Program Director/Senior Manager - Government & Education Sector

Program Director/Senior Manager - Bhopal/ Delhi

Roles and Responsibilities :-

- Design program strategy and approach

- Identify key gaps in the state foundational literacy and numeracy programs and devise evidence-based solutions to address them. Supplement external partner preliminary strategy with own research and analysis

- Design actionable implementation plan with clear timeline, budget targets

- Design M&E framework with clearly defined performance indicators, targets and milestones

Stakeholder management: 

- Act as an interface between key stakeholders, including Government officials, State Steering Committee, program partners, donors and other implementation partners

- Develop strong working relationships with state government officials and assume lead on these relationships to build a work-plan for creating and building system capacity for change

- Conduct periodic update meetings/check-ins with stakeholders to communicate program progress

- On-ground implementation and monitoring

- Oversee and guide Consultants / partner organisations in executing the program strategy

- Coordinate with on-ground implementation partners (government officials, external partner team,NGOs etc.) to deliver on program objectives

- Enable implementation partners, including government officials, to meet outcome, budget and timeline targets. Ensure availability, timely deployment and efficient utilization of resources

- Identify operational bottlenecks and weaknesses, and devise work-around strategies

- Track program progress on key indicators according to the M&E framework

Skills and Qualifications: 

- Preferred work experience of 4-12 years

- Experience with project management and people management

- Experiences working with government and in education sector is desirable, though not necessary

- Fluency in both English and Hindi required