Job Announcement for the position of Team Leader (District Initiative for Elementary Education - Nandurbar district, Maharashtra)

Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust

Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust are the oldest Indian foundations and today, continue to pursue the goal of being professionally managed philanthropic organisations. Through their grant making, the Trusts support efforts for the development of society, in areas of Rural Livelihoods and Communities (RLC), Education, Health, Civil Society and Governance, and Arts, Crafts and Culture. Under the sub theme of 'Reforming Elementary Education', the Trusts have been making interventions at district levels to enhance the quality of education. As part of this initiative, the Trusts are looking for a suitable professional to specifically focus on systemic reform within Nandurbar district in Maharashtra. This would entail supporting initiatives that focus on improving the extent of participation and the quality of education in schools by partnering with the government and the community, apart from providing academic support to individual schools.

Team Leader (Elementary Education - Nandurbar district, Maharashtra)
(TL/ElEd/Nandurbar/2012/1)

S/he will lead a team in Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, within the elementary education portfolio. The job will entail working, both independently and as a part of the team, with various stakeholders and partner organisations for enhancing quality of education. The role would entail providing leadership for the district-level work, liaison with key stakeholders and ensure quality output in the field. Candidates should:

	Possess a master's degree in education / rural management / tribal development / social work / any other relevant subject
	Have a minimum of five to seven years experience in designing and implementing interventions for enhancing quality of elementary education and / or community mobilisation
	Be able to lead a fairly large team comprising professionals drawn from diverse backgrounds and disciplines
	Have the zeal to excel, the ability to innovate future strategies and deliver, in a challenging environment with deadline oriented outputs
	Be willing to undertake extensive travel to remote locations.

Candidates with a demonstrated engagement with rural development and education at the district and sub-district level institutions and experience of designing / handling large-scale interventions in collaboration with the government would have an added advantage. The right candidate should be able to demonstrate keen understanding of the system of elementary education, community mobilisation, field-based innovations, especially to improve the government schools and key challenges in ensuring access, equity and quality in elementary education including Early Childhood Education.

The job requires demonstrated written and spoken communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people including government officials and sectoral experts. Ideally, s/he should be growth oriented and hardworking, have a mature outlook, with a visible interest in, and commitment to, the field of education. The candidate should be proficient in Marathi and English. The candidate would be initially oriented at the Trusts' headquarters in Mumbai, post which s/he would be based within Nandurbar district. The position shall involve frequent travelling within the said field area. The remuneration shall be commensurate with the applicants' ability and experience. This is a full-time position.

Candidates who are not proficient in Marathi and are not willing to operate from Nandurbar district may not apply. Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, along with a one-page note on key challenges in elementary education in Nandurbar district and strategies to improve access to quality education for children. For further information on the portfolio, please log on to http://www.srtt.org. The application should reach the Trust by January 15, 2012 and should be in a sealed envelope marked "confidential" and "SRTT/TL/ElEd/Nandurbar/2012/1", and addressed to:

The Secretary,
Sir Ratan Tata Trust,
Bombay House,
24, Homi Mody Street,
Mumbai – 400 001

Applications by e-mail should be sent to srttrecruit@tata.com. Only short-listed applicants shall be acknowledged.