District Program Officer
- Company
Educate Girls
- Location
Fatehpur Uttar Pradesh
- Employment Type
Full-Time
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Functional Category
Programme Management & Implementation
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Experience
3 - 5 years
- Date Posted
20-Aug-2025
About Educate Girls
Established in 2007, Educate Girls' is a non-profit that focusses on mobilising communities for girls' education in India's rural and educationally backward areas. Strongly aligned with the 'Right to Education Act' or the 'Samagra Siksha', Educate Girls is committed to the Government's vision to improve access to primary education for children, especially young girls. Educate Girls currently operates successfully in over 21,000 villages in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. By leveraging the Government's existing investment in schools and by engaging with a huge base of community volunteers, Educate Girls helps to identify, enrol and retain out-of-school girls and to improve foundational skills in literacy and numeracy for all children (both girls and boys). This helps deliver measurable results to a large number of beneficiaries and avoids duplication or parallel delivery of services.
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Overview of the Role
The District Program Officer is responsible for implementation of the program in the district. S/he is the converging point for where the program gets operational and implemented. S/he while being responsible for the content delivery is also responsible for the operational management of the program. She /he is the second in command to the District Manager and manages district operations in the absence of District Manager. The position involves intense travel in operational areas especially in blocks and villages. This could amount to 50-60% of the time based on programmatic need
Job Description
Operational Management:
- Work with the District Manager in developing and implementing the annual plan for the district
- Further work to break down the district plan into block wise actionable plans
- Assist the District Manager in developing maintaining and reviewing monthly quarterly annual budgets
for the district
- Create implementation maps for each block officers with their respective assigned program assistants and
impact assistants
- Monitors progress and gives input where necessary
- Seeks support from functional experts where required
- Oversee the data collection related to programmatic intervention areas as set by the Impact team.
- Ensure that monthly progress report quarterly progress report are prepared and shared in a timely
manner
Training Schedule plan and implementation:
- Create an annual training plan for both district staff and community volunteers
- Monitor the implementation of annual training plan on monthly basis
- Problem solving and providing support wherever required
- Ensure the implementation of the training feedback system for further improvement of content and
delivery mechanism
- Conduct field visits as per the training plan and provide qualitative input
HR Management:
- Lead the development of KPIs for Program assistants block officers and Field Coordinators along with
District Manager and review their performance periodically.
- Conduct meeting of the Block Officers and programme assistants periodically to review their performance
and address gaps if any.
Others:
- To effectively manage the partnerships of EG with specific focus on program/training related
stakeholders as and when required
- Participate in Manager/district level meetings whenever invite
- Provide support to other EG function whenever required
Required & Preferred Qualifications
Skill
• Adequate computer literacy Good knowledge of computer - Windows and Microsoft Office applications
(Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint)
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with
excellent attention to detail
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver trainings and presentations
• Proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
Education
Post-Graduation in Social Sciences or related field. Good knowledge of computer - Windows and Microsoft Office applications (Outlook Word Excel) Fluent in Hindi good in English
Experience
Minimum 3-5 years of experience