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Associate, Governance

Associate, Governance

Organization: Room to Read India

Apply By: 18 Aug 2025

Location: Ranchi(Jharkhand)

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Position title: Associate, Governance

Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand

About the Organization

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read develops children’s foundational literacy skills, as well as life skills that promote gender equality. Committed to accelerating learning outcomes for more children, more quickly, we have benefited 45 million children across 28 countries. In India, we are working since 2003 and have positively influenced lives of more than 18 million children. Presently, we work across the 10 Indian states of Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. Learn more at www.roomtoreadindia.org.

Position Overview:

The Associate – Governance will play a critical role in supporting the implementation and monitoring of government programs in collaboration with the State Government. The individual will provide strategic and operational support to ensure effective coordination between internal teams and government stakeholders, policy implementation, and strengthening of governance processes at the state and district levels. The Associate will be reporting to the National PMU Lead and the State Manager.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Stakeholder Engagement & Government Liaison:

  • Liaise regularly with senior officials and nodal officers from relevant state departments.
  • Facilitate periodic review meetings with state and district authorities to monitor program implementation.
  • Work closely with field teams and government counterparts to support rollout of key interventions.
  • Assist in mobilizing government resources and enable convergence with other schemes as needed.

Training & Capacity Building:

  • Maintain oversight of training for DIET and CAC staff.
  • Ensure timely planning and completion of all training programs as per project timelines and quality standards, including coordination with stakeholders, resource persons, and logistics teams.
  • Identify programmatic and administrative bottlenecks that hinder timely training rollouts and provide actionable recommendations.

Material & Program Delivery:

  • Coordinate the timely availability and distribution of FLN (Foundational Literacy and Numeracy) and reading materials in consultation with government departments.
  • Identify bottlenecks related to material delivery and recommend process improvements.
  • Document and identify best practices related to FLN implementation from other states and collaborate with government stakeholders to adapt and replicate them in the SPMU framework.

Budgeting & Financial Alignment:

  • Support preparation, allocation, and monitoring of budgets for project activities in alignment with financial guidelines.
  • Understand and analyze government budgeting processes to ensure alignment between the SPMU project and state financial frameworks.
  • Identify government capacity gaps and advocate for appropriate budgetary provisioning in annual state budgets to strengthen program implementation.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting:

  • Track implementation progress against agreed milestones and raise flags where delays or issues arise.
  • Analyze state-level data to inform strategic decisions and support advocacy with government partners.
  • Support the preparation of presentations, briefs, reports, and data decks for decision-making.
  • Support in preparation of regular programmatic reports and updates for both internal and external stakeholders.

Documentation & Knowledge Management:

  • Maintain accurate documentation of meetings, agreements, and official communications.
  • Draft policy notes, SOPs, and process documents based on field learnings and government feedback.
  • Conduct background research on relevant policies, state schemes, and national frameworks.

Develop a strong understanding of Gender Transformative Education to integrate a gender lens in all program activities.

Any other relevant work assigned by the Supervisor.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

Required:

  • Postgraduate degree in Public Policy, Development Studies, Governance, or a related field.
  • Minimum experience of 3-4yrs (1-2 years of relevant experience in the education /development sector including internships).
  • Prior experience of working with Government at state level is must.
  • Strong understanding of government protocols, administration, and decision-making processes.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills in English / Hindi and the local language of the state where position is based.

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries on literacy and gender equality in education.

Room to Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy and Child Protection Code of Conduct.

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and continually developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.

How to apply

Kindly CLICK HERE  to submit the application.

Due to the high volume of applicant responses, not all applicants may receive a response from Room to Read. Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. We always encourage women to apply.

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