Objective:

To oversee the smooth functioning of the Academics Department and ensuring consistent provision for academic ambiance. The prime role of the Head of the Department is to provide strong academic leadership. The Head of Department is required to lead, manage and develop the department to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence in all its activities.

Key Responsibilities:
• Be responsible for development & implementation of content/curriculum for all levels as development of the methodology for delivery of content by all teachers.
• Be responsible for up gradation of the curriculum as & when needed.
• Ensure that all the schools implement lesson plans as per the guidelines.
• To attend meetings when required by Senior Management.
• Be responsible and accountable for setting and advancing the academic strategy of the Department.
• Conduct training & orientation programmes.
• Develop and deliver Professional Development workshops, observe and analyse classroom practices design further interventions based on identified needs
• Be the principal point of contact for all the coordination on matters of risk associated with any activities or areas of responsibility.
• Be responsible that the academic team administers the content delivery of each member.
• Work with Director & departmental heads to ensure course correction, if required.
• Be responsible for recruitment of Academics Team & evaluation of their performance on a regular basis.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE – KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
• Having at least 20+ years' experience in Education, Edtech Industry and B2B
• Qualification – B.Ed., mandatory; Ph.D. Degree preferred; Must have done ECCE/NTT
• Experience in startups will be fast tracked
• Departmental Head – Delivering consistent result and creating collaborative relationships
• People Leader – Developing talent and engaging associates
• Leadership – Practice breakthrough thinking and navigate complex challenges with the team
• Strong Strategic skills
• Experience with building and developing teams
• Enthusiastic to work in a growing start-up environment with tight deadlines while maintaining quality.
• Industry – Education / Edtech Industry

Salary:

18-20 LPA

About Nalanda Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Nalanda Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd is a pre- primary education initiative which was founded in 2012 under the brand name of "Little Laureates". This was the brain child of Mr. Tamal Mukherjee and Mr. Timir Mukherjee, the founders having more than 20+ years of experience in financial service sectors and pre schooling segment.

The group has established the second largest pre-school chain in West Bengal and Tripura and counts some marquee investors such as Aavishkaar Capital, and other Angel investors such as Jayesh Parekh, Vineet Rai etc. as its backers.

Within a short span of time, Nalanda was able to establish 83 branches (COCO) and became a household name in eastern part of India specially in West Bengal and Tripura.

In March 2020, the whole world shut down and Covid-19 disrupted the entire education system with 90 per cent of the preschools being forced to close their doors resulting in a huge learning gap of students between 2 years to 6 years of age.

Nalanda Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd., is India's largest and most advanced B2B SaaS-based Platform on a mission to empower the education ecosystem to enable Students and Educators to prosper. It is a winning combination of ground breaking technology and traditional schooling to support parents, students and bringing back hopes of all preschool owners with security and business continuity.

Today the Nalanda team is delivering quality education to over 4,500+ students across India with over 150+ empowered mentors, having conducted over 1 lakh classes seamlessly in calendar year 2021.

With Nalanda's legacy of physical and virtual pre-schooling experience that led to its tremendous success during the Pandemic, have now launched its new program "ASSIST" with a vision to help standalone preschools revive their business and at the same time empower new age edupreneurs to assist in their educational business aspirations