Job Openings 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.

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Req No: MATER01626
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Full Time

Position Summary

• Creative is seeking a Materials Development 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 Materials Development Specialist will be responsible for the development of reading and instructional materials, ensuring that the content of the materials developed is effective
• S/he will also be responsible for leading the production of multimedia classroom and instructional materials to ensure they adhere to the content developed by the Ministry of Education.

Reporting & Supervision:

• The Materials Development Specialist will report to the Curriculum Development Advisor.

Primary Responsibilities

• Review and develop teaching manuals and guides for in-service training that will be used to roll out the teacher trainings;
• Develop training materials that include how to teach the component skills of reading, classroom-based reading assessment, and methodology for teaching fundamental reading skills to children, as well as oral reading skills development in Hausa;
• Ensure that all pedagogical materials align with government requirements and build on existing training materials as recommended by the Ministry of Education;
• Ensure availability of materials available in innovative IT formats to support self-learning where possible; and
• Collaborate with the other projects to ensure linkages and shared approaches and materials.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree in Education or related Pedagogically oriented field preferred;
• At least four (4) years of experience in work specifically to improve education programming directed to rural, ethno-linguistic underserved populations;
• At least six (6) years of general work experience;
• Prior experience with supporting family/community engagement of education outcomes;
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken and English;
• Demonstrated knowledge of cultural barriers to education and to reading in Nigeria;
• Demonstrated experience on other international development projects strongly preferred; and
• Fluency in English is required; fluency in local languages is highly desired.