Position: Head – Girls Education Program

Organization: CARE

Location: New Delhi

Apply: https://careindiacareers.peoplestrong.com/job/detail/CAN_H-GEP_509474

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Research, Innovation and Knowledge Management

• Contribute to identifying research priorities and initiate research in key areas that will advance CARE India’s Education programming.
• Lead action research initiatives by designing and launching innovative pilot projects for the purpose of developing new education models that are efficient, and scalable.
• Ensure that innovations in education approaches, strategies, models are adequately studied and incorporated in CARE India’s education programming.
• Develop cutting edge cross-sector programs in association with other colleagues in CARE India and in partnership with other institutions.
• Ensure that innovations within CARE India’s education projects are studied, documented and appropriately disseminated.
• Set up mechanisms for knowledge gathering, analysis and dissemination both within CARE India and with partners in the larger sector; develop quality knowledge products for knowledge dissemination, promoting sectoral dialogues, and for organizational positioning
• Participate in and contribute to appropriate state, national and international alliances and coalitions for education, including thematic groups of CARE International.

Portfolio Development

• Education portfolio development, determining resource requirements and resource mobilization strategies.
• Track emerging knowledge and learning in education, including cutting edge approaches, strategies and models, and work for dissemination, reflection and adoption in CARE India’s programming.
• Lead the development of innovative and impactful program approach by identifying and pursuing various opportunities related to FLN, ECCE, STEM and 21^st Century skills 
• Work with state teams and local partners to sharpen education strategies for testing locally appropriate and innovative program models and implementing them at scale.
• Develop a flagship approach on gender transformative change for girls’ education program, and coordinate processes to regularly reflect and refine the approaches.
• Develop and nurture relationships with a wide range of actors, including donors, peer organizations, academia, networks, research and advocacy organizations to map opportunities to advance gender equality and diversity integrated programming in CARE India.
• Consistently monitor policy environment, and directions in government and corporate sector to advance education outcomes, share this internally, and facilitate use of information in program development.
• Identify key public and private institutions and pursue partnerships towards developing education programs and research work.
• Develop new institutional mechanisms/arrangements that advances education program strategy and in managing these.
• Ensure close coordination and cooperation with colleagues to achieve synergy and impact across programs and geographic areas of operation.

Technical Assistance

• Fully map the requirements for technical assistance on education from project teams and develop plans to provide timely assistance through the technical team.
• ·         Develop roadmaps for effective assistance through proper planning and coordination, and effectively implement the same.
• ·         Develop innovative and appropriate technical briefs, approach notes, content, tools, methods, internal processes, and systems for quality and timely delivery of technical assistance.
• Keep track of development of various technical tools and methods and examine relevance and possibilities of incorporating these within education programming.
• Disseminate technical tools and methods across various projects and support in adoption of these through capacity building, onsite support and offsite guidance
• Support project teams in quality reporting and documentation by contributing quality analysis and grounded technical content to reports, publications and other knowledge products emanating from project experiences.
• Support development of monitoring and learning frameworks for CARE India’s education programs and contribute to organizational Impact Reports.

Networking and Advocacy

• Identify areas where CARE India can influence policy and advocate for change in line with our overall strategy, and contribute to advocacy efforts
• Represent and assist project teams to represent CARE India’s work on Girls’ Education with CARE International and with other stakeholders.
• Identify areas where CARE India can influence Education related policy and advocate for change at different levels in line with the organization’s advocacy strategy and contribute to advocacy efforts and campaigns as appropriate.
• Establish professional linkages with skilled individuals and institutions to develop partnerships that will advance education programming, and in line with the education strategy-guided partnership maps.
• Participate in and contribute to appropriate state, national and international alliances and coalitions on ECCE, FLN, Life Skills, 21^st Century 
• ·         Conceptualize and support research on policy issues of relevance to education of the impact population identified by CARE India.

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

Essential

Post Graduate degree in Education, Social Sciences or any equivalent qualification with at least 15 years of relevant experience in the development sector particularly in implementation of gender equity and diversity initiatives within the Education domain

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

Communication skills:

Demonstrated interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. 

Language skills:

Excellent writing and communication skills in English. Skills of communicating in Hindi and / or one of the dominant Indian languages would be desirable  

Research skills:

High level of conceptual and analytical skills with the ability to develop approach papers, concept notes, proposals, etc.

Team Management & Collaboration / People skills: 

• Excellent people management and leadership skills.
• Good representation and networking skills.
• Excellent facilitation and capacity building skills.
• Ability to negotiate and influence at all levels.

Operational excellence (Project / Program / Process management):

• Expertise and demonstrable experience in at least one of the core education thematic of CARE India – ECCE, FLN, STEM, 21^st Century Skills, Adolescent education programming
• Deep understanding and demonstrable engagement with the National Education Policy at Central and/or State level