Project Lead

1 day ago

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Central Square Foundation Full time ₹ 1,80,000 - ₹ 3,60,000 per year


Team: District Project Management Unit (DPMU) Project

Role: Project Lead

Required work experience: 6 to 9 years of relevant work experience

Location: Agra

About Central Square Foundation (CSF)

Founded in 2012, Central Square Foundation is a non-profit philanthropic foundation working with the vision of ensuring quality school education for all children in India. CSF has a mission focus on ensuring high-quality foundational learning for all children in India. To achieve this, we partner with individuals and social impact organizations to bring innovative solutions in education to build the capacity of the government to drive systemic impact. To know more about us and our work, visit

About the District Project Management Unit (DPMU)

The District Project Management Unit (DPMU) team strengthens NIPUN Mission Implementation at the district level, by providing governance and academic support to the key stakeholders at district and block level. The DPMU unit of 4-5 Project Managers led by a Project Lead works with administrative and academic leaders in the district to build mission salience, set short term and mid term goals, build capacity, and undertake micro-innovations that assist student learning.

The Project Lead, FLN DPMU project will lead the implementation of the project at the district level and will be responsible for managing a team. The key responsibilities are as follows:

Key responsibilities:

  • Building and maintaining relationships with relevant district and block-level officials including but not limited to District Magistrate, Chief Development Officer, Basic Shiksha Adhikari, DIET Principal, Block Education Officers.
  • Providing academic, governance and monitoring oversight to the team for achieving key deliverables outlined in key inputs of the project.
  • Leading strategic planning, goal setting and intervention by unblocking bottlenecks, advocating with relevant stakeholders and strong implementation focus for successful project delivery.
  • Providing technical guidance and support for strengthening relevant review committees and forums.
  • Managing the team effectively.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Strong project management skills with proven program implementation experience.
  • Demonstrated experience of leading teams in operations-oriented projects.
  • Excellent people and project delivery skills, including the ability to create project plans, drive execution, manage multiple projects at a time, and maturity to influence multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Prior hands-on experience in the Indian education sector and with government stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to design and drive data monitoring systems for large-scale projects.
  • Strong analytical skills backed by a pragmatic bent of mind, able to drive actionable insights from data.

What will you gain in the next 2-3 years?

  1. Hands-on experience in designing, prototyping, and implementing pilots, sharpening your 0 to 1 thinking
  2. Managing a high-performing, multi-skilled team of Project Managers
  3. Generate understanding of co-creating and executing strategic plans with district leadership to improve implementation fidelity of a large-scale government program (NIPUN Bharat Mission)

Compensation

Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidates experience levels. Starts from 18L onwards.

To Apply

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