Category: NGO/Social Services Location: Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh India About the Role:The Program Officer (PO) plays a crucial role in guiding and mentoring District Teachers to implement Quest Alliance’s Future Skills curriculum. This support includes project management, monitoring, and assisting teachers in successfully implementing the Model school strategies, as well as other activities. The Program Officer also builds relationships with all district stakeholders and works closely with the training and content team. They must adhere to all the implementation processes and timelines communicated by the program team.The Amazon Future Engineer project involves implementing a program where teachers are trained to implement a Future Skills curriculum on Artificial Intelligence and Future Careers. The Program Officer needs to make frequent visits to the schools to observe, motivate and give critical feedback to Teachers on the implementation of the session plans. Additionally, the PO also needs to maintain and inform the District Education Office officials about the progress of the program and help the Coordinator in compiling Funder reports every month. Roles & Responsibilities:Programme Implementation and PlanningTake responsibility for effective program delivery, review implementation, and monitor within the agreed standards in the assigned Districts of Andhra Pradesh. Ensure there is a proper work plan in place for your district and you are able to follow and deliver accordingly.Be well versed with the content/curriculum of the Future Skills curriculum on AI and Career and understand how the content is to be delivered in schools by Teachers.Support and guide Teachers in organising and implementing the process effectively with all the teachers and students in your District.Contribute to the design, plan and execute innovation and experimentation with Teachers & schools.Ensure District level events which are part of the State plan are implemented and executed in a timely and efficient manner.Ensure participation in Cluster/Complex-level meetings or related-trainings that are happening in the district to make visible our program and provide insights to a larger group of teachers on our work.Relationship Management - Stakeholders Build relationships with the District government officials including District Collector, DEO, AMO, GCDO, DSO, Head Masters/Complex and Mandal/Cluster Resource people and Teachers to facilitate smooth implementation of the Program, including liaisoning, conducting orientations, review meetings, monitoring visits, etc.Plan, calendarize and ensure joint monitoring visits with the District officials happen frequently to schools every month.Understand the overall school culture and environment and identify spaces, processes and opportunities to align the project approach into the school to transfer ownership of the project approach to school stakeholders.Monitoring, Reporting & DocumentationEnsure all feedback from teacher's webinars and events is collected and collated in one place and shared with relevant team members for analysis.Ensure the documentation, including case studies, photographs, and videos of the implementation schools, is collected and reaches relevant team members.Document and share the best practices in the schools by district officials, teachers & students for publication in donor reporting, quarterly newsletters, social media and other channels.Use the appropriate M&E tools and the Dashboard to make sure that program implementation data entered is being captured and represented and that project implementation is on track.Inform the District Education Office officials and District Collector about the progress of the program and help the State Coordinator in compiling Funder reports every monthRequirementsRequired Skills and Experience:Minimum 3-4 years of work experience in project implementation or school facilitation, and NGO sector, preferably in education Development sector.Interest in working with Government secondary school Teachers & students.Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in the education ecosystemExcellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in Telugu (Mandatory) and working knowledge of English. Willingness to travel within and outside of the District. Ability to train, build the capacity of, and manage relationships with new people.Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams.Ability to use technology and various virtual platforms like Google Hangout Meet, Zoom, WhatsApp, Google Classroom, Chatbot and other google suite applications.Excited about working with Teachers on Artificial Intelligence, 21st-century skills & Computational thinking.Knowledge of artificial intelligence, hackathons, coding and the Ed-Tech tools would be an advantage and will be preferred.BenefitsSalary: The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 35,000/- per month (cost to company) (The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)Details Apply Now
