Academic Specialist

Location

Patna | India

Job description

About the Company:

Nalanda Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd is a pre- primary education initiative which was founded in 2012 under the brand name of 'Little Laureates'. This was the brain child of Mr. Tamal Mukherjee and Mr. Timir Mukherjee , the founders having more than 20+ years of experience in financial service sectors and pre schooling segment. The group has established the second largest pre-school chain in West Bengal and Tripura and counts some marquee investors such as Aavishkaar Capital, and other Angel investors such as Jayesh Parekh, Vineet Rai etc. as its backers. Within a short span of time, Nalanda was able to establish 83 branches (COCO) and became a household name in eastern part of India specially in West Bengal and Tripura. In March 2020, the whole world shut down and Covid-19 disrupted the entire education system with 90 per cent of the preschools being forced to close their doors resulting in a huge learning gap of students between 2 years to 6 years of age.

Nalanda Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd., is India's largest and most advanced B2B SaaS-based Platform on a mission to empower the education ecosystem to enable Students and Educators to prosper. It is a winning combination of ground breaking technology and traditional schooling to support parents, students and bringing back hopes of all preschool owners with security and business continuity. Today the Nalanda team is delivering quality education to over 4,500+ students across India with over 150+ empowered mentors, having conducted over 1 lakh classes seamlessly in calendar year 2021.

With Nalanda's legacy of physical and virtual pre-schooling experience that led to its tremendous

success during the Pandemic, have now launched its new program ASSIST with a vision to help

standalone preschools revive their business and at the same time empower new age edupreneurs to assist in their educational business aspirations.

Objective:

Academic Manager play a critical role in helping us achieve this mission – they directly work with teachers and schools to ensure that our system is effectively implemented to achieve the desired learning outcomes.

To oversee the smooth functioning of the Academics Department and ensure consistent provision for academic ambiance.

Main duties and Responsibilities:

ACADEMIC IMPLEMENTATION

• Build capacity by training and coaching school leaders, academic coordinators, and teachers in NALANDA LEARNING partner schools to drive implementation of NALANDA LEARNING academic system that delivers excellent student outcomes.
• Support and monitor NALANDA LEARNING academic system execution in partner schools through regular observations and data- driven conversations.
• Create and share excellent and meaningful reports at regular intervals to showcase student and teacher performance and interventions that are carried out for school development.

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT

• Building strong relationships with school owners, principals, academic coordinators and teachers and invest them in the implementation of the academic system.
• Work closely with stakeholders in partner schools to co –create and execute school development plans that help them achieve the desired student outcomes and grow the NALANDA LEARNING program support.

PROGRAM SUPPORT

• Collaborate with other functions in the organization to effectively solve problems that hamper partner school experience with NALANDA LEARNING
• Proactively gather insights from the field and feed them back internally to improve NALANADA LEARNING academic system.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE – KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Education and Qualification:

• Having at least 07-08+ years' experience in Education [Pre-Primary], specially handling pre-primary Academic Pan-India Operations
• Qualification – B.Ed., mandatory; Ph.D. Degree preferred; Must have done ECCE/NTT

REQUIREMENTS:

• People Leader – Developing talent and engaging associates.
• Leadership – Practice breakthrough thinking and navigate complex challenges with the team.
• Strong Strategic skills
• Experience with building and developing teams.
• Enthusiastic to work in a growing start-up environment with tight deadlines while maintaining quality.
• Ability and flexibility to travel 15-20 days a month.
• Experience in managing multiple stakeholders and collaborating with large and diverse teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent analytical and planning skills
• Flexible and ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment

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