Content and Training Officer

Content and Training Officer

Location- Bhubaneswar, Odisha

About Quest Alliance:

At Quest Alliance we transform learning ecosystems through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration to build 21st-century skills for learners and facilitators

We are a not-for-pro t trust that focuses on research-led innovation and advocacy in the eld of teaching and learning. We engage with educators, civil society, government institutions and corporate organizations to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in school education and vocational training

At Quest you will get the opportunity to apply your skills and contribute to addressing issues around quality education and skills training. The organization gives you the space to learn and grow in a fun and engaging environment. We have an eclectic group of people working at Quest drawn from diverse disciplines including Education, Technology, Design, Youth Development and Business.

About the Role

Quest Alliance has been working in the secondary schools for the past few years. In 2020, we rolled out a program to build 21st century skills and STEM mindsets among adolescent girls (grade 8 and 9) from government schools in Odisha. One of the key areas of QUEST s work is around building computational thinking among adolescents and youths. In Odisha we intend to work with 1075 secondary schools across 30 districts of the state to enable adolescents building computational thinking and skills to code.

About the role:

Content and Training Officer, play a crucial role in onboarding teachers, guiding them through our MasterCoach training program, and supporting their ongoing engagement. You will work closely with district facilitators to enhance teachers skills, ensure best practices, and build a thriving community of educators. By coordinating training sessions, webinars, and WhatsApp engagements, you will directly impact the professional growth of teachers and ultimately, the learning outcomes for students in 1,075 schools across Odisha.

Role Description

• Lead in development of cohort, on-boarding of teachers in the App and WhatsApp groups
  

• Ensure timely submission of baseline form filled in by the teachers
  

• Support in organising and facilitating the orientation of teachers for on-boarding in the Mastercoach for teachers course
  

• Review the assignment being submitted by teachers on an on-going basis and suggest actions to the district facilitators.
  

• Work closely with the district facilitators in designing the support and follow up strategy for the teachers to be able to complete the course
  

• Support education specialists in organising and facilitating the fortnightly webinars
  

• Ensure that the whatsApp strategy is being followed and teachers are being engaged
  

• Identify champions from the WhatsApp groups and Webinars to lead to formation of community of practice
  

• Hold the recognition strategy and ensure that the good practices are being share timely on various platforms
  

• Support potential teachers for application to various awards in the state, national and international level
  

• Support in translation of content as per the local language needs
  

• Support in development of new content in order to contextualise the course
  

• Hold the taskforce with members from QUEST & Partners in order to facilitate support for the teachers
  

Relationship management- students and internal team

• Leading and Facilitating the process to build relationships between school and community.
  

• Be the focal point for the HMs in the schools and keep them informed about the progress of work and plan along with them.
  

• Facilitating the Process of Parents Engagement in respective schools
  

• Creation of database for share out of IVRS messages to the Parent body
  

• Conduct and participate in monthly/quarterly review meetings with program stakeholders
  

Reporting

• Support M & E team to implement monitoring tools as per the project framework
  

• Compile the field level report and data as per the framework
  

• Document and share the best practices in the schools for publication in monthly and quarterly reports.
  

• Provide regular written and verbal reports tracking progress against the work plan and implementation schedules
  

• Support with the documentation of training/ meeting/ event reports
  

• Support coordination of baseline/ endline and other assessments
  

• Ensure data is updated in the database for their respective schools
  

• Be available for regular line management meetings and the appraisal processes.
  

Required skills and Experience:

• Minimum 2-3 years of work experience, in capacity building related roles
  

• Hands-on experience with working on coding/ computational skills/ STEM and life and career skills for school students
  

• Prior experience working in government schools
  

• Prior experience of facilitating training and workshops for the govt. Teachers and officials at district/state level
  

• Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in education ecosystem
  

• Deep understanding of the National Education Policy and State Curriculum Framework
  

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in English and Odia (preferred)
  

• Excellent IT skills
  

• Willingness to travel extensively
  

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams
  

Salary: The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 35,000/- per month (cost to company) ( The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)