Job Description

Advocacy Consultant | Karnataka Schools program

Location: Bangalore

About Quest Alliance:

At Quest Alliance we transform learning ecosystems through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration to build 21st-century skills for learners and facilitators

We are a not-for-profit trust that focuses on research-led innovation and advocacy in the field of teaching and learning. We engage with educators, civil society, government institutions and corporate organizations to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in school education and vocational training.

At Quest you will get the opportunity to apply your skills and contribute to addressing issues around quality education and skills training. The organization gives you the space to learn and grow in a fun and engaging environment. We have an eclectic group of people working at Quest drawn from diverse disciplines including Education, Technology, Design, Youth Development and Business.

Role Description

Coordinating strategy and execution:

Someone has to bring together different stakeholder voices and sector practitioners from across the state to share best practices and insights, engage in dialogue, analyze new trends in learning, validate approaches, and build on new ideas around the education-skills divide, and the future of work and learning. in this role you will

Coordinate the webinars and physical events by bringing practitioners together

Develop the concept note and agenda design in partnership with various teams

Anchor the newsletter & contribute to the blog to share with the sector

Organising educators, government stakeholder meetings by fostering a community of practitioners across the MCT work districts to enable MCT 4c approach key skills and mindsets to create long-lasting change within the intervention districts of Karnataka

Organise regular roundtable convening key stakeholders of government offcials from DoE and KREIS in the space to gather and curate diverse perspectives.

Hosting an annual event to recognize and celebrate innovative practices of the educators within the government spaces

Strategic Advocacy Support:

Coordinate the state wide Advocacy working group to develop the point of view on various issues like gender, 21st century skills and system change.

Work closely with the karnataka state team to develop concept notes and advocacy plans for the state in partnership with CSOs, governments and funders

Developing policy and advocacy strategy that take into account external trends and in-depth understanding of needs and issues impacting young people on employment and education

Represent Quest alliance internally and externally as required including coalitions, task forces, panels, committees, etc.

Develop presentations and synthesis of external reports to help the leadership communicate key organisational perspectives and positions

Develop and maximize strong and effective relationships with key decision makers such as government, UN agencies and other influencer so that Quest Alliance is looked to for policy and program direction

Develop effective strategic relationships with other organizations working in aligned areas to maximize impact of Quest Alliance’s policy positions Communicate priorities and promote buy-in of advocacy campaigns among NGOs, institutions and allies

Delivering campaigns through partnerships and consultations to achieve the objectives for each issue selected.

Ideate and strategise on research initiatives to inform the advocacy strategy and influence the change

Writing, publishing and disseminating advocacy briefs

Funding Liaison

Preparing and marketing proposals for fundraising projects related to advocacy and research

Overseeing the fulfillment of donor-funded advocacy projects;

Relationship Management - Stakeholders (Internal &/ External)

Develop effective strategic relationships with other organizations working in aligned areas to maximize impact of Quest Alliance’s policy positions, Communicate priorities and promote buy-in of advocacy campaigns among NGOs, institutions and allies

Represent Quest alliance internally and externally as required including coalitions, task forces, panels, committees, etc.

Organise regular roundtable convening key stakeholders of government offcials from DoE and KREIS in the space to gather and curate diverse perspectives.

Work with district officials BRP, CRPs in ensuring they are trained on MCT.

Support the district officials in school visits and see that MCT is taken up within the district forums/dialogues.  

Reporting

Maintain open lines of communication that aid in a transparent process management

Integrate research findings into a wide variety of dissemination materials

Submit all the relevant reports on time. Ensure all the relevant data for the project is available well in time

Work together with M&E focal point to share reports with stakeholders as per plan

Ensure the data is analysed and feeds into the planning and review meeting

Be available for regular line management meeting and the appraisal processes

Document the processes for the state and keeping it updated

To Apply

Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form given here.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply!

Due to the enormity of applications received, Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!

Know About Quest

Website :http://www.questalliance.net/

Blog : https://thelearnerbyquest.wordpress.com

About the Team and Culture

Everyday is a Friday! - How we make our workplace fun

Quest Day - Our Bday celebrated with people we love, and there is food & music What our partners & collaborators say? - see here

Annual All Staff Meet - From Goa, Kumarakom, Coorg, Bodh Gaya & Puducherry this is where all employees meet to celebrate their learning & relationships. Watch our youtube playlists for more.

About Company

Quest Alliance is a non-governmental organization established in 2008. The registration number of the organization is: BNG(U)-VRT-4-00187-2008-09?(20-10-2008). The organization is operational in Karnataka, India. Quest Alliance works in the area of Education & Literacy, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) , Labour & Employment, etc. The NGO works towards the promotion of sustainable development.

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