Website Quest Alliance

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 that engages with learners, educators, civil society, government institutions 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.

About the Secondary Schools Program

Quest Alliance has been working in the secondary school for the past few years. The program was initiated in 2015 with 4 schools. It scaled to 10 states in 2019 with the goal to reach out to 200,000 adolescent girls by the end of three years. The program will work with 8 to 10 implementing partners across 1000 government schools.

Role & Responsibility

Program Management

Operational oversight of the program in 13 districts of Gujarat
Work closely with thematics to ensure quality implementation of of Depth and Scale model
Ensure operational plans are in place to achieve high quality delivery against program objectives, quality standards and targets.
Lead the planning and review meetings and ensuring participation and quarterly reviews are conducted as planned
Support the team to regularly review processes and materials.
Lead on identifying and evaluate potential risks related to the impact of the program and take necessary steps to include risk mitigation in program reviews and design
Lead the planning and execution of district level events such as hackathon, summer camp through the Facilitators
Make regular visits to interact with the team and ensure program objectives are met and maintaining the Organization Culture

Relationship Management – Stakeholders (Internal and External)

Lead the engagement & initiatives at District level and State level
Ensure implementation of block/dist level ideathon/hackathon
Ensure implementation of boots camps as cluster/block/District level
Work closely with fellows to see over quality execution at school level
Make visits to schools for both Depth and Scale Model

All these are to be done in coordination with the departments/schools as per the requirements.

Reporting

Submit all the relevant monitoring reports on time. Ensure all the relevant data for the project is available well in time
Work together with M&E focal point to track project progress based on the M&E framework
Share quarterly reports with relevant Government officials and data for donor reporting
Ensure the program process is documented and enough case studies are in place to show the impact or progress of the program.
Ensure the data is analyzed and feeds into the planning and review meeting
Be available for regular line management meeting and the appraisal processes

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

A Graduate/Postgraduate degree in any discipline (preferably social work, development, education, gender studies, rural development)
2-3 years of work experience preferably in the Education sector
proven ability to network and establish collaborative relationships with a variety of actors, including Education department
Willingness to travel extensively
A strong personal commitment to the values of Quest Alliance
Language Skills – Gujarat (mandatory) Proficiency in English for reporting purpose

We are looking for people who:

Are passionate about the challenges India is facing in education and employability domain
Have an exposure to work on STEM on careers
Can work with ambiguity
Candidate should be flexible, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and an energetic team player

To apply for this job please visit questalliance.zohorecruit.com.