Job Opportunity for Project Associate, Schools Program at Quest Alliance in Ahmedabad

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.

About the Role

Quest Alliance has been working in the secondary schools for the past few years. In 2019, we rolled out a program to build 21st century skills and STEM mind-sets among adolescent girls (grade 9 and 10) from government schools in 15 Districts

A program associate will be expected for timely delivery of tasks, on ground implementation of the program and handholding fellows/facilitators throughout their implementation journey.

Key Deliverables and Responsibilities:

Programme Implementation and Planning

• Responsible for effective program delivery in the 3 Districts of Gujarat through Scale Model
• Design, plan and execute innovation and experimentation within schools including STEM clubs, District campaigns, etc.
• Maintain the database and dashboard, ensure that it is error-free and up to date. Ensure M&E adherence and quality.
• Continuous review of school implementation, monitoring the implementation within the agreed parameters.
• Ensure all feedback from student webinars and events is collected and collated at one place and shared with relevant team members for analysis.
• Ensure share-out events , ideathon ,hackathon and other events are planned and conducted.   

Focused implementation on Computational Thinking & Career Pathways 

• Infra Setup: Ensure IT lab audit is carried out and report shared with the respective team.     
• Ensure installation of digital content and softwares in schools where functional labs are available.
• Chatbot Backend: PA will drive discussions on course content, clarify questions and share reflections with the fellows to track the learner’s progress and encourage them.
• Ensure Scratch bootcamps are planned and conducted at schools                   
• Ideathon and Hackathon: Plan and ensure the smooth coordination of ideathon, hackathon process at school/ Block/District level
• Support fellows/facilitators and technology team in organizing and implementing the process effectively with all the students
• Organise Career Webinars, Local Role Model interactions
• Organise Career Boot camps at school/Block/District level in coordination with the department 

Training, Content, Capacity Building and Documentation

• Participate and contribute to Training of Trainers
• ensure Master Coach implementation in coordination with Departments
• ensure that Teachers regular learnings are shared and adhered the quality of reporting for the handover processes
• Ensure the documentation including case studies, photographs, videos of the implementation schools is collected and reaches relevant team members.

Relationship Management – Stakeholders

• Build relationships with the District government officials, principals and teachers to facilitate smooth implementation of the Program, including liasioning conducting orientations, review meetings, monitoring visits etc.
• Be part of the planning process for the team to ensure an effective plan and budget is in place and it is adhered to.
• Understand the overall school culture and environment and identify spaces, processes and opportunities to align the project approach into the school to transfer ownership of the project approach to school stakeholders
• organize BlocK/District Level teachers & students recognition award 

Reporting

• Document and share the best practices in the schools for publication in quarterly newsletters, social media and other channels.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports tracking progress against the work plan and implementation schedules
• Generate WhatsApp Bot , digital content app backend report and prepare analysis report on a timely basis.
• Documenting and designing plans for following up with selected learners for in depth intervention to encourage them transition into higher education.
• Use the appropriate M&E tools and the Dashboard to make sure that program implementation is data entered, is being captured, represented and that project implementation is on track.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 1-2 years of work experience in facilitation of training, workshop or preferably in education Development sector.
• Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in education ecosystem
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in Gujarati(Mandatory ) and working knowledge of English & Hindi
• Willingness to travel within and outside of the State
• Ability to train, build capacity of, and manage relationships with new people
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams
• Ability to use technology and various virtual platforms like Google Hangout Meet, Zoom, WhatsApp, Google Classroom, and other google suite applications.
• Excited about working with children on life skills and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)