Start & End Date: Feb/Mar 2024-Feb 2025

Employment Type: Full time, 12-13 months contract

Location: Sarawak

Hours: 40 hours/week

Compensation: RM4000/month, with EPF, SOCSO, EIS, RM100 phone allowance,RM125 insurance allowance and RM900 annual well-being benefit. Travel expenses are claimable.

OVERVIEW

MYReaders is partnering with Enuma, Inc. to implement Lab Literasi using Sekolah Enuma Malaysia in Sarawak to scale the impact in tackling current challenges in foundational literacy and numeracy education in the region.

Sekolah Enuma Malaysia is a comprehensive learning application developed by Enuma, Inc. to help children build foundational skills in math, Bahasa Melayu and English. It contains thousands of engaging game-based learning activities, videos and books that are contextualized to Malaysian curriculum and culture. In 2022, it has successfully completed a pilot test involving 650 children from 3 regions (KL, Sarawak and Sabah) and has proven that it works in various contexts, contributing to a learning improvement of participants.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project title: Lab Literasi

Location : 3 - 4 locations in Sarawak (inclusive of Kuching, others are to be confirmed)

Duration : 12-13 months (Feb/Mar 2024 - Feb 2025)

Number of target : 10 schools/community centers benefiting 400-500 students in total

Main objectives

To positively impact the learning of students who need remedial support, backed by both quantitative and qualitative data

To engage and train teachers to upskill them in embracing digital technologies and new pedagogical approaches

To raise awareness in importance of foundational literacy skills among relevant stakeholders and gain their support

OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE

Coordinate the implementation of Lab Literasi to address literacy and numeracy with a scalable technology solution.

● Successful implementation of Lab Literasi project across 10 schools/communities reaching at 400-500 students over a period of 14 months

● Successful reporting and strong stakeholder satisfaction from program planning and implementation

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordination with schools/community centers:

-Preparing each participating school by working with the appropriate school counterparts in various tasks including confirmation on learners’ name list and teachers who are involved, session scheduling among others.

-Responding to questions related to the operational aspects of program implementation.

Coordination of program implementation:

-Directly manage and support implementation of sites in Sarawak.

-Regular check-ins with teachers and school leadership to identify issues and mitigate problems.

-Coordinate the collection of tech issues to be reported back to Enuma.

-Coordinate the collection and archiving of user’s (teacher & learner) feedback and teacher’s observations.

Device management:

-Planning for set-up and distribution of tablet devices with the relevant software.

-Coordinate with schools on storage and tablet management plan after schools receive the tablets.

-Managing communication around tablet distribution.

-Ensuring tablets are ready for implementation at each school.

Training & Event planning:

-Support with preparation of training materials, sourcing venues/vendors and other resources

-Conduct training sessions on the use of the program, the learning management system, and facilitation of learning sessions via online and offline training sessions.

-Being the Lead Trainer at the regional level

Monitoring & Reporting:

-Conduct monthly center visits during implementation period

-Helping to analyse and summarize observation notes as needed, and helping to interpret log data in correlation with observation notes

-Collect feedback from participants, vendors, and stakeholders post-programme.

-Writing internal monthly reports & support with quarterly external reports

-Support preparation of any marketing, PR, presentation materials for engaging partners and stakeholders

Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Possess a driver’s license and is willing to drive 1-2 hours for school visits

Proven experience in project coordination and facilitation

Have experience working with or supporting schools or community programs

Be technologically savvy, with experience working in edtech (preferred)

Have experience with user testing, and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative results (preferred)

Be fluent in Malay and English, as well as Bahasa Sarawak (preferred)

Have access to Wi-Fi or internet, and a computer

Strong organizational and project management skills.

Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

Ability to multitask and work under pressure.

Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

Proficiency in event planning software/tools is a plus

To apply:

Email your CV and include at least 2 references to team@myreaders.org.my

Include your responses to these questions in the email:

1.What compels you to apply for this role?

2.What is something you are the absolute, hands down, best at that you’d bring to this role? Include one or more brief examples.

3.What are the top three values and/or priorities that guide how you work?

4.What do you expect to gain from this role? (e.g. skills, knowledge, example of exposure and experience)

What’s Next?

After our review, we'd like to schedule a follow-up conversation with potential candidates to briefly get to know you and align expectations. We will contact your references and assign you a task related to the role for the next stage. If you are successful in the task assessment, we will ask you to present it as the final stage.