House - 31 (4th & 5th Floor), Road - 4, Block - F, Banani Model town, Dhaka- 1213
Business:
Room to Read is a US based international non-profit organization. We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education, reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world. To achieve this goal, we focus on two areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education. We work in collaboration with communities and local governments and partner organizations across Asia and Africa to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the life skills they?ll need to succeed in school and beyond. Room to Read currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia. To learn more about Room to Read, please visit www.roomtoread.org.
Room to Read is working in Bangladesh since 2008.
Number of Position
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1
Employment Type
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Full Time
Job Location
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Dhaka
Educational Requirement
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A master’s degree in Education or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
Experience
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At least 5 years
Responsibilities
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Organization Profile
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 through education. We are achieving this goal by helping children in historically low-income communities to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and by supporting girls as they build life skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions.
We collaborate with governments and other partner organizations to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. Room to Read has benefited more than 39 million children and has worked in 23 countries and in more than 182,000 communities providing additional support through remote solutions that facilitate learning beyond the classroom. Room to Read aims to benefit 40 million children by 2025. Learn more at www. roomtoread. org
Since 2009 in Bangladesh, Room to Read has been implementing education support Programs in low-income and remote communities in Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Moulvibazar, Narail and Natore districts. Till 2023, we have supported the education of more than 0.4 million children in Primary and 7,386 girls in Secondary schools. We are proud to have worked with DPE, NCTB, NAPE, DSHE, a2i as well as national radio and TV in executing scalable and systemic initiatives to eradicate illiteracy and embed life-skills.
Room to Read’s Literacy Strategy
Of the many aspects of quality education, Room to Read has identified and committed to two critical areas of educational development where we believe we can have the greatest impact: a) literacy and b) girls’ education.
Literacy is fundamental to exercising the right to a basic education and is crucial for economic, social and political participation and development. For these reasons, Room to Read has made literacy development a cornerstone of our work. The goal of our Literacy Program is for primary school children to acquire literacy skills and reading habits to become lifelong independent readers. One crucial input is regular access to books and other reading materials, which are scarce in many of the communities where Room to Read operates. Room to Read establishes school libraries and publishes local language books to fill this gap. Since our inception, we have witnessed that children often do not have the grade-appropriate literacy skills needed to take full advantage of the school libraries. To achieve the long-term goal of making all children independent readers at the primary level, Room to Read also provides supplemental teaching materials/aids and teacher professional development in grades 1-3 to support and augment existing literacy instruction in the schools where we work. Additionally, Room to Read ensures schools have access to quality reading materials in libraries and classrooms by sourcing local-language materials and working with local authors and illustrators to develop original storybooks. Where needed, we also provide infrastructure support to schools to ensure there is adequate and safe classroom and library space for learning. Our literacy strategy capitalizes on our organizational strengths built over the last decade and defines a clear and carefully constructed path to the goal of increased literacy and a habit of reading in the children with whom we work.
Position Overview
The Officer -IDTS is a member of the Instructional Design and Teacher Support Unit (“IDTS”), based within the Country Office Literacy Program. This unit is responsible for managing Room to Read’s program design and training curriculum related to Pre-primary to Grade 3 literacy instruction and primary grade library management and reading activities. This position will also collaborate with the technical teams in project areas. This position will directly be reported to Manager, Training and Capacity Building.
