What we do

Madhi works with the Department of School Education (and with Samagra Shiksha and the State Council for Educational Research and Training, Tamil Nadu) to implement large-scale reforms in curriculum, teacher training and governance to improve foundational learning outcomes among students in government schools in the state. The organisation is 4 years old and is all set to scale its impact from the pilot project 'The Foundational Learning Improvement Programme' (FLIP), which was implemented in 2000 schools. Encouraged by the potential of FLIP, the state has integrated it entirely with its efforts to implement the 'Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission' (FLN Mission), outlined in the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, across 40,000 primary schools in the state.

Your Team (Partnerships)

The Partnerships team comprises the government relations team, the fundraising and the external partnerships team. It believes in the power of collective impact and goes out and makes it happen. We often complain about the dearth of opportunities for NGOs in the education sector to collaborate. The partnerships team challenges this notion and invests people and organisations in Madhi’s work and strives to convert the intent to collaborate into action.

About the role

The Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Engagement 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.

In this role, you will support the partnerships team to:
1. Government relations

• Support the Senior Manager in creating government engagement strategy
• Attend government meetings at various administrative levels as required and articulate Madhi’s vision in a compelling manner
• Meticulously track and record the minutes of every government meeting conducted with the state
• Coordinate with various project team leads to ensure smooth functioning of Madhi’s government projects

2. Donor Relations

• Support the Senior Manager in creating donor management strategy
• Evaluate Madhi’s eligibility to apply for new funding opportunities through CSRs and philanthropic foundations in the regional, national and international landscapes
• Draft proposals and grant applications
• Manage and track donor engagement through well-defined database systems
• Ensure all external communication aligns with Madhi’s quality standard and guidelines before it gets disseminated

3. External partnerships

• Network with other organisations and potential partners with whom Madhi can synergise
• Methodically document and track Madhi’s association with external organisations in the landscape towards creating meaningful partnerships

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have worked in the development sector and understand what it takes for non-profits to collaborate purposefully
• Have outstanding communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• Have proven planning skills and take pride in seeing projects to completion
• Have the ability to adapt and work in a small and dynamic team

Bonus points for:

• Having strong interpersonal skills.
• Having a keen eye for detail and can produce different types of reports with a short turn around time.
• Having the ability to deliver compelling donor pitches.

Mandatory prerequisites include:

• At least 3-5 years of work experience in stakeholder management/fundraising/administrative roles in the development sector
• Advanced proficiency in Tamil (speaking)
• Excellent knowledge of MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and G-Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides).
• Any undergraduate degree in a related field

This role will report to:

• Senior Manager, Partnerships.

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• 7.6 - 9.8 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/WsXF2wWVaJHEBSyQ8

For more information, please write to: apply@madhifoundation.org

What we do

Madhi works with the Department of School Education (and with Samagra Shiksha and the State Council for Educational Research and Training, Tamil Nadu) to implement large-scale reforms in curriculum, teacher training and governance to improve foundational learning outcomes among students in government schools in the state. The organisation is 4 years old and is all set to scale its impact from the pilot project 'The Foundational Learning Improvement Programme' (FLIP), which was implemented in 2000 schools. Encouraged by the potential of FLIP, the state has integrated it entirely with its efforts to implement the 'Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission' (FLN Mission), outlined in the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, across 40,000 primary schools in the state.

Apart from FLIP, Madhi is also piloting two new ideas: a mobile-based application (Edukit) to improve the quality of teaching and teacher support; and the creation of a Centre for Research and Innovation in Foundation Learning (CRIFL) with a vision to strengthen programme impact as well as contribute to the larger ecosystem by disseminating knowledge and learnings from the field.

Your Team (DFG)

The Data for Governance (DFG) team is part of FLIP and believes in the power of technology and data to transform educational outcomes. The team is a multifaceted group comprising data analysts, app developers, field specialists, data scientists etc. They 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.

Tamil Nadu Vagupparai Nokkin (TNVN)

TNVN (translate 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.

In this role you will:

• Create, modify and maintain data collection and analysis templates to aid report generation as well as dashboard maintenance
• Execute data collation, cleaning up and analysis of data from various sources
• Analyse, report and present the data collected from various sources - like surveys, apps, web login data etc.
• Highlight, on a regular basis, data discrepancies as well as inadequacies to improve the overall data collection process
• Help monitor dashboards as well the data that feeds into these dashboards
• Provide project based status updates to relevant stakeholders

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Are familiar with data visualization software like Power BI, Tableau etc.
• Have used survey generation tools like Kobo, QuestionPro, Survey Monkey etc.
• Have excellent data analysis and visualisation skills
• Are comfortable with academic long form writing
• Are familiar with qualitative data analysis
• Are meticulous, organised, detail oriented and have strong time management skills
• Have a professional qualification in Monitoring & Evaluation
• Understand the work of and add value to the other elements in the Madhi ecosystem

Other mandatory prerequisites include:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience. Experience in the education sector will be an added advantage
• A bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or Development Studies
• Excellent written communication skills in English along with proficiency in oral communication in Tamil. Extra points if you possess written communication skills in Tamil
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and G Suite

This role will report jointly to:

• Lead, Data for Governance

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs. 4.8-7.2 lakhs per annum and other perquisites

Please note:

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

Link to Application Form:

• https://forms.gle/VQ3AeDpaihuLiWC68

For more information, please write to: apply@madhifoundation.org

What we do

Madhi works with the Department of School Education (and with Samagra Shiksha and the State Council for Educational Research and Training, Tamil Nadu) to implement large-scale reforms in curriculum, teacher training and governance to improve foundational learning outcomes among students in government schools in the state. The organisation is 4 years old and is all set to scale its impact from the pilot project 'The Foundational Learning Improvement Programme' (FLIP), which was implemented in 2000 schools. Encouraged by the potential of FLIP, the state has integrated it entirely with its efforts to implement the 'Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission' (FLN Mission), outlined in the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, across 40,000 primary schools in the state.

Apart from FLIP, Madhi is also piloting two new ideas: a mobile-based application (Edukit) to improve the quality of teaching and teacher support; and the creation of a Centre for Research and Innovation in Foundation Learning (CRIFL) with a vision to strengthen programme impact as well as contribute to the larger ecosystem by disseminating knowledge and learnings from the field.

About the role
In this role you will

• Work in collaboration with the EMIS Cell and the Associate Director, Projects to gather requirement and expectations for the App and Dashboard
• Work closely with the Madhi team to understand, evaluate and suggest best course for the development team to adopt.
• Oversee testing and QA the work completed by the software development team.
• Leading and supporting the IT team to develop, maintain and enhance the Ionic Mobile App and the Observation Dashboard.
• Building and supporting any products, as required, for the EMIS Cell and Madhi
• Help the team troubleshoot issues that arise during development.
• Coordinate with external consultants, where necessary, to create software tools to automate data input and processing.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Are an agilist driving scrum best practice – estimation, goals, reviews, retros etc.
• Are familiar with CD/ CI and DevOps tools.
• Have experience in software project management tools.
• Have previous experience building large, enterprise level solutions within an Agile environment .
• Have the ability to estimate projects, timelines, feasibility and alternative solutions

Extra points if you:

• Have worked with Angular / Ionic / hybrid mobile app technologies.
• Have previous hands on experience with PHP codeigniter framework.
• Have worked with Large MySQL databases.
• Lead an app / software development team.
• Can be a key contributor to development roadmap & strategy .
• Are able to and enjoy mentoring & coaching your team.
• Have strong problem solving skills, ability to triage technical issues

Technical skills required:

• Strong knowledge of SOLID principles, Design Patterns, Ntier Architecture skills.
• Must use best practices, reusable code, separation of concerns design patterns.
• Create Application Architecture based on OOP concepts and code libraries / modules.
• Define technical design for Application (require integration into existing Software Framework, working with REST services, Push notifications etc.).
• Experience in creating layered architecture of angular projects.
• Experience in creating the enterprise level architecture of angular projects.
• Experience in the front-end development lifecycle, including user interface design, html development across different form-factors and devices.
• Strong understanding of hybrid ionic mobile app development and PHP.
• Knowledge of MySQL databases (limitations and strengths)

Soft skills required:

• Ability to build compelling concepts for developing product based projects, customer’s projects and offerings as well as engage user experience across varied platforms.
• Excellent communication skills: Written Communication Skills (English), Oral Communication Skills (English and Tamil).
• Excellent Stakeholder Management skills.
• A team player - you must be collaborative in your working style and comfortable with load sharing as required and ensuring your team are delivering on time and efficiently

Desirable Qualifications:

• A degree in systems architecture/ computer science/ IT or related fields.
• 7+ years of work experience in front-end/ back-end software development.

This role will report to:

• Lead, FLIP

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs. 16-18 lakhs per annum

Please note:

• You will be expected to bring your own laptop, desktop will be provided

Link to Application Form:

• http://bit.ly/2LOKMzj

For more information, please write to: apply@madhifoundation.org

What we do

Madhi works with the Department of School Education (and with Samagra Shiksha and the State Council for Educational Research and Training, Tamil Nadu) to implement large-scale reforms in curriculum, teacher training and governance to improve foundational learning outcomes among students in government schools in the state. The organisation is 4 years old and is all set to scale its impact from the pilot project 'The Foundational Learning Improvement Programme' (FLIP), which was implemented in 2000 schools. Encouraged by the potential of FLIP, the state has integrated it entirely with its efforts to implement the 'Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission' (FLN Mission), outlined in the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, across 40,000 primary schools in the state.

Apart from FLIP, Madhi is also piloting two new ideas: a mobile-based application (Edukit) to improve the quality of teaching and teacher support; and the creation of a Centre for Research and Innovation in Foundation Learning (CRIFL) with a vision to strengthen programme impact as well as contribute to the larger ecosystem by disseminating knowledge and learnings from the field.

Your team

The Teaching Learning Materials (TLM) team is responsible for the design and delivery of instructional materials for students and teachers. The team is diverse and dynamic comprising curriculum developers, pedagogy experts, instructional designers, graphic designers and videographers. The team believes that well-designed learning materials can equip teachers to transform classroom practices to improve learning outcomes at scale.

About the role

The Senior Manager will be expected to anchor the curriculum creation and instructional design for FLIP. You will ensure that the content delivered to students and teachers is academically rigorous and contextually relevant. You will also be expected to support the Edukit team to strategise content offerings and provide pedagogical support for developing the product offering. You will manage and lead the creation of various types of content such as lesson plans, worksheets, learning videos pertaining to literacy and numeracy, designing Madhi’s assessment tools and other collaterals on a need basis.

In this role, you will execute:
Programme Strategy

• Create the overall content strategy & roadmap and thereby improve classroom practices
• Implement a cohesive, research-based design across content and programme, such that the tools and content offerings accelerate student achievement of learning outcomes
• Propose improvements by researching curricula from other educational systems and varied resources to incorporate the best approaches to teaching and learning in classrooms

Curriculum and Content Development

• Lead the creation of curricular framework for student-facing content
• Research and design ready-to-use classroom resources and teacher-facing instructional content with a strong understanding of the subjects (English & Math) and the context
• Design a comprehensive process framework and guidelines for the TLM team and oversee adherence to it at all points in the creation cycle
• Ensure on time delivery of teacher handbooks, workbooks and other learning and training materials
• Spearhead the creation of the teacher and administrator professional development framework to train and on-board teachers, HMs and BRTEs to the programme
• Design clear and comprehensive guidelines to create high-quality digital content for training teachers and other administrators
• Anchor and manage the entire content creation cycle by setting processes & structures for the team to produce high quality output adhering to Madhi standards
• Co-lead the curricular and training planning workshops with the state department and obtain necessary approvals from the SMEs of the relevant government departments
• Anchor the creation of all learning assessments of Madhi’s projects – including impact assessments (such as baseline/endline assessments and other diagnostic assessments)
• Support the creation of training and classroom observation frameworks that is aligned to the M&E framework
• Observe classrooms to improve understanding of the context and strategise the effective adoption of the new/modified instructional design materials

Team Management

• Track project progress and support the team achieve their individual goals
• Manage a highly skilled and motivated team and constantly strive to help them grow and realise their potential
• Ensure all team management structures are followed diligently and personalised support provided whenever required

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have a master’s degree in a relevant field of study from a reputed institution preferably with a specialisation in early grade 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
• Have a keen interest in pedagogy and strive to read and research extensively on it
• Have a penchant for instructional design and know exactly how-to breakdown complex processes for consumption

Other mandatory prerequisites include:

• 6-10 years of work experience with at least 5 years of relevant experience in curriculum design, content development, training or programme design
• At least 3 years of managerial experience with a team span of minimum 5 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:

• Lead, FLIP

Location:

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Remuneration:

• Rs. 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/YX4d8QiDoYHgDt5b6

For more information, please write to: apply@madhifoundation.org