Literacy Education Advisor

Peace Corps

🇽🇰 Kosovo

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Project Description

Literacy educators are invited to help strengthen Kosovo’s literacy programming and instruction.

Students from marginalized minority communities in Kosovo face significant barriers to staying in school and achieving basic literacy. Many attend a parallel education system that is not fully aligned with Kosovo’s curriculum, standards, or teacher training structures. This creates major gaps in teaching quality, learning materials, and student support—resulting in students falling behind. Many teachers lack professional development in literacy instruction, differentiated learning, and modern pedagogical methods. Textbooks, reading books, age‑appropriate literacy materials, and digital tools are often missing or outdated. Balkan Sunflowers Kosova is addressing these gaps by providing alternative learning pathways and direct literacy support. These gaps in teaching quality, learning materials, and support services leave many learners without foundational skills, contributing to low academic performance and severe barriers to future employment.

As a Literacy Advisor, you will collaborate with educators, program facilitators, and community coordinators to strengthen literacy learning. Together, you will create reading activities, design training modules, and build tools that support student progress. You may also help refine program curricula, create instructional materials, support reading clubs, and mentor staff. The developed guides, templates, learning materials, and assessment frameworks will support literacy efforts for years to come.

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree in literacy education or relevant field.
AND
Three or more years of experience in literacy education.

Living Conditions

Volunteers typically live independently in Pristina district or other urban centers with access to cafés, markets, cultural events, and public transportation. Housing is modest and may experience occasional power outages or heating challenges in winter. Most Volunteers will live in an apartment, but some may live in small houses. The expected commute will most likely be between 20–40 minutes by bus, taxi, bike, or on foot.

Job Highlights

Expand your literacy education expertise by developing student-centered programs and supporting community-based reading initiatives.
Develop Albanian language proficiency through immersive, daily conversations.
Build relationships that deepen your understanding of Kosovo’s culture while expanding your own professional perspective as a literacy practitioner.

Activities

Conduct literacy needs assessments for programs and community-learning groups.
Develop literacy curricula, lesson plans, reading sessions, and teaching materials.
Facilitate staff trainings on reading instruction and comprehension strategies to support all students.
Mentor educators and community facilitators in literacy methodologies.
Strengthen systems for monitoring literacy progress and documenting learner outcomes.
Support community-based reading clubs, learning circles, and parent engagement activities.
Create practical literacy toolkits and templates for continued program implementation.

You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as facilitating adult English conversation clubs or organizing community volunteer events.

Training

After two-week orientation on topics such as health and safety, you will move to an urban community where you will collaborate with the Balkan Sunflowers Kosova staff to assess the literacy education needs and develop a work plan in line with their established goals.

Peace Corps/Kosovo will equip you with Albanian language resources and you may work with a tutor who can help you build basic language skills to connect with the community.

Country: Kosovo
Partner Organization Name: Balkan Sunflowers Kosova
Language Requirement: None
No Degree Required: No
Primary Sector: Education
Apply By: 15-Jan-2027
Know By: 01-Apr-2027
Start Date: 26-Sep-2027
Assignment Length (months): 12
Positions Available: 1
Accepts Couples: Yes
Featured Job: No
Accepting Applications?: Yes
Request Type: PCR_271 Literacy Specialist
Posted on LinkedIn: Yes
Couple Types: Only heterosexual couples can be accepted for this program.
Couple Living Conditions: Cohabitating couples are highly encouraged to present themselves as married throughout service due to cultural expectations.
Couple Training Conditions: Couples will live together during training but may separate occasionally for field-based activities.
Couple Sector Combinations: Each person must apply separately and qualify for a position in a different sector than their partner.

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