Program Overview

The Liberia Foundational Skills Activity (LFSA) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded program implemented by Chemonics International in Liberia. The project will work to increase the percentage of Liberian children accessing primary school and meeting government of Liberia learning standards.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the process of designing, preparing, and executing the procurement of evidence-based, contextually relevant, and inclusive TLMs and other reading materials through the last mile, in close coordination with other LFSA staff, short-term technical assistants (STTA), the Ministry of Education, and other key actors
• Supporting the updating and adapting of TLM specifications for early and upper grade reading in English in alignment with the new curriculum and student benchmarks, Global Proficiency Framework for reading, and other adapted standards, including for contextual relevancy, UDL, and social inclusion
• Support the updating and adapting of specifications for supplemental texts
• Work with Chemonics’ international TLM supply chain specialists and other local experts to help the Ministry of Education design and implement an improved TLM supply chain system to support foundational literacy in Grades 1-6 and accelerated learning programs
• Support LFSA efforts to increase parent and community demand and engagement for sufficient and contextually appropriate foundational literacy materials to be available to and used by learners
• In collaboration with the Result 4 team, support the improvement of teacher training and coaching content and methodology related to reading instruction
• Support the review of National Professional Standards for Teachers in Liberia to incorporate reading instruction through Grade 6/ALP level 3
• Design interventions, including capacity strengthening for the Ministry of Education and local authors and publishers.
• Prepare reports and analysis routine and ad hoc as required by the work plan and project needs.
• Participate in capacity building initiatives.
• Collect required data promptly and conduct data quality checks to ensure the reliability of information reported.

Location of Assignment

The location of assignment is Monrovia, Liberia with travel throughout the program’s target six counties.

Supervision and Reporting

The Reading TLM Specialist will report to the Teaching and Learning Materials Team Lead or his/her designee.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, supply chain management, or other related discipline.

• Work with district education officers and quality assurors to provide knowledge, skills, and processes for mentoring and coaching to administrative line managers of schools and their professional staff.
• Coordinate and support key stakeholders to improve planning, delivery, and monitoring of education at community, school, district, and regional levels.
• Develop capacity building activities of districts and schools in the areas of teacher development, school leadership, planning and management, and data management and use.
• Ensure technical information flow among regional teams and partners.
• Support the regional assessments and baseline studies to prepare background information and data for the design of the program.
• Generate support for the program and develop strategic alliances through leading effective advocacy efforts at all levels.
• Communicate success, lessons learned, program best practices, and evidence of impact.

• Demonstrated leadership, management, and technical skills
• Ability to work in complex, politically charged, unstable environments, as well as work across different cultures, and manage diverse teams to deliver impact within agreed timelines

Application instructions:

Please complete this form (https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/67955cefe60846e99854c43fa5f26fb9) no later than September 17, 2024. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

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