Project Manager LiftEd

Nature of employment: Full-time

Reporting to: Programme Manager/ Project Manager

Location: New Delhi, Delhi

About Peepul

Peepul is an education-focused non-profit organization committed to transforming India's education system and enabling every child to reach their full potential. We work closely with national, state, and local governments to strengthen government schools and education systems at scale. Currently, we partner with governments in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, impacting over 6.6 million students, 273,000+ teachers, and 2,400+ school leaders across 90,000+ government schools.

At Peepul, we collaborate with school systems to build the capacity of leaders, teachers, and institutions. We advocate policy improvements, support mentoring and monitoring mechanisms, and enhance student-teacher engagement in classrooms. Through our work, we have directly supported 5.94 million students, 254,000 teachers, and 1,644 school leaders across 88,711 schools in Madhya Pradesh, and 658,000 students, 19,000 teachers, and 821 school leaders across 1,500 schools in Delhi.

Our work has been recognized internationally, including receiving the Commonwealth Education Awards for Innovation and being featured in reports by respected organizations such as the United Nations and the Ministry of Education, Government of India. We are supported by leading Indian CSR partners and prominent international foundations that share our vision of ensuring excellent education for the most disadvantaged children.

Driven by our core values of impact, excellence, and leadership, we are a restless, resilient, and reflective organization. Our team of 200+ employees is passionate about creating lasting change and is rewarded competitively for their dedication. Join us in our mission to create a world where every child has equal access to high-quality education.

Learn more about our transformative work at http://peepulindia.org.


Programme Overview

Peepul is actively engaged in a FLN (Foundational Literacy and Numeracy) focused Development Impact Bond (DIB), which spans a 5-year period and covers four zones within the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The project commenced with a learning year (Academic Year 2022-23), followed by four years of outcome-based funding (Academic Year 2023-24 onwards). The project entails the systematic implementation of academic, governance, and technology reforms targeted at bolstering assessments in the Central and West zones.

Over these five years, Peepul will build the systemic understanding and competency in implementing high-quality student-learning focused assessments. This will be done by reviewing existing practices, co-creating Standard Operating Protocols for conducting high-quality assessments, conducting training for teachers & officials, etc.

About the role

The Project Manager- Development Impact Bond will be responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating professional development and capacity building programs for teachers, HMs, and government officials.

The successful candidate will have strong instructional design skills, excellent communication and leadership abilities, and a passion for helping teachers grow and develop in their profession. The Project Manager will be an excellent team player who will independently lead and drive design and delivery of interventions towards support and accountability of teachers, HMs, and academic officials of the MCD.

The ideal candidate should be able to bring together education expertise, creative problem-solving and stakeholder management, towards the creation, implementation, and impact tracking of high-quality initiatives towards improvement of the quality of education in the MCD.

Responsibilities would include (but not limited to):

• Leading the design and delivery of the high-quality training content for both teachers and school leaders
  

• Designing, piloting and developing the teacher training and support interventions (e.g., Professional Learning Circles, Recognition mechanisms, remedial learning, creating digital or face-to face training courses for teachers and HMs etc.) with specific reference to assessment-based instruction in collaboration with government counterparts
  

• Apply content knowledge and classroom experience in developing teacher training interventions that will lead to shifts in teacher mindset, knowledge, and practice
  

• Leading the pilot of interventions, documenting learnings, and evolving the design with innovation and flexibility to have greater impact at scale
  

• Potentially manage 2-3 associates and coach them on facilitation and other workstream related skills
  

• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, including consultants and educational organizations, to stay up to date on best practices in professional development
  

• Create effective work planning systems to ensure the project is on track with effective prioritization.
  

• Work with in-house Monitoring and Evaluation team and external experts to develop appropriate project evaluation tools to capture data and inform decision making