Katha - Assistant Director - Education

Summary :

Will be responsible for effective and efficient implementation of educational projects, development of theme based pedagogy for Lab school to increase children engagement in education and raise literacy level in both Hindi and English. Also the development of In service Teachers- training modules based on Katha's innovative ways of teaching and providing support to Executive Director in evolving the best teaching practices to make the learning inspiring and interactive

Responsibilities :

- To take forward Katha's mission, philosophy, practices, goals and objectives using collaborative and extensive research processes in education

- To provide leadership for research, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of ongoing educational projects

- To provide leadership to promote clear, consistent, expectations that focus on successful outcomes for students

- To provide leadership in the planning, development, implementation, review and evaluation of school administrative procedures

- To direct and coordinate Principals, Vice Principals, coordinators & resource teachers in ensuring the deliverables in terms of PAR assessment, classroom practices & other key areas of the project

- To plan, organise and coordinate the ongoing educational project functions and its activities

- To conduct workshops, orientation and other in service training activities for project staff about project components and specific outcomes

- To work closely with all the stakeholders that impacts the children education

- Takes necessary step to provide a safe and caring environment that fosters well being, and maintains respectful and responsible behaviour for each student

- Reviews, monitors and audits the project budget and funding status and implements expenditure control procedures to comply with Katha & General accounting standards

- To support the development team in preparation of project proposal to ensure the funding

- To collect the weekly/monthly/annual report from project leaders, analyse and submit the highlights to Executive Director for strategic decisions

- Submission of timely reports and MIS to senior management and donor partners

Essential Criteria :

- Master degree in any field

- Minimum 8 years of educational or related management experience

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)

- Should be well versed with report writing and presentation

- Computer proficient - MS word, Excel, Power point