Position: Academic Coordinator

Organization: EdIndia Foundation (EF)

Location: Jaipur

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Responsibilities of Academic Coordinator:

• Ensure to fulfil all the academic requirements of different programmes and projects under EdIndia.
• Develop content for teachers and students for various e-platforms.
• Design, develop and execute workshops, webinars, and trainings for teachers.
• Coordinate the content curation and modification tasks.
• Independently manage end-to-end project updates and partner communication across the various levels in the organization.
• Periodically visiting the field to support the pre-service as well as in-service teachers with a view to strengthening the academic quality of the program. Also coordinating and contributing to internal team’s capacity building.
• The Academic Coordinator will work closely with the Academic team to identify and cater to the content requirements of the organization.   
• Reporting to the Country Lead - Academics, the Academic Coordinator will also work closely with the different Program and Vertical Leads within the organization, Project Partners for M&E, Content and others to ensure development of quality content, operationalization of a robust M&E system for the project, ensuring high-quality measurement of project outputs and intermediate outcomes.

You could be a good match if you possess:

• Strong conceptual and pedagogical understanding of English (Hindi and any other subject will be an advantage)  
• Rich experience of classroom teaching, teacher training and content development preferably in Govt. school education system.
• Propensity and ability to communicate effectively in writing and speaking clearly and persuasively, in English and Hindi.
• Passion for bringing change in the learning and professional experience of pre and in-service teachers respectively, and by default in the learning experiences of students.
• Experience of developing simple and effective pedagogical ideas and activities.
• Penchant to develop innovative ways to improve delivery, optimize costs, improve strategy and engagement, assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.
• Aptitude for building collaborative relationships, working cooperatively and effectively with others in a non-hierarchical setting to achieve goals, resolving problems and making decisions that enhance Project Delivery, and managing complexity and driving for results.
• Passion for achieving quality results, setting priorities, developing a work schedule, monitoring progress toward goals, and tracking details/data/information/activities.
• Skill to manage relations, carry out your relation within the working group and across the partners with tact and diplomacy.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Masters in English from a reputed university/college.
• Successful track record in the field of academics and content development especially in the area of English and any other subject.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in at least one of the following: Academic Content development, Pedagogy, Teacher Training.

Remuneration and Benefits: Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience levels.