Lead- Education

Lead – Education Practice Employment type: Fixed Term contract Location: New Delhi / Gurgaon / Mumbai / Bengaluru (with travel as required) About Sattva We Partner to deliver social impact at scale. Sattva Consulting is a global impact consulting firm from India. Since 2009 we have been engaging with communities, business and government to achieve societal impact at scale. We believe that civil society, business and government all have a critical role to play in building an equitable and sustainable world, and we actively partner with all stakeholders to enable impact through our advisory and orchestration services, knowledge and data platforms which we have built as public goods for the ecosystem, and collaborative solutions and partnerships. Our teams are based in India, Singapore, Denmark and the UK, but as a global organisation our work has spanned 25 countries and 5 continents. For more information, please visit: www.sattva.co.in 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 Shape the Education practice’s strategic agenda and identify key priority areas within education that Sattva should focus on Support the business teams (across Foundations, non-profits and CSR) in closing strategic education deals that build the credibility and expertise within the sector Support in effective delivery of education projects by complementing the team’s expertise with deep cross-cutting understanding of education – spanning early childhood care and education, primary, secondary, life skills and socio-emotional learning. Provide strategic guidance in helping key donors and partners design flagship initiatives to address critical challenges in education, playing an active role in program design 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. …