Associate Director - Program Development - Education/NGO

Job Description

- Few days of on field in-city & across-city travel as per the needs (every 2-3 months); remaining days & off field time is work from home with flexible hours- Bi-weekly in-person workday in the cityJoining: ASAPCompensation: - 1,20,000/- to - 1,50,000/- per month based on skill set & experience (additional reimbursements) The Associate Director, Program Development will conceptualize, plan & run programs end to end.- They will be instrumental in designing delightful solutions, experiences and enabling quality delivery at scale to thousands of teachers & students for 321s program PARaM; while managing & coaching 1-2 team members of Program Development and M&E. - They will ensure that our teachers seamlessly receive world-class online courses & resources that are visually appealing, interactive, engaging, and delivered effectively. - They will deeply understand the educators challenges and collaboratively solve them with the Program Implementation team.Areas of Responsibility:- Conceptualize, plan & run programs end to end, including understanding & working on the programs cost, anticipating & envisaging issues and planning accordingly while communicating regularly with senior leadership. - Create tools to enable best-in-class FLN learning outcomes for students across hundreds of schools in the country. The core tools to be designed could include (but are not limited to) the following: - Synchronous online/in-person sessions & learning experiences for teachers. - Teaching and Learning material (worksheets, classroom display materials, etc.). - Additional Support Material (documents, posters, research summaries, data outcome sheets, etc.) for 321s Implementation team members and partner educators to impact their students positively. - Develop & design learning content in various engaging formats, such as courses, simulations, games, videos, quizzes, worksheets, etc., to serve the learning goals, style & pace of primary grade teachers working in underserved communities in India. - Analyse problems educators face and identify opportunities for program PARaM to help solve them by working closely with them and the Implementation team members to understand the needs of students, teachers, and school leaders, iterate solutions quickly, evaluate the effectiveness of the program and conduct pilots. - Incorporate changes and feedback to courses & other deliverables in a timely manner.- Be deeply involved in monitoring and evaluation through data analysis and review. - Manage and coach 1-2 team members to equip them for success while also overseeing & managing external parties (consultants, freelancers, etc.) for the creation of various asynchronous digital content (courses, simulations, games, videos, quizzes, worksheets, etc.) for teachers & students. An ideal candidate will:- Have 12-15 years of work experience with strong experience and results in the mentioned areas of responsibilities. - Have in-depth knowledge of what works in Teaching & Learning, learning principles and instructional design models for adult learning: They should know historical best practices as well as enjoy studying new research, engaging with new methods of teaching & learning, and keeping abreast of the latest to understand where the world is going in the future. - Be passionate: about student learning and the idea of empowering educators to achieve it, and about developing & designing courses & digital resources that resonate so much with teachers that our courses go viral and attract teachers to seek more of our courses. - Be focused on the end-user while delivering high-quality outputs within tight deadlines. - Have strong familiarity working with design tools & audio/video editing - Articulate 360, Photoshop/Canva, Powerpoint/Slides, etc. - Be competent in data processes to make quick, pragmatic, long-term decisions.- Be able to manage & coach people well. - Be aligned with 321s Mission and Culture: An obsession with excellence and strong attention to detail are imperative for this work. We are looking for someone with the judgment and maturity to gracefully handle the various uncertainties and challenges that come our way and take the initiative to address these effectively while still performing at high levels of excellence. Whats in it for you - Be a part of the leadership team that designs and executes growth and scale-up strategies for the org and its programs.- Contribute to the growth of an exceptional team on a mission to solve the FLN crisis in the country: Lead the drive to scale up 321s program exponentially in the next 3-5 years and, through that, impact students, teachers, and school leaders, parents & other in- uential stakeholders in the education sector. - Participate in, learn about & drive the organizations journey to a nationwide scale-up.- Stellar team: Be part of & learn from a diverse, high-caliber & high-performing collaborative team. - Experience thoughtful, productive & joyful work systems. Learn from & contribute to the organizations distinctive culture & exemplary work environment.- Growth path options: Grow in your role by taking on bigger projects & responsibilities or exploring other roles in 321s program team.,

Keyskills :
digital contentprogram developmentdata analysislearning outcomes