Job Opportunity for Lead, Curriculum & Classroom Practice at Madhi Foundation in Chennai

The Job Description

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role, some of your responsibilities will include

● Programme Strategy

○ Co-Create the overall content strategy & roadmap along with Senior Manager, Curriculum & Learning Design and thereby improve classroom practices

○ Implement a cohesive, research-based design across content and programme, such that the tools and content offerings accelerate student achievement of learning outcomes

○ Propose improvements by researching curricula from other educational systems and varied resources to incorporate the best approaches to teaching and learning in classrooms

● Curriculum & Content Development

○ Lead the creation of curricular framework for student-facing content

○ Research and design ready-to-use classroom resources and teacher-facing instructional content with a strong understanding of the subjects (English & Math) and the context

○ Design a comprehensive process framework and guidelines for the TLM team and oversee adherence to it at all points in the creation cycle

○ Ensure on time delivery of teacher handbooks, workbooks and other learning and training materials

○ Design clear and comprehensive guidelines to create high-quality digital content for training teachers and other administrators on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

○ Anchor and manage the entire content creation cycle by setting processes & structures for the team to produce high quality output adhering to Madhi standards

○ Co-lead the curricular and training planning workshops with the state department and obtain necessary approvals from the SMEs of the relevant government departments

○ Support the creation of training and classroom observation frameworks that is aligned to the M&E framework and demands of the curriculum and learning materials

○ Observe classrooms to improve understanding of the context and strategise the effective adoption of the new/modified instructional design materials

● Team Management:

○ Track project progress and support the team achieve the overall their individual goals

○ Ensure all team & project management structures are followed diligently

You will thrive in this role if you:

● Have a master’s degree in a relevant field of study from a reputed institution preferably with a specialisation in early grade education

● Possess excellent leadership and coaching skills

● Have exceptional planning skills and sets a high bar of excellence for yourself and your team

● Have demonstrable skills with respect to attention to detail

● Have prior experience working with government stakeholders

● Have a keen interest in pedagogy and strive to read and research extensively on it

● Have a penchant for instructional design and know exactly how-to breakdown complex processes for consumption

Prerequisites include:

● 6-8 years of work experience with at least 5 years of relevant experience in curriculum design, content development, training or programme design

● At least 3 years of managerial experience with a team span of minimum 5 members

● A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of specialisation

● Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

● Ability to speak, read and understand Tamil

This role will report to: Senior Manager, Project Management – EE Mission

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Please note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Remuneration: INR 9 LPA to 12 LPA