Job Description
Research Specialist, Institute for Educational Development (Karachi)EntityInstitute for Educational DevelopmentLocationKarachi, PakistanIntroductionAga Khan University chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.The Institute for Educational Development was established in 1993, the Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan (AKU-IED, P), is a highly respected institution recognized for its teaching, research, policy analysis, as well as its work in the field with schools and other educational institutions. The Institute has three Professional Development Centre in Karachi, Gilgit and Chitral. This is a grant funded contractual position based in Karachi.ResponsibilitiesYou will be responsible for:extensive school visits to collect data from children, teachers, and parents attending trainingsreplicating the training with the teachers in participating schoolscurriculum modificationtraining of young facilitatorshelping ECE teachers to create a favourable learning environmentmentoring the ECE teachers and young facilitators to enhance the foundational literacy, numeracy, social and emotional skills of young childrenhelping in stakeholder consultationdata collectiondata analysesreport writingpublicationsconference presentationsteam management. RequirementsYou should have:Master’s or MPhil in Education preferably focusing on early childhood education or foundational literaciesat least 2 years of experience in educational research, curriculum design, and teacher training, particularly in early childhood education, foundational literacies, and primary education; having publication experience will be an assetresearch expertise (both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies)early childhood education and foundational literacies curriculum review, analysis and or development play-based and active learning pedagogiestraining/capacity-building Skillsproject management skills strong intercultural communicationlanguage proficiencypublications.Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
