Website Leadership for Equity

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 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 organizations will help bring scalable and sustainable social change.

About the Project

LFE aims to support the Chhattisgarh Government, which has been on an ambitious plan to revamp the government school system for serving children from underserved communities. Chattisgarh Accelerated Learning for a Knowledge Economy operation ( CHALK ) seeks to achieve the following in the area of school education:

Improved quality of teacher-student interaction for school education;
Improved, centrally developed, and digitally enabled student diagnostic and assessment systems.
Decentralized school development and management for efficient and effective operation, and;
School leadership development
The project will be implemented in close collaboration with the Department of School Education (DoSE), GoT and state-level administrative units including the SCERT, SIEMAT and the local network of DIETs. The focus will be to achieve the outcomes with an inherent focus on strengthening the people and processes within the public education system.

The scope of work for the entire project will be as follows:

Build the capacity at SCERT, Government TEIs, IASE, CTE and DIETs, and relevant government teacher educators to improve planning, implementation, and monitoring of in- service teacher professional development that is developed using insights from student learning assessments (SLAS) and Teachers’ Self Reflection Mechanism (TSRM).
Development of grade and subject-focused flexible teaching plans and TLMs for upper primary, secondary, and senior secondary teachers
Complement and supplement the technical and operational capacity of SCERT, IASE, CTE and DIETs to provide evidence-based support to teachers through the development and rollout of in-service professional development courses.
Strengthen the technical and operational capacity of ~1000 school complex leaders to provide evidence and needs-based training to teachers, with school complexes acting as on- site teacher training facilities.
Develop communication collaterals around the teacher professional development initiatives to be rolled out under CHALK:
The duration of the project will be 36 months from 2023 to 2026.

Job Description and Responsibilities

The Manager, M&E mainly functions as a data analysis and monitoring expert who also helps mentor a team of M&E Associates. They will report to the head of M&E while collaborating with other program and project managers to provide M&E and data management related inputs, to ensure project goals are achieved. Additionally, they will collaborate with government stakeholders and provide insights from program data to shape future direction of government programs.

M&E Planning for Projects (30%)

Create detailed operational plans for the M&E function of respective projects breaking down yearly targets into monthly milestones for each vertical or program incorporating all M&E goals and activities
Providing specific inputs regarding M&E planning and methodology to ensure projects are designed to deliver measurable outcomes and impact by designing and contextualizing M&E tools
Helping determine performance/progression of project by tracking impact indicators and targets by designing and maintaining project trackers
Building relationship with key government stakeholders for effective data management and sourcing
Create process monitoring checks, rubrics and frameworks to ensure smooth program implementation
Coordinate with other teams and operations counterparts to ensure smooth implementation
Ongoing M&E support to program teams (30%)
Conduct school and training venue visits to check for smooth implementation of M&E structures based on operational plans
Modify M&E structures plans and delivery as per insights from the field
Troubleshoot data related issues from the field as they arise during implementation
Implementing monitoring systems as developed s
Supporting program teams to develop and configure data collection tools (ODK/Google/MS Office)
Monitoring project activities, outputs and progress towards anticipated results
Working with data platforms, databases and select technologies to capture and organize data
Training field staff in monitoring and evaluation processes and providing ongoing coaching

Team Management (25%).

Manage a team of 3-5 M&E Associates focusing on their deliverables and professional support and development
Conduct timely individual and team meetings to sustain a culture of collaboration, belief in public systems and strong accountability and timely project delivery
Support team members to improve their work through co-working and regular constructive feedback

Analysis, Reporting and Knowledge Management (15%)

Cleaning, sorting, categorizing and organizing data to enable teams to generate actionable insights
Analyzing quantitative and/or qualitative program data to assist with policy and program recommendations
Managing external evaluation consultants/technical partners and overseeing delivery of scope of work as defined
Creating engaging reports, data visualizations and presentations as required

Requirements

Education & Experience

Degree or relevant coursework in statistics, data science, program evaluations or related discipline. Masters’ degree preferred
3-5 Years of experience leading large scale program monitoring involving large data sets specifically in the development sector
Proven experience in program monitoring and evaluation
Experience working with education programs preferable

Important: Given the nature of the project please apply only if you qualify based on above requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

Excellent written and oral communication skills – and a functional knowledge (oral and written) of Hindi would be highly preferred. Familiarity with Gondi and Chhattisgarhi would be an advantage
Hard skills of data analysis, management and knowledge of softwares including R, SPSS and advanced spreadsheet skills. Advanced data analysis and management skills especially excel/google sheet; Knowledge of R,SQL, SPSS would be beneficial
Ability to deliver high quality work within tight deadlines
Ability to coach and mentor team members
Being able to take initiative and work in an autonomous, semi-structured environment
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
Working experience or knowledge of program evaluations and data management would be highly preferred
A basic understanding of social equity, development discourse and education policy in India
Adaptability to changing responsibilities and resourcefulness to respond to them
High openness to learning and collaboration
Strong ability to create outstanding presentations, work with Microsoft Excel & Google Suite
Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties

Location and Compensation

Location: Raipur, Chattisgarh

Compensation: Renumeration as per the industry standards

To apply for this job please visit leadership.keka.com.