Associate Director, Teaching & Learning NGO Job Luminos Fund

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Key Responsibilities

Material Development

• Support the Director of Teaching and Learning in developing high-quality teacher guides, student books, and supplementary materials for structured pedagogy programs focused on foundational skills.
• Ensure teaching and learning materials are informed by the latest evidence on the science of teaching, including phonics-based literacy approaches and numeracy teaching methods that build number sense.
• Optimize teaching and learning materials for all students, including those with learning differences and those learning in a language they are not familiar with).
• Ensure teaching and learning materials are clear, user-friendly, and accessible for community teachers with varying levels of literacy.
• Ensure teaching and learning materials promote gender equality and socio-emotional well-being.
• Maintain high standards for material formatting, design, and illustration.

Teacher Training

• Support the development of clear and impactful training materials for trainings of trainers and teacher trainings.
• Lead and/or assist in planning and delivering trainings of trainers and teacher training sessions.
• Provide ongoing monitoring and coaching to country teams on effective pedagogical approaches.

Please note that the Luminos Fund is a highly dynamic work environment, and the role holder may need to take on additional workstreams not included in the description above. In some instances, they will face challenges in areas where they are not experts and where situations are ambiguous. They will need to scope out known information, propose and appraise response options, and then own and drive the implementation solutions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of five years of relevant experience in international development, education, or nonprofit sectors, with increasing responsibility in bilateral, multilateral, or non-governmental development organizations (experience of 3+ years working on structured pedagogy programs is a strong advantage).
• Thorough knowledge of research and policy relating to foundational learning, including familiarity with the scale of the learning crisis, the science of reading, and structured pedagogy approaches.
• Understanding of curriculum development, the design of teaching and learning materials, and the development and validation of literacy assessments.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a strong commitment to producing high-quality, error-free teaching and learning materials
• Experience supporting foundational literacy programs which have led to significant improvement in learning outcomes.
• Proven track record of overseeing and improving the quality of others’ work, ensuring all outputs meet high pedagogical and design standards.
• Outstanding organizational skills with a proven ability to deliver complex outcomes to a high-quality standard and according to pre-agreed timelines.
• Demonstrated commitment to and passion for the mission, vision, and values of the Luminos Fund.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to think and plan strategically. Well-developed negotiation and communication skills are essential, including proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Advanced proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, with the ability to: build well formatted documents using tables, Styles, sections, automated table of contents etc. in MS Word; use formulas, filter/sort data, use pivot tables, create charts etc. in MS Excel; and design clean, coherent slide decks with consistent themes and layouts in MS PowerPoint.

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