Job Description

Associate - Strategy CEO\'s Office

1. Academic Materials and School-based Assessments: This workstream involves close collaboration with academic partners and state-level academic bodies to design a comprehensive package of materials for different grades. These materials will be used in classrooms across the state.

2. Teacher Professional Development: This workstream focuses on rolling out training to all teachers in the state. Training is offered through face-to-face sessions and digital training.

3. Mentoring Programs for Teachers: This workstream involves identifying and training mentors who will provide regular support to teachers through monthly school visits.

4. System Assessment of Outcomes: This workstream involves conducting an annual district-level baseline assessment of student learning outcomes related to program goals.

5. Monitoring System: This workstream focuses on creating tech tools for collecting critical key performance indicators (KPIs) for the mission and developing a dashboard to visualize the data for decision-making.

6. Managing Fellow\'s Projects: This workstream involves supporting 7-10 Fellows placed at the district level to execute project modules aimed at improving mission implementation. Working closely with the project lead to iterate the design of the fellowship program.

7. Delivering District Accelerator Programs: In certain districts, the organisation has established a direct District Project Management Unit (DPMU) to accelerate implementation fidelity in the state.

8. Delivering Central Team Projects to Support State Teams: The program manager has a small central team to support the performance of all state teams. This includes executing central monitoring exercises, generating insights for advisory boards, donors, and state teams, and providing performance management support. The project manager\'s responsibilities include: Collaborating closely with the central team lead to manage monitoring data collection and analysis twice a year.

Functional Details:

The Project Manager role offers a perfect opportunity to understand how large-scale educational reform takes shape and gain hands-on experience in taking a workstream from framework to large-scale implementation. This role is demanding and requires close collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including government officials, district/bloc officials, and teachers. The following skills are necessary for individuals to possess:

- A bachelor\'s degree from a reputed university is required; a master\'s degree is preferred.

- Prior experience working with government stakeholders is required.

- 2 to 4 years of post-qualification work experience, preferably with a government entity, demonstrating a superb project delivery and management track record.

- Ability to analyze complex problems, develop possible solutions, and make recommendations.

- Action-oriented mindset with strong planning skills, ability to set priorities, plan, and meet deadlines.

- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English and Hindi.

- Ability to build and maintain positive and collaborative relationships with government stakeholders.

- Ability to identify and address execution gaps in a timely manner, working closely with project leads to generate viable solutions.

- Prior exposure to the education sector, public/development sector, or consulting is preferred.- Individuals with corporate experience and a genuine interest in the education sector are also encouraged to apply.

- Mission-driven, optimistic, and enthusiastic, with a belief in achieving transformational change.

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