Content Associate - Education Technology Hub

Location: Lahore

Closing Date: 09/25/2023 12:00:00 AM

Description

The Center for Economic Research in Pakistan seeks a qualified applicant for the position of Content Associate for the project on Education Technology Hub, led by PIs Dr. Asim Khawaja (Harvard University), Dr. Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College), Dr. Christina Brown (University of Chicago), and Isabel Macdonald (Harvard University). The project studies the impact of targeted instruction on students’ learning outcomes using a randomized control trial.

The Content Associate will be assisting the Project Manager and PIs in the development and testing of student and teaching learning materials in the sample schools. The successful candidate will join the team as soon as possible. This is a full-time position. CERP’s project teams are small, and the amount of work we accomplish is significant. The ability to take on challenges with little supervision, and being actively engaged with the research team is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Work in tandem with the research team and curriculum experts to develop and refine teaching learning materials in Math, English and Urdu for primary grades 1-5.
• Creation of well-structured student workbooks, teaching guides, quizzes, worksheets per subject for each grade level.
• Participate in activities involving curriculum mapping and creation of the English and Urdu curriculum to relevant standards.
• Design, creation, curation of video content relevant to subject-specific pedagogy and program implementation for teachers and head teachers.
• Assist in preparation of subject-specific content and materials to conduct large training sessions for teachers, master trainers, and mentors. These include editing training manuals, PowerPoint presentations and other administrative support.
• Contribute to training by coordinating logistics, communication, and materials preparation.
• Collaborate with CERP’s Labs team to support digitization of teaching learning materials, training materials, lesson plans and assessments and integrating them into the Teacher Support Technology Tool.
• Some travel to the selected schools in Islamabad
• Follow CERP procedures (project, financial and risk reporting) to ensure compliance with all systems and standards.
• Other responsibilities assigned by the Project Manager

Entry Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Prior experience in content development in the education or development sector, particularly in Pakistan.
• Fluent in English and Urdu.
• Comfortable with translation (from English to Urdu) for teaching or explaining concepts.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of latest apps, tools, platforms for instructional design such as Canva and experience of using them.

Apply at: https://app.myhcm.pk/CareerPortal/Advert?id=1685029&schema=Uo/3mZWWvEFm3JhTV4uWAQ%3D%3D&lang=null