Project Coordinator - Science Park
Pune, IndiaFull-timeEntry · 1-2 years
About this role
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. We envision public education systems that refuse to let children down.
LFE partners with state and district governments across multiple states—including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana—to improve teaching practices and build sustained academic support structures within the public 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.
Job Description and Responsibilities
This position is based permanently at the prestigious Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park. You will be the face of LFE’s Future Literacy Initiatives (FLI) at the park, responsible for running a state-of-the-art Computer Science and AI Hub.
Your role has a unique dual focus: delivering high-energy, daily introductory workshops to thousands of visiting students throughout the year, while simultaneously nurturing a select, consistent batch of students through a deep-dive, quarter-long CS and AI curriculum.
1. Dual-Track Academic Facilitation & Delivery (50%)
- Daily Tech Workshops: Conduct high-energy, 2-to-3-hour daily workshops for rotating groups of students visiting the Science Park from various schools and backgrounds. Deliver foundational lessons in computational thinking, logic, and AI awareness.
- Year-Round Cohort Mentorship: Build and manage a consistent batch of students who attend the center throughout the academic year. Guide them through a structured curriculum of CS and AI education.
- Portfolio & Project Management: Assist the Quarter-round batch in conceptualizing, building, and thoroughly documenting their tech projects, ensuring their data and source codes are well-maintained.
- Lab Environment Ownership: Ensure the technology workstation at the Science Park is always operational, welcoming, organized, and structurally ready for students every morning.
2. High-Profile Stakeholder Management & Event Operations (30%)
- Executive Reporting: Maintain a rigorous communication loop with the CEO and District Education Officer (DEO) of the Science Park. Provide daily evening briefings and structured monthly updates highlighting key metrics (student footfall, demographics, concepts taught, and qualitative learning outcomes).
- Science Park Event Support: Actively design, conduct, and anchor major tech events, hackathons, and student project exhibitions hosted at the PCMC Science Park.
- Institutional Alignment: Represent LFE professionally, ensuring our academic operations align seamlessly with the daily operational guidelines and scheduling of the Science Park administration.
3. Data Integrity & Documentation (20%)
- Footfall & Learning Metrics: Keep highly accurate, daily digital logs of every student group passing through the workshops, categorizing data by school type, grade level, and engagement metrics.
- Impact Documentation: Actively document student milestones, breakthrough learning moments, and project presentations through high-quality photos, videos, and written case studies for internal and stakeholder reviews
Requirements
Education & Experience
- Graduation in any discipline. A degree or certification in Computer Science, IT, BCA, B.Sc. (Tech), or STEM Education is highly preferred.
- 1–2 years of experience in direct student-facing instruction, public speaking, or museum/science center facilitation.
- Prior experience handling large, diverse groups of children (Grades 5-10) and making tech education interactive and fun is essential.
Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities
- Strong fundamental grasp of coding concepts (Scratch, CodeAI), digital literacy tools, and a keen curiosity about AI developments.
- The ability to walk into a classroom every day not knowing the background of the students, and instantly leveling your teaching style to match their current learning capacity.
- Fluency in Marathi and Hindi is required to communicate effectively with local school cohorts and park officials. Good professional English for reporting is expected.
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills are required to confidently share data, project reports, and student updates with high-level authorities like the CEO and DEO.
Location and Compensation
Location : Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra.
Compensation: Apart from being a part of a young and dynamic learning team, the individual will receive a healthy compensation at par with the non-profit sector benchmark for this position, commensurate with the individual’s prior experience and qualifications. The current compensation band offered, based on fit and experience, is 3.6 to 4.2 lakh INR per annum CTC.
Leadership For Equity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. We do not discriminate based on caste, race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.