About Pratham
Pratham Education Foundation (Pratham) is one of the largest education NGOs in India with a record of innovative, rigorously evaluated programs that have inspired similar programs across three continents. With a history spanning 30 years, Pratham’s work today extends from programs for early and elementary years to girls and women, and youth skilling. Through programs covering 25 states and Union Territories, in an average year, Pratham usually reaches over 6 million children and youth. This is achieved through a combination of efforts: directly working with children and youth in communities, as well as through collaborations with state and district-level governments.
Pratham has received notable awards such as the Lui Che Woo Prize, WISE Prize for Innovation, Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Public Service. Pratham also received the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development and the Yashraj Bharati Samman in 2025.
For more details, refer to www.pratham.org
Role Description:
Pratham partners with state and district governments to strengthen teaching-learning practices in elementary grades, largely through the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach. The Government Partnerships (GP) Associate supports the GP core team in strengthening the planning, implementation, monitoring, learning, and policy engagement of these partnerships across states.
This is a cross-state, central-team role. The Associate works closely with state GP teams (without directly managing them), the GP core team, finance teams, and government stakeholders to support systematic programme planning and tracking, strengthen monitoring and review processes, document implementation learnings, develop training and knowledge resources, and contribute to evidence-informed policy recommendations and advocacy materials for government, donors, and internal audiences.
A Senior GP Associate will either be assigned a portfolio of state partnerships to support and/or specific functional responsibilities across all partnerships. The exact allocation of partnerships and responsibilities will be finalised following onboarding, based on programmatic priorities and requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Planning and Operations Tracking:
- Work Planning | Quarterly Plans: Support state teams in developing quarterly work plans, covering goals, deliverables, activities, timelines, and responsibilities.
- Progress Tracking | Partnership Monitoring: Track progress of state and district partnerships against plans; flag delays or gaps to the core team.
- Monitoring Systems | Review Mechanisms: Support the design and upkeep of monitoring and review mechanisms, including check-in calls and monthly update processes.
- Field Visits | Implementation Review: Conduct field visits to state and district programs, on an agreed schedule, to review implementation and inform tracking.
- Budget Tracking | Financial Coordination: Assist with consolidating budget and expenditure tracking across partnerships, working with state teams and finance.
Learning, Documentation, and Materials Development:
- Learning Exercises | Annual Learning Agenda: Support the design and execution of learning exercises, including the GP team’s annual learning agenda.
- Learning Notes | Data Analysis: Draft learning notes and reports based on data and field observations, for internal circulation and, where relevant, external dissemination.
- Best Practices | Knowledge Documentation: Document best practices and implementation learnings from state partnerships in a form other states and teams can use.
- Training Materials | Capacity Building: Support states in developing training materials, including teacher guides, facilitator manuals, and capacity-building resources for cascade training.
- Advocacy Materials | Government Communication: Support development of materials used for advocacy and communication with state governments, such as briefs, presentations, and case studies.
Policy Recommendations:
- Policy Recommendations | AWP&B: Support drafting of policy recommendations for state governments, including inputs to Govt’s Annual Work Plans and Budgets (AWP&B).
- Research | Evidence Gathering: Assist with research and evidence-gathering to ground policy inputs, distinguishing established evidence from programme monitoring data.
- Government Consultations | Review Materials: Support the preparation of materials for government consultations and reviews at the state and national levels.
- Policy Repository | Knowledge Management: Track and organise existing Pratham policy submissions and recommendations for reference and reuse across states.
- Representation | External Engagement: Represent work at different internal and external (national and state) platforms relevant to the work conducted or ongoing in government partnership programs.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Public Policy, or a related field.
- At least 2-4 years of experience in the education or development sector; experience with government partnerships or field programmes preferred.
- Experience with data analysis, report writing, or programme documentation is an advantage.
Skills and Competencies:
- Written Communication | Documentation: Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce clear, concise, and well-organised documents for diverse audiences.
- Data Management | Reporting: Comfortable working with data for programme tracking, reporting, and analysis using Excel and basic MIS tools.
- Programme Coordination | Multi-tasking: Ability to manage multiple state-level workstreams, priorities, and deadlines concurrently while maintaining quality and timeliness.
- Field Travel | Implementation Exposure: Willingness to undertake regular field visits, including travel to remote locations, to support programme implementation and learning.
- Learning Mindset | Pratham Values: Demonstrates Pratham’s core values through a learning and listening mindset, evidence-informed decision-making, respect for colleagues and partners, and agility in planning and execution.
Basic Details:
- Reporting to: This position will report to the Leads of the Elementary Years Government Partnerships Core Team.
- Location: New Delhi, Pune or Mumbai
- No. of Positions: Two
Application Process:
Interested candidates should apply through https://forms.gle/nofX7cNxmWs8poLt8 and upload the following documents:
- Updated Resume
- Statement of Purpose (maximum 100 words) describing motivation and suitability for the role
- Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will not be able to provide individual responses to every applicant and will reach out only to shortlisted candidates. We appreciate your understanding and patience.
