Associate, School transformation and Community engagement – Madhi Foundation

Madhi Foundation was established in 2016 as a non-profit organization committed to the cause of bridging the equity gap in education for children across India. The Foundation draws its inspiration from the Tamil proverb, “Destiny can be conquered with intellect (Madhi)”. Madhi Foundation specifically works to solve the foundational learning crisis in India. Our vision, “Foundational Learning First, so every child is set up for success”, guides our every action and gives our work the purpose and direction it needs.

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team

The Sandbox Schools Team’s primary objective is to improve the teaching-learning and administrative processes of a school towards strengthening foundational learning. The team shall ensure that all existing primary school programmes implemented by the department seamlessly blend into micro-innovations at the classroom-level.

About the role:

The Associate, School transformation- Sandbox schools, will support the Manager and be responsible for bringing the programmatic vision for sandbox school alive by constantly aligning the team’s activities with the short, medium and long term project goals.

The Job Description

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role, some of your responsibilities will include

Stakeholder Capacity building

● Observe classrooms and strengthen feedback-loop mechanisms to improve teaching-learning

● Conduct in-depth training sessions based on school/classroom/teacher-based needs

● Co-observe classrooms with HM and support tracking of outcomes with the observation app

● Support HM with effective execution of academic activities towards strengthening foundational learning and leadership development

Impact Measurement

● Conduct baseline and endline student assessments in schools

● Support the tracking of outcomes and verification of assessment data in the classroom

Community Engagement

● Support in organizing the School Management Committee (SMC) meetings and Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTM) in school

● Plan and conduct community awareness initiatives towards strengthening awareness around foundational literacy and numeracy

Team management

● Manage a team of Project Officers and constantly support the execution of Project MALA across schools

● Ensure diligent compliance to established team management structures

● Support the timely resolution of school/community-level challenges

You will thrive in this role if you:

● You are excited about working in a school environment and building excellence

● Enjoy working with a variety of stakeholders

● Have exceptional planning skills and sets a high bar of excellence for yourself

● Thrive with autonomy and use it responsibly

● Embrace the diverse set of challenges a new project offers

Prerequisites include:

● A bachelor’s degree or above, in any discipline

● At least 2 years of relevant work experience

● Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint; experience of working with g-suite would be an advantage

● Strong conversational skills in Tamil, also being able to read and write Tamil would be an advantage

This role will report to: Manager, Sandbox Schools

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Please note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Remuneration: 3.5 LPA to 4.8 LPA