Project Associate

Position Title: Project Associate

Location: Nashik

About Centre for Learning Resources (CLR)

Centre for Learning Resources (CLR) is one of the oldest Indian non-profit educational institutions of the Society for Educational Improvement and Innovation, based out of Pune, founded by India's veteran educator couple John Kurrien & Zakiya Kurrien. We have been working in the domains of early childhood care and development (ECCD), Foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) & English as a second language (ESL) since 1984. We have supported various government organizations and NGOs across the country, including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Offshore engagements have included Indonesia & Nepal.

CLR's vision is to assist in creating a more just and equitable society through the integrated development of children from marginalized communities, such that they grow up in child-centred environments that nurture their holistic growth and learning. Our mission is to build large-scale capacities of the ICDS systems, which are charged with this responsibility, so they can deliver effectively. This includes government machinery, civil society organizations, and NGOs. (For more information log onto http://www.clrindia.org/)

Background to CLR’s work in the teaching of English

Most poor and lower-middle-class students and youth in urban and rural India have extremely limited English skills, despite learning English as a second language for a considerable number of years. CLR believes that a basic proficiency in English is empowering for disadvantaged communities. At the same time, India is a country of diverse home languages, where the acquisition of English skills is challenging and has to be placed in a multilingual context. Based on this understanding, we have researched and developed content and training programs in audio, digital and print formats, using bilingual pedagogical approaches to strengthen the spoken English and literacy skills of students and the English proficiency of teachers in regional medium schools. We have also launched similar initiatives for out-of-school youth and adult learners. Therefore, we have the potential to cause a large-scale societal transformation through the work they do by enabling a more significant number of our underprivileged children to lead more fulfilling lives.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic ‘Project Associate for our projects aimed at strengthening the teaching of English in government regional medium schools. We see the Project Associates’ role at CLR as highly aspirational, where the scope to learn about and create an impact at a systemic level is immense. The Project Associate will play a critical role in ensuring the content creation, trainings and execution of the responsibilities listed below.

Position Title: Project Associate

Location: Nashik

We are looking to recruit a dynamic ‘Project Associate for our projects aimed at strengthening the teaching of English in government regional medium schools. We see the Project Associates’ role at CLR as highly aspirational, where the scope to learn about and create an impact at a systemic level is immense. The Project Associate will play a critical role in ensuring the content creation, trainings and execution of the responsibilities listed below.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

The Project Associate will have the following roles and responsibilities:

Content Creation and Training Support (20%)

• Supporting content creation and TLM creation
• Assist the program manager in proper documentation of the program (print, video and audio)
• Support manager/M&E team to implement tools platform partners to link created content based on requirements
• Support during training sessions, conduct independent training sessions for teacher trainers, mentors, and teachers

Planning and Execution (30%)

• Work on planning/designing the overall project strategy in conjunction with the Project Manager
• Work with government stakeholders to design interventions that align with government needs as well as CLR’s project design.
• Analyse data from the field
• Creation of reports for stakeholders and funders
• Any other program-related tasks that which organisation deems necessary

Stakeholder Management (25%)

• Work with government stakeholders to design interventions that align with government needs
• Work effectively with various stakeholders such as teachers and headmasters, teacher mentors, partner organisations

Monitoring and Evaluation (25%)

• Conduct the School Observation visit and facilitate the implementation of the CLR's English Learning Program
• Monitor the quality and regularity of the program
• Conduct Baseline, formative and other assessments for program feedback
• Manage ongoing documentation of the project.
• Generate and analyse data points pertinent to envisaged program outcomes.
• Flag any major deviations and shortcomings and suggest options.
• Document the outputs (short terms and long-term) and share them with the stakeholders.

Qualifications

Necessary

• Fluency in English, Marathi and Hindi
• Minimum Educational qualification: Completed master’s degree in education, development studies, sociology.
• Bachelor’s degree in the area of child/human development, education, sociology or related fields is desirable.
• Open to travelling. It will involve extensive travel to the project implementation sites across the country.

Desirable

• At least 2-3 years of experience in the education sector, preferably working with teachers and school systems
• Knowledge of Marathi
• Experience in working with/exposure to the public education
• Relevant experience in working on research projects in education, and literacy domains
• Understanding of issues in scaling up development interventions
• Willingness to learn the nuance of the programme

Remuneration

Gross remuneration will be Rs. 5.5 - 6.5 lakhs per annum, depending upon experience and skills.

Note: CLR is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. We do not discriminate on the basis of caste, race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.