The Senior Program Officer for Life Skill Education for Gender Equality Project primarily provides technical support, including training facilitation, guidance and coaching for National Master Trainers (NMT) and school principals on Life Skill Education. This position reports to the Program Manager and works closely with the Senior Program Operations Manager.
Support and work with Program Manager to review and contextualize program contents and manuals.
Support and work with Program Manager to develop additional manuals/training materials needed for training teachers to improve program activities.
Support and work with Program Manager to design training agenda and materials for training.
Prepare and facilitate training for the National Master of Trainers (NMT) and School principals on LSE and coaching, and other necessary contents to support program objective.
Conduct regular site visits to schools to observe and monitor NMT and School principals’ implementation of program activities in schools.
Provide technical guidance and coaching to National Master Trainer and School principals on program implementation in line with global program design.
Prepare and facilitate training of trainer (TOT) for National Master Trainer.
Prepare and facilitate coaching training for National Master Trainer and School principals.
Prepare and facilitate other manuals training for National Master Trainer and School principals.
Prepare and facilitate teacher's manual training to National Master Trainer and School principals.
Supports National Master Trainer and School principals in the planning and conducting of meetings/workshops.
Prepare and facilitate monthly meetings with National Master Trainer and School principals for each school through both online discussion and face-to-face conversations.
Supports the NMT’s scheduling of school principal session observations and schoolteachers conduct LSE for students.
Conduct field visit and observe life skills classes and provide coaching to National Master Trainers and School principals as needed in different locations and collect feedback/best practice on LSE.
Conduct field visit and observe and provide coaching to National Master Trainers and School principals.
Prepare and participate in a monthly operational/technical meeting with Program Manager and Senior Program Operations Manager.
Participate in and support quarterly review meeting with National Master Trainer T and school principals for feedback and learned lesson.
Gather and provide inputs for the strategic planning process and AP&B.
Participate in annual planning and budgeting for project areas of assignment.
Work with Program Operations Associate on quarterly/monthly forecasting and advance request, spending and expenses report complied with financial guidelines with accuracy, and transparency.
Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports and ensure quality and timely.
Provide input for GSD report as needed.
Ensure documentation of best practices, case studies/success stories, and lessons learned and shared with the Gender Equality Project team/MarCom as needed.
Support Program Manager to ensure that overall program quality, including local adaptation of RtR’s worldwide program contents and training materials, meets RtR’s GEP standards.
Participate in regular training and meetings with RtR and any other activities that may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
Participate in donor site visits and provide information to donors about programs as needed.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g. education, social work, community development).
At least 10 years of relevant work experience.
Prior experience in planning and facilitating trainings.
Prior experience coaching or supervising others.
Prior experience of working with and/or counselling adolescent girls and life skills development is preferable
Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
Strong organizational and planning and budgeting skills including the ability to monitor progress of program implementation.
Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative.
Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people.
Desire and ability to spend a quarter or more time traveling.
Room to Read Laos values the commitment of our staff, and offers a professional & respected working environment, competitive monthly salary and other benefits such as annual salary review, a Wellbeing allowance, 13th month salary bonus, gratuity bonus, performance bonus, Staff Medical Insurance, SSO for staff and family members, annual medical check-up, phone allowance and other leave benefits based on Lao Labour Law.
Room to Read is a child- safe organization; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy and Child Protection Code of Conduct.
Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and continually developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.
Location(s)
Laos - Main - VientianeRoom to Read's Core Values
C - Collaboration
A - Action
R - Respect
E - Education
S - Scale
About Room to Read:
Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality through education.
We are achieving this goal by helping children in historically low-income communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and by supporting girls as they build life skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions.
We collaborate with governments and other partner organizations to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale.
Room to Read has benefited more than 45 million children and has worked in 24 countries and in more than 213,000 communities, providing additional support through remote solutions that facilitate learning beyond the classroom.
Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.