Senior Program Manager - Governance - Private School Sector - NGO

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Develop key hypotheses based on current and future trends in the Indian private school ecosystem

- Conceptualize and lead research initiatives including but not limited to - trends in private schools, learning levels across categories of private schools

- Identify and build partnerships with NGOs, social entrepreneurs, foundations, and researchers with expertise and capabilities in building and scaling private school interventions and innovations

- Conceptualize and test pilot initiatives to test hypotheses to improve the quality of private schools, especially affordable private schools, and collaborate with partner organizations to scale solutions

- Build out CSFs advocacy agenda for private schools, and engage with governments at different levels to facilitate pragmatic regulation of the sector.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

- Masters degree or equivalent in relevant fields: including management, economics, social sciences and public policy

- 8 to 10 years of work experience with managerial responsibilities, demonstrating superb project delivery and team leadership

- Experience in growing and managing team members

- Excellent research skills and the ability to analyze complex qualitative and quantitative data, craft possible solutions, and recommend actions

- Ability to build and maintain positive and collaborative relationships both within and outside the organization, including with colleagues, schools, regulators, foundations, researchers, grantees, and education product/service providers

- Ability to lead meetings, deliver presentations, and represent CSF to external audiences

- Ability to work independently and proactively, without support staff and with little supervision

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong presentation skills

- Strong planning and organizational skills, and an ability to be able to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines

Desired Qualities

- Entrepreneurial spirit and - can-do- attitude

- Operating style suited to working in a small-organization setting, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued

- Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects at a time