Manager/Sr. Manager - State Operations (Chhattisgarh)

An opportunity for development professionals to make an impact across a state, work with the state government machinery and strategise and implement campaigns. A chance to develop your stakeholder and project management skills!

About Indus Action

Indus Action has a mission to enable the disadvantaged gain access to legislated rights sustainably, in India. Our first action is to create a breakthrough in inclusive education. We achieve this in collaboration with progressive state governments and a network of partner and community entrepreneurs. We are led by a world-class team and an international board. 

India's Right to Education Section 12(1)(c) law mandates unaided, private schools reserve 25% of their entry grade seats to children belonging to socially or economically disadvantaged families. Essentially, due to this law, more than 11 million families now have a choice of selecting high-quality private schools across India in the next five years.

India's Right to Education law grants free access to high-quality private schools to economically and socially disadvantaged children. However, the national seat fill rate is only ~20 percent. Indus Action has till 2019, enabled 239,000 students in less than 5 years, with 84% fill rate in our areas of operation. By 2020, we aim to enrol 1million children and are well on course to achieve the goal. By saving ~1L in tuition fees, families save 12% of their annual income. This yielded Rs 320 crore savings per year thus far. We are able to deliver this impact at a marginal cost (Rs 350 per child). Our cost-effective model ensures impact at 0.001% of the annual budget the government spends in implementing this policy. We are currently operational in 19 states. 

Know more about the role and Indus Action:

https://youtu.be/hfkZDlcrvk4
https://www.IndusAction.org
https://www.twitter.com/IndusAction
https://www.linkedin.com/company/IndusAction

Responsibilities:

As a Manager/Sr. Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Set up or improvise the MIS system and use technology to ensure smooth implementation of the policy.
• Lead operations in the state and ensuring
• An increase in awareness levels of communities
• An increase in the fill rate
• Improvement in the efficiency of implementation
• Analyse RTE Sec 12(1)(c) implementation challenges within a state and provide customised solutions by working with the government, communities, and other non-government and private organizations. You will make use of existing Indus Action expertise and experiences in designing these solutions.
• Actively contribute through a network of partners to raise the general discourse in the country around Section 12(1)(c)
• Manage operations (Designing and conducting campaigns, setting process with the government, application centre management, lottery, admissions, grievance redressal etc.)  within the budget allocated and ensuring that the goals are achieved with respect to the number of applications and enrollments, and all other projects as applicable. 
• Implement the central School Readiness Program in consultation with the central IA team 

Attitude, Skill, and Knowledge:

We are looking for individuals who are go-getters and who can strategize and implement large scale programs.

Attitude

• Listen with a design thinking mindset and for data collection opportunities
• Act with a sense of urgency for access of rights of disadvantaged
• Change resource usage with radical frugality 

Skills

A) Stakeholder Management (Below skills are preferred, but not compulsory):

• Has led and managed a team of 3+  people through a project for 1+ year
• Partnered with the government and built relations across levels (BDO, SPD, PS etc) to drive large scale projects for 1+ year
• Has driven/been part of projects centred around underserved parents or children or teachers/principals/schools for 2+ years

B) Project Management

• End-to-end project management and delivery experience for 2+years
• Should be well versed with principles of designing thinking, planning and execution, budget management, quality control and monitoring and evaluation

C) Data & Technology

• Capable of understanding technology (product, not code) used to set up MIS system and envisioning the scope that technology can play to make the implementation smoother
• Strong analytical skill to create strategies and analyse data

 Knowledge:

• The applicant must be a graduate with at least 2-3 years of work experience preferably in the social sector.
• Applicants with at least one of the following fellowship experiences (TFI/Gandhi Fellowship/PMRDF/Acumen/Innovation Corps/Ashoka/CM Fellowship/CMGGA, etc.) will be given preference.
• A strong local understanding - language, culture, terrain

Compensation

Manager/Sr. Manager will be compensated between Rs 4,00,000 - 8,00,000 per annum based on educational qualification and past experience.