Job ID: 288339

Library Coach, Literacy Field

Room to Read India

Location: Maharashtra, Karnataka

Apply by: 15 Apr 2026

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Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

Designation: Library Coach, Literacy Field

Location: Maharashtra and Karnataka

Organizational Profile:

Room to Read India was established in 2003 and presently has programs in twelve states – Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Since 2000, Room to Read has benefited more than 52 million children across 29 countries. Learn more at www.roomtoreadindia.org.

Position Overview:

The Library Coach (LBC) will be responsible for supporting and coaching teachers, librarians, and principals to adopt new ways of working with children to increase their habit of reading and for setting up and ensuring a highly functioning library. They will report to the Officer and will not have any direct reports. This position is based at project location (District/Block/Mandal/Cluster).

Responsibilities:

Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read’s Literacy program design.
Manage, monitor and support library program intervention across assigned project schools and ensure adherence to the program design.
Provide support and conduct teachers training.
Write monthly reports to supervisor on program implementation.
Provide reflective feedback on program design and implementation (especially with respect to progress towards outcomes) and demonstrate a solution-oriented approach.
Undertake school visits every day, except for days when on official travel and leave.
Support the initial setting up of the library, including site verification (if necessary), organizing community meetings, raising requisition and coordinating delivery of furniture, books and stationery.
Collaborate with school to support minor improvements to the library space (e.g. painting).
Participates in regular teacher and librarian training (both center based and school based) related to the Literacy program implementation.
Regularly observes and models good library management practices and systems to designated librarians (i.e. book leveling, reading activities, check out system, etc.).
Regularly observes, demonstrates and coaches teachers and librarians in the implementation of the library period and reading activities.
Supports and participates in Family & Community Engagement (F&CE) activities like literacy events, parent meetings and other community activities; also coordinates formation and training of Child Management Committees.
Regularly provides to the principal/headmaster an update on progress and coaches them on ways to support teachers and ensure longer term sustainability of literacy outcomes within the school.
Collects monitoring data (both regular and periodic, as required), ensuring high data quality.
Analyze school level data and information on a regular basis collected during regular school visits, identify corrective action to be taken and build it into school level planning.
Ensuring effective usage of Home as a learning space material through home visits and community visits and home visits.
Conducting Library reading camps in school holidays at school level and community level.
Attend review meetings at block/district/state/national level, as required, and complete all programmatic and financial reports on a timely manner.
Supports donor visits through project demonstration and presentation.
Document best practices and lessons learned and share with the Literacy Program team.
Participate in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.

Qualifications:

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in education / social sciences or equivalent.
Minimum 1-2 years of relevant experience, especially in development projects.
Teaching experience at primary level preferred.
Knowledge about education in general and language development/literacy in particular.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
Basic project management and analytical skills.

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries on literacy and gender equality in education.

Application Procedure:

For Karnataka Kindly CLICK HERE to submit the application.

For Maharashtra Kindly CLICK HERE to submit the application.

Room to Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy and Child Protection Code of Conduct.

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.