Manager- Education

The Manager- Education should have experience and expertise in multiple areas of the Education sector. The incumbent shall be responsible for business development and implementation of Education projects by IPE Global from time to time, and for providing technical inputs to various other projects within the practice. S/he shall also be responsible for leadership and guidance to the team on proposals and project deliverables.

Key Performance Area:

• Business development and implementation of education sector projects.
• Provide technical expertise across project teams and clients for Education.
• Technical Capability Building of Education Team at IPE.

Key Functions & Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise:

• Lead pro-active and reactive business development for education.
• Maintain professional development and industry knowledge to ensure that projects reflect best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and coordination for the scaling up of quality.
• Lead proposal development.

Innovative Approaches:

• Bring forward to senior management, ideas, new methodologies, value-added changes to existing practices.
• Produce a pipeline as required from time to time and modifications/improvements to existing practices.
• Track and identify new business opportunities.

Client Engagement:

• Communicate with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative technical solutions and strategies.
• Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key client stakeholders and be responsible for achievement of goals.
• Contributing to work planning, monitoring, evaluation and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with other team members and in coordination with national, state and local government, non-governmental and multilateral/bilateral institutions to achieve project deliverables.

Partnership Development:

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including educational institutions, education sector firms, and government bodies.
• Negotiate and finalize partnerships, collaborations, and strategic alliances to enhance the company's presence in the education sector.

Branding and Positioning:

• Publish in technical / trade journals, write papers on chosen technical expertise, or speak at industry events representing IPE.
• Promote IPE through speaking engagements at industry conferences and involvement in local business organizations.

Others:

• Ensure that all work submitted as part of the proposal, research and development is technically sound.
• Support the Knowledge Management initiative by providing technical inputs, write ups, cases, etc.

Qualifications And Experience:

• MBA/ Master's degree in a relevant field such as economics, business, education, or a related field.
• At least 8-12 years of experience in the education sector with a focus on business development activities along with implementation of projects.

Essential skillsets:

• Strong understanding of relevant policies and Schemes/Programmes/Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Well-networked with the stakeholders in the skills domain.
• Experience of designing/implementing Donor funded and Central/State Government Technical Assistance/capacity building programmes.
• A good team player with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Capable of taking initiatives on their own with minimum level of supervision.
• Excellent communication skills: able to clearly communicate complex information verbally and in writing.
• Result oriented approach to work. Open to working in multi-cultural environments and effectively in small and large teams.
• Knowledge of Teacher Professional Development, Early Childhood Education or other thematic areas in education sector.
• Strong understanding of various Government skills development schemes.