Literacy goes hand in hand with Bible translation and community development! It involves much more than just helping people to read and write. As a literacy specialist, you’ll be involved in developing and organising literacy programmes, training teachers, producing materials for people to read and a whole lot more.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with communities and organizations to carry out various literacy and education projects.

• Provide leadership and expertise to the planning and implementation of projects, in-programme design, primer construction, materials development, writers’ workshops, teacher training, program supervision and management training, etc.

• Participate in multilingual education programmes.

Qualifications:

• Teaching certification is helpful.

• Cross-cultural experience is helpful.

Training:

• Training in literacy methods and cross-cultural issues under SIL.

• On-the-job literacy training and workshops.