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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY
Senior Project Officer
Early Literacy

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Area of Consideration: All Qualified Persons This is a Federal Excepted Service Position. Salary will be based on background and experience.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as nationally recognized expert in early childhood literacy. Provides information and expert analysis to the Director on current issues in early childhood literacy.



• Plans and manages the Institute's work on early childhood literacy to meet overall Institute objectives, including the development and dissemination of key reports and publications; address Interagency partners' needs and concerns; and integrate new research findings and policy analyses.



• Provides expert analysis and interpretation of scientifically based reading research for parents, center-based providers, family care providers, and the informal care network regarding the development of early literacy skills.



• Develops and administers grants and contracts required to support assigned program areas and reviews contractor's performance of those tasks.



• Builds relationships with and assures the active involvement of experts and education organizations that have the knowledge and experience to advance the field of early childhood literacy and help the Institute achieve its goals and objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
An advanced degree is required. An earned doctorate is highly desirable.

The following are REQUIRED qualifications:
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Demonstrated skill in project management, including planning and implementing projects, writing business cases, developing outcome measures, and collecting data.



• Demonstrated skill in making complex information accessible, both orally and in writing, to non-expert audiences, such as parents, caregivers, and others.



• Demonstrated skill in building partnerships and collaborative working relationships with government and non-government colleagues to ensure maximum benefit to the Institute and maximum impact of its projects.



• Mastery of literacy and reading development theories, principles, and practices sufficient to assure that Institute projects concerning early childhood literacy make valuable contributions to the government's involvement in promoting and improving services to families, service providers, policymakers, and others.



• Knowledge of research methodology sufficient to represent the Institute in meetings of researchers at the Institute for Education Sciences and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; review and comment on the methodologies and findings of research studies and reports; and develop and implement projects such that they meet rigorous standards for quality.

HOW TO APPLY

An applicant should submit the following materials via email to staff_search@nifl.gov Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

• A resume
• A letter of no more than two pages explaining your interest in the position, your qualifications, and your views on contributions the Institute could make to improving early childhood literacy services.

All applicants are considered without regard to race, religion, color, National origin, sex, political affiliation, age, or any other nonmerit factor.