The 5-year regional USAID/LAC Reads Capacity Program (LRCP), implemented by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Juárez and Associates (J&A) under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-14-00058, seeks to intensify, deepen, and expand its work in Haiti. The LRCP team will provide technical support which will lead to sustained, systematic improvements in early grade literacy (EGL) capacity in Haiti. The LRCP team will provide technical support by building capacity in curriculum and materials development in the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle (MENFP), in The Direction de Formation et de Perfectionnement (DFP) whose work focuses on teacher training, higher education institutions, and other education sector stakeholders including national instructional materials creators and printers, thus leading to sustained, systematic improvements in EGL capacity in Haiti.
Fonctions
The position of copy editor is needed to proofread grade 2 reading materials in French and Kreyol for language errors and formatting. The materials to be edited consist of:
1. Livres des élèves
2. Cahiers d’exercices
3. Livre des professeurs
4. Others (as determined by LRCP Haiti)
The copy editor will need to work under a calendar defined by LRCP Haiti and deliver ready to print materials in a timely manner. Responsibilities include:
• Checking text to ensure it is well written, logically structured and in the right style for the intended audience
• Correcting grammar and spelling
• Ensuring that hyphens, capital letters and optional spellings are used consistently
• checking facts
• being alert to any potential legal problems in the text, such as breach of copyright, and discussing them with the authors
• checking illustrations and captions are correct.
Qualifications Requises
• BA or higher degree in Education, publishing, media, French, Kreyol or a related field
• Fluency in French and Haitian Creole required, English desired
• Proven and documented experience working in copy editing, preferably of educational materials
• Excellent levels of concentration, accuracy and attention to detail
• The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• A methodical and well-organized approach to editing
• IT skills especially in using Word. Knowledge of In-Design preferred.
