Admin Assistant

**Background**

**About Leadership For Equity (LFE)**

**Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation**(branded as **Leadership For Equity**, LFE), is a non-profit (NGO). In our two-fold approach to change, we build the capacity of government system leaders and we influence system processes. In partnership with the local and state education bodies, we co-create programs that shift teaching-learning practices and improve student learning and well-being. This work coupled with our research and advisory support to influence policies; we hope to create effective government education systems.

**BELIEF**:We believe Public Education Systems are the gatekeepers of social EQUITY, especially when India's 120 million poorest of the poor children go to government-run schools. A multi-layered, complex, and systemic problem of educational inequity, will require a solution rooted in the SYSTEMS CHANGE approach. We believe that a COLLECTIVE effort by forging partnerships with governments, like-minded philanthropists, corporates, donors, nonprofits and grassroots organisations will help bring scalable and sustainable social change.

**VISION**:We envision Public Education Systems That Refuse To Let Children Down

**APPROACH**:We focus on building system leaders by strengthening middle Management. This includes enabling Academic & Administrative Officers (Extension Officers, BEOs, DIETs, SCERT) to effectively lead quality improvement programs and run their departments. As well as, Equipping Teachers Mentors (URCs, CRG, BRG, CRCs) to improve the classroom practices of teachers in foundational learning and technology. In the last 5 years, we built the capacity of 2000+ system leaders, and 40,200+ teachers to impact 8.2 million students. We have co-created and implemented 7 different programs and have multi-year MoUs with 9 govt. bodies including District Zilla Parishads, DIETs, SCERTs, SSA, Department of School Education & Sports, Govt. of Maharashtra, Haryana & Tripura, and currently expanding to Andhra Pradesh.

**About Centre For Excellence in Teacher Education, TISS**

Established as CEIAR in 2015, the CETE has been engaging with, and promoting innovation in school curriculum, teacher education and higher education curriculum and pedagogy. The Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE) will work towards revitalising the education sector through research, academic programmes, teaching, field action, policy advocacy, partnerships and collaborations. Their goal is to improve learning outcomes of children across schools in India by equipping teachers with the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes.

CETE envisages its role as a "Catalyst for Transformation in Teacher Education" through multiple activities. The Centre continues to build on its contemporary academic programmes to provide relevant skills and perspectives to new entrants, practicing teachers, and professionals. It continues to strengthen deeper, meaningful, and impact-oriented engagements with various stakeholders in the sector, incubating and promoting the innovative use of new technologies and media to raise relevance, quality, and standards of education.

**About Sadhana: Teaching Excellence Lab**

LFE & CETE, TISS have come together to revitalise the pre-service education space by establishing the **Sadhana: Teaching Excellence Lab** in Pune. This centre aims to offer short and medium-term programs to help improve upon the skills and academic competencies of youth aspiring to enter the teaching field. To this end, the centre will also partner with schools and educational institutions to facilitate the placement of successful course participants as teachers in those institutions.

The Centre undertakes the following activities:

- Run reflective and immersive practice-oriented certificate programs for youth with teaching degrees but unable to secure employment as a teacher
- Function as a resource centre for teachers to learn and experiment in the spirit of continuous learning and development

**About the Role**

The Admin Assistant, Sadhana: Teaching Excellence Lab will play a key role in managing the operations of the Lab. The Admin Assistant will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth functioning of the centre and achieving desired outcomes in establishing the centre as a high-resource hub for teacher professional development.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Centre Management (40%)**
- Housekeeping Management - Manage centre to ensure hygiene and cleanliness
- Procure stationery and cleaning supplies as required
- Manage and coordinate repairs & maintenance of the centre
- Inventory Management - managing the assets and materials, maintaining documentation
- Centre internet management

**Program Implementation & Coordination (30%)**
- Coordinate logistics, schedule sessions and other programs ensuring adherence to the operation plan of the centre.
- Support the procurement of required materials, handbooks and teaching-learning resources for the centre.