RoundGlass Hiring for Lead, Learn Punjab at Mohali, Punjab, India Full Time

Job Description

RoundGlass is a global wholistic wellbeing company dedicated to empowering and enabling people on their personal wellbeing journey.
Our mission is simple yet ambitious: to inspire the power of wholistic wellbeing to create a happier, healthier, and more joyful world. We work to achieve this by investing in and developing new technology, sharing knowledge, and focusing on action for the good of the individual, their community, and the wider world.

You will own end-to-end responsibilities of designing and implementing Learning initiatives that enable us to change the Education landscape of Punjab. You will work synergistically with other thematic teams for developing and implementing learning strategies, scalable learning models, and impact assessment to gauge efficacy of the programs and use the feedback to constantly improve processes and results.

You should have vast experience in building professional partnerships with government and local bodies like panchayats, DEOs etc. and leveraging them to implement and scale up the learning programs. You should be well versed and up to date with models in education and various pedagogies and should be able to contextualize them locally to augment delivery. You would also be required to oversee governance, skill augmentation, regular measurement, and evaluation, and managing team and multiple internal / external stakeholders.

About RoundGlass Foundation:

RoundGlass Foundation is pursuing a bold vision to bring abundance and prosperity back to the state of Punjab in India through philanthropic initiatives supporting under-served rural and urban communities. Since our founding in 2018 by entrepreneur and philanthropist ‘Sunny’ Gurpreet Singh, we have been engaged in a wide range of far-reaching projects, directly involving village communities in building opportunity and sustainable development in the region. Our Model Village and Model City initiatives have impacted the lives of 1,000,000 local people in over 1000 unique villages across the state through projects in pillars of: Sustain Punjab, Learn Punjab (Education and Sports), Her Punjab (Women’s Initiatives) and Relief.

On the Learn Punjab front, RG Foundation has already activated 90 Learn Labs and 54 Digital Community Centers which are benefitting over 9100 and 1400 children respectively across the villages of Punjab.

What you’ll do:

• Create the roadmap and strategy for the Foundation’s Learn thematic area with clear short-, medium-, and long-term objectives based on a shared vision of desired outcomes
• Define the learning framework including policies, processes and systems and ensuring all Learning initiatives/programs include direct engagement with the community for effective execution and goal achievement/impact
• Ensure that all learning programs are strategically designed including all elements of need, measurability, scalability, and sustainability
• Work closely with the Foundation’s Fundraising team to collectively ensure that requisite funds are arranged in line with the initiative’s plan and requirements
• Ensure timely implementation of learning programs without compromising on quality of output and resource utilization
• Lead the Learning function which is sought to develop and manage knowledge-based learning mechanisms and translate research insights into policy action through on-the ground outreach and partnerships with key decision-makers
• Consistently articulate RGF’s research undertakings and would also be responsible for the regular management of learning programs such as information collected from different training events and constantly follow the latest developments in the field of competitive training/education efforts
• Facilitate course management activities including the production and dissemination of course resources by ideating with Leads to extract lessons, distil them and disseminate to local communities
• Leverage marketing efforts of new and current programs and manage and oversee RGF’s outreach efforts and showcase organization’s work to pertinent stakeholders / community
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and conduct independent research to develop training plans that will address identified skills gaps, including the design of assessment and evaluation tools
• Identify and assess learning needs of staff and other partners to identify appropriate learning solutions that will address skills gaps

Who we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Social Management/Education with 15 years of experience
• Should have a track record of setting up, strengthening, and scaling up education systems at a state/district level
• Understands the education system of Punjab, India, and the world to provide contextualised and innovative programs
• Skilled in building trusted relationships, clarity of direction, roles, and responsibilities. Effective in removing barriers to success and in maintaining direction and momentum.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Communicating in a clear and efficient way to create buy-in across diverse communities, to keep projects moving, and to manage stakeholder expectations.
• Flexible and creative to be able to switch between operational and strategic tasks with ease.
• Ability to stretch limits to meet deadlines and time-bound goals for self and team members
• Outstanding leadership capabilities, ability to communicate a compelling vision and drive results while developing a strong team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision and comfortable with the ambiguity

Why RoundGlass:

RoundGlass was built on the vision that wellbeing should be at the very center of our life journey. We are not only reimagining how the world experiences wellbeing, but how companies (like our own) support the wellbeing of their people.

We’re a group of talented, socially-conscious, gritty, innovators using technology and human energy to create a vibrant wellness ecosystem. Together, we’ve built an amazing community and we are always looking for people who share our passion. To learn more, visit our Website, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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