What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

TechforEdSystems:Madhi is working towards revolutionizing the state’s education governance systems through TechforEdSystems - an end-to-end monitoring solution including sophisticated applications and processes developed by Madhi, which enables the system to effectively integrate technology and data into its governance and decision making systems.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to the state reform projects undertaken by Madhi in partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (TNSOARS-1)

The TNSOARS -1 team comprises five sub-verticals: Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs), Training, Tracking, Targeted Communication and Tutoring at home. All the sub-verticals work together seamlessly and support the implementation of the state reform projects that Madhi undertakes in partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

About the role

The Senior Manager will play a key role in delivering on Madhi’s mandate with the government. They will be expected to anchor the Project Management of a team of regional managers and district project management teams to drive the outcomes of the projects undertaken by Madhi by integrating the sub-verticals to function seamlessly and deliver on the objectives. The TNSOARS-1 team consists of diverse & dynamic professionals like instructional designers, master trainers, field experts, data analysts, and product developers. The Senior Manager will be responsible for bringing the programmatic vision for the project by setting up project management systems and constantly aligning the team’s activities in line with the short, medium, and long-term project goals.

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• Addressing the unique challenges that the public education space faces.
• The average age of the team at Madhi is 28 years old. This means we are a team of highly-driven, ambitious and committed individuals (mostly millennials!) whose aspirations and motivations are not limited just to money or a promotion.
• We are an outcome-driven organisation and we do not obsess over clocking in and clocking out. As the Senior Manager, you will be responsible to identify ways in which we can hold ourselves accountable to a high bar of excellence with a singular focus on outcomes by setting up systems that let us keep our eye on the ball at all times
• We are a people first organisation which means we do whatever it takes to make Madhi a safe and comfortable and enjoyable place for the team to work at. We are also a small, growing team which means everyone does everything, many a time. As the Senior Manager, you will be expected to operate without inhibitions, doing whatever it takes to make Madhi a great place to work at. On some days this may look like ensuring the roof is not leaking and on others this may look like you sitting in on a discussion resolving conflict among team members.
• Building a robust project management team, as a Senior Manager, you will be leading district teams who will have varied degrees of challenges. You are expected to guide them, mentor them and set them up for success.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Set and achieve goals along with sub-vertical heads and senior management, towards vision setting process and ensuring all objectives of the programme are met successfully
• Build strong relationships at the state and district levels to ensure efficient coordination for any activity that may come our way
• Ensure all team management structures are followed diligently and personalised support is provided whenever required
• Design a comprehensive project management process and implement project management protocols to ensure on-time delivery of the goals of the project you will be managing
• Set up processes and build support infrastructure to enable the team to produce high-quality output adhering to Madhi standards
• Represent Madhi in state-level committee meetings with Samagra Shiksha, SCERT, and other departments
• Facilitate cross-functional conversations with state-level stakeholders and ensure that the mission strategy is aligned with in decision making processes
• Ensure periodic connect with key stakeholders (internal & external) and diagnose and provide effective solutions for seamless collaboration
• Create periodic reports to different stakeholders to inform regarding the project milestones and deliverables
• Manage a team of 160 comprising of individuals with diverse backgrounds and skills and unlock their potential to achieve the same

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have lead people management at a nonprofit or a start-up
• Posses a growth mindset and are comfortable seeking solutions for problems that you may not immediately have an understanding of
• Have prior experience in developing targeted Learning & Development experiences for diverse teams
• Enjoy travelling to different parts of the state and interacting with diverse stakeholders
• Possess demonstrable leadership skills and a resilient entrepreneurial mindset
• Have outstanding formal written communication skills in English
• Have impeccable planning and task tracking skills

Prerequisites include:

• At least 6-10 years of relevant work experience in Communication, Mass media, Outreach strategy etc
• Experience of having directly managed a team of at least 3-5 mid-level managers
• Experience in the education/development sector would be an added advantage
• A degree in a relevant field of study from a reputed institution
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and all Google Suite applications
• At least spoken knowledge of Tamil language

This role will report to:

• Associate Director, TN Soars - 1

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 11,00,000 - 13,00,000 p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to the state reform projects undertaken by Madhi in partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (TNSOARS-1)

The TNSOARS -1 team comprises five sub-verticals: Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs), Training, Tracking, Targeted Communication and Tutoring at home. All the sub-verticals work together seamlessly and support the implementation of the state reform projects that Madhi undertakes in partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

About the role

The Senior Manager will play a key role in delivering on Madhi’s mandate with the government. They will be expected to work with the State Project Management Unit to anchor all activities for the Targeted Communications sub-vertical. The TNSOARS-1 team consists of diverse & dynamic professionals like instructional designers, master trainers, field experts, data analysts, and product developers. The Senior Manager will be responsible for bringing the programmatic vision for the project by setting up project management systems and constantly aligning the team’s activities in line with the short, medium, and long-term project goals!

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• Addressing the unique challenges that the public education space faces.
• The Ennum Ezhuthum project is now implemented in mission mode and in your role as the Senior Manager of Strategic Communications, you will need to make sure that the information about the program and its implementation reaches every single stakeholder including parents and the community.
• The project is to be implemented across all the districts in the state of Tamil Nadu and will require streamlined communication and sharing of best practices. In your role, you will need to design strategies to ensure that the communication is seamless across all layers.
• Apart from designing strategies, we will have to foster cross-learning and collaboration among districts in terms of IEC activities and strategies.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Set and achieve goals along with sub-vertical heads and senior management, towards vision setting process and ensuring all objectives of the programme are met successfully
• Build strong relationships at the state and district levels to ensure efficient coordination for any activity that may come our way
• Design a comprehensive project management process and implement project management protocols to ensure on-time delivery of the goals of the project you will be managing
• Lead the design and implementation of an IEC strategy for the projects undertaken by Madhi with the government
• Manage outreach and intra-departmental communication activities for conducting the mission
• Coordinate with media partners and other stakeholders to manage the IEC activities for the projects
• Strategise behaviour change communication to ensure the long term sustenance of the projects
• Create the communications guidelines for the project related external communication
• Support in developing a robust outreach campaign strategy for improving the state and district team’s contribution and ensure attainment of the project goals.
• Review the communication strategy periodically and suggest course-corrections.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have lead people management at a nonprofit or a start-up.
• Posses a growth mindset and are comfortable seeking solutions for problems that you may not immediately have an understanding of.
• Possess demonstrable leadership skills and a resilient entrepreneurial mindset.
• Have outstanding formal written communication skills in English.
• Have impeccable planning and task tracking skills.

Prerequisites include:

• At least 6-10 years of relevant work experience in Communication, Mass media, Outreach strategy etc
• Experience of having directly managed a team of at least 2-3 managers
• Experience in the education/development sector would be an added advantage
• A degree in a relevant field of study from a reputed institution
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and all Google Suite applications
• At least spoken knowledge of Tamil language

This role will report to:

• Senior Manager, Project Management - FLN Mission

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 6,00,000 - 10,00,000 p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to the Research and Innovation Team. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Research and Innovation)

The Research and Innovation Team comprises: Centre for Education Research in India (CERI) & Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) sub verticals. This team is a multifaceted group; comprising of data scientists, research specialists and programme managers; all of whom prize dynamism and versatility in their approach to work. Each sub-vertical works closely with all the Project teams at Madhi to ensure that Madhi’s deep work in Tamil Nadu can add value to the ecosystem at large, whether through effectively scaling successful projects or by producing high quality research outputs. The CERI team is focused on producing high quality research outputs based on insights from Madhi’s projects and from the ecosystem at large, particularly where contextualisation of learning is necessary for implementation within the Indian ecosystem. The MEL team is focused on codifying insights from the implementation of all projects implemented by Madhi, such that they can be effectively replicated at scale and/or in other contexts in India while enabling the team to constantly learn from the evidence gathered and improve the programme model. All Madhi’s teams work together seamlessly to make magic happen day after day, doing whatever it takes to take us closer to the vision of reimagining school systems to eliminate the foundational learning crisis in India.

About the role

You will be participating in a dynamic team with pan-project visibility and oversight; working to communicate insights and outcomes from pilot projects, mission delivery conducted by Madhi or one of Madhi’s partners. The reports and publications that CERI puts out will contribute to the growing body of knowledge on how to improve educational outcomes for the last-mile child! We need someone with a thirst for learning, and an unwavering belief that evidence based research along with strong communication is an indispensable need to solve the most complex social issues!

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• Lack of a structured body of knowledge on what works and what doesn’t work to improve last mile educational outcomes for children; in particular- by contextualising findings to the Indian context
• Qualitative and quantitative field data seldom interact with each other and even when they do, it is hard for a common person to interpret and understand this data to learn from the evidence
• Support project verticals and sub-verticals to find relevant pieces of global research which meet their project objectives.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Assist in developing and updating MEL standard operating procedures at Madhi
• Collaborate with project teams to develop MEL frameworks (including ToC, Logframes etc.) for different projects
• Support project team members in executing MEL framework in the field (including tool creation, data collection workshops etc.)
• Along with Senior Manager, Research and Innovation, develop a roadmap for different MEL reports and dissemination
• Maintaining digital data collection, MEL dashboards etc.
• Support respective team members to organize qualitative data collection activities both internally and externally (ie- FGDs, discussion forums etc)
• Along with Senior Manager, Research and Innovation, develop a research agenda that includes both intervention-outcome oriented research as well as larger education-in-India oriented research.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Can conceptualise and report insights from pilot research studies, designed at strengthening existing systems and practices.
• Have prior experience of creating strategic, data-driven policy advocacy based on data analysis from field inputs.
• Are comfortable dealing with both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Are highly planned, organised, methodical, meticulous and detail oriented.
• Can creatively communicate insights to different audiences.
• Have prior experience in interpreting tabulated/ visualised data sets and in creating comprehensive reports explaining field input data.
• Thrive in a deadline oriented environment in creating collaterals for external stakeholders.
• Have excellent stakeholder management skills, especially within a public sector setting.
• Can storytell well, both verbally, in writing and visually; have proficiency in oral communication in Tamil.

Prerequisites include:

• At least 4 years of experience in programme management or research role
• A Masters degree in Social Work, Development Communication. In lieu of a Masters, we will also consider more years of relevant experience.
• Experience in the education/development sector would be an asset.
• Experience in dealing with analysis of quantitative data and quantitative is a must
• Knowledge of and experience with SPSS or similar software dealing with statistics in the social sciences
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, G Suite, Digital Survey Tools and Data Visualization Tools
• Experience in reporting research results to various stakeholders
• Good written communication in English

This role will report to:

• Senior Manager, Research & Innovation

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 6,00,000 - 10,00,000 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team

The Sandbox Schools Team’s primary objective is to improve the teaching-learning and administrative processes of a school towards strengthening foundational learning. The team shall ensure that all existing primary school programmes implemented by the department seamlessly blend into micro-innovations at the classroom-level.

About the role

The Manager, School transformation- Sandbox school, will support the Sr. Manager and be responsible for bringing the programmatic vision for sandbox school alive by constantly aligning the team’s activities in-line with the short, medium and long term project goals..

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

Project Management
• Design and adhere to effective project management and tracking systems
• Facilitate collective spaces for the team to refine and iterate project activities to strengthen the overall programme
• Establish periodic communication with other project teams at Madhi (Ennum Ezhuthum, MALA and Tech for Ed Systems) to enable concerted efforts towards the creation of thriving learning spaces for primary school students
Stakeholder Capacity building
• Design robust rubrics for strengthening feedback-loop mechanisms to improve teaching-learning
• Create training and observation framework to facilitate need-based sessions for teachers and HMs and conducting effective classroom observations
Impact Measurement
• Anchor the creation of baseline and endline assessments and plan its delivery across schools
• Track and communicate the outcome data of the programme
• Contribute to overall organisational learning by documenting nuanced project insights through evidence-based micro-pilots
Community Engagement
• Create structures for School Management Committee (SMC) meetings and Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTM) with core focus area being foundational learning
• Plan and design community awareness initiatives towards strengthening awareness around foundational literacy and numeracy
Team Management
• Manage a highly motivated team of associates and constantly strive to help them grow and realise their potential
• Ensure diligent compliance to established team management structures
• Support the learning and development of the team

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Possess exceptional planning skills & take pride in being organised.
• Obsess over time management & planning for all tasks regardless of the enormity or urgency.
• Enjoy meticulous documentation.
• Have outstanding interpersonal & communication skills.
• Embrace the diverse set of challenges a new project offers
• Have remarkable documentation skills with a knack for attention to details

Prerequisites include:

• At least 3-5 years of relevant work experience in the education sector
• At least 2 years of managerial experience with a team span of minimum 3-5 members
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of specialisation
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint; experience of working with g-suite would be an advantage
• Strong conversational skills in Tamil, also being able to read and write Tamil would be an advantage

This role will report to:

• SeniorManager, Sandbox Schools

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 7,00,000- 10,00,000 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Organizational Development)

The Organizational Development (OD) team comprises Human Capital Management (HCM), Operations, Communications and Partnerships. The OD team consists of heroes who work hard in the shadows and believe that the show must go on, come rain or sunshine. The HCM team is in charge of managing human capital and talent at Madhi and strives to find passionate and committed individuals to join the team. The operations team ensures seamless functioning of the organization and oversees finance and administration-related activities.

About the role

The HCM Associate will partner with teams across our growing organization. The ideal candidate is someone who can come in with a willingness and an ability to drive HR Operations and Programs from the ground up. You will play a key role own and heavily influence everything from Career Mapping and Performance Management programs, to bonus & incentive planning, Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development.

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• We are a people first organization which means we do whatever it takes to make Madhi a safe and comfortable and enjoyable place for the team to work at. We are also a small, growing team which means everyone does everything, many a time. As the Manager, you will be expected to operate without inhibitions, doing whatever it takes to make Madhi a great place to work at. On some days this may look like ensuring the roof is not leaking and on others this may look like you organizing the Annual Team Retreat.
• Over the past 5 years, we have grown from a team of 5 to a team of 25 currently and are likely to grow exponentially to a team of 150 soon. This will require us to strengthen our HR function, set up systems that simplify the HCM process ensuring a smooth employee experience.
• A small part of your role will also intersect with Finance. Ensuring the team receives their salaries on time without any discrepancies will be the joint responsibility of you and the Finance manager, and you will be required to ensure the end of month inputs are error-free.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Support with implementing organizational policies that are fair, transparent, compliant and in alignment to Madhi’s core values
• Assist in the planning and execution of an inclusive & rigorous selection process, from identifying hiring requirements to successful onboarding
• Driving L&D activities to strategise, create and implement a framework that provides diverse and need-specific learning opportunities for all team members
• Creating, implementing & executing team well-being processes and structures
• Executing performance management processes that include performance development plans (PDPs) and talent development programs
• Effectively execute HR Operations systems such as payroll, HRIS, goal setting process etc. to ensure optimal organizational efficiency and employee satisfaction
• Ensure impeccable maintenance of all trackers & databases, and documenting of conversations, discussions or meetings related to team well-being

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have knowledge of HR Operations and People practices at a nonprofit or a start-up.
• Look at the human capital management function from an unconventional lens.
• Are deeply people-oriented and understand the complex relationship humans have with work.
• Understand the motivations behind people who choose to work in the development sector .
• Posses a growth mindset and are comfortable seeking solutions for problems that you may not immediately have an understanding of
• Are meticulous with numbers
• Have outstanding formal written communication skills in English
• Have impeccable planning and task tracking skills

Prerequisites include:

• At least 2-5 years of relevant work experience in the Human Resources domain
• Experience in the education/development sector would be an added advantage
• A degree in a relevant field of study from a reputed institution
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and all Google Suite applications
• At least spoken knowledge of Tamil language

This role will report to:

• Head, Operations and People Practices

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

TechforEdSystems: Madhi is working towards revolutionizing the state’s education governance systems through TechforEdSystems - an end-to-end monitoring solution including sophisticated applications and processes developed by Madhi, which enables the system to effectively integrate technology and data into its governance and decision making systems.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your Team (Training & Impact)

The Training & Impact team mainly has two broad functions: capacity building and impact measurement. The Training team is responsible for the delivery of instructional materials, tools and strategies for teachers and administrators to improve their knowledge, skills and mindset. The impact team is responsible for creating tools, systems and processes for measuring effectiveness of training and classroom practices. The training and impact team is diverse and dynamic comprising pedagogy experts, instructional designers, teacher trainers and field officers. The team believes that high-quality contextual training along with academic support driven by evidence from observations, can equip teachers to transform classroom practices and help improve learning outcomes at scale.

About the role

The Senior Manager will be expected to anchor the training delivery model and classroom observation processes for FLIP. You will ensure that the training delivered is high-quality, error-free and cascades effectively. This will include liaising with government stakeholders and pedagogy advisors to improve existing training processes and creating new ones. Additionally, you will also be expected to set up internal systems and processes to create data collection tools and ensure that the team collects high-quality data from the field. You will also be the consulting SME for all trainings conducted by Madhi.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Program Strategy

• Set the vision for the Training & Impact sub-vertical and thought partner with the Lead, FLIP and Associate Director, Projects to translate the vision into action
• Accountable for creating a staffing plan and projection for successfully implementing the programme
• Set and achieve goals for the sub-vertical and support team members to ensure that all objectives are met successfully
• Contribute to the overall vision setting process of the programme and the organisation to transform the status of foundational learning

Training and Capacity Building

• Create the overall training strategy & roadmap and drive effective implementation of the same
• Consistently propose improvements to the training models through research and implement these as part of contextualised approach to capacity building
• Co-create the teacher and administrator professional development framework to train and on-board teachers, HMs and BRTEs to the programme
• Co-lead the planning of training workshops with the state department and coordinate with stakeholders to obtain necessary approvals from the state
• Lead the planning and delivery of training across the intervention-districts
• Review session plans created by the team and ensure that all plans are of high quality
• Observe training to gain qualitative insights to improve the training processes
• Create periodic training observation reports that capture the effectiveness of the training and recommend improvements to the existing processes

Impact Measurment

• Implement the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning requirements across projects
• Create the overall training strategy & roadmap and thereby drive effective implementation
• Anchor the baseline and end-line student assessment exercise across intervention and control districts
• Create a classroom observation framework for the programme, co-lead the engagement with the state to review the framework and to obtain the necessary approvals
• Plan and execute classroom observations with the team and continuously strive to innovate and problem-solve to improve the quality of public education
• Shadow classroom observations conducted by team members and support them with their learning and development needs
• Support the tracking team to conduct review meetings at the state level and evaluate the effectiveness of these review meetings
• Create periodic reports that capture stories, cases and insights from the field that will help the projects team to strengthen the programme

Stakeholder Management

• Meticulously track the progress of vertical goals, process adherence and project progress
• Manage a highly skilled & motivated team and constantly strive to help them grow and realise their potential
• Ensure all team management structures are followed diligently and implement personalised support structures for team members
• Support the creation and implementation of the L&D framework for the Training & Impact team
• Co-lead government partnerships for the training vertical with Lead, FLIP to ensure Madhi’s continued partnership with the state
• Represent Madhi in external meetings and articulate Madhi’s vision in a compelling manner

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have a master’s degree in Education
• Possess excellent leadership and coaching skills
• Have exceptional planning skills and sets a high bar of excellence for yourself and your team
• Have demonstrable skills with respect to attention to detail
• Have prior experience working with government stakeholders

Mandatory prerequisites include:

• At least 6 years of relevant work experience in teaching, teacher training and programme delivery
• At least 3 years of managerial experience with a team span of minimum 4 members
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of specialisation
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to speak, read and understand Tamil

This role will report to:

• Senior Manager, Project Management, Ennum Ezhuthum Mission

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• 10 - 12 lakhs per annum

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to this Model Schools project. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Projects)

The Projects team comprises Curriculum and Classroom Instruction (CCI), Training and Programme Delivery (T&PD), Data for Governance (DFG), Information Technology (IT), District Project Management Unit (DPMU) and Project Management and Strategy (PM&S). The project team consists of heroes who work with various stakeholders across the state. The team exhibits energy and determination to get the job done, come rain or sunshine. Every decision is made keeping in mind that foundational learning for children comes first. They work together seamlessly to make magic happen day after day, doing whatever it takes to get us closer to our vision.

About the role

The Director, IT will anchor the IT sub vertical. The focus of this role is to support the generation of periodic reports based on the information collected from various technological statistics such as the Ennum Ezhuthum Tracker, Tamil Nadu Vagupparai Nokin tracker, and dashboards developed for the review meetings conducted at the state and district level.

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• Constantly propose new ideas and implement consistent architecture engineering and move it to practice
• We, as an organization, work with our stakeholders on a regular basis and it is important to retain and enhance our relationship with them. You will add a little zing to our technical team by effectively communicating and implementing comprehensive architectural models to all stakeholders
• Be able to constructively work on large scale projects that use multiple inconsistent architecture engineering methods. There may be times when the architecture engineering methods’ documentation is incomplete. You will be decode and arrive at a functional solution
• Without relying too much on the architectural tools, you will bring about a strong connection between the architecture and the design it drives

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Build and maintain a scalable, flexible, extensible data architecture and platform that drives e-governance across the departments.
• Create and execute a data strategy for data driven e-governance and articulate to all stakeholders.
• Design, build and maintain scalable and extensible data processing components (Batch and Real-time) for Data Ingestion, Data
• Transformation, Data Curation, Data Cataloging, and Data Security, and Data Integrity.
• Build and maintain appropriate systems and storage for efficient Data lifecycle management - databases, data marts, data lakes, data warehouses and archives.
• Lead architecture and design of integrated e-governance systems across departments.
• Ensure that the review meeting statistics tracker is updated and represented
• Quantitatively manage the various projects being developed within the department's in house IT team with different IT metrics
• Understanding in Server management and maintenance both in Cloud & Physical
• Broad Spectrum of Experience in Enterprises/Web/Mobile application
• Hands on experience in Project documentation and Software architecture
• Build strong relationships at the state level and ensure efficient coordination for any activity that may come our way
• Lead & manage a team of Database Engineers, Data Analysts and software developers
• Interact with departments and other stakeholders to support design & use of applications and data mining tools for effective real time reporting and analytics.
• Work closely with different stakeholders within the department (Principal Secretary to Government for Education Department, Commissioner of School Education, State Project Director of Samagra Shiksha and other Directors & Joint Directors) , other Government departments / PSU ( like MHRD, TNeGA, etc.,), external vendors, start-ups and academic partners as needed and to maintain a good working relationship with them.
• Drive the adoption of standards and best practices and promote reuse
• Prepare and present the reports of data from different projects, periodically to the department.
• To work with the department for envisioning the various activities of EMIS (education department’s in house technical wing)

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy analytical problem solving using technology
• Passionate about working in the IT field, yet work towards the educational development of children
• Proficient in the necessary computer languages that will allow you to solve any challenge that may rise
• Will be able to manage the risks and changes>
• Good in people management
• Always puts customer satisfaction as priority
• Good experience in IT Resource management and Optimization

Prerequisites include:

• Have at least 4 years of work experience with at least 2 years in the social sector
• Proficient in development and/or DBA experience in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as DB2, Oracle, SQL, Server,
• MySQL and/or Postgres, MPP databases (Teradata etc.)
• Experienced in optimal design and analyzing complex distributed production deployments in Hybrid cloud environments and use of serverless managed services.
• Strong understanding of modern data ingestion/curation/wrangling tools/technologies such as Informatica suite, Talend suite etc., BI tools such as Tableau/Qlikview
• Experienced in/deep understanding of design and implementation of enterprise data models and metadata structures. Understanding of different data modeling techniques such as Relational modeling, Dimensional modeling, Data Vault, etc.
• Experienced in/deep knowledge of the design and development of ETL code to load and transform the source data from various formats into a SQL database.
• Experienced in/deep knowledge of architecting and developing Data Warehousing / BI / Reporting solutions using platforms and technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Databricks etc
• Around 20 years of experience in the IT field with technical and analytical roles.
• Ability and experience in handling a highly efficient team
• Experience of working with the public systems will be an advantage
• Experience in the education/development sector would be an added advantage
• Should be able to understand the requirements of the department and to utilize the benefit of the technologies for the various initiatives of the department
• A degree in a relevant field of study such as B.E/ B.Tech/ MCA/ MSc./ ME/ MTech from a reputed institution
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and all Google Suite applications
• At least spoken knowledge of Tamil language

This role will report to:

• Associate Director, TN Soars

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 20 - 27 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to this Model Schools project. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Projects)

The Projects team comprises Curriculum and Classroom Instruction (CCI), Training and Programme Delivery (T&PD), Data for Governance (DFG), Information Technology (IT), District Project Management Unit (DPMU) and Project Management and Strategy (PM&S). The project team consists of heroes who work with various stakeholders across the state. The team exhibits energy and determination to get the job done, come rain or sunshine. Every decision is made keeping in mind that foundational learning for children comes first. They work together seamlessly to make magic happen day after day, doing whatever it takes to get us closer to our vision.

About the role

The Senior Developer, AngularJS will be a part of the IT sub vertical. The focus of this role is to support the development of various technological tools for our projects such as Ennum Ezhuthum. The role will also involve development of dashboards for the review meetings conducted at the state and district level.

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• You will be developing UI/UX for web / mobile based applications using one or more combinations of AngularJS, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. And you will fix or maintain the existing applications which use above mentioned languages or technologies.
• Constantly propose new ideas and implement the same to Evolve, Develop or Enhance the projects that Madhi runs to support the government in betterment of Education and its practices.
• We, as an organization, work with our stakeholders on a regular basis and it is important to retain and enhance our relationship with them. You will add a little zing to our technical team by effectively communicating and implementing applications to all stakeholders.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• 4+ Years of experience in UI/UX designing and development
• 4+ years of experience in Mobile responsive designing
• 3+ years of experience in AngularJS
• Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Experience developing new user-facing features
• Strong working knowledge of front-end frameworks (Angular)
• Experience integrating and implementing JavaScript graphics visualization libraries (D3.js, WebGL)
• Experience building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of custom analytics products and wide web applications
• Experience leveraging data analysis to construct strategic narrative
• Excellent problem-solving analytical skills and ability to break down large complex concepts
• Knowledgeable in web standards and responsive design
• Strong UI/UX and design experience with the ability to simplify complex scenarios to the average user without losing functionality
• Familiarity with Agile project management principles
• Confidence to drive assignments to completion

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Expert in UI/UX Designing and AngularJS
• Passionate about working in the IT field and being software developer
• Proficient in the necessary computer languages that will allow you to solve any challenge that may rise

This role will report to:

• Lead, IT

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to this Model Schools project. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Content Development and Capacity Building)

The Specialist, Content Development and Capacity Building will support the Senior Manager and guide associates in the curriculum and instructional design processes for all projects. This involves co-creating guidelines for all content pieces, including but not limited to worksheets, lesson plans, instructional videos and assessments. These curricular materials for grades 1 to 3 for literacy (English and Tamil) and Math will be benchmarked globally and customised to the local user.

About the role

The Specialist, Content Development and Capacity Building will support the Senior Manager and guide associates in the curriculum and instructional design processes for all projects. This involves co-creating guidelines for all content pieces, including but not limited to worksheets, lesson plans, instructional videos and assessments. These curricular materials for grades 1 to 3 for literacy (English and Tamil) and Math will be benchmarked globally and customised to the local user.

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• The Content Development and Capacity Building team at Madhi largely comes from teaching backgrounds with exposure to modern and progressive education systems. As a Specialist, you will support the Senior Manager to help channel this modern knowledge into the curricular materials for under-resourced schools.
• As part of our projects, Madhi often collaborates with other organisations and institutions, including government systems to co-develop curricular materials. As a Specialist, your work will involve steering conversations and navigating emerging priorities to ensure that the final curricular and content decisions are grounded in research or based on established best-practices.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Co-designing the overall curriculum development and capacity building strategies and driving effective implementation of the same
• Co-creating frameworks and guidelines for curriculum development as well as capacity building which will anchor the processes adopted
• Creating curricular materials, primarily paper-based and digital content for children and teachers of grades 1 - 3, that align with the finalised frameworks and guidelines.
• Creating capacity building materials to develop and evaluate the knowledge, skills and mindsets of key stakeholders crucial to project implementation, and facilitating training spaces as per the needs of the project/organisation.
• Ensuring all curricular and capacity building materials meet national and international quality standards through periodic reviews and propose improvements informed by research.
• Supporting Associates and Senior Associates sharpen their technical skills through structured feedback mechanisms and on-going professional development.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have a keen interest in pedagogy and strive to research extensively.
• Have a penchant for learning and can break down complex processes for stakeholders to consume easily.
• Can read and write in Tamil.
• Possess a growth mindset and are comfortable seeking solutions for problems that you may not immediately have an understanding of.
• Have impeccable planning and task tracking skills..

Prerequisites include:

• An undergraduate degree in Education.
• Teaching experience in low-income schools for at least two years.
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience in teaching, learning content development and teacher training with a minimum of 1 year in a managerial position.
• Experience of having directly managed a team of at least 2 entry-level team members
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and all Google Suite applications

This role will report to:

• Senior Manager, Curriculum Design and Learning

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to this Model Schools project. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Content Development and Capacity Building)

The Content Development and Capacity Building team consists of practitioners from teaching, teacher training, content and curriculum development backgrounds. The CD & CB team is in charge of ensuring that all curricular and capacity building materials that Madhi develops and collaborates on, align with our key pillars - Accessibility, Contextualisation, Inclusivity and Learning Outcome-focused. This team also owns the academic and training inputs across all programs and hence delivers high quality error free content and training customised to individual project needs.

About the role

The Associate, Content Development and Capacity Building will co-create curricular materials, including but not limited to worksheets, lesson plans, instructional videos and assessments. These curricular materials for grades 1 to 3 for literacy (English and Tamil) and Maths will be benchmarked globally and customised to the local user

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• The Content Development and Capacity Building team at Madhi largely comes from teaching backgrounds with exposure to modern and progressive education systems. As the Associate, you will channel this modern knowledge into the curricular materials for under-resourced schools

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Creating curricular materials, primarily paper-based and digital content for children and teachers of grades 1 - 3, that align with the finalised frameworks and guidelines.
• Creating capacity building materials to develop and evaluate the knowledge, skills and mindsets of key stakeholders crucial to project implementation, and facilitating training spaces as per the needs of the project/organisation
• Ensuring all curricular and capacity building materials meet national and international quality standards through periodic reviews and propose improvements informed by research

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have a keen interest in pedagogy and strive to research extensively.
• Have a penchant for learning and can break down complex processes for stakeholders to consume easily.
• Can read and write in Tamil.
• Possess a growth mindset and are comfortable seeking solutions for problems that you may not immediately have an understanding of.

Prerequisites include:

• An undergraduate degree in Education.
• Teaching experience in low-income schools for at least two years.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in teaching, learning content development or teacher training
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and all Google Suite applications

This role will report to:

• Specialist, Curriculum Design and Learning

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Project MALA: Project MALA aims to create high-tech, low-tech and no-tech tools which can support child-educators (parents, teachers, volunteers) to build the neuro-linguistic exposure that children require to acquire language proficiency through oracy. Children in rural areas or from low income households have minimal exposure to the English language- particularly oracy. They find the existing english language learning tools inadequate to build fluency in spoken English and also have difficulty in reading to learn from English sources. Project MALA aims to leverage technology and contextually built learning resources to solve this problem.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to this Model Schools project. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Scale and Innovations)

The Organizational Development (OD) team comprises Human Capital Management (HCM), Operations, Communications and Partnerships. The OD team consists of heroes who work hard in the shadows and believe that the show must go on, come rain or sunshine. The HCM team is in charge of managing human capital and talent at Madhi and strives to find passionate and committed individuals to join the team. The operations team ensures seamless functioning of the organization and oversees finance and administration-related activities.

About the role

The Manager, Fundraising and Communication will be responsible to identify, nurture and expand Madhi’s ties with both state and donor partners. In addition to supporting the execution of a strong government relations strategy, they will also play an instrumental role in ensuring that the organisation’s funding target is met on time. They will also engage in purposeful and meaningful partnerships with other organisations in the sector. It is a role that provides an exciting opportunity to build purposeful collaboration across a wide range of stakeholders

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• Over the past 5 years, we have grown from a team of 5 to a team of 25 currently and are likely to grow exponentially, expanding our work with the State’s initiatives and grow to a team of 150 soon. This will require us to build a robust pipeline of donors for raising funds for enabling this growth. As the Associate Director, you will need to lead from the front to identify new donor bases and create innovative and exciting communication and proposals, and help Madhi fundraise
• You will be expected to help balance the requirements of donors, internal requirements and steering Project Finance to walk the tightrope
• Fundraising, as anyone who has raised funds would have you know, is about leveraging close and extended networks. While Madhi has built a strong network of supporters over the years, you will also be expected to draw from your own network and help direct support towards Madhi
• Madhi’s projects are designed to suit the context of Tamil Nadu and the stakeholders we interact with. However, our digital presence and brand as a thought leader in the education sector is something that must expand far beyond our geographical bounds. You will be expected to discover and leverage all channels of communication that could showcase Madhi’s work to a larger audience
• We are sticklers for high quality in writing, for sensitive and contextual tones of communication, and for designing visual collateral that speak volumes of our work. Through this role you will be expected to uphold these standards and contribute to the design of our brand image and communication guidelines

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Support the CEO and your team, with vision setting for the vertical
• Set and execute the vision for Madhi's internal and external communication strategies to increase Madhi’s brand visibility across various media: social, print, radio etc
• Assist the CEO in consistently meeting Madhi’s defined fundraising targets
• Carry out extensive research about potential partners that can work with Madhi synergistically
• Build and maintain a strong network of donors & partners (funding, government, other organizations with whom synergies may exist) and strategically manage each relationship
• Create periodic reports and presentations to present to donor groups
• Create compelling grant applications to secure institutional grants
• Refine thought leadership submissions by team members to build and maintain an active and meaningful blog site
• Review and approve all collaterals to be shared with external stakeholders and ensure they conform to Madhi’s communication guidelines
• Design audio-visual collaterals of varying lengths, catering to different audiences, to narrate Madhi’s story with conviction and humility
• Maintain and update the Madhi website on an ongoing basis

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Possess exceptional leadership skills and have managed a highly skilled team before
• Have demonstrated the ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of people from diverse backgrounds (junior/senior, for-profit/non-profit etc.)
• Have led social media campaigns for social sector organizations
• Have developed marketing and public outreach collaterals (videos, posters) end to end for social sector organizations
• Have a keen eye for detail and can produce technical proposals and official documents (like MoUs) of exceptional quality even with a short turnaround time
• Possess strong written and verbal communication in English with excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Possess strong and proven influencing and negotiating skills targeted at a diverse range of audience
• Have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Have proven planning skills and take pride in seeing projects through to completion
• Are prolific on social media and understand what strategies work to drive traction online
• Can proofread and edit formal as well as informal documents for internal and external dissemination
• Can tap into your network and liaise with public relations officials, journalists etc.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoy solving problems
• Have excellent presence on social media and have driven online campaigns for social sector organizations
• Have minimum 2 years of experience with managing external stakeholders especially in the development sector
• Have an interest and aptitude for design and the creation of visual collaterals
• Have excellent editing and proofreading skills with an exceptional command over English to craft compelling narratives.
• Have designed communication collaterals for firms before and knows what gains people attention
• Are extremely detail-oriented and meticulous with formal written communication
• Enjoy working with a diverse and highly skilled team
• Truly believe in the power of collaboration over competition

Prerequisites include:

• At least 4-6 years of work experience with minimum 2 years in the development sector
• Experience of having worked with any grant making institutions or CSRs before (or) in corporate consulting in areas such as strategy, marketing etc
• Knowledge of any of the content design softwares (Adobe suite)
• A postgraduate degree in social sciences or mass communication
• Directly managed at least a team of 1-2 members

This role will report to:

• CEO/ Associate Director, Partnerships

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 8 - 10 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

TechforEdSystems: Madhi is working towards revolutionizing the state’s education governance systems through TechforEdSystems - an end-to-end monitoring solution including sophisticated applications and processes developed by Madhi, which enables the system to effectively integrate technology and data into its governance and decision making systems.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

The job vacancy detailed here pertains to this Model Schools project. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your team (Organisational Development)

The Organizational Development (OD) team comprises Human Capital Management (HCM), Operations, Communications, Fundraising and Partnerships. The OD team has heroes who work hard in the shadows and believe that the show must go on, come rain or sunshine. The Partnerships team comprises the fundraising team, external partnerships team and project finance team. It believes in the power of collective impact and goes out and makes it happen.

About the role

The Senior Associate, Design & Communications will be expected to communicate Madhi’s work impactfully over social media, through reports, through media features, and as part of participation in events. You will also partner closely with the Organizational Development team at large to create written and visual collateral for internal and external communication needs.

The challenges you will help solve in this role:

• Madhi’s work is often at the crucial intersection of policy design, expert knowledge, social initiative and political will. Effectively communicating the scope and impact of Madhi’s work in simple and meaningful terms will be a challenge that the Senior Associate will lead in solving.
• Madhi’s projects are designed to suit the context of Tamil Nadu and the stakeholders we interact with. However, our digital presence and brand as a thought leader in the education sector is something that must expand far beyond our geographical bounds. You will be expected to discover and leverage all channels of communication that could showcase Madhi’s work to a larger audience!
• We are sticklers for high quality in writing, for sensitive and contextual tones of communication, and for designing visual collateral that speak volumes of our work. Through this role you will be expected to uphold these standards and contribute to the design of our brand image and communication guidelines.
• The art of pitching is as much about storytelling as it is about good research. As the Associate, Design & Communications, you will work closely with the Fundraising team to design Madhi’s pitches, and in turn play an integral role in the growth of the organisation’s scale and impact.

The job description:

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role some of your responsibilities will include:

• Create and deliver communications collateral including posters, multimedia content and written copy over Madhi’s social media handles
• Create requisite written and visual material for Madhi’s website, and work in partnership with development teams to maintain the website
• Create pitch decks and presentations that communicate Madhi’s work and project details to present to external partners and donor groups
• Create multi-media content to support the work of Madhi’s project teams such as short videos, infographics, data visualisations, etc.
• Carry out extensive research about potential partners that can work with Madhi synergistically to build Madhi’s brand visibility
• Create the external communications strategy to increase Madhi’s brand visibility through news media, print media, events, podcasts, etc
• Lead the planning and hosting of Madhi’s discussion forums, events and webinars
• Adhere to and build on the communications guidelines for Madhi’s internal and external communications
• Design, review and approve all collaterals to be shared with external stakeholders and ensure they conform to Madhi’s communication guidelines
• Refine thought leadership submission by team members and buildan active and meaningful blog site
• Represent Madhi and its core values in all your interactions with partners

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoy solving problems
• Have excellent presence on social media and have driven online campaigns for social sector organizations
• Have minimum 2 years of experience with managing external stakeholders especially in the development sector
• Have excellent editing and proofreading skills with an exceptional command over English to craft compelling narratives>
• Have designed communication collaterals for firms before and knows what gains people attention
• Are extremely detail-oriented and meticulous with formal written communication
• Enjoy working with a diverse and highly skilled team
• Truly believe in the power of collaboration over competition
• Have an interest and aptitude for design and the creation of visual collaterals>

Prerequisites include:

• Have at least 4 years of work experience with at least 2 years in the social sector
• Have worked managing communications for a company before and run marketing campaigns
• Adept at using tools such as Canva, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or similar content design software
• Know to use Adobe InDesign, Adobe PremierePro or other similar tools for the creation of multimedia content
• Have familiarity of WordPress

This role will report to:

• Specialist, Communications

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs 5 - 6.5 Lakhs p.a

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6

For more information, please write to: [email protected]

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu. Madhi’s programmes in Tamil Nadu are consolidated under a single umbrella called Project: TN Soars, comprising 3 critical projects: 1. Ennum Ezhuthum (The Tamil Nadu state Foundational Learning Mission), 2. TechForEdSystems and 3. Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

TechforEdSystems: Madhi is working towards revolutionizing the state’s education governance systems through TechforEdSystems - an end-to-end monitoring solution including sophisticated applications and processes developed by Madhi, which enables the system to effectively integrate technology and data into its governance and decision making systems.

Tamil Nadu STEAM Model Schools: To ensure holistic growth of children from underserved communities and to empower them with the skills to work toward their dreams, the Department of School Education has embarked on an ambitious project of setting up ‘Tamil Nadu Model Schools’ that will serve children from the most marginalized backgrounds and equip them with skills and knowledge such that their disadvantages get mitigated and no longer impede their success in academics, work and life. Madhi has joined the Department to assist in the setting up of these 38 Model Schools, each exemplifying the principles of equity and inclusion in letter and spirit, enabling every student, irrespective of their background, to receive equal opportunities to aspire and achieve their goals.

To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

Your Team (Data For Governance)

The Data for Governance team believes in the power of technology and data in transforming the education landscape. The team is versatile and dynamic and is a multifaceted group comprising data analysts, app developers, field specialists, data scientists etc. They all work together seamlessly to make magic happen day after day, doing whatever it takes to take us closer to the vision of reimagining school systems to eliminate the foundational learning crisis in India. The primary role of the DFG team is to support the information management systems and processes at Samagra Shiksha, Tamil Nadu. This can be done through efficient structuring of the information management system and a suite of mobile applications (TNVN) and dashboards designed to collect and process meaningful data from the field.

Tamil Nadu Vagupparai Nokkin (TNVN)

TNVN (translates to: “look inside a classroom”) is the name of Tamil Nadu’s classroom observation and teacher support mobile application. It is meant for use by officials visiting classrooms. The name draws its inspiration from a quote by Thiruvalluvar, an ancient and much loved Tamil poet. The main objective of the observation application is to enable officials to conduct classroom observations in a meaningful manner and capture real-time information or data on a simple, digitally enabled platform. The insights gathered may subsequently be used to guide policy decisions towards improving the quality of education in government schools.

For example, the data from TNVN may be used towards strengthening pedagogic processes in classrooms, designing targeted training programmes, refining student assessment frameworks or restructuring governance mechanisms. TNVN has therefore been envisioned as a tool that will assist officials to streamline and transform existing processes based on real-time and accurate data from classrooms.

The DFG team will help build this application and the allied functional operations for Samagra Shiksha, Tamil Nadu.

About the role

This is an exciting role, with a direct ability to influence systemic- state reform, participate in stakeholder management within the Department of School Education and work directly on organisational strategy and improving field outcomes for the last-mile child!

The Lead will support the DFG, IT/ EMIS and MEL sub-verticals at Madhi and within the State; to strengthen the information management system within the Department of School Education. Based on the vision roadmap of the TNVN suite of applications, this role will also support Samagra Shiksha to build a system that is designed to support stakeholders to make data-driven decisions. This role will strive to continuously innovate for all the activities pertaining to the DFG vertical and support various team members to execute their roles well.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Operate with a great sense of ownership and urgency and own all decisions taken by the Data for Governance team
• Be able to analyse large data sets and create comprehensive reports utilising visualised data
• Liaise with the State Education Department’s Data Management Cell for their data analysis and associated visual reporting requirements
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders within the State Department
• Thought partner with the State, as required, to create skeletal data maps/ data architecture systems towards optimising the processing of large scale data sets, obtained from classroom observations in each school in TN
• Collaborate with senior managers from other verticals at Madhi to optimise insight gathering from field-data
• Support with Madhi’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) efforts to improve Madhi’s programme efficacy and efficiency
• Regularly review data collection processes, including regular field visits and data quality assessments, and adjust processes as needed (ie: conceptualising and conducting internal process evaluations, as required)
• Support respective team members to organise qualitative data collection activities (ie- FGDs, discussion forums etc)
• Support vertical heads to create and maintain internal project-wise data dashboards to support programmatic learning and iteration
• Support relevant external and internal stakeholders with a large-scale RCT style impact evaluation of our flagship projects
• Manage a team of Data Analysts and Specialists

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Demonstrate the highest degree of integrity throughout all activities and are obsessed with data integrity
• Possess demonstrable leadership skills and a resilient entrepreneurial mindset
• Have proven negotiation skills with various stakeholders
• Have a functional understanding of data frameworks and legacy data systems management
• Have a functional understanding of MySQL databases (limitations and strengths)
• Possess a strong understanding of survey design, sampling strategies, applied methods of statistical analysis, process evaluation cycles, impact evaluation cycles, RCTs; all given real life data collection constraints
• Can conceptualise and build data/ tech systems or improve, where necessary, the process of collection of large scale field data; are comfortable dealing with qualitative and quantitative field data
• Can analyse, report and present the collected data sets - all with a view of strengthening data monitoring and governance systems within the state
• Have experience working with a high performance, collaborative, constructive team and can ask tough questions to push the team’s thinking in order to raise the bar of excellence and quality of outcomes
• Can strike a balance between empathy and accountability and can adapt to a not-for-profit startup that values both
• Believe in the power of data-driven governance and can strengthen internal and external database systems to enable policy makers to derive actionable insights from the data collected

Mandatory prerequisites include:

• At least 6-8 years of relevant work experience with a minimum of 3 years in a managerial position. Experience in the education/development sector would be an added advantage
• Functional knowledge of SPSS, R, SQL (or other data manipulation software), POWER BI, TABLEAU ( or other data visualisation software)
• A postgraduate degree in a relevant field of study from a reputed institution with specialisation in Mathematics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Information Technology/Management or Statistics
• Excellent written communication and report writing skills in English along with proficiency in oral communication in Tamil
• Evidence of excellent leadership and project management skills
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, G Suite, Digital Survey Tools and Data Visualisation Tools

Bonus points if you:

• Have worked with large MySQL databases
• Have worked as part of an app / software development team
• Have experience in handling data models, reporting packages
• Can conduct analysis of large scale datasets, where data cleaning is a requirement
• Can conceptualise/ architect database design
• Can operationalise lean data collection
This role will report to:
• Lead, Ennum Ezhuthum Mission
Location:
• Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Please note:
• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)
Link to Application Form:
• https://forms.gle/N1MPyRNr69ri5TMR6
For more information, please write to: [email protected]