Website Piramal Foundation

Title: Program Manager (PM)

Location – Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

Function– Piramal University, AP – SALT (SIEMAT Strengthening)

Core Competency– Leadership and Organizational Development, Social Impact Consulting

Job Background and Purpose:

Program Manager (PM)/ Senior Program Leader (SPL) will work closely with Senior Program Manager (SPM). The PM/SPL will be part of 3 people team to support state govt in developing a future ready public institution through leadership and organizational development intervention.

The PM/SPL will conduct situational analysis, develop strategy roadmap, provide advisory support and manager implementation to strengthen institutional capabilities. Therefore, helping the public institution achieve a performing level to lead its envisioned functions of leadership development, educational planning & management and action research.

Minimum Experience & Qualification (Must have)

Postgraduate or equivalent in Management Studies or Social Sciences or related discipline
3 years’ experience of managing implementation of training of school leaders and school management committee members
Fluency in Telugu language is mandatory

Key roles and responsibilities

Product Development and Delivery (70%)

Implement organisational development strategies (20%)

Conduct situational analysis to determine baseline of institutional capabilities
Consult with internal and external stakeholders/partners to identify key levers of change
Implement institutional strengthening roadmap and workplan
Conduct primary and secondary research to provide advisory on designing institutional structure, role definition, resource forecasting, setting up required cells as visualised in original policy and meet future readiness needs
Design scalable and replication tools/templates and methodologies based on global leading practices and stakeholder needs

Design and implement School and Middle manager Leadership Development Program (30%)

Design annual leadership development roadmap, scalable to cover all govt school leaders
Contextualise and conduct baseline and endline to measure school leader competency improvement based on competency assessment tool and rubric
Identify and build a pool of master facilitators to facilitate leadership workshops and provide follow-up
Create modules with govt resource persons based on ADDIE model for a) facilitator b) institution faculty and c) school leadership development

Manage whole school evaluations through social audit (20%)

Contextualise and implement annual social audit roadmap and workplan
Execute and manage training of social auditors of parent committees in select districts
Manage implantation of social audit of school and validation of data with necessary govt and external partners

Manage Partnership and Collaboration (30%)

Manage stakeholders & partnership
Develop and build strong relationships with officials at Directorate of Education, SmSA, SIEMAT Officials and Social Audit Society
Ensure timely reporting and delivery of outputs as envisioned in SIEMAT ToR
Influence partners and generate necessary buy-ins/letters, build consensus to ensure timely support for implementation of solutions
Collaborate with consultation firms and demonstrate a culture of collaboration beyond boundaries
Understand the country’s education ecosystem and influence, engage other NGO’s and organizations

Key Performance Indicator

4-year institution strengthening program designed, accepted and implemented in Andhra Pradesh (AP)
Effective implementation of leadership development program, social audit and organizational development milestones
On-time and high-quality execution of the planned programs
Scalable and customizable solutions for opportunities in the government education and internal organizational practices
Successful partnerships and relationship with critical stakeholders in the government and in the state’s education ecosystem

Application Procedure:

Eligible candidate can send resumes on recruitments@gandhifellowship.org When submitting the Application please put “Program Manager – Vijayawada.” in the subject line and requested to apply using the link the application link https://forms.office.com/r/n1Xzk8JJS9
Deadline: 25th December 2022

To apply for this job email your details to recruitments@gandhifellowship.org