Project Associate

**About Peepul**

Peepul is an education-focused non-profit. **We dream and work towards creating an**

**education system in India that enables ‘every child to realize their potential.’**

We work closely with governments at the national, state, and local levels to transform

government schools and government systems. The poorest children in India study in

government schools and too many of them are falling through the cracks. We are

determined to ensure that they receive a high-quality education to help them succeed in life.

We are restless, resilient, and reflective. We aim high, we innovate, we work smart, we work

as a team, and we use rigorous research to inform our work.

**Job Description: Project Associate
**Reports to**: Project Manager

**Location**:Madhya Pradesh

**Start date**: Immediate

**Salary**:Commensurate with experience

**Role Context**

To improve the quality of the public-school system and improve learning outcomes, the

Department of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) is on an ambitious

reform agenda. This reform agenda includes a focus on accountability and governance,

structural administrative/academic reforms, capacity-building of the state sector and

learning from innovations and international best practices in pedagogy and delivery.

Peepul is in partnership with GoMP through a **multi-year state-wide program to evolve**

**the professional development ecosystem in the state for teachers, educators, and**

**education officials, under the aegis of ‘**_CM Rise’_**. The program aims to envision and create

a holistic blueprint for all professional development interventions in the state, encompassing

digital and blended trainings, learning communities and in-school coaching, and bring all

teacher development initiatives of the state **under one integrated, holistic umbrella**.

The programme is envisaged to have a multi-layered approach: of setting up and scaling

digital training for teachers, academic officials, and various other education functionaries,

building strong monitoring mechanisms for teacher support, and creating exceptional cadre

of mentors for teachers in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

This flagship program will also serve as an exemplar of innovative teacher professional

development ecosystem for other states in the country.

**Role Description**

The role of the **Project Associate **is critical to the success of the continued partnership with

the Government of Madhya Pradesh towards achieving quality education for all, and to

Peepul’s strategic objective of supporting quality improvement in the public-school system

in India.

This is therefore an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to play a key role

in a flagship reform initiative with enormous potential impact.

To enable programme’s success, we require to rapidly roll-out and scale our support to reach

all teachers and officials in the state.

The Project Associate will be an excellent team player, who will independently lead and drive

design and delivery of interventions towards support and accountability of teachers and

education expertise, creative problem-solving and stakeholder management, towards the

creation, implementation, and impact tracking of high-quality initiatives towards

improvement of the quality of education in the state.

**Key responsibilities**

**To support the design and delivery of projects, and build a coalition of support around**

**them**
- Work with senior government stakeholders and Peepul’s leadership, to support the

design, development, and implementation of key projects / interventions, as part of the

larger programme
- Build consensus within all levels of government and other stakeholders, towards the

vision and objectives of the programme
- Define success metrics and growth aspiration for their projects/interventions, and

communicate these effectively with all stakeholders
- Work with in-house M&E team and external experts to develop appropriate project

evaluation tools, including rigorous academic assessment where appropriate

**To manage best-in-class project implementation**
- Own and drive the implementation of their projects at-scale, in close coordination with

Peepul’s education and training team, and in consultation with Project Manager(s) and

Program Manager(s)
- Leverage Peepul’s work across programmes to transfer codified learnings to their work
- Create effective work-planning and management systems to ensure work remains on

track and effectively prioritised
- Develop systems to ensure the effective use of data across the programme, developing

appropriate tracking metrics to ensure high-quality implementation and identify areas

for course correction and learning

**To be a strong team collaborator, manage cross-functional relationships and engage**

**effectively with key government stakeholders**

experts and field staff
- Develop and maintain strong operational relationships with gove