Pakistan: English Language Advisor, Peshawar
Country: Pakistan
Closing date: 08 Aug 2013
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
The IRC has been working in Pakistan since 1980. The IRC is leading a Pakistan Reading Project PRP to improve the quality of reading in public and private schools, supporting at least 2.5 million additional primary school students to read at a level commensurate with standards at their grade level. This goal will be supported by the mutually-reinforcing components of teacher education and professional development (PD), systems reform, and civil society engagement.
The English Language Advisor is responsible for the coordination and technical implementation of provincial English language pre-service and in-service teacher training activities. The English Language Advisor will work closely with the technical team and the project office staff in each region to provide technical oversight for strategies, obstacles, performance plans, and indicator success in English language training.
Responsibilities
• Demonstrated innovation and success in staff capacity-building and in participatory, flexible, and gender-sensitive programming and implementation;
• Fluency in English and Urdu is required.• Manage rollout of training activities for pre- and in-service teachers in English Language;• Deliver training of trainers in English Language literacy content;• Support development and distribution of English Language Kits of supplemental teaching and learning materials;• Coordinate with Urdu Language Reading Specialist to ensure cohesion of teacher professional development training content• Coordinate with other regional English Language Advisors and Senior English Language Advisor in Islamabad to design and deliver teacher education training programs’ curricula and materials; • Contribute to work planning and quarterly and annual progress reporting for English language training program activities;• Contribute written inputs and monitoring data for regular English Language content reports;• Represent PRP and IRC to key government counterparts, donors, and education institutions at the provincial level.
Requirements:• BA in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Education, or other relevant discipline; • A minimum of five years’ TESOL training experience, preferably working with teachers;• Experience in managing training activities and workshops (e.g. managing training logistics and developing training materials);• Demonstrable interpersonal and intercultural skills and experience working closely with international teams;• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with high attention to detail;• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including computer skills – word processing, Excel, etc.;• Previous experience with donor-funded programs preferred;
How to apply:
http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&r...
