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Program Design Lead [Education], Varanasi

On-site, Work must be performed in or near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  • Details

    Job Type:
    Full Time
    Start Date:
    September 10, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    September 10, 2026
    Education:
    4-Year Degree Required
    Experience Level:
    Mid-level
    Salary:
    INR 600,000 - 700,000 / year
    Cause Areas:
    Children & Youth, Community Development, Economic Development, Education, Philanthropy

    Description

    Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Role: Program Design Lead [Education], Varanasi

    Experience: 2-5 Years

    Salary: 6-7 LPA

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    Overview of the Role:

    You will manage the end-to-end design & monitoring of our Peer-Teaching Program towards Student Agency in the Varanasi and Sambhal districts working with SCERT, DIET, Block and Cluster level Education department actors & teachers to ensure successful program outcomes for all the students. You will be a part of the team which lays the foundation for the scale of Involve. This will include the following:

    Roles and Responsibilities:

    1. Design
    • Use primary and secondary research to identify the needs of the stakeholders
    • Partner with Program Managers, government liaison teams, and monitoring & evaluation teams to ensure strong design–implementation alignment.
    • Develop a strategic plan for supporting the field team, aligned to the scope of the project towards achieving student outcomes
    • Ensure program designs are feasible for adoption by government machinery at district and state levels.
    • Designing and Identification of different assets (Courses, Case studies, Tools, Projects, Session plans, Handbooks etc.) through various sources
    • Visiting schools & being part of block review meetings to understand the quality of the program and implementation
    1. Monitoring & Evaluation
    • Work with M&E team to customize existing tech/systems to analyse the progress of the program (tools to monitor outcomes of various stakeholders) aligned to the program needs
    • Frequent discussions with the team on the importance and quality of data collection
    • Build feedback loops from district and school-level implementation into ongoing program refinement
    • Managing data from the program and discussing with the team to make decisions

    Requirements & Qualifications:

    • Education: An undergraduate degree in any stream is a must; a master's degree is a plus
    • Experience: Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in designing education programs. Experience with leading projects independently would be preferred
    • Skills: Should be a good planner and a go-getter; able to work collaboratively in teams; strong communication (oral and written) skills in English and Hindi; Research skills; M&E and data analysis; session design (for student and adult learning)
    • Strong work Ethics: Punctuality, Sense of environment, self-driven;
    • Interests: Passionate about education
    • Language : Written and verbal Fluency in Hindi and English is a must

    Level of Language Proficiency

    HINDI ENGLISH

    Location

    On-site
    Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221001, India
    Varanasi

    How to Apply

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