Position: Program Associate

Organization: CARE

Apply: https://careindiacareers.peoplestrong.com/job/detail/CAN_PA_479749

Job Summary:

The Program Associate will be responsible for supporting implementation of school improvement activities planned as a part of Power Within project. These activities will include, facilitating teacher professional development workshops, conducting need assessment surveys, conducting student assessments, and mobilizing community support for school level programs. 

The person will have working relationship with education team for various technical content and capacity building programs.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/ KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

•  Support the program team in identifying capacity building needs of school teachers

• Conceptualize and conduct capacity building workshops for schoolteachers (Grade 6th to 10th) around curricular concepts, pedagogies, and classroom management strategies 

• Develop mechanism to review teachers training quality and assess the impact. 

• Undertake field visit to understand the quality of training and impact in classroom processes

Build capacities of project team members 

• Support field teams to developing plans onsite support to teachers

• Conduct workshops with field team members to build their curricular know-how on science/Math/computer science/language

• Develop capacity building resources for field team members as per need

Support in Documentation and Assessment processes

• Document project learnings in form of case studies and blogs

• Assist project team in conducting gender analysis of the project, and incorporation of its learning in project activities and content

• Lead process- and photo-documentation of project activities and make this resource available to the Project Manager and CIHQ for reporting, communication, and dissemination

• Keep the Project Manager and technical team updated on project technical progress vis-à-vis plan

Others:

• Perform any other task assigned by the line manager as per organizational requirement. 

Contribute to ensure visibility of project efforts and achievements on various internal (e.g., CARE’s website, blogs, Annual Report, Yammer) and external platforms / for a (publications, workshops/seminars, journals

Emergency Response & Disaster Preparedness

• Provide support and undertake specified emergency assignments identified as part of the CARE India’s Roster for Emergency Deployment during the time of disasters/emergencies.

• Undertake the specified role and responsibilities identified as a part of the CARE

India Emergency Roster.

• Be familiar with CARE emergency protocols and respective roles as per the functional area under which the member has been nominated

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Master’s degree in Science/Mathematics/Language/ education /Social Sciences/related field

• Minimum three years of experience in teacher development and content creation on for middle or high school level

Preferred: 

Experience of working with school improvement program in Mumbai

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

Communication skills:

Able to articulate and communicate well to all stakeholders (both verbally and in writing) in a manner that meets the different needs of different audiences 

Language skills:

Fluency in Marathi/Hindi and English is essential (verbal and Written) Able to read, write and speak in local language at an expert level  

Team Management & Collaboration / People skills: 

High social intelligence: able to engage and influence teams, create relationships of trust with stakeholders 

conflict resolution: comfortable with negotiating and resolving conflict; seeking clarity and testing assumptions able to reflect, empathetic, and a good listener

Strategic Thinking and Analysis:

 big picture / critical thinker (able to think clearly and rationally and select the best method as appropriate) / connector (able to spot gaps, establish needs and opportunities) Familiarity with Adolescent girls’ issues and sensitivity to suitably respond to socio-emotional issues

Change Management

Resilient: able to deal well with ambiguity, uncertainty, and change  

flexible: able to adapt well to shifting priorities  

versatile: able to juggle different and conflicting priorities 

Operational excellence (Project / Program / Process management):

able to successfully manage project/process deliverables in stipulated time and budget able to incorporate feedback and continually work on project / process improvement