Tech Officer | Consultant

About the Role
 

QUEST Alliance has been working with the secondary schools across 9 states in India implementing the IBM STEM For Girls programme. The programme focussed on developing 21st century skills and STEM Mindset among the adolescent girls and support them in carving a journey to continue education beyond secondary grades but also to take up a career in STEM field.
 

Roles and Responsibilities
 

Timely delivery of tasks while exhibiting hands on knowledge of job
 

• Curriculum Development
  
  • Support in piloting the curriculum across field locations
     
  • Facilitation of sessions on coding during the ongoing capacity building activities.
     
  • Support the team on developing session plans on AI tools for teachers
     
• Capacity building 
  
  • Conduct capacity building training to teachers and team members on ideathon and hackathon which is under computational thinking thematics
     
  • Share feedback and co design workshops on AI for teachers and team members 
     
• State Ideathon Hackathons
  
  • Participation in design and delivery of team and state level and interstate level hackathons
     
  • Ensure ideathon and hackathon implementation across projects in Karnataka with set targets met for each project of the state with quality prototypes. 
     
  • Handhold and train state team members for ideathon hackathon sessions 
     
  • Anchor interstate hackathon and mentor selected students from Karnataka 
     
  • Ensure quality prototypes as output of Karnataka hackathons
     

Relationship Management - Stakeholders 
 

• Support in maintaining relationships with vendors / consultants for maintenance, troubleshooting etc. 
   
• Visit schools to support program associates and consultants onground with computational thinking curriculum implementation
   
• Be part of the planning process for the team to ensure an effective plan and budget is in place and it is adhered to.
   

Reporting
 

• Document and share the best practices in the schools for publication in quarterly newsletters, social media and other channels.
   
• Provide regular written and verbal reports tracking progress against the work plan and implementation schedules
   
• Use the appropriate M&E tools for reporting on a regular basis 
   
• Ensure all the program report including case studies, photographs, best practices reaches the M&E focal point  at the stipulated time
   
• Support with the documentation of training/ meeting/ event reports 
   
• Support coordination of baseline/ endline and other assessments  
   
• Collect data as needed to help with the compilation of the donor report   
   
• Ensure data is updated in the database
   
• Support all reporting requirements such as quarter reviews, annual reviews
   
• Participate in team meetings, reviews and staff engagement activities
   
• Be available for regular line management meeting and the appraisal processes 
   

Requirements

 Prefered skills and Experience:
 

• Loves technology, any sort of direct work on ed tech projects
   
• Have previous experience of working on tech related work
   

 We are looking for people who:
 

• Are passionate about the challenges India is facing in education and employability domain
   
• Have an exposure to work on STEM on careers
   
• Can work with ambiguity
   
• Candidate should be flexible, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and an energetic team player
   

Skill Sets:
 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English and vernacular of the state
   
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make sound operational decisions
   
• Strong team player able to work under own initiative
   
• Ability to network and build relationship with the Government and Non government organisations
   
• Proficient in MS Office tools and Internet
   

Benefits

Salary: The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 40,000/- per month (cost to company) (The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)