Change Facilitator – Kotak Education Foundation (KEF)

Kotak Education Foundation (KEF) was founded by Uday Kotak. He is the Founder Trustee of KEF, Managing Director & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. He has led the group in a broad range of financial services for over 30 years. Uday believes that the true measure of performance is value creation. The groups vision for equitable prosperity extends beyond financial services.

Kotak Education Foundation’s (KEF) mission is to support children and youth from underprivileged families through different education based interventions to rise above the poverty line and lead a life of dignity through sustainable processes. KEF works with some of India s most economically underprivileged communities, attempting to alleviate poverty through education and livelihood programs.

KEF works with multiple regional language government-aided private institutions. These schools have been set up by social entrepreneurs and lack quality teaching, infrastructure and leadership. Through its various programs across education, innovative healthcare and livelihood training programs, the foundation supplements the efforts of these schools to improve their conditions.

Intervention : Gujarat Project
Position : Change Facilitator
Level : Coordinator / Senior Coordinator
Reporting to : Manager Operations
Reportees : None

Role description
Responsible for bringing change in school by strengthening leadership and managerial practices of KEF partner school leaders and spoken English of students of grades 6 through 8 as per design of Gujarat KGB Project

Role & responsibilities:

Overall:

• Inspire, support and hand hold 1 KGBV school, about 10 teachers to strengthen leadership and managerial practices across the four pillars of school leadership
• Develop spoken English of students of grades 6 through 8 as per Umang Design in a KGBV Gujarati medium school in Gujarat
• Conduct baseline and close line of students and School Leaders and document the same as per the process –
• Document change stories on monthly basis
• Be a role model for change in terms of personal being of Model Integrity
• Attend weekly trainings, workshops, meetings

Teaching Students

• Teaching spoken English to Grade 6 to 8 in partner schools
• Learning platform activities – use of LMS system for flipped and extended learning
• Doing assessment and reviews through pre-test and post-test
• Conducting special days and events, whenever applicable in sync with the reporting manager Using tech tools effectively to attain learning outcomes

Documentation & Reporting

• Follow all reporting systems strictly, daily/weekly/monthly
• Maintain attendance and log sheets as per requirement in the reports
• Maintaining and recording all data as per internal processes
• Attending team meetings regularly

Relationship (Internal &External)

• Maintain good rapport with teachers, headmaster, students and parents
• Very effective internal co-ordination, communication and ability to work as a member of large teams.
• Conducting / facilitating planned number of the workshop with Parents / Teachers to create awareness about more efficient teaching techniques

Training & Development

• Contribute with ideas to improve teaching methodologies.
• Participate in the regular training program organized for the team.
• Upgrade own skills and methodologies by self-learning
• Assist school authorities in the school development plan for the upcoming academic calendar
• Formulate strategies to deal with efficient learning outcomes at the school level
• Should be actively involved in the SMC/ SDMCs present in school and work towards the implementation of SDP

Candidate specifications:

Educational Qualification- Masters in Psychology, Philosophy, Social Work or Education. B.Ed. would be preferred

Years of Experience- 2 – 3 years’ experience, relevant experience of 2+ year in social sector, or educational sector, National Curriculum Framework, theories of teaching and learning, best teaching practices in low income schools and subject knowledge.

Age 30+ Years

Work skills

• School related teaching experience preferable with primary school willing to relocate to a village in either of the given districts (subject to availability)
• Open to work in remote schools @ Gujarat
• Decent spoken English training skills

Other skills

• Proficiency in Spoken English and Gujarati
• Basic computer skills
• Good English verbal and written communication skills
• Planning & review
• Problem solving
• Ability to work on excel, word and PowerPoint presentations
• Attributes Creative, good communicator, patient, disciplined

Job specifications:

Nature of job : Consultant contract

Location : Gujarat

Hours of work : 08:00 AM to 4:00 PM or 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM or 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Working conditions :The job can involve working conditions that include 8 hour shifts between 8 am to 7 pm, working in challenging community areas with infrastructural and other disadvantages.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. KEF reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet intervention and organizational needs as necessary.