Background
About Leadership For Equity (LFE)
Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership For Equity, LFE), is a non-profit (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
The M&E Associates will work with the Program Managers and associates to ensure project goals are achieved. Additionally, they will collaborate with government stakeholders and members across teams as and when required
The key responsibilities are as follows:
- Form a thorough context of program delivery by shadowing the program team and studying training plans, Theory of Change (TOCs), LFAs, and other project documentation
- Support the Program Leads and Project Managers and Program Managers (data) in developing and validating necessary tools for measuring the effectiveness of ongoing projects
- Research evidence-based data collection and tool design techniques
- Create contextualized, validated and evidence based standardised M&E/ testing tools on the basis of training progression and M&E plan
- Oversee and coordinate with program team for timely collection of data from across teams and jurisdictions
- Proficient in Google Sheets and Excel—using advanced formulas, pivot tables and automating tasks.
- Design & maintain live dashboards in Looker Studio and Tableau that convert raw SurveyCTO/Google Sheets data into clear, decision‑ready visuals for program and government stakeholders.
- Travel across districts to facilitate data collection if required
- Analyse the data to provide ongoing insights to various project teams; and this feed into the strategy decision making for project leadership including government leadership
- Analyse data for allotted teams to prepare M&E and impact reports
- Compile project status and other reports and documentation as required
- Participate in all the organisational team spaces and structures
- Support onboarding of data management systems and ensure routine maintenance across teams
- Compile Project level Impact Report from impact data on a consistent basis
- Support the internal research team in design and implementation of various research projects.
Requirements
Education & Experience
- Degree in education or related statistics / policy evaluation / social science / Demography / management discipline. Masters’ degree preferred.
- 1-3 Years of experience working with data collection, data management & data analysis.
Important: Given the nature of the project please apply only if you qualify based on above requirements.
Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities
- Excellent written and oral communication skills - and a functional knowledge (oral and written) of Telugu would be preferred
- Being able to take 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 towards overcoming systemic inequities and ensuring improved outcomes for all citizens
- Working experience or knowledge of public policy implementation would be highly preferred
- 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
- Ability to influence people, taking initiatives, build and sustain relationships with multiple stakeholders & partners across public and private spaces
- Strong ability to create outstanding presentations, work with Microsoft Excel & Google Suite
- Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties.
Location and Compensation
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, Occasional travel to rural areas across the state.
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 5 - 8 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 on the basis of caste, race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.