Mantra4Change
About Mantra4Change
A decade ago, Mantra4Change stepped into the education ecosystem with a vision to transform public education in India. We believe that in a unique nation like India, our approach to quality education cannot be exclusive of systemic reforms. We work with stakeholders in the system especially in positions of leadership to enable school improvement across the states we work with. A key question that drives us is - how might we enable enriching experiences for children at scale, with speed, and sustainably? Committed to enabling education leaders to drive sustainable improvements across 150,000 schools by 2025, we aim to ensure that every child has the skills and knowledge to thrive in an ever-evolving world.
Our Programs are designed to improve and impact critical challenges:
- at ground level like teacher capacity building - Transform
- at system level like empowering leaders with administrative and academic tools - Enable
- at ecosystem level by inspiring thought leaders and entrepreneurs to build a collective of changemakers - Inspire
About the role
This program looks at translating the STEP model to the residential schools in Andhra Pradesh of the Backward Class Ministry. As an Associate Program Lead, you will be responsible for driving the mission of enabling the education ecosystem to lead continuous and sustainable improvements by supporting a designated group of stakeholders in the public school sector. Each Program Lead will be assigned 10-15 schools and will be responsible for engaging with the school virtually to support, coach, and mentor them through the STEP model. The Associate Program Lead will also be actively engaged owning certain verticals of various interventions.
The Backward Classes Welfare Department of Andhra Pradesh established a new society called Mahatma Jyotibai Phule Andhra Pradesh Backward Classes Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (MJPAPBCWREIS) in the year 2012 intending to bring the backward classes educationally on par with other developed communities and to achieve a just and egalitarian society. The Society caters to 107 schools (57 boys and 50 girls) serving 35K students. 75% of the students come from Backwards classes and the remaining 25% come from SC/ST.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Facilitate online and offline sessions for different stakeholders in the Society.
- Create session plans, and appropriate collaterals to support the implementation of interventions.
- Visit schools to collect data on various interventions and to course correct with insights from the ground.
- To help with monitoring and evaluating various interventions.
- Codesign required solutions with different stakeholders in the department
- Collaborate with other partners to enable better experiences at school
- Documenting the process and creating reports wherever required.
- Work with the team to reach the goals of every intervention.
Experience and Competencies Required
- Master's in education, Social Work, or any related discipline.
- Relevant experience in the education sector or with government stakeholders.
- Awareness of state-level initiatives towards education transformation in India.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Good command of English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of Telegu will add an advantage but is not mandatory.
- Ability to establish strong working relationships with officials and partners.
What we offer
- Opportunity to work closely with different education organizations globally and in India.
- Exposure to the field in different locations in India.
- Learning and development support to build capacity.
- 24 paid leave and 12 calendar holidays.
- Medical insurance - individual and dependents.
- One menstruation leave each month for women employees.
- L&D fun to pursue learning opportunities related to jobs
Remuneration: An annual CTC of INR 4.5 Lakhs onwards (depending on competency and experience)
Location: Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Requirement: Immediate Joiner.
