Education Officer – HCL Foundation

Last date for application Wednesday, December 15, 2021

HCL Foundation (HCLF) was established in 2011 as the CSR arm of HCL Technologies. It is a not for-profit[1]organization, that strives to contribute towards national and international development goals, bringing about lasting positive impact in the lives of people, through long term sustainable programs. The foundation aims to alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive growth and development.

Active community engagement ensures optimal long-term gains and upward accountability. HCL Foundation works through Life Cycle Based, Integrated Community Development Approach with thematic focus on Education, Health, Skill Development & Livelihood, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction & Response. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain central in all initiatives of HCL Foundation, thus ensuring comprehensive development.

Presently HCL Foundation is implementing five flagship programs, namely HCL Samuday & HCL Grant – Rural Development programs; HCL Uday & Clean Noida – Urban Development programs; HCL Harit (The Green Initiative) – Environment Action program and 4 special initiatives – Power of One, Sports for Change, HCL Foundation Academy and My E-Haat.

Vision: To be the source code for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development.

Mission: Nurture clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential in partnership with its employees, communities and stakeholders, while promoting volunteerism and establishing international standards of strategic planning, implementation and measuring impact.

HCL Uday HCL Foundation’s flagship urban community development program – UDAY, seeks to create green, clean, healthy and empowered communities. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, it is developing an integrated solution to break the vicious cycle of urban poverty.

Defining Uday’s approach is its intrinsic belief that urban poor aspire to a life of dignity and self- respect. With the right opportunities, they can take charge of their lives, dare to imagine a different future and work towards it. Our strategies are carefully designed, such that they speak both to their environment and to their ambitions.

Uday’s unique ‘Convergence’ approach brings this philosophy to life. Uniting critical stakeholders– the state, non-profits and HCL volunteers in a rich partnership, it meets its responsibility to the community and supports them in realising their dreams.

Aligned to HCL Foundation’s vision statement, HCL Uday also aims to create source codes for urban socio[1]economic development, prototypes, using step by step approach, convergence and dialogue with duty bearers such that these can be adopted and scaled up by diverse set stakeholders, including communities themselves. HCL Uday addresses vital issues prevalent in urban areas like access to quality education, universal access to health, sustainable livelihood opportunities, improved water, sanitation and hygiene, environmental conservation including enhanced green cover and solutions to city waste, through campaigns and on ground action for positive urban transformation. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain fundamental.

Currently being implemented in 11 cities in partnership with like-minded organisations, HCL Uday is now poised to scale – both in terms of depth of the intervention as well as scale of its reach.

HCL Uday – Quality Education for all

HCL Foundation’s belief in the power of communities to lift themselves out of poverty and lead a life of dignity and self-respect lies at the heart of Uday. Echoed across all interventions under Uday, this approach sets the community on the path of resilience and success.

HCL Uday, through its various initiatives, works purposefully towards creating meaningful opportunities that allow communities to imagine an alternate future. The education initiatives of HCL Uday play a critical role in facilitating this transformative change by nurturing critical thinking abilities, and imparting soft-skills that are needed to lead a better quality of life.

HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and adults and promotes education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. Our education initiatives foster human resource development through interventions across all stages of life. Aligned to Goal 4 & Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Agenda, following area the key objectives of our education initiatives:

• Promoting access to quality early childhood development and pre‑primary education for improved school readiness
• Ensuring equal access to all levels of education
• Strengthening quality of primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
• Strengthening leadership skills and creation of participatory decision making spaces to inculcate democratic governance structures within the schools
• Ensuring basic literacy and numeracy skills for the youth and adults
• Eliminating gender disparities in education

We work towards the realisation these objectives through the following projects –

• Early Childhood Care & Development (ECCD) – Strengthening Aanganwadi Centres (Early Stimulation and School Readiness)
• Quality Enhancement of State Schools – ‘My School’ – Improving enrolment and learning outcomes of students through interventions across 4 domains –

i. Infrastructure Strengthening (child friendly, inclusive spaces);

ii. Creating Dynamic Learning Spaces (trainings & capacity building sessions)

iii. Strengthening Leadership & Management (creating a participatory form of management including all stakeholders – principal, teachers, students, parents, SMC members, community)

iv. Community Engagement & Participation

• Bridge and Remedial Education Centres – Gurukuls (Preparing out of school children for school, mainstreaming and remedial & after school support)
• Scholarship for meritorious students – ‘My Scholar’
• Gender Empowerment through a self-efficacy model – ‘My Worth’
• Inclusion & Child Protection
• Promoting digital platforms & technology innovations that revolutionise the teaching-learning process

Roles & Responsibilities

Incumbent will be responsible for

• Providing technical support towards effective implementation of the HCL Uday education programs addressing all stages of life – including early, primary, secondary, adult, digital, sports and civic education as well as imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life.
• Providing regular coordination support for the day-to-day functions across all the HCL Foundation supported government schools and ‘Gurukuls’ (community-based learning centres) in Noida
• Designing and structuring the curricular frameworks for the education projects under HCL Uday through assessments, reviews, workshops, discussions etc.
• Ensuring effective and regular coordination with the principals/in-charges of all schools and Gurukuls for any project related communication or updates
• Engagement of volunteers in school and Gurukul activities and supporting them in planning and implementing their monthly and quarterly activity calendar
• Working closely with the field implementation team from all NGO partners working on the education projects to ensure structured and effective implementation of project activities at the field level
• Planning regular field visits to all Gurukuls & schools along with volunteers to understand the needs and monitor the field level implementation of activities by NGO partners as per the respective Gurukul & school development plans
• Preparing a comprehensive monthly calendar of activities including academics, sports, arts, music and other co-curricular activities for all Gurukuls & schools in coordination with HCL Foundation supported NGOs as well as HCL volunteers
• Maintaining and updating database of Gurukul & schools related information (student strength, teacher strength, results, mainstreaming, enrolment, attendance, retention and drop out data etc.)
• Maintaining and updating database of volunteer activities across all education projects in Noida, number of volunteers engaged from various accounts and the total number of volunteering hours generated
• Maintaining pictorial database of Gurukuls & schools and volunteer related activities and functions
• Coordination with vendors for any direct purchases for the Gurukuls & schools and monitoring the civil work requirements at the field level
• Monitoring the infrastructure development work being undertaken at schools including supporting site visits, vendor coordination, budget management and timely execution of projects
• Coordinating with the DIOS, BSA office and other related government departments to provide regular updates and ensuring smooth implementation of activities at the field level
• Conducting floor walks with business account volunteers as and when required to ensure effective engagement volunteers in the project

The role will also have a special charge of planning and executing a sports, physical education and well-being intervention for Gurukuls & Government School students. This would include

• Regular interface with the schools for promotion of sports and PE activities
• Identifying talent from across the Gurukuls & schools and organising coaching sessions for students
• Create a real time database of tournaments at state / regional / national levels
• Network with State Sports Associations and ensure regular participation of HCL Uday children in all the sports events happening in respective states.
• Facilitate sports scholarships and other grants for eligible students from Gurukusl & schools under HCL Uday
•  Working with partners to introduce a structured counselling and well-being program aimed at improving their resilience levels
• Create Linkages with authorised sports federations.

Attributes and Experience:

• Excellent track record of having worked in the development sector especially in the area of education, sports, arts and developing partnerships with various stakeholders related to the school ecosystem and on-ground monitoring and implementation of programs
• 8-10 years of experience of working with state schools especially primary and secondary schools, with evidence of working on quality education, infrastructure development, community mobilization, data collection, analysis and documentation
• Ability to deliver on time, independently, to work with a range of stakeholders, including ability to perform in a corporate environment and present the work at various forums.
• Experience of managing complex and time-sensitive processes.
• Experience in program management, volunteer engagement, networking

Qualifications and Skills:

• Masters in Social Work, Education related fields, Child Development, Child Psychology or allied areas.
• Project Management and Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Documentation and communication.

Salary Range: Salary commensurate with experience.

How to apply: – Please submit your CV with a cover letter – Attach two page write up on ‘Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning’ – Send your application to Maninder.si@hcl.com, marking CC to manu.khanna@hcl.com.

Please note: – HCL Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and promotes inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from all genders, people with disabilities, people with all orientations to apply