Gandhinagar, Fluency in Gujarati

Lead program in Gujarat by building government partnerships, leading the state team, facilitating trainings, and supporting implementation and documentation.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.

• Develop strong working relationships with various government officials in Gujarat government schools and education departments. Liaison and coordination with the concerned government officials regularly.

• Maintain and build new relationships and strengthen existing relationships with government officials in Gujarat.

• Develop a strong working relation with mentor teachers and well-being program coordinators of as many schools as possible.

• Work closely with the state team to support the completion of any tasks related to the effective state-wide implementation of the program as needed.

• Support in the data collection and documentation of the on-ground impact.

• Work on documentation of reports, research, and other professional outputs according to the organizational guidelines and government requirement.

• Collaborate and support other teams in conducting impact visits of partners, donors, and internal team members.

• Support with any miscellaneous requests from the government officials for successful implementation of the program.

• Act as a bridge between concerned government officials and our Curriculum & Training team to support capacity building and program implementation.

• Document and communicate the research and SEL-related gaps/stressors that the state government officials/school officials face.

• Represent Labhya to its multilateral partners, if needed, conduct meetings to strengthen existing and form new relationships.

• Facilitate teacher training sessions to build capacity and prepare detailed training modules (develop interactive lesson plans/activities for different training programs).

• Support in forming a team for the state and manage the human resource capital that may join Labhya in the State.

• Leading and training the state team of Labhya to drive the impact in the state.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Education, Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, or a related field.

• 4-7 years of on-ground experience with children/youth and government officials in teacher training and program implementation is required.

• Prior experience in education, teacher training and mental health as well as government relations, curriculum and setting up state-level teams to create maximum impact.

• Strong problem-solving, communication, relationship-building, project planning, documentation and team leadership skills are non-negotiable.

• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms).

• Fluent in Gujarati, Hindi and English (written and spoken)

• Strong interest in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mental health, and psychosocial development.

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhya's programs and research.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

If you're someone who's driven by purpose, excited to build, and energized by ambiguity in service of children's well-being, we'd love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.

Delhi, Fluency in Hindi and English

Lead the design and implementation of SEL programs across states, ensuring strategic alignment, program fidelity, and strong government partnerships. Oversee curriculum contextualization, training design, and data-driven program improvement. Support cross-functional teams to stay aligned, collaborate, and continuous learning across all areas of work.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.

Program Strategy & Leadership

• Provide technical expertise and strategic leadership to design, contextualize, and implement Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs across diverse states.

• Develop and oversee multi-year strategic plans for program rollout across state partners, in collaboration with various teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and highest levels of implementation fidelity.

• Identify enablers and barriers to effective program implementation using field insights.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Labhyas SEL approach with government stakeholders and other external partners.

Curriculum & Pedagogy

• Ensure that all SEL program content created at Labhya is age-appropriate, evidence-based, culturally relevant, and aligned with national/state education frameworks, Labhyas theory of change, and child developmental milestones.

• Embed principles of equity, inclusivity, and trauma-informed care within the curriculum, training modules, and delivery models.

• Regularly review, iterate, and contextualize teaching-learning materials and training content based on on-ground feedback and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) data.

Training & Capacity Building

• Design, lead and facilitate high-quality training experiences for teachers, and relevant government stakeholders, creating clear and actionable entry points for SEL within education systems.

• Drive capacity-building initiatives to enhance the teams capabilities in SEL, pedagogy, facilitation, and program design.

• Promote continuous team learning through coaching, feedback, and structured opportunities for professional development and leadership.

Program Implementation & Fidelity

• Ensure the highest levels of program fidelity through close collaboration with state and field teams.

• Establish and maintain effective coordination mechanisms between program, operations, and MEL functions to support smooth and consistent implementation.

• Use data and structured feedback loops to iteratively improve the quality of curriculum, design and training towards effectiveness.

People Leadership

• Lead, inspire, and support a multidisciplinary team of curriculum designers, program managers, and trainers by fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and high performance.

• Model high-performance leadership, provide strategic direction, and ensure team alignment with organizational values and goals.

• Promote team retention and professional growth through coaching, feedback and opportunities for leadership.

Educational Qualification

Masters degree in Education & Curriculum Design or a related field from a Tier-1/Tier-2 university/college.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of proven work experience in the education/edtech segment leading and designing programs at scale.

• Experience of coaching and mentoring teams across geographies is mandatory.

• Prior experience of working with children or youth is highly preferable.
  

Characteristics

• Nuanced understanding of SEL, education, learning, & children/adolescents pedagogy

• Ability to distill learnings from program data and contribute to thought leadership.

• Comfortable using Microsoft Office, Canva and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms) and Excellent in Data Management.

• Fluent in English and Hindi (written and spoken); knowledge of Bengali or Gujarati is a plus.

• Strong interest in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mental health, and psychosocial development.

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhyas programs and research.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

If you're someone who's driven by purpose, excited to build, and energised by ambiguity in service of children's well-being, we'd love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.

Delhi, Fluency in English and Hindi

Optimise the operations of the executive team and provide a range of administrative and strategic support for the day-to-day needs of the Leadership Team.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority:

• Liaison & Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact between the founders and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring clear, timely, and effective communication.

• Meeting & Call Management: Attend all calls and meetings with the founders, both internal and external, ensuring active participation and documentation of key takeaways.

• Documentation & Action Items: Capture comprehensive meeting minutes and action points, then distribute to relevant stakeholders for follow-up.

• Scheduling & Time Management: Organize, prioritize, and manage the founders dynamic schedules, ensuring smooth coordination of meetings and engagements.

• Written & Verbal Communication: Draft sensitive and confidential written communications for various stakeholders as directed by the founders, maintaining professionalism and discretion.

• Cross-Department Coordination: Collaborate with department heads to ensure timely execution of tasks and collection of work reports as requested by the founders.

• Issue Resolution & Escalation: Monitor ongoing projects and escalate relevant issues or concerns promptly, ensuring minimal disruptions.

• Event & Meeting Coordination: Manage agendas, minutes, and follow-ups for all meetings, events, and strategic conversations involving the founders.

• Research & Presentation Support: Conduct research, synthesize findings, and prepare insightful documentation and presentations to support the founders in high-stakes meetings, conferences, and public appearances.

• Project Management: Initiate & execute overall end to end projects while keeping track of the progress of new initiatives and ongoing projects, ensuring timely updates and adjustments.

• Travel & Logistics Management: Coordinate travel arrangements for the founders, including flights, accommodations, itineraries, and event logistics, ensuring a seamless and hassle-free travel experience.

Educational Qualification

Bachelors or Masters degree in any field.

Experience

Previous experience of working closely with the executive team in a fast-paced environment.

Characteristics

• Proficient in Shorthand: Skilled in using shorthand for fast and accurate note-taking.

• Typing speed of ~130 words per minute.

• Comfortable with calls at US timings.

• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

• Proactive problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• High level of adaptability and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Excellent in Data Management.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) & Google Tools (Sheets, Docs, Slides).

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhyas programs and research.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

If you're someone whos driven by purpose, excited to build, and energised by ambiguity in service of childrens well-being, wed love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.

Delhi, Fluency in Hindi and English

Refine Labhya's program model across all core components - teacher training, curriculum design, technical integration, and implementation support. Bring systems thinking, user empathy, and a bias for iteration, and improve how our program is designed and delivered at scale.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.

• Support in the design of A/B tests and field experiments to evaluate the impact of program tweaks (curriculum, training, delivery models, etc.) on teacher and student outcomes.

• Assist in planning and executing rapid experiments, including preparation of tools, protocols, coordination with field teams etc.

• Work with programs and data teams to ensure high-quality data collection.

• Support the analysis and interpretation of experiment results real-time, and ensure key learnings are integrated into program design.

• Study leading SEL, education, and systems change programs globally and draw insights relevant to Indian and Labhyas partner states context.

• Identify best practices and innovations (tech and non-tech) that can be adapted to strengthen the planning and execution of experiments.

• Contribute ideas on how different elements - curriculum, teacher training, facilitation methods, program design etc. can be tested and improved.

• Contribute to knowledge products (presentations, case studies, dashboards) to share insights with internal teams and external stakeholders.

• Document processes, observations, and outcomes from experiments to build institutional learning.

• Help nurture a culture of continuous learning, reflection, and iteration within the organization.

Educational Qualification

Bachelors or Masters degree in any field.

Experience

• 1+ year of experience working in the field of education research, user design or program evaluation & implementation.

• Prior exposure working in a fast-paced, learning-oriented environment where iteration and reflection are valued.
  

Characteristics

• Curious and dynamic, excited by solving complex problems in education through experimentation and innovation.

• Can think strategically about curriculum, training, and program design, while also rolling up your sleeves to execute in the field.

• Enjoy working with data and evidence to test what works, adapt quickly, and scale best practices.

• Open to working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders - from teachers and trainers to government partners and field teams.

• Strong communication skills to align stakeholders and drive product adoption.

• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms).

• Fluent in English and Hindi (written and spoken); knowledge of Bengali or Gujarati is a plus.

• Strong interest in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mental health, and psychosocial development.

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhya's programs and research.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

If you're someone who's driven by purpose, excited to build, and energised by ambiguity in service of children's well-being, we'd love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.

Haridwar/Roorkee/Rudrapur/Ullasanagar, Fluency in Hindi and English

Support program and curriculum design by creating and localizing SEL content, facilitating teacher training across districts, and contributing through research, data analysis, and on-ground implementation with government partners.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.

• Assist in data collection, documentation and communication for baseline and endline assessments and with government stakeholders.

• Conduct regular visits (35 per week) to selected Model Schools of Change to monitor Anandam implementation and provide on-ground support.

• Provide support in the development of simple training content or session materials.

• Support the Operations team in maintaining relationships with district, block, and school-level government officials.

• Coordinate with Anandam coordinators, master trainers, trainers, headmasters, and teachers to provide regular programmatic support.

• Support in facilitating on-ground program activities such as training, workshops, awareness-building sessions, community meetings, and so on.

• Assist in the logistical planning and coordination of teacher training and workshops.

• Work in collaboration with the curriculum, training, and state teams to ensure feedback from the field is relayed effectively.

• Document on-ground stories of change and help maintain logs or field diaries for internal reporting.

• Coordinate with Labhya's internal teams, e.g., Founders Office and Communications teams, for field visits by partners, donors, or media teams.

• Develop community engagement plans towards the adoption and implementation of the program.

• Co-facilitate teacher training sessions, learning how to design and deliver these sessions.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's/Master's in education, social science, or equivalent.

Experience

• At least 2 years of fellowship or experience in working with government stakeholders, teacher training programs, facilitation and liaisoning

• Prior experience of working on-ground with children and youth. 

• Prior Experience of working with school officials or government officials, managing multiple stakeholders for projects.

Characteristics

• Fluent in English and Hindi (written and spoken)

• Comfortable using Canva, Microsoft Office and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms).

• Comfortable with logistical event planning.

• Ability to handle multiple projects/ tasks and experience in handling processes end-to-end.

• Ability to solve problems using particular lenses, best practices, and frameworks.

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

• Strong interest in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mental health, and psychosocial development.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhya's programs and research.

If you're someone who's driven by purpose, excited to build, and energised by ambiguity in the service of children's well-being, we'd love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.