Sr. Project Associate- FLN Lab

Background Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership for Equity, LFE) is a non-profit organisation based in Pune, Maharashtra, working to strengthen India’s public education system so that every child learns and thrives. LFE partners with state and district governments to improve teaching practices and build sustained academic support structures within the public education system. Our work is anchored in the belief that public education systems are the gatekeepers of social equity, and strengthening them is essential to ensuring that every child has access to strong foundational and future-ready learning. Approach LFE’s systems-change approach focuses on improving classroom practice and enabling government ownership through three core levers: Co-creating high-quality curricular resources and building teacher capacity Developing academic leadership to coach and mentor teachers Providing data-driven advisory support and policy implementation guidance Our model empowers teachers as instructional leaders and embeds long-term support through government-run mentor cadres, continuous classroom observation cycles, and in-system academic structures. Technology plays a critical role, including an in-house Classroom Observation App for real-time monitoring and a WhatsApp-based teacher support chatbot for contextual resource delivery. The approach is iterative and context-responsive, grounded in classroom realities and tailored to state and district needs. Implementation varies across geographies—whether working directly with teachers or through government-appointed mentors—ensuring relevance and feasibility within existing structures. A continuous feedback loop of training, observation, and coaching moves beyond one-time interventions toward sustained practice change. All programs are co-designed and co-implemented with government partners to ensure scale, sustainability, and systemic ownership, ultimately leading to improved student learning outcomes in foundational and future literacy. About FLN Lab The FLN Lab is an LFE proof-of-concept and Depth implementation initiative designed to demonstrate, test and refine what high-quality Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) teaching and learning can look like in a government-school classroom. LFE will work with selected Zilla Parishad schools in and around Pune, where LFE-appointed teachers will work directly with students across primary grades. The Lab has two core purposes: Achieve strong student learning outcomes through high-quality FLN classroom practice. Generate credible evidence and documentation of what effective FLN practice looks like and what it takes to create and sustain it in a government-school context. The Lab will also serve as a demonstration site for relevant government, funding and sector stakeholders, helping them understand what high-quality FLN practice looks like in a real classroom and the support and effort required to…