Program Leader

Designation	Program Leader- Chhattisgarh
Location	Korba. However, should be willing to relocate as and when required for program implementation as per organizational requirement.
Project Duration	Full time

Piramal Foundation’s vision is to transform Health, Education, Water and social sector ecosystems through partnerships, high impact solutions and thought leadership. We have a presence in 27 Indian states and 2 Union Territories. 

Our approach to address these deep-rooted barriers:

• Partnerships approach to draw additional resources, a vast pool of diverse expertise, and innovations to tackle a social sector problem at scale. 
• Platform approach to influence systemic transformation through an alliance of partners for "scalable learning" by leveraging a pool of diverse resources to address a single problem with speed.

Job Summary:

The candidate will work in a team under the Aspirational Bharat Collaborative Program under the aegis of NITI Aayog. The position entails intense conceptualizing and designing the product and processes focused to Foundational Learning with emphasis on stakeholders and partner’s management, conduct/ implement joint research projects and contribute to the need-based activities

This role will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

Product and Process Development: - Assess, design and co build (along with external stakeholders) curriculum to standards – national/ international level focus on foundational learning.

• Design product and process focusing on FLN for different stakeholders.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to generate reports, presentations, and different documents based on needs.
• Conceptualize products and design innovative 21st Century skills-based frameworks to support future ready children. 
• Develop curriculums and other need-based intervention products.
• Develop assessment tools and associated products as part of the assessment package.
• Analyze student assessment/test data, Research trends in instructional methods and pedagogy.
• Planning Designing and Facilitating Capability Building Workshop for internal and external Stakeholders.
• Research new innovations, technologies, practices from National and global context for product development and enhancement

People Development: - Train stakeholders and others in new content or technology

• Managing the performance of Program Leaders in Program and Initiative Outcomes through Periodic Reviews.
• Plan, organize and conduct training conferences and workshops; Develop procedures for stakeholders to implement curriculum.
• Develop and institutionalize a safe environment (physically & emotionally) for both the children, staff and stakeholders.
• Collaboration with Internal Teams for supporting them by providing relevant Insights and Context for Product Development and enhancement.

Stakeholder Management: - Collaboration for product development-internal and external stakeholders/ organizations

• Collaborate with other CoE teams, Operations, support functions, etc. for need identification, co creation of products, implementation, facilitation support etc.
• Facilitate discussions and meetings with operations team on understanding need and executing products in field.

Manage Change Management to ensure adoption of Programs

• Identify project timelines from state teams and prepare a project roadmap
• Understand data and share insights w.r.t. revision of content if required
• Identify project timelines from state teams and prepare a project roadmap and Track, assess, and analyse the progress of initiatives/projects/ businesses
• Identify the critical constraints, cull insights for the existing Programs
• Synthesize updates from states and prepare reports / update for Program Manager
• Ensure adoption of tools and formats to ensure excellence, drive initiatives and shared meaning across the respective district/s

Desirable Qualification & Experience

• Graduation in any stream is a must. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 3+ years’ experience in working with government in Education, Health, Anganwadi or development sector.
• Expertise in managing dynamic teams of people is an added advantage.
• Good Written and Oral communication in Hindi and English is a must.
• Proficiency in any native language will be an added benefit.

Preferred:

• Experience in implementing andragogy/adult-education/child-centric learning/ conducting training/ design assessment. 
• Confident communicator, ability to dialogue professionally and diplomatically on complex issues with individuals from diverse backgrounds. 
• Ability to convert abstract ideas and concepts into concrete curriculum framework and content with attention to stakeholder’s training and development needs. 
• Capacity for innovation, creative thought, and strategic thinking. 
• Ability to self-motivate, work independently, flexibly and with minimal supervision.
• Experience of managing new project/product implementation within the organization as well as with external clients/stakeholders
• Affinity to working with cross-functional groups, while balancing project and organizational priorities.
• Capability to build and manage networks with directors of organizations working in the education sector or officials of similar cadre at the state level.
• Readiness to learn, un-learn and re-learn. Comfort with working on solving highly complex problems. Adaptability to a dynamic work environment

Essential Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills (Proficiency in Hindi & English is a must).
• Excellent Microsoft Office competency (Word, Excel, PPT etc)
• Writing. Translation, Proof reading Skills
• Facilitation & presentation skills
• Collaboration with multiple internal/external stakeholders (individual and teams)
• Experience working in dynamic work environments with substantive dose of ambiguity
• Basic level quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• Ability to manage difficult partners and stakeholders and balance between relationship and project

Application process:

Candidates interested in the role may apply with their updated resumes by filling out the application form here. When submitting the Application, please put “Applying for Program Leader- Korba at recruitments@gandhifellowship.org. Last Date of Apply- 31^st August 2024

Application Link- https://forms.office.com/r/yGURhg80fD

“Piramal Foundation is an equal opportunities organization and promotes gender diversity at the workplace. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.”

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