Senior Literacy Advisor - Liberia

About the role

RTI International's Education Team is seeking a Senior Literacy Advisor to lead and coordinate its technical assistance on literacy and early-grade reading policy, as a sub-awardee to Mercy Corps/Prosper Global on the USDA Liberia Food for Education program. The position is based in Monrovia, Liberia and reports to the Director, Education Research.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day planning, coordination and delivery of RTI's literacy technical assistance, turning approved project objectives into sequenced activities, milestones and deliverables.
• Serve as RTI's principal technical liaison with Mercy Corps, LIPACE, the Ministry of Education and national, county and district education authorities.
• Provide technical leadership for early-grade reading policy implementation, including designing and facilitating self-assessments, reflection processes, indicators and action plans.
• Support the Ministry of Education in institutionalizing national planning for selecting, costing, financing, distributing and monitoring curriculum-aligned literacy materials.
• Review and adapt evidence-based literacy approaches covering phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, structured practice, remediation and mixed-ability learners.
• Design trainer guides, participant materials, demonstration lessons, practice activities and quality standards for remediation and government-led cascade training.
• Build the capacity of master trainers, district education officers, school leaders and LIPACE facilitators through training, mentoring, observation and feedback.
• Provide technical quality assurance for partner- and government-led literacy training and school-based teacher support, recommending targeted improvements.
• Develop indicators, data-review tools and protocols for evidence-based planning, supervision and adaptive management.
• Document progress, lessons, risks and decisions, and support the transfer of literacy tools and processes to local partners.
• Coach and mentor LIPACE, another sub-awardee, and represent RTI to Mercy Corps, the Ministry of Education and civil society partners.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience, or Master's degree with 6 years, or PhD with 1 year, or an equivalent combination.
• Proven track record of successfully working with the Liberian Ministry of Education to deliver national literacy programs.
• Ability to multi-task, work independently, listen and communicate well, and meet frequent, tight deadlines.

Required skills

• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.