Role - Program Operations

Level: L2/L3

Location: Hubli, Dharwad, Karnataka.

Travelling: Extensive field travel required (~50 - 60% of time)

Reports To: Program Director

Team size: 2 - 3 field team members reporting to this role

About EarlySpark

EarlySpark, an initiative of Deshpande Foundation, focuses on improving students’ learning outcomes through high-quality teacher training. We are currently running two new teacher training program models – pre-service (B.Ed./D.Ed./M.Ed students) and in-service (private school teachers) – with ambitions to scale across multiple geographies.

About the role: This role will serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) for all on-ground operations in the assigned geographies. She/He/They will lead a small team of 2 - 3 field members and be responsible for driving institutional partnerships, managing stakeholders, and ensuring smooth program rollout from the ground up.

This is a high-ownership, target-driven role that demands strong persuasion, relationship-building, and execution skills. You will be expected to meet monthly and quarterly targets on enrolment, onboarding, and partnership closures.

Key Responsibilities

- Institutional Partnerships, Mobilisation &
- Outreach
- Lead your team in outreach activities to build and maintain a solid pipeline of prospective partner schools and teacher education institutions within the assigned geography.
- Conduct meetings, presentations, institutional visits, and outreach activities to generate interest and convert prospects into active partners.
- Lead negotiations and facilitate timely closure of institutional partnerships and agreements.
- Own monthly and quarterly targets related to institutional onboarding, enrolments,



and related partnership closures.
- Placement Partnerships &
- Employer Outreach
- Identify and reach out to potential hiring partners - schools, education institutions, and organisations looking to recruit trained teachers.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of employer contacts in the assigned geography.
- Coordinate handover of confirmed hiring partners to the internal placements coordinator for further process management.
- Track and report on employer pipeline status as part of regular field reporting.
- Stakeholder Management, Retention &
- Satisfaction
- Build trusted relationships with school principals, college management, and government liaison contacts.
- Act as the primary SPOC for all external institutional stakeholders.
- Track satisfaction levels of partner institutions and act on feedback promptly.
- Drive continued engagement and re-enrolment of institutions across program cycles.
- Maintain the credibility and reputation of EarlySpark in every stakeholder interaction.
- Program Onboarding &
- Execution Support
- Coordinate onboarding processes - institutional agreements, enrollments, scheduling of training etc..
- Liaise with the internal academic/training team to ensure availability of infrastructure, participant readiness and engagement.
- Resolve operational gaps before and during program delivery.
- Field Operations &
- Monitoring
- Plan and assign field activities across the geography; oversee day-to-day work of your reportees.
- Ensure logistical readiness for training sessions - venue, materials, coordination.
- Conduct regular monitoring visits; document and report insights to the program team.
- Proactively identify risks, delays, or gaps and take corrective action before escalation is needed.

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