Position: SENIOR ASSOCIATE 

Organization: Pratham

The senior associate will:

• Work together with teams to develop plans.
• Coordinate with teams (content, MME, field leadership) in pursuit of program outcomes, and communicate plans and seek inputs from Pratham leadership.
• Support implementation to try and ensure that on-ground execution aligns with program outcomes.
• Conduct follow-ups, help organize reviews to track progress and facilitate course corrections where required.
• Document and disseminate learnings from programs for internal and external audiences.
• Create case studies, co-author thought pieces and articles, draft presentations, and more.
• Support relationships with other stakeholders such as funders, knowledge partners, and external researchers. Where required, help develop proposals and liaison with donors to seek funding for new programmatic initiatives.
• Take ownership and complete additional tasks as needed to achieve program objectives.

Desired qualifications and experience

• At least 2-3 years of work experience.
• Preferably Masters in economics, management, or development studies.
• Interest in education policy and implementation.
• Bias towards action, an entrepreneurial temperament, and resourceful nature.
• Care for the people we serve and for the team. Strong interpersonal skills with cross-cultural teams
• Ability to break down problems, conduct analyses, and structure solutions.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of stakeholders. Should be able to communicate both in English and Hindi.
• Ability to analyse, visualize, and present data. Should be able to create compelling presentations as well. (For those interested in the people development sub-role) ideally prior experience in developing content/conducting workshops on topics such as data, education policy and governance, leadership and management, communications, and education content and pedagogy.
• (Situation permitting) willingness to travel regularly to rural and remote areas of India, with limited amenities