Background

About Leadership For Equity (LFE)

Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership For Equity, LFE) is a non-profit organisation (NGO). In our two-fold approach to change, we build the capacity of government system leaders and we influence system processes. In partnership with the local and state education bodies, we co-create programs that shift teaching-learning practices and improve student learning and well-being. This work coupled with our research and advisory support to influence policies, we hope to create effective government education systems.

BELIEF: We believe Public Education Systems are the gatekeepers of social EQUITY, especially when India's 120 million poorest of the poor children go to government-run schools. A multi-layered, complex, and systemic problem of educational inequity will require a solution rooted in the SYSTEMS CHANGE approach. We believe that a COLLECTIVE effort by forging partnerships with governments, like-minded philanthropists, corporates, donors, nonprofits and grassroots organisations will help bring scalable and sustainable social change.

VISION: We envision Public Education Systems That Refuse To Let Children Down

APPROACH: We focus on building system leaders by strengthening middle Management. This includes enabling Academic & Administrative Officers (Extension Officers, BEOs, DIETs, SCERT) to effectively lead quality improvement programs and run their departments. As well as, Equipping Teachers Mentors (URCs, CRG, BRG, CRCs) to improve the classroom practices of teachers in foundational learning and technology. In the last 5 years, we built the capacity of 2000+ system leaders, and 40,200+ teachers to impact 8.2 million students. We have co-created and implemented 7 different programs and have multi-year MoUs with 9 govt. bodies including District Zilla Parishads, DIETs, SCERTs, SSA, Department of School Education & Sports, Govt.of Maharashtra, Haryana & Tripura, and currently expanding to Andhra Pradesh.

Job description and responsibilities

Project Coordinator, Tribal Development will be responsible for smooth operations of 21st Century Skills Project in tribal belt of Maharashtra in Nashik, Palghar or Dhule districts based on the allocated geography. The current focus of the role will be to implement LFE’s training interventions with teachers and students on 21st century skills domain. The project hinges on providing access and exposure of Computer Science competencies to teachers, students from tribal communities of Maharashtra. 

The Project Coordinator will work with an Associate/Senior Associate at LFE to ensure project goals are achieved. Additionally, they will implement training modules, collaborate with government stakeholders to run multi-year academic programmes on 21st-century skills for teachers and students from government schools in Maharashtra.

Following are the key domains of responsibilities for the Project Coordinator:

Program Implementation and Operations (50%)

• Implement project plans that can run successfully with measurable outcomes
• Facilitate effective training sessions with teachers, students and visit training sites, classrooms, and other offices across the districts to oversee implementation and use the observation data to tweak subsequent plans
• Coordinate with other teams and operations counterparts to ensure smooth implementation
• Participate in planning/designing the program training inputs in conjunction with the Reporting Manager.
• Government teachers/ teacher-mentors to support their development as per the project plan.

Stakeholder Management (30%)

• Foster strong relationships with government stakeholders and partners in the block and district.
• Collaborate with teachers, and officers for effective project implementation and their professional growth.
• Act as a liaison with governance bodies like Zilla Parishad, DIET coordinating training dates, observations, and monitoring activities.
• Engage actively in monthly and quarterly update meetings and collaborate on progress reports

Documentation (10%)

• Document all collected data in the data management system
• Ensure proper documentation of the program (print, video, and audio) and be responsible for periodic reporting of activities to reporting managers as well as government partners.

Requirements

 Education & Experience  

• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in executing projects
• Experience working in Maharashtra with government teachers and students would be preferable.
• Experience in facilitating trainings on STEM education would be highly preferred
• Graduation in any discipline.
• Knowledge, experience and certifications in the education domain is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in - and functional knowledge of Marathi is needed
• Strong facilitation skills for conducting engaging meetings and training sessions with
• Being able to take the initiative and work in an autonomous, semi-structured environment
• Belief in the potential of the public sector and that government systems can and will change toward overcoming systemic inequities and ensuring improved outcomes for all citizens 
• A basic understanding of social equity, development discourse, and education policy in India
• Adaptability to changing responsibilities and resourcefulness to respond to them
• High openness to learning and collaboration
• Strong ability to create outstanding presentations, and work with Microsoft Excel & Google Suite
• Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties.

Location and Compensation

Location: Nashik | Palghar | Dhule, Maharashtra. 

Compensation: Apart from being a part of a young and dynamic learning team, the individual will receive a healthy compensation at par with the non-profit sector benchmark for this position, commensurate with the individual’s prior experience and qualifications. The current compensation band offered, based on fit and experience is 3.0 -3.6  lakh INR per annum CTC.

Leadership For Equity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. We do not discriminate based on caste, race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.