Job Description

Program Manager

About Chimple:

Chimple is a product of Sutara Learning Foundation, whose mission is to build a gamified, personalized and adaptive learning system that guides a child from absolutely no knowledge of the alphabet to a stage where the child can read to learn and perform basic arithmetic. Chimple aims to educate the children of the world using joyful mobile software that encourages self-driven learning. We envision children using the tablet as a lifelong friend on their journey of discovery. We believe that modern technology has a profound influence on learning that has yet to be utilised for learning by children.

Chimple has implemented in-school programs in 35 government schools of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, and 85,000 children across India have used 15 BMC schools in Mumbai and our at-home learning app. We are also conducting a year-long research evaluation across 35-40 schools in the Haryana/UP area in coordination with respected Education/Development sector organisations. Due to the potential for a huge scale-up of EdTech solutions, we are just beginning to make an impact, and our goal is to reach 1 million children across India in 3 years.

Chimple is among the 5 Finalists in the competitive Global Learning XPRIZE, which challenges teams from around the world to develop open-source and scalable software that will enable children in developing countries to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic within 15 months. Chimple is a grantee of Central Square Foundation.

Position Summary:

The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for the high-quality design and smooth operation of our programs in various states. The PM plays a key role in liaising with all major external stakeholders, including partners, governments, funders and researchers, while also working with internal teams to create, shape and deliver impactful programs. Specifically the PM will work with the leadership team of Chimple to drive initial ideation, partnership development and M&E implementation for new and existing programs. This is a cross-functional role reporting to the COO.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Design:

Conceptualise new projects, create strong proposals and work with funders, partners, education officers and other government officials to reach the approval stage

Work with the leadership team in developing strategy and implementation plans based on product developments

Design the implementation model for Chimple in various contexts and frameworks to strengthen it with learnings from the field.

Create documentation for the programs such as data interpretation, case studies and evidence generation

• Implementation:

Lead collaboration and act as a single point of contact by working across teams to ensure proper support is available for the program and achieve internal alignment between different teams

Track decisions, timelines, progress, risk and dependencies as they arise on the project and delegate responsibilities accordingly

Lead a team of Field Coordinators to implement the program at the school level, set their performance metrics and track success.

• Monitoring:

Design and implement an M&E system for each program, inculcate data collection and track progress across the indicators

Regularly monitor and analyse backend app data to understand patterns of Chimple app usage on the field, identify hotspots of usage as well as flag sample groups that would need additional support

Travel to locations where the program is implemented to consolidate qualitative insights and identify modifications and improvements to the Chimple product; share feedback with product development and other relevant teams

Desired Skills:

• 4 to 8 years of work experience with managerial responsibilities and a track record of high achievement in the education/development sector

• Track record of designing programs and managing a team of field operation personnel

• Excellent communication, project management and M&E skills

• Ability to build & manage relationships with multiple stakeholders

• Willingness to travel

• Spoken proficiency in Kannada

  Desired Qualifications:

• Management/Public Policy degree is preferred

• Understanding of research, especially Randomized controlled trials

• Strong skills in program design, operations and management

• Be highly organised and be able to manage and prioritise goals with short deadlines

• Strong presentation and communication skills; fluency in English and Hindi preferred

• Experience interacting with schools or government departments

 

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