Program Associate

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About the Organization

At Quest, we understand that building a teacher's capacity makes classrooms engaging. And engaging classrooms makes for empowered learners. We recognize that only by involving educators, civil society, industry and the government, can we create environments conducive to self-learning, so that today’s youth can find and create purpose for themselves. It makes our effort scalable and adaptable.

Job Description

The Program Associate plays a crucial role in supporting the Training Associates in the Teacher-led Model Schools. This support includes project management, monitoring, and assisting teachers in successfully implementing the Model school strategies, as well as other activities. The Program Associate also builds relationships with all district stakeholders and works closely with the training and content team. They must adhere to all the implementation processes and timelines communicated by the program team.

Job Responsibilities

Programme Implementation and Planning

• Take responsibility for effective program delivery, review implementation, and monitor within the agreed standards  in the assigned  Districts of Andhra Pradesh.
• Ensure there is a proper work plan in place for your district and you are able to follow and deliver accordingly.
• Be well versed with the content/curriculum of Model school strategy  & Hour Of  Code so as to ensure proper training delivery and support Learners.
• Support Teachers and the Quest team in organising and implementing the process effectively with all the teachers and students.
• Contribute to the design, plan and execute innovation and experimentation with Teachers & schools.
• Ensure District level events ,Teacher recognition, ideathon , hackathons and other events are planned and conducted.  

Relationship Management – Stakeholders

• Build relationships with the District government officials, Head Masters/Complex and cluster resource people  and teachers to facilitate smooth implementation of the Program, including liaisoning, conducting orientations, review meetings, monitoring visits etc.
• 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.

Monitoring, Reporting & Documentation

• Ensure all feedback from teacher’s webinars and events is collected and collated in one place and shared with relevant team members for analysis.
• Ensure the documentation, including case studies, photographs, and videos of the implementation schools, is collected and reaches relevant team members.
• Document and share the best practices in the schools by teachers & students  for publication in donor reporting, quarterly newsletters, social media and other channels.
• Use the appropriate M&E tools and the Dashboard to make sure that program implementation data entered is being captured and represented and that project implementation is on track.

Others

• Participate in team meetings and reviews, staff engagement activities
• Seek regular capacity-building support from the team
• Adhere to all the finance and HR policies of the organisation
• Uphold the values of Quest Alliance
• Support donor visits
• Other duties as required. Occasionally working on weekends and holidays for which time compensatory leave can be taken.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 3-4 years of work experience in project implementation or school facilitation, and NGO sector, preferably in education Development sector.
• Interest in working with Government school Teachers & students.
• Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in the education ecosystem
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in Telugu (Mandatory ) and working knowledge of English. 
• Willingness to travel within and outside of the District.
• Ability to train, build the 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, Chatbot and other google suite applications.
• Excited about working with Teachers on 21st-century skills & computational thinking  and Knowledge of coding/scratch and the Ed-Tech tools would be an advantage.

Salary

The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 30,000/- per month (cost to company)

Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form given here.

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