Job Description

INOVASI Phase 2 - Producer for children’s books and app (Consultant)

Company Overview:

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Project Overview and Role:

Background

The Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI) Program is a partnership between the Governments of Australia (GoA) and Indonesia (GoI). INOVASI includes Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC), Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), the National Development Planning Ministry (Bappenas), and sub-national partners in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan and East Java. The Program seeks to identify and support changes to education practice, systems and policy which demonstrably accelerate improved student learning outcomes. INOVASI is managed by Palladium on behalf of The Government of Australia (GOA), through the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and formally started on 18 January 2016.

The eight-year program (2016-2023) supports selected government partners (sub-national and national) to identify and understand systemic problems impacting on teaching and learning outcomes in Indonesia and to develop and implement local solutions. The program has three focal areas for investigation: the quality of teaching in the classroom, the quality of support for teachers, and learning for all. Improved student learning outcomes in basic education provide the foundation for a more skilled Indonesian workforce that will drive economic growth and stability.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, characterized by trouble reading despite normal intelligence, affecting at least 5-10% of the population. There is no official prevalence figure for dyslexia in Indonesia (1), although the Dyslexia Association of Indonesia estimates that 10-20% of the population has dyslexia (2). The International Dyslexia Association states that as many as 15–20% of the population have some of the symptoms of dyslexia, including slow or inaccurate reading, poor spelling, poor writing, or mixing up similar words.
Recent technological advancement has been made in applications (apps) to support children with dyslexia in learning to read, however most of these have been developed using English as the core language.

Bookbot (www.bookbotkids.com) is a learn-to-read app that guides the user through the stages of becoming a proficient reader. The technology, based on using artificial intelligence for speech recognition, was originally developed to help those with dyslexia. However Bookbot is also well suited to a large number of children without dyslexia who have early reading difficulties.

Bookbot uses a specialised type of speech recognition for children reading books out loud. Bookbot books use a levelled literacy system, linked to a scope and sequence. This sequence of reading rules can work with other reading curriculums. Children are given feedback on their current reading level and are encouraged to reach the next reading level. which is based on the scope and sequence. Bookbot tracks fluency and accuracy when the child reads out loud.

Purpose of the Position
The Producer for children’s books and app is responsible for working closely with the Bookbot app developers on a range of tasks such as: manage the application development (Bookbot) Indonesia version as well as team coordination for contents development including monitor the work progress of team.

Working with children
Is this position likely to come into contact with children? Yes No

Duties
Under the direction of the Disability Inclusion Specialist (Said Jufri), and in close collaboration with staff of Bookbot (Melbourne). the Producer for children’s books and app will:

• Manage and coordinate the team dan works including Able to solve problems, manage time, risk and others.
• Monitor and communicate the management process and a way of managing teams in software and production
• Develop Workplan for team with Kanban boards and make sure team are following the Kanban process.
• Work closely with the Curriculum specialist to ensure content is available across the range of levelled content required for the curriculum.
• Edit book content written by the Author.
• Work with the big picture and small details. Be able to bring everything together from the content, art and design style guide and have an innate vision how books should look and read. You will have a sense of aesthetics with an attention to detail.
• Supervise illustrators, writers, curriculum consultants, illustrator and Youth-cultural book content advisor, to bring contents together for publishing.
• A passion to make a difference in the lives of Indonesian children.
• Provide reports for supervisor.
  
  Required Qualifications:

Qualifications and Experience

The Producer for children’s books and app will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• A post graduate qualification in Information technology background would be an advantage.
• Experienced as a producer in either app software development or producing content or books.
• Experience working on digital platforms or projects.
• Strong English and Indonesian written and communication skills
• Strong technical knowledge, analytical and experience for software tools
• Relevant professional experience in as a producer in either app software development or producing content or books.
• Relevant professional experience in on digital platforms or projects.
• A high level of integrity, initiative, adaptability, and ability to perform in a high-pressure environment.

Palladium embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, and we welcome applications from all, including from female applicants and people with disability. We aim to provide a work environment which is inclusive, supportive and safe for all of our employees. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. A copy of Palladium’s Child Protection Guidelines is available on our website: thepalladiumgroup.com/policies

Due to the anticipated volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted. All applications should be submitted through the Palladium website. Should you experience any issues lodging an application online please contact inovasi.recruitment@thepalladiumgroup.com stating the position in the subject line.