Project Manager – Strategic Educational Systems Alignment

Job title: Project Manager – Strategic Educational Systems Alignment

Company: The Citizens Foundation


Job description: This is a research and systems design role within TCF’s Strategic Alignment portfolio. As Project Manager – SESA, you will lead the design and implementation of a strategic system assessment to understand TCF’s performance as a large-scale education system operating in complex and uncertain environments. You will apply systems thinking, qualitative research, and strategic inquiry to produce a diagnostic map of the organization’s value creation process and its bottlenecks. The role combines intellectual depth with operational execution and will influence how TCF envisions system improvement going forward.SYSTEM MAPPING & FRAMEWORK DESIGN

• Leverage global research on system assessment to build a contextually relevant framework for TCF.
• Develop visual and conceptual representations of how the TCF system operates, including flows of information, value, and decision-making.

RESEARCH & DATA COLLECTION

• Design and implement a research plan involving document review, policy analysis, stakeholder interviews (KIIs), and focus groups (FGDs).
• Bring sensitivity and rigor to qualitative data collection from school leaders, field teams, and internal departments.

ANALYSIS & COMMUNICATION

• Translate findings into strategic insights that inform action.
• Produce clear, visually compelling outputs for internal decision-making.
• Maintain tight alignment with organizational planning cycles.

STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTIONS

• Help surface opportunities for system-level change and contribute to the wider work of the Strategic Alignment team.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• A credible, context-aware systems diagnosis framework piloted and refined.
• Key systemic gaps identified and communicated in usable formats.
• Study findings meaningfully inform planning and design conversations, and lead to positive shifts in policy and practice

Required Skills

• Analytical Fluency: Comfort with ambiguity and ability to interpret complex, multi-source data.
• Research Excellence: Skilled in qualitative methods with a strong bias for insight and relevance.
• Contextual Intelligence: Ability to balance global frameworks with local realities.
• Design Orientation: Capacity to synthesize findings into visual outputs, frameworks, and decision tools.
• Integrity & Empathy: Trusted by informants; handles sensitive information with discretion.
• Bias for Action: Grounded in practice, constantly asking: what now, for whom, and how will we know it worked? Mission-Driven: A deep belief in equitable education, organizational learning, and improvement.

EducationBachelor’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, or related field (Master’s preferred).Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in educational delivery, research, assessment, or system-level roles.
• Exposure to systems thinking or systems change methodologies.

Expected salary:

Location: Karachi, Sindh

Job date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:14:46 GMT

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