Associate Lead, Operations Uttarakhand

Labhya Foundation

Labhya Foundation

Operations

Posted on May 25, 2026

Across Districts in Uttarakhand, Fluency in Hindi and English

Support program and curriculum implementation, facilitating teacher training across districts, and contributing through research, data analysis, and on-ground implementation with government partners. Coach and lead a team of associates to drive implementation and partnership across the state.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.

  • Strengthen and maintain relationships with senior state/district-level government officials and key stakeholders.
  • Represent Labhya in high-level district/state meetings when delegated by the State Lead.
  • Drive operational alignment by translating state-level program goals into actionable plans for the district teams.
  • Oversee and ensure effective implementation of Labhya's Anandam program across multiple districts through leading training for various government officials, rigorous data collection, tracking, and reporting.
  • Troubleshoot escalated issues from field teams, ensuring proactive resolution and consistent engagement with state/district/block officials.
  • Coordinate and lead planning for partner visits, reviews, and presentations involving external stakeholders.
  • Directly supervise, coach and mentor Operations Associates and Field Officers across districts.
  • Identify capacity gaps in the team and design learning opportunities or recommend interventions.
  • Liaise with Labhya's curriculum, training, communications, and founders' office teams to ensure the field perspective is well integrated and provides strategic inputs on design and delivery.
  • Analyse field data, identify patterns or implementation bottlenecks, and provide actionable insights to the State Lead.
  • Support documentation of impact stories, case studies, and reports for internal and external audiences.
  • Drive continuous improvement by identifying and piloting innovations in operational systems or field processes.
  • Provide input to the State Lead on strategy formulation, risk mitigation, and long-term sustainability planning.
  • Lead and coach a young team of associates to manage state wide partnership in collaboration with the state lead.
  • Comfortable with regular school visits to support teachers and guide Associates across assigned districts.

Educational Qualification

Bachelors/Masters in education, social science, or equivalent.

Experience

  • At least 5 years of experience in working with government stakeholders, teacher training programs facilitation and liaisoning.
  • On-ground experience with children and youth.

  • Previous experience of managing teams , working with school officials or government officials, managing multiple stakeholders, including senior stakeholders for projects.

Characteristics

  • Fluent in both Hindi & English (Written and spoken) (non-negotiable)

  • Willingness to relocate to the said districts in Uttarakhand. (non-negotiable)

  • Readiness and preparedness to commute in the hilly terrain of Uttarakhand.

  • An understanding of Social Emotional Learning, mental health, psycho-social development, and psychology will be preferred.
  • Working proficiency in Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slide, etc - Comfortable using Canva, Microsoft Office and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms).
  • Possesses strong relationship-building, communication, and organisational skills.

  • Ability to solve problems using particular lenses, best practices, and frameworks.

  • Willingness to learn and grow together with the team.

  • Comfortable with event planning.

  • Ability to handle multiple projects/ tasks and experience end to end

  • Learning mindset

  • A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

If you're someone who's driven by purpose, excited to build, and energised by ambiguity in service of children's wellbeing, we'd love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.