during the two most critical time periods in a child’s education: primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. Our Literacy Program trains and coaches teachers, creates quality books and curricular materials, and establishes libraries filled with diverse children’s books in local languages that can be enjoyed at school or at home. Our Girls’ Education Program helps girls build skills to succeed in secondary school and make key life decisions by providing a life skills curriculum, opportunities for mentorship and peer support, and family and community engagement.
Room to Read collaborates with local communities, partner organizations, and governments to test and implement innovative models that can be integrated into the education system to deliver positive outcomes for children on scale. To date, Room to Read has reached more than 39 million children in over 49,000 communities across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia, and plans to benefit 40 million children by 2025. Learn more at www.roomtoread.org
We are currently looking for committed and enthusiastic applicants with qualifications and relevant experience to fill the following position:
Senior Program Officer, Gender Equality Portfolio: 1 Position Based in Vientiane Capital or Champasack Province, Lao PDR.
Position Overview:
The Senior Program Officer for Life Skill Education for Gender Equality Portfolio primarily provides technical support, including training facilitation, guidance and coaching for National Master Trainers (NMT) and school principals on Life Skill Education. This position reports to the Program Manager and works closely with the Senior Program Operations Manager.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Program design, content/materials development and training
- Support and work with Program Manager to review and contextualize program contents and manuals.
- Support and work with Program Manager to develop additional manuals/training materials needed for training teachers to improve program activities.
- Support and work with Program Manager to design training agenda and materials for training.
Ensure timely Program Implementation and Training
- Prepare and facilitate training for the National Master of Trainers (NMT) and School principals on LSE and coaching, and other necessary contents to support program objective.
- Conduct regular site visits to schools to observe and monitor NMT and School principals’ implementation of program activities in schools.
- Provide technical guidance and coaching to National Master Trainer and School principals on program implementation in line with global program design.
Support the National Master of Trainers and School principals
- Prepare and facilitate training of trainer (TOT) for National Master Trainer.
- Prepare and facilitate coaching training for National Master Trainer and School principals.
- Prepare and facilitate other manuals training for National Master Trainer and School principals.
- Prepare and facilitate teacher’s manual training to National Master Trainer and School principals.
- Supports National Master Trainer and School principals in the planning and conducting of meetings/workshops.
- Prepare and facilitate monthly meetings with National Master Trainer and School principals for each school through both online discussion and face-to-face conversations.
- Supports the NMT’s scheduling of school principal session observations and schoolteachers conduct LSE for students.
Program monitoring and coaching to National Master of Trainers and School principals
- Conduct field visit and observe life skills classes and provide coaching to National Master Trainers and School principals as needed in different locations and collect feedback/best practice on LSE.
- Conduct field visit and observe and provide coaching to National Master Trainers and School principals.
- Prepare and participate in a monthly operational/technical meeting with Program Manager and Senior Program Operations Manager.
- Participate in and support quarterly review meeting with National Master Trainer T and school principals for feedback and learned lesson.
Planning, Reporting and Documentation
- Gather and provide inputs for the strategic planning process and AP&B.
- Participate in annual planning and budgeting for project areas of assignment.
- Work with Program Operations Associate on quarterly/monthly forecasting and advance request, spending and expenses report complied with financial guidelines with accuracy, and transparency.
- Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports and ensure quality and timely.
- Provide input for GSD report as needed.
- Ensure documentation of best practices, case studies/success stories, and lessons learned and shared with the Gender Equality Project team/MarCom as needed.
Other important tasks
- Support Program Manager to ensure that overall program quality, including local adaptation of RtR’s worldwide program contents and training materials, meets RtR’s GEP standards.
- Participate in regular training and meetings with RtR and any other activities that may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
- Participate in donor site visits and provide information to donors about programs as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g. education, social work, community development).
- At least 10 years of relevant work experience.
- Prior experience in planning and facilitating trainings.
- Prior experience coaching or supervising others.
- Prior experience of working with and/or counselling adolescent girls and life skills development is preferable
- Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
- Strong organizational and planning and budgeting skills including the ability to monitor progress of program implementation.
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative.
- Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people.
- Desire and ability to spend a quarter or more time traveling.
- English fluency strongly is preferable
Compensation & Benefits
Room to Read Laos values the commitment of our staff, and offers a professional & respected working environment, competitive monthly salary and other benefits such as annual salary review, a Wellbeing allowance, 13th month salary bonus, gratuity bonus, performance bonus, Staff Medical Insurance, SSO for staff and family members, annual medical check-up, phone allowance and other leave benefits based on Lao Labour Law.
Room to Read is a child- safe organization; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy and Child Protection Code of Conduct.
Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and continually developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.
Application Procedure
Please submit your application through our online recruiting system at the link below and include your updated resume/CV with cover letter.
https://www.roomtoread.org/about-us/careers/
(click See Current Vacancies)