Position: Manager- Organizational Effectiveness 

Organization: Pratham

Location: New Delhi

The manager will:

• Help shape Pratham’s overall people development and performance management strategy.
• Identify professional growth and capacity building needs of Pratham leadership and field teams. Coordinate with relevant stakeholders for design of in-house courses and projects as well and facilitate participants’ access to external professional development opportunities.
• Ensure smooth implementation of courses. This will include a) development of reading material, assignments, and assessments; b) running classroom sessions; c) evaluating assignments and project work and providing feedback. The manager will regularly engage with participants and relevant leadership to understand if course learnings are translating into improved performance, and accordingly implement corrective strategies.
• Develop proposals and liaison with donors to seek funding for people development and organization building initiatives at Pratham. Prepare regular reports and presentations to provide progress updates to donors, Pratham leadership and key stakeholders.
• Carry out other tasks and projects, as needed, to support Pratham teams and their performance development.

Manager, Programs: The manager will support conceptualization, incubation and implementation of new programmatic approaches and strategic initiatives. Current projects include strengthening access to government schemes, primarily ration and PMJAY, for teams, volunteers, and communities; policy-research engagements in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh analysing mechanisms to strengthen schools’ accountability towards learning; and, understanding information gaps that district authorities and grassroots organizations face in planning COVID prevention, mitigation, and relief efforts.

The manager will:

• Work across teams to identify emerging requirements and accordingly create program strategies.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, bring together teams (content, MME, field leadership) in pursuit of program outcomes, and communicate plans and seek inputs from Pratham leadership.
• Guide implementation and ensure on-ground execution aligns with program outcomes.
• Organize reviews to track progress and facilitate course corrections where required.
• Document and disseminate learnings from programs for both internal and external audiences.
• Create case studies, co-author and publish thought pieces and articles, draft presentations, and more.
• Support and manage 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 end-to-end ownership and complete additional tasks as needed to achieve program objectives.

Desired qualifications and experience

• At least 4 years of work experience, preferably in the development sector.
• 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 and mobilize others towards a cause.
• 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.
• (Situation permitting) willingness to travel regularly to rural and remote areas of India, with limited amenities.