Associate Regional Programme Manager

Klay Preschool And Daycare; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

KLAY Preschool and Daycare Hyderabad invites an experienced Regional Programme Manager to lead the academic function for the region. You will oversee end-to-end curriculum planning, implementation, and teacher training across regional clusters and formats (online/offline/hybrid), ensuring adherence to guidelines.

You will supervise CLs/CCs and teachers, manage regional curriculum costs, and coordinate with multiple departments and senior management to drive continuous improvement in early

Qualifications

• Degree in Early Childhood Education is compulsory.
• 12–14 years preschool industry experience including Academic Planning and Delivery.
• Minimum 2 years of preschool teaching and 4 years managing academic functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end academic activities for the region, including lesson plan development and teacher training.
• Ensure curriculum delivery across region formats (online/offline/hybrid) per guidelines.
• Manage curriculum life cycle: design, development, delivery, evaluation.
• Supervise and mentor CLs, CCs and teachers for effective curriculum delivery.
• Control region-specific curriculum cost and budget.
• Coordinate with departments and stakeholders including senior management.
• Develop presentations for internal/external stakeholders during reviews or orientations.
• Convene periodic meetings and participate in staff meetings as required.
• Provide instructional strategies and tools aligned with Founding Years requirements.
• Evaluate early childhood programs and coordinate professional development opportunities.
• Facilitate professional development programs for the regional academic team.
• Implement data reporting on child development, teacher development, and curriculum operations.
• Oversee annual performance appraisals for the region.

Skills

Creative Problem Solving

Curriculum Planning

Creative Lesson Planning

Collaboration and teamwork

Collaboration with Teachers andParents

Curriculum Development

Education

Degree in Early Childhood Education

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Internet Explorer

Webinar technology

Job description

Regional Programme Manager

Designation: Regional Programme Manager

Reporting to: Academic Head

Qualifications: Degree in Early Childhood Education (NTT, Montessori, ECE, CIDTT trained) compulsory

Experience: Minimum 12-14 years of preschool industry experience encompassing Academic Planning and Delivery including team management with minimum 2 years of preschool teaching experience and 4 years of managing overall academic functions

General Description

We are seeking for a Regional Programme Manager who has a solid understanding of early childhood education and should be able to lead the academic function for the assigned region, clusters and teams. Responsible for end-to-end academic activities for the region classroom arrangements, lesson plan development, implementation monitoring and teacher training.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure curriculum at all KLAY Pre Schools and other formats of curriculum delivery (online/offline/hybrid) in the assigned region are delivered in accordance with the guidelines and parameters established.
• Manage the end to end curriculum life cycle management - design, develop, deliver evaluate.
• Demonstrate knowledge/education in working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
• Supervise, train and mentor the CLs, CCs and teachers in order to ensure most effective curriculum delivery with-in the given environment and resources across all formats of delivery.
• Manages and controls the region specific curriculum cost and budget.
• Handles overall curriculum operations, coordination with other departments/teams and stakeholder management across all levels including senior management as and when needed.
• Ability to develop and provide presentations to individuals, small and large groups; internal external stakeholders (other teams parents) during review or update meetings or parent orientations, open houses, etc be it in person or online.
• Convenes periodic meetings of CLs/coordinators; attends department and general staff meetings as required.
• Mentors the academic team with ways of assessing and fulfilling needs of young children; provides instructional strategies and various tools to aid the instructional process consistent with Founding Years requirements.
• Supervises the overall evaluation of early childhood education programs in the system and develops strategies for improvement; coordinates and conducts mandatory in-service training and makes recommendations for professional development opportunities.
• Conduct/ facilitate the professional development programs for academic team in the region as per the needs.
• Ensures the implementation of data reporting systems wrt to child s development, teacher development, curriculum operations and other structured forms of reporting.
• Responsible for the timely implementation and completion of annual performance appraisal activities for the respective team.

Individual Responsibilities

• Ensures that Programme is contemporary all the times in line with education guidelines and pedagogy.
• Ensures the team is aligned with any strategic or process specific changes in any Academic functions or other organizational needs or business requirements.
• Ensures that the team is prepared to meet all the business and organizational needs, which includes and is not limited to timely hiring of teachers/CLs/CCs, training or upskilling of the team, re-aligning curriculum or learning strategy etc.
• Communicate directly and lead by example for the team.
• Demonstrate honesty, integrity and commitment to confidentiality.
• Show initiative in problem solving and be open to new ideas.
• Be approachable and welcoming.

Other Skills

• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written in standard English.
• Ability to interact with families in a nurturing, compassionate, and sincere manner.
• Intermediate to advanced level experience with recent versions of Microsoft Suite, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet Explorer; ability to use current webinar technology and audio conferencing.
• Experience in blended instructional methodologies - online/offline will be an added advantage.
• Has excellent writing skills and presentation skills.
• Is creative with good analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team with minimal supervision.
• Ready to travel with in the assigned region on a daily basis and across other region on need basis.

Location: Hyderabad

Required Skills

• Creative Problem Solving
• Curriculum Planning
• Creative Lesson Planning
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Collaboration with Teachers and Parents
• Curriculum Development