Position: Program Lead, STRIDE

Organization: MANTRA Social Services

Location: Chandigadh/Mohali

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Position Summary
As a Program Lead, you will be responsible for driving the mission of enabling the education ecosystem to lead continuous and sustainable improvements by providing support to a designated group of educational government functionaries.
The Program Lead will also be actively engaged in designing and innovating programs along with the government.

Roles and Responsibilities
1. Leading and co-creating the journey of education change through programs with the government.
2. Research and develop tools to identify needs of the education system
3. Develop a strategic plan aligned to the scope and focus of the projects.
4. Review existing structures and processes, and work with concerned officials to implement improvement projects
5. Assess and analyse existing government projects and devise plans to strengthen them. You would improve the learning cycles for every official by improving the feedback mechanism from the ground
6. Build strategic partnerships consisting of various organizations and stakeholders, including NGOs, Knowledge partners, Design Consultants, Govt. Agencies etc. and create a partner engagement framework to coordinate and monitor the efficacy
7. Establish effective Monitoring and Evaluation processes

Eligibility
1. Minimum 5 years of work experience, however, candidates with strong experience in the education sector will be considered.
2. Awareness of the state-level initiatives towards education transformation in different parts of India is preferable.
3. Experience in classroom teaching, delivering educational programs and activities OR experience working on projects with school stakeholders from underserved urban/rural localities.
4. Strong interest in empowering a school through - School Leadership, Teaching & Learning, Community Engagement.
5. Knowledge of Punjabi (Read and Write) is preferred

Remuneration
It will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience and competency levels. Remuneration upto ₹ 8,00,000 per annum