Central Square Foundation
## Project Lead – DPMU
**About Central Square Foundation (CSF)**
Founded in 2012, Central Square Foundation is a non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to ensuring quality school education for all children in India. CSF focuses on ensuring high-quality foundational learning for all children in India. To achieve this, we partner with individuals and social impact organizations to bring innovative solutions in education and build the capacity of the government to drive systemic impact.
**About the District Project Management Unit (DPMU)**
The District Project Management Unit (DPMU) team strengthens NIPUN Mission Implementation at the district level by providing governance and academic support to key stakeholders at the district and block level. The DPMU unit, consisting of 4-5 Project Managers led by a Project Lead, works with administrative and academic leaders in the district to build mission salience, set short-term and mid-term goals, build capacity, and undertake micro-innovations that assist student learning.
**Job Description**
The Project Lead, FLN DPMU project, will lead the implementation of the project at the district level and will be responsible for managing a team.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Building and maintaining relationships with relevant district and block-level officials, including but not limited to District Magistrate, Chief Development Officer, Basic Shiksha Adhikari, DIET Principal, and Block Education Officers.
* Providing academic, governance, and monitoring oversight to the team for achieving key deliverables outlined in key inputs of the project.
* Leading strategic planning, goal setting, and intervention by unblocking bottlenecks, advocating with relevant stakeholders, and ensuring strong implementation focus for successful project delivery.
* Providing technical guidance and support for strengthening relevant review committees and forums.
* Managing the team effectively.
**Skills and Qualifications:**
* Strong project management skills with proven program implementation experience.
* Demonstrated experience of leading teams in operations-oriented projects.
* Excellent people and project delivery skills, including the ability to create project plans, drive execution, manage multiple projects at a time, and influence multiple internal and external stakeholders.
* Prior hands-on experience in the Indian education sector and with government stakeholders.
* Proven ability to design and drive data monitoring systems for large-scale projects.
* Strong analytical skills backed by a pragmatic bent of mind, able to drive actionable insights from data.
**Location:** Sitapur
**Experience Required:** 6 to 9 years of relevant work experience
**Compensation:** Remuneration for this position starts from 15 LPA.
To apply for this job please visit csf.keka.com.
