Planning and Coordination: Contribute to the planning of learning studies, creation of learning products, and coordination with national and state teams, as well as external agencies to ensure timely delivery of outputs.
Learning Captures: Capture program processes, innovative practices and pivotal learning principles from SERI interventions across 6 Indian states by employing qualitative research, field-visit and comprehensive stakeholder consultations.
Inter-team Collaboration: Work closely with cross-teams such as SERI Program teams, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) and Communications to ensure effective coordination of cross-functional learning initiatives under SERI.
Learning and Knowledge Products: Produce high-quality knowledge products elucidating the SERI approach, on-ground and systemic efforts through technical reports, policy briefs, and presentations.
Research and Sharing: Stay attuned to the latest national and global research pertaining to foundational literacy reform initiatives. Be proactive in sharing this knowledge with peers via a bibliographic database, informal discussions, contributions to email newsletters, and occasional blog posts.
Strategic Support: Contribute to solving key learning queries within the organization. Support the team in developing proposals, presentations for strategic reviews, leadership gatherings and interactions with funders.
Knowledge Hub: Support in building and maintaining a knowledge repository and knowledge hub in SERI’s thematic areas, such as learning, teaching, scaling pathways, systems reforms, etc. Provide information to enrich SERI states’ collaborations and advocacy efforts.
Knowledge Dissemination: Curate and participate in networking and knowledge-sharing events, effectively infusing insights gleaned from SERI initiatives into the wider ecosystem.

• Familiarity with various programs and organizations in the field of early-grade reading/literacy and gender, both in India and internationally.
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills to effectively and inclusively engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake, interpret and analyse qualitative research and collate reports in the form of compelling presentations and learning briefs.
• Capacity to develop a deep and nuanced understanding of tailoring learning insights to the decision-making needs within RtR.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English; proficiency in languages spoken in states where RTR operates, such as Hindi, Telegu is a plus.
• Willingness and aptitude for sharing knowledge, mentoring, presenting, and reviewing the work of peers.
• Knowledge/ training in linguistics will be an added advantage.

To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:

• Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact an up-and-coming non-profit organization.
• Be an innovative and creative thinker – you are not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so.
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness.
• Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction.
• Be both self-confident and humble.
• Work well independently as well as part of a team.
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment.