District Program Officer

Job Title District Program Officer
Department Operations
Position Location District
Type of Agreement Renewable fixed-term contract
Position Reporting District Operations Lead (Direct Reporting)
Position Reportees Block Program Officers
Position Level Junior

**Educate Girls - An Overview**:
Vision
- We aim to achieve behavioural, social and economic transformation for all girls towards an

India where all children have equal opportunities to access quality education.

Background
- Educate Girls (a project of 'Foundation to Educate Girls Globally’) is a non-profit

organization that focuses on mobilizing communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and

educationally backward areas. Strongly aligned with ‘Right to Education Act’ or the ‘Samagra Shiksha’

the organization is committed to the Government’s vision to improve access to primary education for

children, especially young girls. Educate Girls currently operates successfully in over 20,000+ villages

in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. By leveraging the Government’s existing

investment in schools and by engaging with a huge base of community volunteers, Educate Girls

helps to identify, enrol and retain out-of-school girls and to improve foundational skills in literacy and

numeracy for all children (both girls and boys). This helps deliver measurable results to a large

number of children and avoids parallel delivery of Services.

**Position Overview**:
Being a key position in Educate Girls, the District Program Officer (DPO) is the converging point from

where the program gets operational and implemented. While on one hand, it provides managerial &
supportive assistance to the District Operation Lead, on the other hand, it is responsible for effective

implementation of all Educate Girls activities in the district by working closely with field personnel at

the district and block levels. The position is second in command to the District Operations Lead and

manages district operations in the absence of District Operations Lead. The position involves intense

travel in operational areas especially in blocks and villages. This could amount to 50-60% of the time.

**Position in the Organogram**:
**Position Key Responsibilities**:
**Program Planning & Implementation**
- Work with the District Operations Lead in developing the annual plan for the district.

***Break down the district plan into block wise actionable plans.
- ***Create implementation maps for each block officers with their respective assigned program

assistants and impact assistants.
***Assist the District Lead in developing, maintaining and reviewing monthly, quarterly, annual

budgets for the district.
***Seeks support from functional experts/ Technical Support Team where required.
***Monitors progress and gives inputs where necessary
***Oversee the data collection related to programmatic intervention areas as set by the Impact

team.
***Ensure that monthly progress report, quarterly progress report are prepared and shared in a

timely manner.***

**On-ground implementation and monitoring**
Enrolment & Retention -Work with Block officers to ensure Enrolment & Retention targets
- are completed as per District Targets.- Learning-Ensure Learning targets are completed as per District Targets
- Ensure Completion of Door-to-door Survey &Training as per requirement & roles for entire
- district- Community Ownership: Ensure all activities for driving community ownership are carried out
- as planned.- TB Engagement & Handholding TB for enrolment & Retention

**Managerial Responsibility**
Lead the development of KRA & KPIs for Program assistants, block officers and Field
- Coordinators along with District Operations Lead and review their performance periodically.- Conduct meeting of the Block Officers and program assistants periodically to review their
- performance and address gaps if any.- Effectively manage the partnerships of EG, with specific focus on program/training related
- stakeholders as and when required- Participate in Manager/district level meetings whenever invite.
- Provide support to other EG function whenever required

**Desired Incumbent Profile**:
**Personality**: Self-driven, result-oriented with a positive outlook with a clear focus on high quality
output. Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks
seamlessly with excellent attention to detail. Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build
relationships with stakeholders. Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver trainings
and presentations. Proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
Empathic communicator, ability to see things from the other person's point of view. Ability to get
along with variety of individuals and a team-player.
**Work Life Balance**: Must be mature and domestically secure. Able to work extended hours on
occasions when required.
**Technology skills**: Must b