Quest Alliance is a not-for-profit organization that is hiring for the role of Senior Education Officer. This job is for the location of Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Quest Alliance is a transforming learning ecosystem through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration to build 21st-century skills for learners and facilitators.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced person who has worked in the area of education, particularly in the govt schooling space. The role has a huge scope of ensuring implementation of the program in the state through the teachers of the govt school. The personnel should have proven skills to lead and design training and development of any new content especially in the areas of 21st-century skills and STEM. Having a good command and understanding of working in Ed-Tech programs will be beneficial.
Role Description
- Lead and ensure timely execution of all training and capacity-building initiatives planned for the internal team, teachers, students, and other stakeholders at the district level.
- Lead and ensure the development of content according to the strategy for the program. In the initial month, a major focus will be given to the computational thinking and coding skills modules for the students
- Ensure the development of content strategy and its timely implementation
- Drive experimentation and innovation strategies within the team program associates working in each district.
- Ensure that the work plan is being adhered to and implementation of the program is being done according to the commitments
- Ensure that the field visit plans are made and adhered to.
- Ensure that the team is looking at the data and that decisions are being made accordingly
- Ensure that the monthly planning and review meetings at the district level are being organized, the Programme Associates are prepared for them and supported to facilitate them
- Identify the CSOs working in each of the districts, find synergies, and collaborate to work together
- Support in identifying and building partnerships with non-profits, and social entrepreneurs to strengthen the Ed-Tech program in the state.
- Conduct policy research in education technology and develop papers for advocacy Serve as a role model at all times
- Coordinate training and other capacity-building initiatives for staff as required
- Support, mentor, and coach the team of Program Associates as part of their professional development and help them to be highly effective in their work.
- Lead the recruitment, induction, and onboarding of new members for your team you manage
- Ensure that the team works together to share learning and exchange skills
- Ensure that any incidents of child abuse, child marriage, or any other violation of child, rights are reported to the program lead
Requirements
- Minimum 5-6 years of work experience, in capacity-building-related roles
- Hands-on experience with working on coding/ computational skills/ STEM and life and career skills for school students Prior experience working in government schools
- Prior experience in facilitating training and workshops for the govt. Teachers and officials at the district/state level
- Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in the 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
Application Procedure
Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form given below.
Women candidates are encouraged to apply!