Literacy
Develop reading materials and programmes, and pass on your skills to others.
Imagine English without books or any written information. Even in a post-literate age, that's scary. Millions of people all over the world have no one to help them write down their language, produce books, or set up programmes to teach adults and children to read. In almost all cases, it is the poor and marginalised who are denied access to literacy.
Wycliffe and its sister organisation, SIL International, are working alongside local communities to see this situation change, and offer specialist training in the various aspects of literacy work.
Might you have what it takes to be a literacy specialist? The following are all very valuable:
- A love of teaching and passing on skills to others.
- Concern for the marginalised.
- A desire to serve and help others.
- Flexibility and tolerance.
- The ability to organise and manage people.
- Talent in art or graphics.
- Good communication skills.
- Commitment to being a team player.
- Enthusiasm for learning new languages and cultures.
You may have some of these skills and characteristics already. Others can be learnt over time. The training offered by the European Training Programme will give you the tools you need in linguistics, culture learning and literacy project management.
- View our infosheet about literacy (pdf, 734KB)
- Browse current language related vacancies
- Investigate opportunities to do literacy work overseas
- Contact us
- Back to Roles within Wycliffe
