Content and Training Officer

About the role:
 

Content and Training Officer, play a crucial role in onboarding teachers, guiding them through our MasterCoach training program, and supporting their ongoing engagement. You will work closely with district facilitators to enhance teachers' skills, ensure best practices, and build a thriving community of educators. By coordinating training sessions, webinars, and WhatsApp engagements, you will directly impact the professional growth of teachers and ultimately, the learning outcomes for students in 1,075 schools across Odisha.
 

Role Description
 

Lead in development of cohort, on-boarding of teachers in the App and WhatsApp groups
 

Ensure timely submission of baseline form filled in by the teachers
 

Support in organising and facilitating the orientation of teachers for on-boarding in the Mastercoach for teachers course
 

Review the assignment being submitted by teachers on an on-going basis and suggest actions to the district facilitators.
 

Work closely with the district facilitators in designing the support and follow up strategy for the teachers to be able to complete the course
 

Support education specialists in organising and facilitating the fortnightly webinars
 

Ensure that the whatsApp strategy is being followed and teachers are being engaged
 

Identify champions from the WhatsApp groups and Webinars to lead to formation of community of practice
 

Hold the recognition strategy and ensure that the good practices are being share timely on various platforms
 

Support potential teachers for application to various awards in the state, national and international level
 

Support in translation of content as per the local language needs
 

Support in development of new content in order to contextualise the course
 

Hold the taskforce with members from QUEST & Partners in order to facilitate support for the teachers
 

 Relationship management- students and internal team
 

Leading and Facilitating the process to build relationships between school and community.
 

Be the focal point for the HMs in the schools and keep them informed about the progress of work and plan along with them.
 

Facilitating the Process of Parents Engagement in respective schools
 

Creation of database for share out of IVRS messages to the Parent body
 

Conduct and participate in monthly/quarterly review meetings with program stakeholders
 

Reporting
 

Support M & E team to implement monitoring tools as per the project framework
 

Compile the field level report and data as per the framework
 

Document and share the best practices in the schools for publication in monthly and quarterly reports.
 

Provide regular written and verbal reports tracking progress against the work plan and implementation schedules
 

Support with the documentation of training/ meeting/ event reports
 

Support coordination of baseline/ endline and other assessments
 

Ensure data is updated in the database for their respective schools
 

Be available for regular line management meetings and the appraisal processes.
 

Required skills and Experience: 
 

Minimum 2-3 years of work experience, in capacity building related roles
 

Hands-on experience with working on coding/ computational  skills/ STEM and life and career skills for school students
 

Prior experience working in government schools
 

Prior experience of facilitating training and workshops for the govt. Teachers and officials at district/state level
 

Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in education ecosystem
 

Deep understanding of the National Education Policy and State Curriculum Framework 
 

Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in English and Odia (preferred) 
 

Excellent IT skills
 

Willingness to travel extensively
 

Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams 
 

Salary: The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 35,000/- per month (cost to company) (The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)