Programme Manager
Manages a cluster of education fellows, coaching them to improve student learning and school outcomes while building partnerships with stakeholders.
- Compensation
- ₹600K–₹900K / yr
- Location
- Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Anaimalai, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Must have
- Experience managing people or projects
- Ability to coach people to be exceptional teachers
- Ability to design and drive outcome-oriented plans
- Ability to design and facilitate adult learning spaces
- Ability to gather and analyse data to inform decisions
- Understanding of education ecosystem policies and school systems
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English
- Good computer knowledge and MS Office skills
- Emotional maturity to work with diverse team members
- Highly resourceful, self-driven team-player
Nice to have
- Teaching or content creation experience
- Experience managing or designing a fellowship
Full description
About the Bhumi Fellowship
The Bhumi Fellowship aims to create young changemakers
in education.
Integrating whole school transformation is at the heart
of the Bhumi Fellowship. Fellows assist teachers, school officials, and parents
in supporting the holistic development of children.
In the next decade, we aim
to impact the lives of one million children through the Bhumi Fellowship.
Role Overview
The person will be
responsible for a cluster of fellows and their schools.
Roles & Responsibilities of Programme Manager
- Coach Fellows to achieve whole-school outcomes,
such as student learning, teacher, and school leader development.
- Empower Fellows by developing their skills and
competencies through regular learning and development spaces.
- Build partnerships with stakeholders including
the school management, the government and donors to ensure the long term
sustainability of our efforts.
- Contribute to broader fellowship priorities such
as fellow recruitment and selection, strategy, donor reporting and expansion.
Preferred Education Qualification / Experience
- Successful completion of igrow journey with
manager
- Experience of managing people / projects
- Teaching and/or content creation experience is
desirable
- Any Graduate, post-graduate or fellowship
- Experience in managing/designing a fellowship
would be an advantage
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Prior experience teaching in a formal classroom
& an ability to coach people to be exceptional teachers
- Ability to design and drive outcome-oriented
plans through the team’s collective effort
- Ability to design and facilitate adult learning
spaces
- Ability to gather and analyse data to inform
decisions
- A good understanding of the education ecosystem
including policies, curriculum frameworks and functioning of school systems.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in