Job Opportunity for Learning and Training Coordinator at Quest Alliance in Lucknow

At Quest Alliance, we transform learning ecosystems through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration to build 21st-century skills for learners and facilitators.

We are a not-for-profit trust that focuses on research-led innovation and advocacy in the field of teaching and learning. We engage with educators, civil society, government institutions and corporate organizations to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in school education and vocational training.

At Quest you will get the opportunity to apply your skills and contribute to addressing issues around quality education and skills training. The organization gives you the space to learn and grow in a fun and engaging environment. We have an eclectic group of people working at Quest drawn from diverse disciplines including Education, Technology, Design, Youth Development and Business.  

Roles and Responsibilities:

Scope of Work :

System Integration: 

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with, state, district government officials to promote EWS program and obtain necessary support.
• Monitor and stay updated on government policies, regulations, and procedures related to elementary education and dropout prevention.
• Collaborate with state officials and UNICEF team to integrate “Early Warning System” as part of govt. The plan is to identify and  prevent school dropouts.
• Represent organization at government meetings, conferences, and events to build relationships and increase awareness of the EWS program.
• Provide regular reports to the leadership team on government policies and regulations that may impact our program, and recommend strategies to address potential challenges.
• Support govt. officials in establishing smooth, doable processes to embed tools of identifying at-risk children and further develop strategy to ensure that child is staying, engaging and learning at school.
• Support govt. officials to create tracking and response strategy so as to sustain the program at-scale with active participation of stakeholders specially teachers and community. 

Training & Capacity Building- 

• Co-Design, anchor and Implement cascade mode of training with SRG, ARP, HM & teacher.
• Work with the master trainer group at state/district level and hand hold them for knowledge transfer.
• Synthesize insights from training into meaningful and actionable steps. Bring in field insights into the capacity building design and review.
• Guide training team to compile training reports received from training and field implementation team and share concise and compelling documents.
• Build capacity of the Training officers/District Officers for effective delivery of the training program and make them understand the content/ curriculum.
• Participate in state level training programs, workshops, meetings and work with the state body to ensure that it’s integrated into a larger plan.

Program Facilitation: 

• Facilitate workshop at district and state level for Government Engagement .
• Co-design workshops and webinars that are reflective and help various stakeholders to move towards being change agents in the government education system.
• Co Design workshop and curate resource materials for the stakeholder
• Conduct  field visits to field locations to capture insights from stakeholders.

Content Development- 

• Document secondary information, policies, program and relevant best practices.
• Develop and customize relevant content & support in the conceptualization of framework development including content, design, toolkit,  and process for the program.
• Develop and customize relevant content for EWS based on field insights
• Support in the conceptualization and support the framework development including content, design and process for the programme
• Support in creating content for toolkit, digital (whatsapp, voice messages) and non-digital follow up triggers for the different stakeholders

Monitoring and Reporting- 

• Support M&E specialist in the development of Tools and Process for  program monitoring 
• Track progress against the work plan.
• Support with the Monitoring and Evaluation processes towards achieving the program outputs and outcomes.
• Support the compilation of the Monthly. Quarterly, Half-yearly and annual reports. 

Team management: 

• Lead the team of Training/District Officers and Support them in implementing the activities.
• Participating in team meetings and reviews, staff engagement activities.
• Seeking regular capacity building support from the team. 
• Adhering to all the finance and HR policies of the organization.   
• Upholding the values of Quest Alliance.

Deliverables:

• Conduct and Document Training Need Analysis
• Conduct and Document All Stakeholder Capacity Development Activities including team (District, Block and Schools)
• Develop and Revise EWS framework, content, manual, tools and processes based on field insights
• Develop and Implement Training related M&E framework, Design and Tools
• Guide, Mentor and Review the District Team
• Share all reports and data as per the schedule

Requirements

We are looking for people who:

– Are passionate about working to solve challenges in education and employability domain

– Candidate should be flexible, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and an energetic team player

– Flexible with travel