Specialist, Capacity Building

The Specialist, Capacity Building, will support the Senior Manager and guide all academic associates in designing and strengthening the pedagogical and training vision across programmes. The role requires strong expertise in pedagogy, curriculum design, instructional practices, teacher professional development, and adult learning.

This role involves designing and reviewing training strategies, curriculum-linked session plans, facilitation guides, observation tools, assessments, coaching frameworks, and training evaluation systems that are aligned to foundational learning outcomes, classroom realities, and programme goals. The CB Specialist will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that all trainings and academic materials are instructionally strong, contextually relevant, implementation-friendly, and capable of improving teacher practice and student learning outcomes at scale.

The role is highly pedagogy-heavy and requires the ability to connect curriculum expectations, classroom practice, child learning principles, and teacher support into meaningful and actionable professional development Experiences. The Challenges You Will Help Solve at Madhi ● Strengthening teacher practice and classroom instruction through high-quality pedagogically aligned professional development ● Designing practical and contextualised training experiences that support teachers working in mixed-level, multilingual, and resource-constrained classrooms ● Bridging the gap between curriculum expectations, teacher understanding, and classroom implementation ● Supporting the development of effective instructional models, teacher support systems, and classroom practices that improve foundational learning outcomes ● Contributing to the growing body of knowledge on pedagogy, curriculum implementation, teacher development, and what works in improving educational outcomes within the public education system ● Translating classroom observations, field insights, and implementation realities into meaningful improvements in training design and programme quality ● Continuously improving training and curriculum approaches using research, evidence, classroom data, and implementation feedback ● Working in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment that values ownership, collaboration, inquiry, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

In this role, some of your responsibilities will include: ● Design pedagogically strong training strategies, professional development roadmaps, and curriculum-aligned session plans for various stakeholder groups ● Develop and review teacher-facing and facilitator-facing materials including session plans, facilitator guides, observation tools, assessments, reflection tools, and classroom support resources ● Ensure strong alignment between pedagogy, curriculum goals, learning outcomes, classroom realities, and training design ● Apply principles of instructional design, andragogy, foundational literacy and numeracy, and child learning while designing capacity building experiences ● Review and strengthen the academic rigor, instructional flow, facilitation quality, and usability of all training and curricular materials created by the team ● Build contextualised professional development frameworks to support teachers, HMs, BRTEs, district teams, delivery staff, and other stakeholders ● Conduct classroom observations, training observations, and field immersions to identify implementation gaps and strengthen programme quality ● Analyse classroom and training data to identify trends, instructional gaps, and opportunities for improving teacher support systems ● Create periodic reports, learning notes, and implementation insights that strengthen programme design and decision-making ● Support associates and senior associates through coaching, feedback, capacity building, and ongoing professional development ● Continuously research and integrate effective pedagogical practices, instructional strategies, and teacher development models into programme design ● Collaborate closely with content, delivery, state reform, and data teams to ensure academic consistency and implementation effectiveness across.

• Support Curriculum and Content Development during peak deliverable times with collective ownership. You Will Thrive in This Role If You ● Have strong pedagogical and curriculum design knowledge, especially in foundational learning and teacher professional development ● Possess a deep understanding of classroom instruction, child learning, assessment, and teacher support systems ● Are able to translate complex academic and pedagogical concepts into practical, field-friendly training experiences ● Have strong facilitation, coaching, and feedback skills ● Can critically review training content and identify gaps in instructional alignment, pedagogy, and learning outcomes ● Are deeply reflective and continuously seek to improve the quality and effectiveness of training and classroom practice through data-based decision making and stakeholder feedback ● Have excellent planning, collaboration, and task-tracking skills ● Can read, write, and speak in Tamil ● Possess a growth mindset and are comfortable navigating ambiguity, solving problems, and learning continuously Prerequisites ● An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Education, Curriculum Design, Teacher Education, English, Child Development, Psychology, or any relevant discipline ● At least 4 years of relevant work experience in teacher training, curriculum design, pedagogy, instructional design, learning and development, or education programme implementation ● Strong understanding of foundational literacy and numeracy, classroom instruction, curriculum alignment, and adult learning principles ● Experience in designing and reviewing training materials, session plans, assessments, observation tools, and professional development frameworks ● Experience working with teachers, school leaders, or education systems in the public education space is preferred ● At least 1 year of experience managing or mentoring entry-level team members ● Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Suite applications. Other Details:
• This role will report to: Senior Manager, Training & Capacity Building (Academics)
• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop with updated software (MS Office 2016).
• Remuneration: CTC 10 LPA to 12 LPA