Location: Delhi
Experience: 4-6 years
Programme / Team: Center for Academic Excellence (CAE)
About Peepul
Peepul is an education-focused non-profit working with governments to strengthen India's public education system at scale. We partner with national, state, and local governments to improve teaching, leadership, and system effectiveness in government schools. Currently, Peepul works with governments in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, impacting over 9.75 million students, 325,000 teachers, and 100,000+ schools. Our work has received national and international recognition, including the Commonwealth Education Award for Innovation, and is supported by Indian CSR partners and leading global foundations. Driven by our values of impact, excellence, and leadership, our 200+ member team is committed to delivering lasting, system-level change in education.
Learn more: http://peepulindia.org
About the Centre for Academic Excellence (CAE)
The Centre for Academic Excellence (CAE) is Peepul's engine for high-quality teaching and learning. As we scale across states, CAE ensures that our academic vision, content, and delivery remain consistent, rigorous, and impactful. As the hub of Peepul's academic thinking and innovation, CAE drives:
- A clear and unified academic vision across programmes
- High-quality content and instructional design at scale
- Continuous improvement powered by data, research, and classroom insights
Working closely with programme teams, government stakeholders, and MEL, CAE ensures that what we design is grounded in reality and built for scale. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.
About the Role
We're looking for a Project Manager to drive key academic initiatives that strengthen teaching quality and student learning outcomes across programmes. This is a high-ownership role where you will design, pilot, and scale interventions that directly impact classrooms, teachers, and system-level outcomes. If you're someone who enjoys solving complex problems, working closely with educators, and building solutions that scalethis role gives you that platform.
Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
To lead project design, piloting, and implementation of interventions towards academic excellence reforms
- Lead the design, piloting, and implementation of CAE-led initiatives focused on strengthening academic excellence across Peepul's programmes.
- Take ownership of one or more academic workstreams (e.g. teacher professional development, instructional design, mentoring models, or learning improvement initiatives) that support high-quality teaching and learning.
- Apply research insights, content knowledge, and classroom experience to design solutions that drive meaningful shifts in teacher mindset, instructional practice, and student learning outcomes.
- Lead pilots and proof-of-concept initiatives, systematically document learnings, and iterate designs to strengthen quality, scalability, and impact.
- Build the academic capacity of internal teams and external partners by sharing knowledge, tools, and best practices that improve implementation quality.
- Define success metrics and growth aspirations for assigned initiatives, and communicate progress and insights clearly to support sustained, multi-year academic improvement efforts.
Programme Implementation, Operations, and Team Leadership
- Support academic quality and implementation across a defined set of programmes, schools, or pilot sites, through structured academic support, co-visits with Associates, classroom demonstrations (where relevant), and teacher-level scaffolding.
- Plan, sequence, and coordinate the rollout of CAE-led academic initiatives (such as Professional Learning Communities or mentoring models) in close collaboration with the Project Coordination team and internal subject-matter experts.
- Design and maintain effective work-planning, tracking, and review systems to ensure priorities are clear, timelines are met, and delivery remains high-quality.
- Conduct regular work reviews to assess progress, surface risks, and enable timely course correction.
- Potentially manage and mentor 12 Associates, providing guidance, feedback, and quality assurance on deliverables.
- Work closely with the in-house Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) team and external experts to design, test, and refine appropriate evaluation and learning tools.
- Facilitate academic sessions such as trainings, learning circles, workshops, and focus group discussions with teachers, school leaders, and academic officials, as needed.
- Collaborate with Teacher Education Institutes and academic partners to strengthen mentoring models and ensure consistency and rigour in academic support.
Candidate Profile
- Educational Background: A relevant educational background in Education, Social Sciences, Public Policy, or a related field.
- Work Experience: We value both professional and personal experience. Candidates with 4-6 years of experience leading and managing education-related projects, preferably within the public school system or education non-profits. particularly in areas such as designing and implementing academic reforms or educational interventions. Preference will be given to candidates who also have direct classroom and teaching experience, ideally within the government school system.
- Other Skills: Strong project management skills, including planning, implementation, and evaluation of interventions.
- Language Proficiency: English and Hindi
How to Apply
Apply via Peepul's careers portal using Apply button.
You will be required to submit:
- CV (12 pages) outlining relevant experience and qualifications.
- Cover Letter explaining your motivation to work with Peepul and alignment with the role.
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