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About ISDM
The Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) is a pioneering management school dedicated to strengthening leadership and management in social development work, producing the future CEOs and founders of impactful social purpose organisations. Since 2016, ISDM has worked across three strategic pillars: preparing talent, influencing practice, and building knowledge for Development Management.
With the rapid growth of India's economy and the rapid growth of development capital in the country, there is a huge opportunity to make a difference to over a billion people over the next couple of decades. However, this burgeoning development capital will need high-quality leadership and management talent to translate this possibility into real impact - talent that understands the complex nature of society and the complexities of driving social change, that can design interventions within these complexities, and that has the knowledge and skills to build and lead development organisations and translate their work into deep, sustained impact at scale.
Development Management needs to bring the head, heart, and hand together to engage with diverse communities, build on their agency, work with limited resources and divergent societal aspirations, and move towards a shared vision of a desirable society. India needs Development Management talent and capabilities across the Samaaj, Sarkaar, and Bazaar to translate this opportunity into reality on the ground, transforming the lives of over a billion people in the country, and eventually offering this discipline to countries across the Global South.
ISDM invites individuals who share its vision to join in creating a dynamic, catalytic ecosystem and positioning India as a thought leader in Development Management, ultimately enabling sustainable social impact at scale. Know more at www.isdm.org.in.
About PGP-DM
The Post Graduate Program in Development Management (PGP DM) is ISDM’s flagship initiative designed by leading academics and practitioners from both the development
and management sectors. The yearlong program blends ideas of development with concepts of management, combines in-class sessions with a two-week field component on “Realizing India” and promotes collaborative group work.
Purpose of Role
The work broadly revolves around in‐person and online activities related to a course under PGP DM, including course development, course delivery, curating course
materials, LMS support, data analytics, engaging all current and potential stakeholders, shaping content and fulfilling all related activities. This is a course based engagement
with attachment to a specific faculty over the time period of teaching from course development to course grading.
Teaching Assistant Job Responsibilities
● Works under the supervision of a course faculty
● Classroom management and attend all the lectures
● Helping the faculty with grading, curating course materials and other logistics
● Conducting office hours and discussion sessions to help students understand the ideas and concepts introduced in the course, develop problem solving skills and, in general, enlarge the intellectual imagination of the students
Competences and skills preferred
● Excellent communication skills- written and oral
● Coordination and Management Skills
● Adept in MS office
● Strong academic leanings
● Project management skills and ability to adhere to deadlines
● Technically and experientially equipped in managing digital modes of learning
● Ability to conduct tutorial sessions for students on course content
● Strong analytical and problem‐solving skills
● Versatility to simultaneously work on diverse tasks and deliver consistently
Education and Experience Requirements
Masters Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline within Social Science, Liberal Arts or Business Management with at least 2 years of relevant experience.
Education and Experience focus areas
Development Studies; Finance, Fund-raising; Marketing; Strategy; Organisation Behaviour; Data Analysis; Monitoring & Impact Evaluation; Systems Thinking, Program Theory Matrix; Operations Management, Technology in Management.
Note: This is a course-based engagement with attachment to a specific faculty. You will be part of a TA pool and take up multiple courses TAship as per availability and interest within the time period of one academic year.
The position is based out of Noida, India.
