Literacy and Numeracy Content Expert at Idmibok International (360 HSDC)

Job Overview

• This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on. This consultancy aims to support Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) interventions and approaches for pupils in grades 4-6 in selected public primary and integrated Quranic schools in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states
• The consultant will facilitate the adoption of assessment tools, classroom activities / content and training materials to be used in these schools.
• The reading and mathematics intervention will include the review of Hausa, English language and mathematics teaching and learning materials for pupils and teachers as well as training and support to mentors in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development / adaptation of content for literacy and numeracy lessons
• Leads tracking of facilitators’ classroom experiences
• Mentor facilitators on innovation and use of TaRL Maths methodology.
• Scale-up strategy development through a participatory approach to designing a scale-up strategy with strong government engagement
• Facilitate training of trainers (ToT) focusing on mentoring and monitoring content.
• Creating a training task team that would be made up of the strongest Leaders of Practice from Borno State
• This task team would be responsible for training all the Master Trainers across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Education and other related fields accompanied by relevant Certificates;
• 5 years of experience in the area of teacher education/profession development, material development and capacity developing including in the areas of early literacy, numeracy and assessment of learning outcomes;
• Experience of undertaking education-related assignment in Nigeria, especially in the northern part of the country;
• Proficiency in English (both written and spoken).
• Knowledge of Hausa or Kanuri is an added advantage.