Job Title: Education Operations Head

Location: Mumbai (Multiple Centres) Employment Type: Full-time

Working Hours: 8 hours/day | Monday to Saturday

Salary Range: ₹50,000 – ₹55,000 per month

About Organisation

The Organisation is a Mumbai-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering marginalized communities through education, skill development, and holistic growth. Our flagship after-school initiative, Khushiyon Ki Paathshala (KKP), supports over 800 underserved children across 9 centres by strengthening foundational learning, confidence, curiosity, and overall well-being.

Position Overview

We are seeking a passionate, visionary, and dynamic Principal to lead the Khushiyon Ki Paathshala program. The Principal will drive academic excellence, innovation, and impact across all centres — ensuring that children receive high-quality after-school support that elevates their learning outcomes and life opportunities.

This role is 70% strategic and 30% operational.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership (70%)

• Drive overall academic vision, program design, and quality enhancement for KKP

• Lead innovations in curriculum, pedagogy, digital tools, and experiential learning

• Strengthen program monitoring systems to track student learning progress, retention, and impact

• Build partnerships for resource mobilization, training, exposure visits, and community outreach

• Provide leadership development and capacity-building support to Centre Coordinators and Teachers

• Ensure alignment with NEP goals and foundational literacy & numeracy benchmarks

• Create safe, inclusive learning environments and promote child protection practices

• Be the Primary POC for any need based or donor initiated expansion (need analysis, budgeting, hiring support, identification of premises, etc)

Operational Management (30%)

• Supervise day-to-day academic operations across all 9 centres (and any future centres, as KKP scales up)

• Conduct regular centre visits for observation, coaching, and quality assurance

• Manage teacher deployment, schedules, training needs, and leave planning

• Ensure timely documentation — attendance, assessments, MIS updates, reporting, Utilization Reports for Donors / CSR Partners.

• Support enrolment drive, parent engagement, and community relationships

• Will own all IMPACT parameters (eg : average attendance, educational upgrade YOY, cost effectiveness, control drop out rates, etc)

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Education, or related field

• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in the education sector (preferably with underserved communities)

• Strong leadership, planning, and communication skills

• Ability to inspire teams and drive performance improvements

• Demonstrated innovation in teaching-learning practices

• Fluency in Marathi, Hindi & English preferred

• Proficiency in digital tools (MS Office, EdTech platforms)

Personal Attributes

• Child-centric mindset with deep empathy for marginalized communities

• Creative problem-solver with a growth mindset

• Confident decision-maker with strong accountability

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-centre environment