Background
Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as
Leadership for Equity
, LFE)
is a non-profit organisation based in Pune, Maharashtra, working to strengthen India’s public education system so that every child learns and thrives. We envision public education systems that refuse to let children down.
LFE partners with state and district governments across multiple states—including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana—to improve teaching practices and build sustained academic support structures within the public system. Our work is anchored in the belief that public education systems are the gatekeepers of social equity, and strengthening them is essential to ensuring that every child has access to strong foundational and future-ready learning.
Approach
LFE’s systems-change approach focuses on improving classroom practice and enabling government ownership through three core levers:
Co-creating high-quality curricular resources and building teacher capacity
Developing academic leadership to coach and mentor teachers
Providing data-driven advisory support and policy implementation guidance
Our model empowers teachers as instructional leaders and embeds long-term support through government-run mentor cadres, continuous classroom observation cycles, and in-system academic structures. Technology plays a critical role, including an in-house Classroom Observation App for real-time monitoring and a WhatsApp-based teacher support chatbot for contextual resource delivery.
The approach is iterative and context-responsive, grounded in classroom realities and tailored to state and district needs. Implementation varies across geographies—whether working directly with teachers or through government-appointed mentors—ensuring relevance and feasibility within existing structures. A continuous feedback loop of training, observation, and coaching moves beyond one-time interventions toward sustained practice change. All programs are co-designed and co-implemented with government partners to ensure scale, sustainability, and systemic ownership, ultimately leading to improved student learning outcomes in foundational and future literacy.
About KGBV Strengthening, Andhra Pradesh
LFE has a partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to improve the quality and outcomes of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) across the state. The project aims to pilot innovations in 5–7 schools in the first phase and then grow to multiple districts, focusing on improving girls’ learning, empowerment, and transition outcomes.
Job Description and Responsibilities
The Senior Project Associate will play an important role in implementing the designed interventions in the allocated schools with the children or with the teachers in KGBV Schools. She will be working closely, engaging with the school principal, GCDO (Girl Child Development Officer), Teachers & students in those schools, along with the LFE Project Manager. She will be responsible for the goals & objectives that are set for those schools and for any support that needs to be provided to reach the goals/outcomes set for overall improvement & empowerment of KGBV girls & teachers.
This role is a combination of high academic rigour with strong field engagement, contributing to empowered KGBV girls with academic excellence, agency & self-confidence. The candidate will also play a key role in shaping learning journeys of KGBV teachers, mentoring their growth, and ensuring strong collaboration with the school & dept. Stakeholders. The ideal candidate would be someone with prior classroom teaching experience, holding any subject-specific expertise, along with the foundational Literacy & Numeracy, and the sensitisation from the Gender lens. We are looking for someone who is both a reflective practitioner and a proactive contributor who thrives in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
The responsibilities are as follows:
Project Implementation (50%)
Strengthen foundational learning for students (Grades 6–8) in KGBV schools by designing and facilitating targeted academic support sessions, enabling students to progress towards grade-level readiness.
Enhance teacher competencies through regular classroom observations, structured feedback, and ongoing mentoring to improve instructional quality and learner engagement.
Design and facilitate need-based professional learning workshops for teachers, informed by classroom observations, teacher interests, and student learning data.
Lead gender sensitization initiatives for students, teachers, and the wider school ecosystem through structured awareness sessions grounded in adolescent realities and school contexts.
Create and facilitate safe, inclusive dialogue spaces for girls, enabling open conversations on taboo and sensitive topics related to gender, identity, health, and well-being, using age-appropriate and contextually relevant approaches.
Build strong relationships with school leadership and stakeholders to ensure alignment, trust, and sustained implementation of academic and gender-focused interventions.
Monitor, document, and reflect on program outcomes, capturing qualitative and quantitative insights to inform continuous improvement and reporting.
Content Creation & Facilitation (30%)
Lead the design and development of academic and life-skills content for students (Grades 6–8), including lesson plans, activity guides, worksheets, and assessments aligned to grade-level expectations and foundational gaps.
Facilitate sessions in the KGBV schools and contextualise content, ensuring materials are age-appropriate, culturally responsive, language-sensitive, and relevant to the lived realities of adolescent girls.
Design structured session plans for student support classes, gender sensitization sessions, and dialogue circles with clear learning objectives, facilitation steps, reflection prompts, and assessment indicators.
Develop teacher-facing resources such as facilitation guides, observation tools, mentoring frameworks, and reflective practice templates to support consistent classroom improvement.
Co-create and adapt content with teachers and field teams, incorporating classroom insights, student feedback, and contextual constraints to strengthen ownership and usability.
Integrate gender, inclusion, and socio-emotional learning lenses across academic and non-academic content rather than treating them as standalone topics.
Pilot, review, and iterate content and session designs based on field testing, classroom observations, and learning outcomes, ensuring continuous improvement.
Facilitate high-quality sessions by modelling effective facilitation practices and guiding facilitators on pacing, questioning techniques, and learner-centered approaches.
Stakeholder Management (20%)
Liaise with district education officers, school leaders, and teachers to ensure buy-in and smooth coordination.
Organise review meetings with government stakeholders and provide timely updates.
Represent LFE in state or district-level forums, workshops, and planning sessions
Submit timely donor reports to keep the funders informed and updated at regular intervals.
Work collaboratively with partners and consultants to achieve project goals
Requirements
Education & Experience
Master’s
degree required (Education, Development, Management, or related disciplines).
Minimum 2 years
of classroom teaching experience is mandatory
2–3 years of experience in education, teacher training, instructional design, or academic project coordination.
Prior experience mentoring teachers or fellows and facilitating teacher development programs.
Experience in managing and developing teams
Experience in coordinating with government stakeholders
Proven experience and understanding of working with adolescent girls or gender empowerment
Familiarity with foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) initiatives and classroom practices.
Should have led at least 1 project in the government education sector at the State/district level
Prefer
only women candidates
as the role involves regular visits to KGBV schools.
Important:
Given the nature of the project, please apply only if you qualify based on the above requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and one regional language.
Working knowledge of Telugu is mandatory.
Knowledge and experience of teaching-learning strategies in topics pertaining to general pedagogy.
Belief in the potential of the public sector and that government systems can and will change toward overcoming systemic inequities and ensuring improved outcomes for all citizens
Working experience or knowledge of gender and women's empowerment and public policy implementation would be highly preferred.
A basic understanding of social equity, development discourse, and education policy in India
Adaptability to changing responsibilities and resourcefulness to respond to them
High openness to learning
Ability to influence people, take initiatives, and build and sustain relationships with multiple stakeholders & partners across public and private spaces
Strong ability to create outstanding presentations and work with Microsoft Excel, Canva & Google Suite
Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties of the ground.
Location and Compensation
Location
:
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
, with frequent local travel across districts.
Please apply only if you are comfortable with travelling.
Compensation
: In addition to being part of a young and dynamic learning team, the individual will receive healthy compensation at par with the non-profit sector benchmark for this position, commensurate with the individual’s prior experience and qualifications. The current compensation band offered, based on fit and experience,
is 6.5-8 lakh INR per annum CTC.
Leadership For Equity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. We do not discriminate on the basis of caste, race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.
