Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity, with a focus on vulnerable and under-served populations. United States Agency for international Development (USAID) has selected EDC to implement the USAID integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD) Activity. A 5-year activity with a goat tor Ugandan children and youth. especially the most vulnerable, to receive the support and services necessary to lead resilient, healthy. and productive lives.
The ICYD Activity is expected to achieve the following:
1. Children and youth have improved teaming outcomes:
2. Children and youth are sale and healthy in their community and teaming environments; and
3. Youth practice positive behaviors and are able to make informed decisions about their lives and relationships,
This Activity will address the mutually reinforcing relationship between improving teeming outcomes and improving well-being and employ a comprehensive approach that merges PEPFARIOVC‘s strengths in acute vulnerability stabilization with education’s broad protective effects.
EDC is currently hiring the following positions for the USAID ICYD/Activity:
Early Grade Reading (EGR) Manager .

The Early Grade Reading (EGR) Manager will manage the adaptation and dissemination of reading materials (in both English and Local Languages), teacher training and coaching, teacher incentive programming, EGR communications with MoES, and EGR data use for planning in coordination with the technical team, monitoring and evaluation team, communications team, EDC home office technical advisors, and MoES. The EGR Manager will oversee and guide the technical work of the EGR Officers in the five ICYD zones. S/he reports to the Senior Technical Advisor-Education and works closely with the Materials Development Manager and Pre-Service Advisor to guide the technical direction for Early Grade Reading under the ICYD Activity. This is a Full-timey position based in Kampala, Uganda.

Selected Required Skills:
• Master’s degree in a field relevant to education with a specialty in early grade reading or another pedagogically-oriented specialty;
• A minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible technical experience on early grade reading programs in both English and Local Language;
• Expertise in policy for Early-grade reading reform highly desired;
• Experience with USAID-funded projects preferred.