Program Associate

Job Description: Program Associate
- EL Create (Music)

Application Deadline: 25th June 2025

About Enabling Leadership

We have a mission to change the world and we’re looking for like-minded individuals to join us At Enabling Leadership, we believe that creating a different generation of “leaders” is the solution to most of the complex global challenges we face today.

Our unique programs, “EL - Create” (music), “EL - Play” (football) and EL- Build (Lego) are designed to equip children, especially those who are economically and educationally marginalized, to rewrite the definition of being “successful”. It is essential to redefine this in terms of people who take responsibility for their own individual, and our shared, combined futures. Our young “leaders” demonstrate and embody these values, principles, behaviors, choices and actions, recognizing that in order for me to win, everyone must win.

Working at Enabling Leadership

As a culture-first organization, we are looking for individuals who embody the values and behaviors we work tirelessly to teach our students every day. Our teams have the opportunity to work with a diverse set of stakeholders including children, parents, school communities, sportspersons, musicians, artists, volunteers, nonprofits, media and educational institutions, and corporates amongst others.

We look for individuals who pride themselves on high performance and productivity, whilst also prioritizing individual wellbeing (we don’t limit sick leave days, we believe every employee’s health comes first). Our staff design and manage their own schedules, choose where to work from (no cubicles), and have a dynamic leadership team to work with. Our priority is to develop passionate, responsible, creative and accountable employees, championing our values in today’s world.

EL Create Program

EL Create is a group-based music learning program that enables children from under-resourced schools to tell the stories of their dreams and communities. Through enabling children to write original songs and hosting public performances, the program enables important leadership skills in students.

The Program Pedagogy focuses on building functional fluency over technical or theoretical learning for students.

EL Create curriculum comprises four key aspects - Singing & performance, synthesis, knowledge fundamentals & making music.

Function

EL Create Program Associates will work in the city team to deliver sessions, across multiple classrooms

in a city. The classrooms have a strength of 25-30 students per class and are scheduled over 8-9 months (June/ July to February/ March). Using music as the medium and through a process of teaching and writing original songs, they will plan and conduct classes with the objective of life skills and leadership development in students. These classes are experiential in nature - with a lot of emphasis on active, challenge-based, and student-centric learning.

The associates also prepare students for the annual concert (February) where the students perform their original song, on a professional level stage, for their parents, community members, and fellow students. They also assist the program team in quality delivery and improvement of the program by conducting research, staying updated with innovative teaching and learning methodologies, and recording best practices that can be used in the program.

Program Associates will be trained for 6-8 days in July/August prior to program launch and during the course of the year. There will also be a mid-year training in September/October. The associates will be guided and mentored by the Program Manager in their city to plan and implement their sessions.

Reports to: Program Manager

Responsibilities and Deliverables:
A. Program Delivery:

- Conduct a minimum of 8 sessions (4 classrooms/Virtual) a week. This may involve teaching in classrooms spread across the city.
- Complete 48 sessions per classroom (of 25-30 students) over the course of the program timeline.
- Actively plan lessons along with the co-teacher and the program manager and document these. Teachers will also be expected to file reports after each class.
- Facilitate the songwriting process with the students and co-compose a song with them for their annual performance piece.
- Keep track of student attendance and progress

B. Training & Capacity Building
- Participate and facilitate sessions during the beginning of the year and mid-year training as

per the schedule shared by the organization.
- Participate in the monthly learning circles to share best practices with other teachers and prepare for the upcoming classes
- Work with the Program Manager to build teaching capacity as per their feedback
- Participate in workshops (organized by EL) for capacity building

C. Program Quality
- Assist the program manager in documenting lesson plans and best practices from classrooms (lesson plan dockets)
- Contribute to the game’s compendium and songbook by documenti