PROGRAM COORDINATOR

About Pratham

Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide pre-school education to children in Mumbai slums. Over the
last 25 years Pratham has grown to be one of the largest non-profit organizations working to provide
quality education to children and youth in over 20 states and union territories across the country,
through a range of interventions. Pratham is a widely recognized organization, having received notable
awards such as the Lui Che Woo Prize, WISE Prize for Innovation, Skoll Award for Social
Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Public
Service. For more details, refer to www.pratham.org.
In Karnataka Pratham started in 2002. Early stage of the initiatives including Read India and other
Direct Programs, marked the beginning of programmatic work in the State. In 2016 Government
Partnership program ‘Odu Karnataka’, was launched across all of Karnataka in 34 districts. Currently
various government programs are underway. Over the years, Pratham has worked in multiple districts
through direct interventions and collaborations with the government both directly and indirectly.
Pratham’s flagship program- “Hamara Gaon” is operational in 5 districts and 7 blocks across the State.
Job Description
The Program Coordinator will support the overall implementation of Pratham’s direct programs
in Bangalore. He/she will also directly/indirectly supervise a team of 11-15 persons and will be
responsible for the overall execution of the direct programs in Bangalore. The Program
Coordinator will be interacting and working closely with District/Block/Cluster officials, teachers
and community members. His/her responsibilities stretch two ways – supporting the
implementation and planning on the ground as well as working with a variety of stakeholders in the
district, state and the central teams.

Main Responsibilities

▪ Play a crucial link between the teams that are working on the program. This will include the
field team as well as the district and state leadership.

▪ Assist with planning and coordination of program related activities

▪ Ensure that the activities are being executed in a timely manner

▪ Plan trainings closely with the State Content and Training Associates as well as the State MME
and look into the required logistics for the trainings

▪ Travel to project locations to understand implementation challenges and provide

troubleshooting and course correction as and when required.

▪ Keep all relevant team members apprised of the latest developments, and call and moderate
meetings when necessary.

▪ Ensure that data is being entered on a timely manner

 ▪ Analyse program related data and make informed program related decisions accordingly

▪ Document all key activities at the field level

▪ Act as a Master Trainer for all key trainings

▪ Donor management – Responsible for creating reporting and sharing it with donor, engaging
in periodic conversations with the donor, facilitating visits and any handling task related to
donors’ management.
Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-3 of working experience

• Experience of handling a team of at least 5-10 persons

• Effective communication skills

• Ability to speak in Kannada and English.

• Result-oriented and ability to take initiative

• Effective communication skills

• Highly proficient in Google sheets, docs, and slides.

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Application Process
If interested in this role, please send your CV (1 page) and Cover Letter (1 page) with the subject line,
“Application for Program Coordinator_Bangalore” to manjunath.bg@pratham.org .