Specialist- Curriculum and Teacher Development (Embedded in OPs team)

About Udhyam:

Udhyam Learning Foundation (Udhyam) is on a mission towards Making Bharat Entrepreneurial. We believe that entrepreneurial mindsets are a powerful way to channelize an individual’s potential as they enable agency and allow an individual to work on their strengths while creating value for the world.

Our programs:

1. Udhyam Shiksha works on developing entrepreneurial mindsets among the youth in the government high schools and enabling them to achieve their potential, having impacted ~24,00,000 learners across 10 Indian states.

2. Udhyam Vyapaar focuses on nano businesses in India, and solving large problems faced by them, at scale; having already enabled up to a 27% income uplift for 5000+ entrepreneurs.

Udhyam Shiksha’s Program Model: 

Udhyam Shiksha works in collaboration with the state governments to implement the Entrepreneurial Mindset Curriculum (EMC) in grades 9th to 12th. EMC is designed to build agency in learners by providing real world learning opportunities to high school students across 4 years. EMC is designed on the foundations of experiential learning and encourages learners to make choices, work in teams, go out of their comfort zones and try new experiences. 

About the role: 

We are looking for Curriculum & Teacher Development Specialists at multiple locations to work closely with the state teams to integrate the curricular vision and practices to enable them to create and administer Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum at scale. 

Role and Responsibility

Curriculum Design: 

• Own the adaptation of central curriculum design for state context

• Own the feedback loop between state machinery and central curriculum 

• Co-own alignment building and vetting processes with the state government

Teacher Development: 

• Own the alignment building processes on training and ongoing support design between state and central teams

• Drive aspects like schedules, resource allocation in regards to teacher support for the state

• Closely work with the on-going support team to create and implement the support plan for teachers in the state

• Facilitate MT and principal workshops and iterate designs as needed

• Support the capacity building of internal team and observers

User Centricity:

• Observe schools and document  in alignment with the guidelines. 

• Support in testing the curriculum 

• Own the process of setting systems to incorporate user feedback. 

Implementation/Program Management: 

• Work in synergy with the SCERT teams to create buy-in for the designs. 

Experience

• 2–3 years working across curriculum writing, classroom observation, and training or facilitation 

• Some exposure to working with or within a government/state system (SCERT, education department, or similar) is a strong plus 

• Background in 21st-century skills, competency-based education, or pedagogy 

• Prior classroom teaching experience is a strong plus, not a must

Knowledge and Skills

• Working understanding of how curriculum design connects to classroom delivery 

• Ability to understand student and teacher needs and reflect on why a design may or may not work

• Highly collaborative in working with Ops teams, other curriculum team members and government functionaries

• Proactive and commitment to creativity and user centricity

• Can track plans and timelines without heavy handholding 

• Knowledge of Hindi (speak and read)/local language