Reading Officer

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Position: Reading Officer

Position Requirements 

The Northern Nigeria Education Initiative Plus (NEI+) project works to improve the quality of and access to education in Northern Nigeria equitably and sustainably. The Sokoto State Reading Officer will provides overall technical oversight and guidance to the project’s support to improved reading instruction. This position is based in Sokoto, Nigeria, and will report to the Sokoto Team Leader. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Supervise the production of all NEI+-supported reading material, all NEI+-supported trainings in reading, all teacher and classroom supervision and monitoring and all student testing efforts 
• Ensure complementarity of activity approaches in reading across the three NEI+ activity states, liaises with government representatives and technicians on technical matters, and bears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that children in NEI+ public, IQTE, and NFLC schools achieve improved outcomes in reading 
• Work directly with the Hausa and English language experts 

Skills and Experience 

• Candidates for this position must have at least 8 years of experience in programs in sub-Saharan Africa that work specifically to improve early grade reading. Candidates must demonstrate prior experience with the development of early grade reading materials, training programs, classroom monitoring protocols, and tests and assessments, including EGRA. In addition, prior experience with supporting civil-society based monitoring of reading outcomes is required.  
•  Candidates must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English. It is preferred, but not required, that the candidate be conversant and fluent in written Hausa. 

Education 

The candidate must have a Master’s Degree in the social sciences or related field.