Senior Program Manager

About the Organisation

Founded in 2012, this non-profit organization is dedicated to enhancing the quality of education for children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their mission focuses on transforming educational systems to improve learning outcomes, with a special emphasis on foundational skills like literacy and numeracy by early grades. They believe that solid early learning is crucial for advancing childrens academic progress and providing equal opportunities for a better life.To achieve their goals, the organization partners with individuals and other social impact groups to introduce innovative educational solutions. They also collaborate with government bodies to drive systemic change and engage with various stakeholders to develop tools and share knowledge on critical areas such as early education, technology integration, instructional strategies, and governance.

Position Summary

One of the key areas of this organisation's work is EdTech (Education Technology). Under this thematic area, we focus on how technology can be leveraged to improve the teaching-learning experience within classrooms and at homes through both student-focussed and teacher-directed interventions. Our goal is to leverage technology to improve foundational learning in primary grades and provide remediation support in middle school.

We do this by funding the creation of public goods to improve the quality of the supply, providing grants to build capacity of early-stage organizations that cater to the target population, building evidence on the efficacy of different EdTech solutions to understand what works and what doesnt, through government test beds and by driving innovation within government systems by reforming public policy advocacy and strengthening government capacity to enable sustainable large-scale adoption.

The Senior Project Manager, EdTech will be responsible for end to end responsibility on projects related to EdTech, including, providing close support to our network of partner organizations, and supporting with the work of the EdTech Acceleraor for furthering the cause of quality education for every child in India.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to

• Lead and support the growing portfolio of EdTech 
• End-to-end project management for projects i.e. including, development of annual / quarterly goals, detailed budget planning, supporting operations, implementation and ensuring timely reporting
• Identify innovative hypotheses based on current and future trends in EdTech
• Lead capacity building of the growing portfolio of EdTech
• Lead the development of public goods with ecosystem partners
• Management of all internal and external reporting and reviews for the EdTech team with the leadership, funders and Board members.
• Support the team with different workstreams of the EdTech Accelerator

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• Masters or equivalent degree required (background in business, economics, education, public policy preferred)
• At least 4 - 6 years of experience for SPM.
• Strong project management skills including an ability to be able to set priorities,
• plan timelines and meet deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to build and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Experience in growing and managing teams
• Strong written, verbal communication skills and presentation skills

Desired Qualities

• Experience in the education/ Edtech sector would be preferred
• Entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude
• Operating style suited to working in a small-organization setting, where teamwork,
• collaboration and resourcefulness are highly valued
• Excellent leadership skills, including ability to manage multiple projects at a time
• Background in research is preferred

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