Job Title: Education Head
Organization: Enrich Lives Foundation (ELF)
Location: Mumbai (Multiple Centres)
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Hours: 8 hours/day | Monday to Saturday
Salary Range: ₹60,000 – ₹65,000 per month
About Enrich Lives Foundation (ELF)
Our flagship after-school initiative, Khushiyon Ki Paathshala (KKP), supports over 800 underserved children across 9 centres by strengthening academic learning, confidence, curiosity, and overall well-being.
Position Overview
We are seeking a passionate, visionary, and dynamic Education Head to oversee
the educational programs. This position will drive academic excellence, innovation,
and impact across all centres — ensuring that children receive high-quality support
in academics, non-academic support that elevates their learning outcomes and life
opportunities.
This role is 50% strategic and 50% operational.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership (50%)
- Drive overall academic vision, program design, and quality enhancement for KKP and BMC Schools
- 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 (50%)
- Supervise day-to-day academic operations across all 9 centres (and any future centres, as KKP scales up) + 2 BMC schools
- 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)
Desirable Candidate Profile:
· Experience in the Indian non-profit space preferably in education >5 years especially in the area of academics
· Has managed teams and can work seamlessly in a matrixed organization
· Should be savvy with some of the latest AI and other technical tools for MIS and data integrity
· If the candidate has interacted with govt. officials or Ministry of Education that will be added advantage
· Any prior donor relationship management experience will be preferred
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
- Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty and has the ability to work in a matrixed environment
- Demonstrates result orientation and has the enthusiasm to drive change
- Opportunity to shape the future of 800+ current children from urban slums
- Be a key member in strengthening a high-impact educational initiative
- A purpose-driven culture that values innovation, compassion, and continuous learning
- Be part of a growing organisation and contribute to impact
Pay: From ₹50,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
