Gujarat Operations, Lead

Gandhinagar, Fluency in Gujarati

Lead program in Gujarat by building government partnerships, leading the state team, facilitating trainings, and supporting implementation and documentation.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.

• Develop strong working relationships with various government officials in Gujarat government schools and education departments. Liaison and coordination with the concerned government officials regularly.

• Maintain and build new relationships and strengthen existing relationships with government officials in Gujarat.

• Develop a strong working relation with mentor teachers and wellbeing program coordinators of as many schools as possible.

• Work closely with the state team to support the completion of any tasks related to the effective state-wide implementation of the program as needed.

• Support in the data collection and documentation of the on-ground impact.

• Work on documentation of reports, research, and other professional outputs according to the organizational guidelines and government requirement.

• Collaborate and support other teams in conducting impact visits of partners, donors, and internal team members.

• Support with any miscellaneous requests from the government officials for successful implementation of the program.

• Act as a bridge between concerned government officials and our Curriculum & Training team to support capacity building and program implementation.

• Document and communicate the research and SEL-related gaps/stressors that the state government officials/school officials face.

• Represent Labhya to its multilateral partners, if needed, conduct meetings to strengthen existing and form new relationships.

• Facilitate teacher training sessions to build capacity and prepare detailed training modules (develop interactive lesson plans/activities for different training programs).

• Support in forming a team for the state and manage the human resource capital that may join Labhya in the State.

• Leading and training the state team of Labhya to drive the impact in the state.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Education, Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, or a related field.

Experience

• 4-7 years of on-ground experience with children/youth and government officials in teacher training and program implementation is required.

• Prior experience in education, teacher training and mental health as well as government relations, curriculum and setting up state-level teams to create maximum impact.

Characteristics

• Strong problem-solving, communication, relationship-building, project planning, documentation and team leadership skills are non-negotiable.

• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms).

• Fluent in Gujarati, Hindi and English (written and spoken)

• Strong interest in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mental health, and psychosocial development.

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhya's programs and research.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

If you're someone who's driven by purpose, excited to build, and energized by ambiguity in service of children's wellbeing, we'd love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.