Lead Education Practice

Employment type: Full-time

Location: New Delhi / Gurgaon / Mumbai / Bengaluru (with travel as required)

Education Practice

Sattva's Education Practice works with leading global, regional and domestic foundations, multilateral organisations and governments to design and deliver large-scale, convergent programmes that drive systemic change in education, life skills and gender. The practice works closely with public education systems in partnership with philanthropy, civil society and government to align funding, strategy and implementation toward shared outcomes, and positions this work for global influence through research, evidence-building and policy engagement.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Lead to anchor and grow Sattva's Education Practice. This is a senior leadership role for someone with deep expertise in education particularly public education systems who can shape the practice's strategic agenda, provide oversight of complex, multi-donor programmes, build trusted relationships with senior influencers across the education ecosystem, and represent the practice's work in national and global forums.

Key Responsibilities

Education Leadership & Portfolio Management

- Join the Education Practice leadership team, shaping the practice's strategic agenda and supporting the growth of the business across government, philanthropy and global institutions.
- Provide strategic oversight for large, multi-donor portfolios (USD 10M+), including allocation strategy, utilisation tracking, funder reporting and risk management across multi-donor grant structures.
- Bring deep, cross-cutting understanding of education spanning early childhood care and education, primary, secondary, life skills and socio-emotional learning to guide programme design and establish grant governance, partner accountability and end-to-end Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)



frameworks across engagements.
- Anchor the practice's work with public education systems, drawing on experience of working with states and state education systems to enable performance management, learning and adaptive strategy.

Partnerships & External Representation

- Build and deepen relationships and relational equity with senior influencers and decision-makers across the education ecosystem foundations and philanthropic funders, multilateral and academic institutions, and central and state government stakeholders.
- Represent the practice's work at national and global forums and conferences, building strategic visibility and influence, and positioning the practice's programmes as global reference points through international research bodies and learning networks.
- Conceptualise and lead flagship summits and convenings that bring together senior leaders from government, philanthropy, civil society and academia to influence national discourse and policy alignment.

Team & Client Management

- Build, mentor and manage a high-performing team to deliver on practice priorities and project commitments.
- Develop, manage and grow working relationships with clients and key stakeholders, taking overall accountability for client success.
- Ensure strong project management, financial oversight and overall profitability across the practice's portfolio of engagements.

Qualifications and Experience

- Typically 12-18 years of experience in programme design,



grant/portfolio management and stakeholder engagement in the education and social sector, with flexibility for exceptional candidates on either side; prior experience leading large teams and complex, donor-funded portfolios.
- Deep understanding of, and experience working with, public education systems, including central and/or state governments and state education systems.
- Breadth across education sub-domains early childhood care and education, primary, secondary, life skills and socio-emotional learning rather than a single narrow specialisation.
- Academic credibility in education, such as a Master's degree in education or a related field, is a strong plus (not mandatory).
- Prior experience in consulting and/or ecosystem organisations (e.g., multilateral or global development institutions), enabling a strong grasp of client context, is an advantage.
- Experience engaging with the philanthropy ecosystem, with an existing network of philanthropic funders, is a robust plus.
- Demonstrated experience designing and managing multi-donor, grant-funded programmes, including fund utilisation tracking, funder reporting and risk management.
- Strong understanding of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks and systems.
- A genuine education domain expert rather than a primarily administrative or operational profile.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills, with experience representing organisations at national and global forums.
- Self-driven, high-energy and entrepreneurial, with the ability to build and grow a practice area.

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