Senior Project Manager / Project Manager (Implementation) - CPD MP

Nature of employment: Full-time Reporting to: (Sr.) Programme Manager - Implementation Location: Gwalior & Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

About Peepul 6.5 million students. 291,000 teachers. 90,000+ schools. That's the scale of what Peepul is changing — and this role sits at the centre of it. Peepul is an education non-profit working with state governments in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh to drive systemic reform at scale. We've received international recognition — including the Commonwealth Education Award for Innovation — and are backed by India's leading CSR funders and global partners. Our model is simple: embed, deliver, measure anchored in system-level change, in partnership with governments. We are a growing organisation with an ambitious strategy and a strong evidence base. Join us in our mission to create a world where every child has equal access to high-quality education. Learn more about our transformative work at http://peepulindia.org

Programme Overview Peepul has been partnering with the School Education Department, Govt of Madhya Pradesh, for multiple years now. Working closely with the state bureaucratic leadership, Peepul has played a meaningful role in strengthening the education system of the state.

The partnership has been a successful one – with national and international recognition of the work. One of the flagship programmes of the state we are co-leading is the CM Rise Techer Professional Development programme. This international award-winning programme looks to strengthen the training, coaching and performance management of the ~300,000 teachers across the state.

About the role The Senior Project Manager at Peepul is purpose-driven, actively sharing the organisation's values and accommodating diverse working styles to enhance team performance. They serve as an impact-oriented individual contributor or team manager, leading program components independently with high-quality output. Taking ownership of the workstream process, the Senior Project Manager thinks entrepreneurially, seeks opportunities to broaden impact, and fosters organization-building events. They develop expertise through research, leverage organisational resources, and contribute to valuable knowledge assets. As a leader, the Senior Project Manager communicates openly, builds rapport across the organisation, energises the team, and effectively manages their energy levels.

The role of the Senior Project Manager is critical to the success of the continued partnership with the Government of Madhya Pradesh towards achieving quality education for all and to Peepul's strategic objective of supporting quality improvement in the public school system in India. The Senior Project Manager will be an excellent team player who will independently lead and drive the design and delivery of interventions towards the support and accountability of teachers and academic officials of the state. The Senior Project Manager will be an excellent team player who will independently lead and drive the design and delivery of interventions towards the support and accountability of teachers and academic officials of the state.

Responsibilities would include (including but not limited to):

• Leading project design, piloting, and implementation of interventions towards academic reforms.
• Taking the lead on one or more interventions/workstreams within the Sandipani Vidyalaya TPD programme, focusing on teacher support, accountability, and student learning improvement.
• Designing, piloting, and developing the interventions (e.g. Professional Learning Communities, supporting a cadre of mentor teachers, Recognition mechanisms, remedial learning and tech-based learning solutions, creating digital or face-to-face training courses, etc.) in collaboration with government counterparts.
• Applying content knowledge and classroom experience to develop these interventions that will lead to shifts in teacher mindset, knowledge, and practice.
• Leading the pilot of interventions, documenting learnings, and evolving the design to have a greater impact at scale.
• Working closely with government stakeholders to build knowledge and build capacity towards improved implementation.
• Defining success metrics and growth aspirations for the project and communicating effectively with all stakeholders.
• Plan and sequence the implementation of programme interventions (such as Professional Learning Communities and digital courses), in close coordination with the Project Coordination team and organizational subject experts.
• Facilitating sessions (e.g. training, focus group discussions, learning circles) with teachers, school leaders, cluster, and block officials as required on high-impact teaching practices and working closely with Teacher Education Institutes, district, block, and cluster officers to ensure high-quality academic mentoring.

• Passionate about driving educational transformation and making a positive impact.
• Possess the following qualifications (to be determined).
• Individuals who possess the following qualifications and meet the