Program Manager Schools Program

Role: Program Manager Schools Program
Location:Bhubaneswar
Salary Band: 912 LPA
Experience: 8 year

About the Role

Over the last 5 years Quest Alliance has been working in the secondary schools ecosystem of more than 10 states of India. In the state of Odisha Quest Alliance started to work with the govt schools in 2020 working in collaboration with the Department of School and Mass Education Govt. Of Odisha in the last 3 years more than 300000 learners has been reached directly in more than 1000 schools across the state. Quest has been able to influence mainstreaming of computational thinking curriculum as a curriculum subject and club in all secondary schools of the state. The major focus of the programme is to build support for young people to have career pathways defined while building 21st century skills.

The Program Manager will lead the intervention in the state by working closely with a team of coordinators and officers. The manager will be responsible for ensuring implementation of all project deliverables. We are looking for an experienced person who has prior experience of having worked in Education programmes while having a perspective on the content thematics (coding/ computational skills) of the program. The role will anchor all govt relations oversee content development capacity building programme. The manager should be well versed with understanding analysis and drive reviews using the same.

The Program Manager will be responsible for developing and managing relationships with nonprofits policy makers and govt. Stakeholders at the state and district level.

Role Description

Strategic support and execution

• Support development of strategy workplan and budget for school programme in Odisha
  
• Have strategic consultation with stakeholders in the Govt. CSOs and funder community
  
• Represent organization and participate in various forum and task forces formed by the Govt CSOs and funders particularly in the state of Odisha
  
• Develop concept notes proposals and presentations on the existing/new strategies.
  
• Support development of CSO strategy for engagement in the program implementation
  

Operational planning and implementation

• Lead and ensure that the program plans are developed and are being implemented as per the agreed timelines.
  

• Support the team in developing their field visit plans ensuring that the plans are being adhered to.
  
• Ensure field visits for demonstration to the field team and support them in facilitating the project activities
  
• Support in facilitating the onground activities like trainings review and planning
  
• Drive experimentation and innovation strategies within the team of program associates working in each district.

Review and Monitoring of the program

• Ensure that all information related to the visits and achievements in the programme are recorded in the monitoring tools.
• Ensure that the team is looking at the data and decisions are being made accordingly
• Prepare and facilitate the monthly review of the state plan with the team and with the extended team from central office
  
• Ensure that the monthly planning and review meetings at the district level and state level are organized and represented with program updates.

Relationship building and Liasoning

• Work closely with the state and district govt. and ensure that all necessary permissions are in place.
• Build and maintain relationships with the senior govt officials and position Quest work in various forums.

• Ensure submission of monthly reports to the district and state offices
  

• Identify avenues for participation in various forums in the districts and state
  
• Ensure that the district and state POCs are informed about the progress in our project from time to time
  
• Identify the CSOs working in the district find synergies and collaborate to work together.
  
• Identify potential funding sources and share the information with the business development team

Reporting documentation and budgeting

• Ensure that the team is submission reports case studies and artifacts as per the system
  
• Ensure development of all reports case studies and their timely submission to the govt and donors
  

• Prepare the state budget and any donor specific budget from time to time.
  

• Ensure the budget is spent as per the agreed plans and the records for expenditure is been submitted on timely basis
  

Team management and growth

• Ensure that all employees managed have clear performance objectives and development plans.
  

• Serve as a role model at all times

• Coordinate training and other capacitybuilding initiatives for staff as required

• Ensure human resource policy and procedure is adhered to by team
  

• Ensure staff welfare with support from the People team
  

• Ensure that all your team members have a clear job description. performance objectives development plans they receive performance reviews
  
• Support mentor and coach the team as part of their professional development and help them to be highly effective in their work.

Requirements

Required skills and Experience:

• Minimum 78 years of work experience in implementing blended learning content for school related projects
  
• Handson experience with working on coding/ computational skills/ STEM and life and career skills for school students
  
• Prior experience working in government schools and managing programme at scale
  
• Prior experience of facilitating training and workshops for the govt. Teachers and officials at district/state level
  
• Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in education ecosystem
  
• Deep understanding of the National Education Policy and State Curriculum Framework
  

• Excellent interpersonal written and verbal communication skills in English and Odia (preferred)
  

• Excellent IT skills
  

• Willingness to travel extensively
  

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams

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