Project Manager - Foundational Learning - UP (SPMU)

Role Purpose

The Project Manager will lead assessment, data systems, and data-informed review mechanisms within the state FLN program. The role focuses on strengthening the use of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs), stabilising assessment platforms, enabling district-led analysis and action, and ensuring that assessment design meaningfully informs classroom instruction and system decisions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Leadership Engagement & Review Systems (SLO-led Governance)

• Institutionalise Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) as a regular priority in state and district leadership reviews.

• Design and drive standardised leadership briefs and dashboards for use in state and district reviews.

• Support state leadership in interpreting assessment data for decision-making and course correction.

2. District & DPMU Enablement for Data-Driven Action

• Build district and DPMU capacity to analyse SLO and assessment data.

• Enable identification of priority learning gaps, with specific focus on low-performing clusters.

3. Assessment Platform & System Ownership (NIPUN+ and Allied Tools)

• Act as the primary CSF interface for assessment platforms (e.g., NIPUN+ App, NBMC).

• Ensure platform stability, issue resolution, and adherence to SLAs with tech partners.

• Drive institutional ownership of assessment platforms within the department.

• Strengthen reporting, communication loops, and documentation around platform usage and improvements.

4. Assessment Framework Design & Evolution

• Lead the evolution of assessment frameworks (e.g., Spot Assessments) and timely rollout of assessment cycles to ensure strong alignment with classroom instruction.

• Coordinate alignment checks between instructional design, TLMs, and assessment tools.

• Expand assessment frameworks to additional grades (e.g., Grades 4–5, 6–8) with clear competency mapping and system integration.

• Ensure readiness across tools, sampling, data quality, operations, and contingency planning.

5. Knowledge Management & Documentation

• Maintain clear documentation of assessment processes, frameworks, SOPs, and review mechanisms.

• Capture learnings from implementation to inform state decisions and future scale-up.

• Support transition readiness through clear handover documentation and role clarity.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred (Education, Development Studies, Social Sciences).

• 2–6 years of experience in education programs, assessments, or large-scale system implementation.

• Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills.

• High comfort with data, dashboards, and translating data into action.

• Experience working with government systems and district/state officials.

• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Hindi.

• High ownership, execution orientation, and learning mindset.