Senior Program Manager (SPM)

Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (MsE) Job Description: Program Leader (PL)

Reporting To: Senior Program Manager (SPM)
Location: Remote

Position Overview

Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership (PFEL) and Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) work to transform the public education system in India. The Program Leader (PL) – Assessment and MCE serves as an operational- and execution-focused team member who supports the assessment and MCE portfolio.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about bringing change in the landscape of education through revamping assessment processes at district and state level by strengthening the government institutions.

The PL drives on-ground and day-to-day implementation of assessment design, monitoring routines, data collection, tool preparation, and ground-level stakeholder interactions across state and district education initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Assessment Tool Execution & Product Support

• Assist in drafting baseline, midline, and endline assessment items and question banks aligned with foundational frameworks.
• Prepare classroom worksheets, assessment packages, and field rubrics aligned with organizational standards.
• Coordinate the operational rollout of assessment sampling plans across designated schools and districts.

2. Monitoring, Evaluation & Data Operations

• Support the administration of field surveys, evaluations, and regular monitoring trackers.
• Clean, process, and perform initial qualitative and quantitative data checks for assessment datasets, and support data analysis and reporting.
• Update regular progress trackers and assist in maintaining dashboards on Google Looker Studio or Power BI.
• Escalate field data-collection challenges and operational bottlenecks to senior leaders in the assessment team to maintain data integrity and project timelines.

3. Workshop Co-Facilitation & Training Support

• Co-facilitate training sessions and orientation workshops for district-level personnel, teachers, and field enumerators on assessment tools.
• Administer pre- and post-workshop evaluation forms to gauge training effectiveness.
• Draft and package field-ready training materials, handouts, and activity manuals.

4. Research, Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Gather and synthesize secondary research on foundational assessment trends, state practices, and national benchmarks (e.g., NAS, foundational literacy/numeracy goals).
• Maintain team knowledge repositories, ensuring that assessment papers, answer keys, survey templates, and field reports are properly indexed and archived.
• Document case studies, field notes, and process feedback, routing critical strategic observations to senior leaders in the assessment team to support ongoing design iterations.

5. Field Stakeholder Engagement & Coordination

• Liaise with state/district/block education functionaries, school staff, and field enumerators to schedule and execute assessments smoothly.
• Assist visiting teams and evaluation vendors during on-site testing and data verification visits.
• Provide timely ground-level updates and operational reports to senior leaders in the assessment team.

Eligibility & Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, or related disciplines.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the development sector, education research, teaching/fellowships, or assessment/MCE operations.

Technical Skills:

• Strong working proficiency in MS Excel / Google Sheets (functions, data cleaning, pivot tables).
• Working knowledge of dashboarding platforms (Power BI, Looker Studio) and mobile/digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, Google Forms).
• Strong ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative assessment data, identify student learning trends, and translate datasets into clear, actionable visual summaries and reports for program improvement.

Core Competencies:

• Strong execution skill, problem-solving mindset, and attention to detail.
• Clear oral and written communication skills in English and Hindi (regional language proficiency is an added advantage).
• Sound understanding of basic pedagogical concepts and classroom realities.
• Willingness to travel to districts and project field locations as required