Program Manager - Large Scale Assessment - Education

Key Roles and Responsibilities

- Establish and manage relationships with stakeholders to strengthen program implementation

- Liaison with steering committee, technical partner, MHRD, NCERT for survey roll-out

- Develop project plan for all the activities with associated responsibilities and timelines

- Identify issues in survey design, roll-out; proactively work with states to resolve them

- Document issues in survey design, roll-out and reporting

- Share fortnightly project updates with steering committee and flag key issues/ decisions

- Manage web application for class 3, 5, 8 and 10

- Interface with the technology vendor to design and finalize the web application

- Interface with NCERT and vendor to ensure smooth communication between parties

- Train NCERT faculty members on various facets of the web application

- Support transition of the application to NCERT

- Troubleshoot as and when needed

- Support ESD in the process management of the following activities:

- Conduct assessment quality checks through rigorous Item review and finalisation

- Sampling and data analysis

- Training of NAS coordinators at the state level

- Development and dissemination of state and national reports

Required Qualifications, Experience, Skills

- Master's or equivalent degree, with specialization in Education, Measurement, Data

- Project Manager: 8 + years of work experience

- Prior experience of working on Large Scale Assessment with government departments (desirable)

- Prior experience of working with data systems(desirable)

- Excellent communication and project management skills

- Willingness to multi-task and be flexible and adaptive to changing priorities

- Ability to build & manage relationships with government teams

- Fluency in English and Hindi

Desired Qualities:

- Bias towards action and agility in operating style

- High level of integrity and strong work ethic

- Self-driven and ability to work independently

- Excellent organizational and time management skills

- Strong problem-solving ability and prioritization skills

- Thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

- Demonstrate initiative and motivate others