Project Coordinator

Leadership For Equity; Tirupati; On-site; INR 360,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership for Equity, LFE) seeks a Project Coordinator in Tirupati to actively engage in teacher development and government liaison for the SALT project, improving classroom practice and policy implementation.

You will collaborate with the Project Associate and Manager, supervise mentor trainings, conduct observations, collect data, and help prepare impact reports for government partners.

Qualifications

• Degree in education or related field; masters preferred.
• 1–2 years in teacher training or government-school context.
• Experience in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana preferred.
• Excellent Telugu language skills mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Conduct classroom observations and mentor trainings across mandals.
• Coordinate teacher training plans and session materials.
• Engage with government stakeholders and ensure project milestones.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual status reports.
• Travel to rural areas for supervision and impact monitoring.

Skills

Telugu language proficiency

Excellent communication

Facilitation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in education/teacher development or related field

Masters degree preferred

Job description

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 Andhra Pradesh Government Project

LFE & Mantra4Change are coming together to support the Andhra Pradesh Government, which has been on an ambitious plan to revamp the government school system into a high-performing school system for serving children from underserved communities. Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation (SALT) project is a multi-organisational project focused on improving the quality of teaching and learning in classrooms. The project aims to enhance human capital and achieve a sustained reduction in learning poverty across all districts of the state.

The SALT operation will support the GoAP in three key results areas:

• Strengthened Foundational Learning;
• Improved Quality of Student-Teacher Interactions and;
• Strengthened Institutional Capacity for Service Delivery

The project will be implemented in close collaboration with the Department of School Education (DoSE), GoAP, and state-level administrative units including the SCERT, SIEMAT, and the local network of DIETs. The focus will be to achieve the outcomes with an inherent focus on strengthening the people and processes within the public education system.

The scope of work for the entire project will be as follows:

1. Strengthen the technical and operational capacity of school complex leaders to provide evidence- and needs-based training to teachers, utilizing teacher training facilities as sites for on-site support.
2. Build the capacity at SCERT and DIETs to improve planning, implementation, and monitoring of the reform by introducing a teacher needs assessment system to formally encourage professional learning and growth.
3. Strengthen the technical and operational capacity of SCERT and DIETs to provide evidence- and needs-based support to teachers through developing training courses for teachers in the state Learning Management System (LMS).
4. Strengthen the technical and operational capacity of SCERT and DIETs through the development of online learning materials for teachers and students on the state Learning Management System (LMS).
5. Coordinate with various stakeholders to ensure timeline development of the technology tools as noted above including the REACH tool.

The duration of the project will be 60 months from 2021 to 2026.

Job Description and Responsibilities

The Project Coordinator position offers an excellent learning opportunity to actively engage in on-the-ground work specifically focusing on the teacher development and government liaisoning aspect of the project and overseeing the thorough implementation of the program. Collaborating closely with the Project Associate and the Project Manager, the Project Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring efficient execution of the following tasks, among others:

The key responsibilities are as follows (but not limited to)

• Conduct regular classroom observations with the mentors across mandals
• Implement teacher mentor training and monthly online meetings
• Data collection and timely data filling to capture
• Support in the implementation of teacher training plans, session plans, materials, and handbooks
• Conduct FGDs and interviews with teachers and mentors annually on a sample basis
• Support the Sr. Associates/Program Managers and be accountable for the outcomes of the projects across the different streams of deliverables as prescribed in the Government Project scope
• Work with a mindset of co-creation to enable capacity and ownership of government stakeholders
• Create timely (monthly, quarterly and annual) project status and impact reports to the leadership team and the government stakeholders
• Visit training sites, classrooms, and other offices across the state to oversee implementation and use the observation data to tweak subsequent plans
• Participate in all the organisational team spaces and structures

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Degree in education/teacher development or related social science/management discipline. Masters’ degree in social work will be highly preferred
• 1-2 years of experience working in teacher training programs, preferably with the government or with government school teachers.
• Experience working in Andhra Pradesh / Telangana would be preferable

Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills - and a functional knowledge (oral and written) of Telugu is a MUST.
• Facilitation skills for conducting engaging meetings and training sessions with government stakeholders.
• 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.
• High openness to learning.
• Ability to influence people, take initiatives, and build and sustain relationships with multiple stakeholders & partners across public and private spaces.
• Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties.

Location and Compensation

Location: Tirupati, Konaseema; frequent travel to rural areas across the district.

Compensation : Apart from being a part of our young and dynamic learning team, the selected candidate will be offered a competitive and healthy compensation package, at par with the non-profit sector benchmark for this position. The remuneration will be tailored to the individual\'s prior experience and qualifications, ensuring a fair and rewarding opportunity. The current compensation band for this role ranges from 3.6 to 4.2 lakh INR per annum CTC, taking into account the candidate\'s fit and experience.

Note: Leadership For Equity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind. We do not discriminate based on caste, race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.