We are #hiring for a leading education NGO!
Job description:
Strategic Leadership on Gender
● Lead the development and periodic refresh of the organisation gender strategy — ensuring it is grounded in field evidence, aligned with The organisation FLN theory of change, and actionable across all program states
● Serve as the organisation internal thought leader on the intersection of gender, language, caste, and foundational learning — bringing a rigorous, implementation-grounded perspective to program design, research, and policy work
● Advise senior leadership and program teams on how gender equity considerations should shape The organisation priorities, partnerships, and resource allocation
● Represent THE ORGANISATION externally on gender and equity — at government platforms, funder convenings, research forums, and peer organisation networks
● Foster a gender-responsive organizational culture and governance framework. Lead and support capacity building workshops for THE ORGANISATION teams and other ecosystem players.
Program Design and Integration
● Work with program teams in Delhi and across all states to embed gender-responsive design into The organisation core interventions — CPD, district demonstration programs, MLE, and Balvatika — ensuring they are designed to reach girls who are at risk of being left behind
● Oversee the development and quality assurance of practical tools and frameworks for gender-responsive FLN pedagogy — materials, classroom practices, and teacher training modules that address gender-differentiated learning needs and challenge deficit beliefs about girls’ learning potential
● Support state teams in designing demonstration and scale gender-inclusive classroom practices to enhance learning outcomes for girls and marginalized groups.
● Support team in designing and oversee community engagement strategies that specifically address structural barriers to girls’ participation
● Provide inputs in designing of flexible learning continuity approaches with a specific focus on girls from marginalized communities.
Teacher Professional Development — Belief and Practice
● Collaborate with the relevant teams in designing of a gender equity belief module within The organisation CPD architecture to translate changed beliefs into changed classroom practice
● Lead the development of teacher gender-responsiveness diagnostic — an observational tool that mentors and academic resource persons can use to identify and address gender-differentiated instructional patterns in classrooms
● Work with The organisation CPD team to ensure that gender-responsive pedagogy is threaded through all teacher development content embedded as a recurring lens across modules
Evidence, Research, and Learning
● Work with RMEL team in designing and oversee a gender-disaggregated evidence architecture for The organisation programes — ensuring all assessment, monitoring, and evaluation work produces data disaggregated by gender, within all other categories of disaggregation as well.
● Lead or co-lead research on gender-specific dimensions of FLN in The organisation geographies
● Contribute to The organisation Teaching Learning Practices Survey and other field research tools — ensuring gender is a designed-in analytical category, not an afterthought
● Produce accessible knowledge products — policy briefs, field notes, case studies — that translate The organisation gender equity evidence into insights usable by governments, funders, and peer organisations
External Partnerships and Field Building
● Build and maintain partnerships with leading gender and education organisations — including research institutions, civil society networks, and UN agencies — to strengthen The organisation knowledge base and amplify its advocacy
● Working with peer organisations to adopt shared metrics for gender-equitable FLN progress
● Represent The organisation gender equity work in public communications to diverse audiences, from policymakers to community members
Program management and coordination
● Own the end-to-end programme management of The organisation gender workstream — from annual planning and budgeting through to implementation oversight. Monitor expenditure against budget throughout the year and suggest alternate plans.
● Lead the preparation of high-quality programme reports, donor updates, and internal reviews for the gender workstream
● Contribute to fundraising and resource mobilisation for The organisation gender equity work
● Team leadership and people management by setting clear and meaningful performance expectations for each team member.
● Identify and support team members’ professional development — identify learning opportunities, provide mentoring. Promote a positive culture of team work and build the team’s collective capacity for reflective practice
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