Project Manager - Teacher Professional Development

Overview:

The Project Manager, Teacher Professional Development is an aspirational leadership position to lead the teacher professional development vertical for the state of Andhra Pradesh. This role will work closely with the State Operations Head to ensure project goals are achieved. Additionally, they will collaborate with government stakeholders and members across teams as and when required as well as be an integral part of the project leadership and drive learning across teams.

Training Design and Operations (40%):

- Design detailed iterative blended and in-person teacher training progression programs that can run successfully at scale with measurable outcomes

- Advise on and oversee design of training materials, handbooks, teacher proficiency metrics, and other auxiliary training related items

- Create detailed project operational plans, Log Frames, and monitoring mechanisms and guidelines to enable smooth implementation

- Visit training sites, classrooms, and other offices across the state to oversee implementation and use the observation data to tweak subsequent plans

- Coordinate with other teams and operations counterparts to ensure smooth implementation

- Compile training completion and impact reports in digital and print formats that are widely consumable

Team Management (20%):

- Manage a team of a manager and 4-6 training associates, focusing on their deliverables and professional support and development

- Design and implement team learning spaces to sustain a culture of collaboration, belief in public systems and conduct team review spaces to ensure strong accountability and timely project delivery

Stakeholder Management (40%):

- Work with concerned SCERT and DIET leadership, subject experts and other government stakeholders to build long-lasting, trust-based relationships that aid project operations and increase impact

- Work with a mindset of co-creation to enable capacity and ownership of government stakeholders

- Conduct regular update meetings with stakeholders and provide progress towards goals of the relevant programs in a consumable format to all stakeholders

- Constitute committees, aid in drafting government orders and memos, to ensure smooth design and implementation of state level programs