Literacy Lead, RELI Project
- Company
Kalike
- Location
Bangalore based on the requirement other location.
- Employment Type
Full-Time
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Functional Category
Programme Management & Implementation
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Experience
7 - 12 years
- Date Posted
06-Sep-2025
- Application Deadline
26-Sep-2025
About Kalike
Kalike is an associate organization of the Tata Trusts, Kalike operates in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Through direct field engagement, Kalike strives to facilitate deep, large-scale and long-term impact on the quality of life through education (from early childhood to skill development), health and nutrition, and livelihood. Besides facilitating interventions in partnership with the state governments and other NGOs/Institutions, Kalike plays a critical role in providing monitoring services and technical support to Trusts partners; incubating new innovations/strategies, acts as a knowledge hub and works towards scaling up programs for long-term impact.
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Overview of the Role
The Early Language and Literacy Lead will oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of the literacy component of the Robust Early Learning Initiative (RELI). The role involves mentoring partner organizations and the Kalike implementation team, developing professional development content including an early literacy course, and conducting capacity-building workshops. The Lead will support field implementation, ensure timely reporting, and contribute to documentation and knowledge-sharing efforts in coordination with the broader RELI team.
Job Description
• Lead the early language and literacy component of the RELI project in designing,
implementation, and evaluation.
• Mentor partner organisations of Trusts with designing and implementing robust early learning
programmes (in collaboration with the Numeracy Lead and the Project Lead)
• Provide support to the Kalike implementation team in their school intervention programs
through regular mentoring, monitoring & supervision.
• Develop professional development offerings including an early literacy course.
• Contribute to building sectoral capacity by planning, designing, and conducting
trainings/workshops/capacity-building programmes and providing mentoring support to
partner organizations and Kalike team members.
• Carry out field visits to oversee the implementation of the project activities.
• Ensure timely completion and reporting of project activities in coordination with the Project
Lead and other team members.
• Oversee documentation of project activities in the form of reports, case studies, photos and
videos.
Required & Preferred Qualifications
Skill
• Domain expertise in early learning, specifically early language and literacy (school / university teaching experience desirable).
• Written and verbal communication skills in English and one other Indian language
(Knowledge of Kannada desirable).
• Project Management skills, including team-management, report-writing, etc.
• Facilitation skills to conduct training and capacity-building workshops.
Education
Master’s or PhD degree in Education or Allied Social Sciences
Experience
7-12 years of experience in Education. Demonstrated experience in working with Early Learning or Early Literacy domains.