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About the Role :The State Lead will lead the intervention in the state by working closely with a team of Education Specialist Program Managers, coordinators and officers. The State lead will be responsible for ensuring implementation of all project deliverables. We are looking for an experienced person who has prior experience having worked in Education programmes while having a perspective on the content thematics (coding/ computational skills) of the program. The role will anchor all govt relations, and oversee content development, and capacity-building programmes. The manager should be well versed in understanding analysis and drive reviews using the same.The position will be responsible for developing and managing relationships with non-profits, policy makers and govt. Stakeholders at the state and district level.State Strategy - Design, Operationalisation and ReviewAnchor the state strategy aligning it to program and organizational priorities and systems change lensDevelop the state plan and ensure its operationalisation and achievement of goals with qualityEnsure all state strategies have clear operational plans detailed out as quarterly milestones and monthly plans (curriculum development, chatbot, capacity building)Develop the long term state strategy and plan with clear budgets and team structures for the state from 3-5 year lensSupport the BD team with proposal development, donor engagement and identifying state specific fundraising opportunitiesMonthly field visits to interact with the learners, teachers, headmasters and district officials to gauge the effectiveness of the program from the stakeholder lensProject and Budget ManagementContribute to overall program processes - funder engagement, research, communication and disseminationEnsure project deliverables are met as per program plan and donor commitmentsEnsure donor reporting happens as per timelines and with quality - capturing project learning and insightsEnsure financial forecasting is in place for each project and the spent plan is as per forecast (no underspent/overspent) with maximum focus on the key constituency when it comes to prioritizing spent decisionsAnchor the financial management to ensure audit compliance, review of the monthly project spent report to check for consistency and discrepancies,Advocacy and Thought LeadershipIdentify opportunities at the state level from an advocacy and strategic partnership lens to deepen Quest’s thought leadership workDrive the advocacy agenda for the state as per the program plan - relationship building with Andhra SSA and SCERT and other relevant departmentsDevelop a clear action plan for advocacy for mainstreaming the curriculum in the education ecosystem and facilitating policy level change,Ensure every 6 months JPRMS are conducted and become strategic spaces for multi stakeholder dialogue - including the donor and the govt officialsParticipate actively in all consortiums and external forums as Quest’s representatives and integrate the org agenda into the different spacesStreamline the planning, implementation and review process with the partners in Andhra PradeshKnowledge PartnershipsAnchor the program strategy and execution for knowledge partnershipsAlign the KP strategy with the org strategyManage the IELE teamMonitoring and EvaluationEnsure that the team has a good understanding of the monitoring tools and dashboardsEnsure that the data coming in from monitoring tools is reviewed jointly by the team and is integrated in reviews with partners and within the team
