Consultant — Schools of Excellence Program

Were looking for someone who understands the JEE/NEET coaching ecosystem from the inside not just as a subject expert but as someone who has lived the process or led others through it and who can translate that understanding into a program that works at scale in a government system.

• Government & Institutional Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as Bhumis primary point of coordination with HMs DEOs and coaching partners. Build and sustain relationships that keep the program credible.
  
• JEE/NEET Program Design & Academic Oversight: Design and refine the coaching/academic support model for the program content structure pacing and mentor inputs drawing on direct or lived experience of JEE/NEET preparation to keep the model realistic and effective for government-school students.
  
• Data Analysis & Performance Monitoring: Track student performance attendance and coaching outcomes across schools. Build simple usable dashboards/reports that will help see whats working and course-correct quickly.
  
• Coaching Quality Assurance & Capacity Building: Monitor the quality of coaching delivery across partner schools/institutions. Work with mentors teachers or coaching staff to close gaps and maintain consistency across sites.
  
• Reporting & Cross-Team Coordination: Prepare periodic updates for leadership.
  

Preferred Experience

• At least 12 years of experience as a JEE/NEET tutor mentor or academic coordinator with a coaching institute or similar program OR
  
• Prior experience designing managing or leading a JEE/NEET coaching/preparation program (even without personal exam experience).
  
• A strong working understanding of the JEE/NEET syllabus exam pattern and preparation ecosystem is essential regardless of which pathway applies.
  
• Strong stakeholder management skills ideally with exposure to government or institutional environments.
  
• Comfort working with data building trackers reading performance trends translating numbers into decisions (Excel/Sheets fluency expected).
  

Other requirements

• Based in Chennai; willing to work out of the DPI office as the primary base with travel to partner schools.
  
• Comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving early-stage program.
  

Other Information:

• Scope: Full-time Consultant
  
• Reporting to: Assistant Manager Schools of Excellence
  
• Remuneration: Rs. 450000 - 600000 negotiable based on the candidates profile
  
• Expected Joining Date: Immediate
  
• Location: Chennai
  

Career Opportunities

• Direct hands-on exposure to the social and education sectors rare access to how government school systems actually function from policy to classroom.
  
• Opportunity to work closely with government stakeholders build institutional and public-sector experience not easily available elsewhere.
  
• Strong platform for Letters of Recommendation (LoRs) for higher education (public policy education development studies) given the scale and visibility of the role.
  
• High autonomy and ownership in an early-stage high-impact program the kind of end-to-end program-building experience typically reserved for much more senior roles.
  
• Meaningful measurable social impact see your work translate into student outcomes on JEE/NEET one of Indias most competitive and consequential exams.
  
• Exposure to data-driven program management build and own dashboards/trackers that directly inform decision-making.
  
• Networking with coaching partners education administrators and cross-sector stakeholders in Tamil Nadus education ecosystem.