PM/SPM - Mentoring and Teacher Support (Academics)

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About the Organization

Founded in 2012, Central Square Foundation (CSF) is a non-profit philanthropic foundation working on the vision of ensuring quality school education for all children in India. We are driven by our mission to transform the school education system with a focus on improving children's learning outcomes, especially in low-income communities.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Central Square Foundation is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability CSF is seeking a Project Manager/Senior Project Manager to join the State Project Management Unit (SPMU) in Hyderabad to support the design and implementation of a comprehensive foundational learning programme across pre-primary (PP1 & PP2) and primary grades (15) with a focus on mentoring, teacher support. This role focuses on critical academic workstreams including Mentoring and Coaching, Teaching- Learning Materials, Teacher and Academic cadre Capacity Building, Assessments, and Classroom Observations and involves close day-to-day collaboration with state government officials. Beyond designing academic interventions with internal CSF teams, the Project Manager/Senior Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring their effective execution by navigating complex stakeholder landscapes, building consensus across diverse and often critical voices, and driving coordinated action to move work forward at scale.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Manager/Senior Project Manager:

Develop work products, documents, and outputs related to academic workstreams in consultation with the internal CSF teams (such as Classroom Instruction Practice and Assessments team) and academic partners:

Mentoring:

• Design and integrate an on-site support program for teachers informed by evidence collected through the classroom observation process for improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning.

Support Mentor cadre: Design and support the mentor cadre especially Mandal Education Officers and Complex Headmasters by enabling them to provide hand-holding support to teachers in classrooms through observations and having debrief conversations post observation. Most critically, act as the central point of coordination between CSF, state-level stakeholders, and District-level implementers and enablers. Navigate differing priorities and perspectives to build consensus, secure buy-in, and maintain momentum for program implementation. Proactively manage relationships with senior officials, technical experts, district-level administrators, and Resource Persons.

Teacher Support:

• Teaching-Learning Materials and Instructional Design: Support the state designing quality curricular and instructional materials for the state such as academic calendar, learning outcome framework, teacher guides, lesson plans, student worksheets, ready to reference explainers.
• Assessments: Support the state in developing an assessment framework for early grades, including system assessment and school-based assessment (formative and summative assessments)
• Continuous Teacher Professional Development: Provide support to the state for conducting training needs assessment, situational analysis, design of high-quality teacher training modules, trainer capacity building, training monitoring, and feedback
• Support the PMU for continuous program monitoring and course correction during the implementation of academic workstreams
• Knowledge management and documentation of the implementation of work

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree; a Masters degree preferred (in education, development studies, public policy, and social sciences)
• 3-6 years of work experience preferably in the education sector demonstrating remarkable project delivery and stakeholder management
• Preference for candidates displaying work experience in academic areas of education such as classroom teaching, curriculum, instructional design, etc.,
• Keen interest in the Development/Education sector
• Fluent in both Telugu and English with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong growth and learning mindset
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, problem-solving, and analytical thinking
• Proven ability to thrive in ambiguous and evolving environments

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