Qualification & Experiences
- Proven experience in educational leadership, school/program management, or a similar role, with a minimum of 5 years of working experience
- Strong understanding of curriculum design, assessment, and teacher development practices, having taught in a classroom for a minimum of 2 years
- Exceptional coaching and mentoring skills, with a track record of improving teaching quality and student outcomes.
- Ability to balance hands-on support with strategic, organisational planning
- Willingness to travel - approximately 30-40% of your time will be spent on-site, across our partner schools and after school programs across India.
Responsibilities
As The Senior Manager, Programs, you will:
1. Champion ~ 7-10 Entrepreneurs and their programs
- Enable Entrepreneurs set and meet their quarterly goals in service of their org’s growth across pillars of Program, People, Fundraising and Leadership
- Identify and connect the key Circle Support mediums that they will need to leverage to achieve their goals
- Conduct regular (once in a quarter) site visits to understand context, observe teaching and learning practices, offering real-time feedback and actionable guidance towards the 4 keys pillars
- Be a thought partner for future growth and partnerships keeping quality of learning and the child at the center
2. Network Programs
- Work with the Program team to design and implement programming for Network Entrepreneurs to build capacity around Program, Fundraising, People Needs and Leadership development
- Bring learnings from The Incubation and the Network into tangible, high-quality on-ground practices and outcomes with children, teachers and teams
Senior Manager, Programs
Programs
Summary
As the Senior Manager, Programs, you will enable Circle Network Entrepreneurs to be rooted in their purpose, and vision of their school and after school, develop capacity to take action and deliver on their promises and be a bridge between The Circle and the Entrepreneur. You will be an orchestrator of support, capacity builder, coach, connector, and, fundamentally, champion of our Entrepreneur and their vision. Your core purpose is to ensure that each Entrepreneur is able to run a thriving school and after school that is a strong proof point of reinvented education.