Hausa Reading Specialist at Creative Associates International

Req No: HAUSA01627
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Full Time

Position Summary

• Creative is seeking a Hausa Reading Specialist for an anticipated donor-funded project in Nigeria aiming to enable more effective state and non-state systems to deliver foundational skills to all children
• The Hausa Reading Specialist provides overall technical oversight and guidance to the project’s support to improve reading instruction in local language.

Reporting & Supervision:

• This position is located in Abuja, Nigeria, reporting to the Curriculum Development Advisor.

Primary Responsibilities

• Supervise the production of all project-supported reading material, all project-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 project activity states,
• Liaise with government representatives and technicians on technical matters and bear ultimate responsibility for ensuring that children in project schools achieve improved outcomes in reading; and
• Work directly with a Hausa language expert (particularly if the advisor is not conversant and fluent in written and spoken Hausa).

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Education, preferably with a specialty in early grade reading;
• At least six (6) years of experience in programs in sub-Saharan Africa that work specifically to improve early grade reading;
• Prior experience with the development of early grade reading materials, training programs, classroom monitoring protocols, and tests and assessments, including EGRA;
• Prior experience with supporting civil-society based monitoring of reading outcomes;
• Professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English;
• Fluency in written Hausa is preferred but not required.