Job Opportunity for Associate, Teacher Training, AFE at Leader for Equity in Pune

About Leadership For Equity (LFE)

Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership For Equity, LFE), is a non-profit (NGO) based out of Pune, Maharashtra. 

We envision Public Education Systems That Refuse To Let Children Down

APPROACH: 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 an effective government education system.

Over the last 5 years, LFE has built the capacity of 2100+ system leaders, and 40,200+ teachers to impact 8 million students across Maharashtra. Additionally, LFE has recently expanded its operations and started working in another 3 states of India including Haryana, Tripura & Andhra Pradesh. In Maharashtra, LFE works with 5 districts (Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Satara & Akola), 3 municipal bodies (Pune MC, Pimpri Chinchwad MC & Nagpur MC) & 5 state level education bodies (School Education Dept, SCERT, Samagra Shiksha, Tribal Development Dept, & TRTI). In Andhra Pradesh, LFE works closely with the Samagra Shiksha Office, SCERT & The World Bank on a multi-year strategic project to improve the quality of learning across 26 districts of the State. And lastly in Haryana & Tripura, LFE works with SCERTs of both states in setting up targeted program management units (PMUs) to strengthen delivery of large-scale academic programs. 

BELIEF: We believe Public Education Systems are the gatekeepers of social EQUITY, especially when India’s 120 million poorest-of-the-poor children continue to 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 grassroot organisations will help bring scalable and sustainable social change.

About the Project 

Promoting Computer Science and 21st century skills in Pune District is one of the most recents and innovative projects at LFE in partnership with Amazon Future Engineers (AFE). The aim of this project is to create a proof point of effective implementation of model labs and teacher certification to systematically promote computer science and 21st century skills for the teachers and students of Pune Zilla Parishad Schools. 

About the Role: Description & Responsibilities

The Teacher Training Associate will be responsible for building the capacity of Government School teachers in learning Computational thinking and Computer Science. The Associate will work with the training & content team at LFE to ensure project goals are achieved.  Additionally, the Associate will collaborate with members across the team and support manager as and when required.

Trainings and Capacity Building (70%)

• Builds teachers’ capacity in CS through conducting various training sessions as per the program and on the job assistance during monitoring visits (when required) so that they best meet their teaching-learning responsibilities.
• Undertakes teachers’ training needs assessment, prepares training plans, develops training aid materials and conducts evaluation of training sessions.
• Design PLC progression and plans and facilitate them for teachers. Analyze participation and feedback data from the platform.
• Supports Program Manager and Content development team in developing training manuals. 
• Participates in professional growth and development and stays abreast of current research through continuing education, educational seminars, workshops, conferences, membership in profession

Stakeholder Management (10%)

• Work with a hierarchy of stakeholders from other states to build long-lasting relationships that aid project operations and expansion plans 
• Conduct regular update meetings with stakeholders and provide progress towards goals of the Project in a consumable format to all stakeholders.

Data analysis and Documentation (10%)

• Support manager to manage platform partners to link created content based on CMS and LMS requirements
• Analyse data from platform team 
• Creation of batch-wise reports

Events (10%)

• Coordinate with school authorities / teachers and support them to conduct an annual CS explore events for the officers, teachers and students. 
• Support teachers and internal team in basic operational and explore event requirements like Hour of Code, Exposure visits etc.

Requirement: Education & Experience

• Graduation/Post-graduation in a Science Technology Engineering Math or Education field, or having demonstrable experience in STEM/Computer Science is preferred.
• Experience working with the government would be preferable
• Interest or prior experience in facilitation during Capacity building workshops can be an added advantage 

Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills – and functional knowledge (oral and written) of Marathi & English would be highly preferred 
• 2+ years of experience in project design and M&E (basic)
• Belief in the potential of the public sector and that government systems can and will change towards overcoming systemic inequities and ensuring improved outcomes for all citizens
• Being able to take initiative and work in an autonomous, semi-structured environment
• Adaptability to changing responsibilities and resourcefulness to respond to them
• High openness to learning
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with multiple stakeholders & partners across public and private spaces 

• Strong ability to create outstanding presentations, work with Microsoft Excel, Google Suite, and varied data sets
• Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties

Location and Compensation

Location: Pune, Maharashtra. Will involve travel across to districts or states (need based)

Compensation: Range of salary: Expected to be around 5-6 lakh INR per annum based on experience