JOB TYPE | FULL TIME
NO. OF VACANCIES | 1
FUNCTION |SYSTEM ADOPTION
START DATE |IMMEDIATELY
Tl;dr
- Nurture relationships with government officials, like-minded peer organizations, industry partners, secondary and senior secondary schools in alignment to project goals.
- Proactively sense new developments within the departments and give heads up to the organization's project lead.
- Support in design and implementation of project plan by communicating with the stakeholders of institutions and visiting them regularly
Medha better prepares youth for life after school. Our combination of 21st-Century skills training, career counseling, and alumni support propel young people on career paths of their choice.Since 2011, we have improved workplace engagement, income growth, and female work participationfor 85,000 students across more than 400 educational institutions. And we are currently partnering with multiple state governments to bring our programming and approach to millions more.
We are supported by leading corporations and global foundations such as Accenture, JP Morgan, and The Mulago Foundation. We have received numerous awards and recognitions for our work, including the Echoing Green, Rainer Arnhold, and Ashoka Fellowships, the Dasra Girl Power Award, and were recently named a finalist for the Elevate Prize.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. Medha is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices.
For more information, please visit 1)Website 2) 2021 Impact Report 3) Program Materials 4) Strategy Growth Plan Deck
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY - MANAGER, SYSTEM ADOPTION
For the last ten years, Medha has delivered a unique experiential learning program to young people.
Based on the Four Cs of 21st-century skills – communications, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking – the program aims to prepare young people to start and excel in the diverse career paths of their choice.
Constantly upgraded and enhanced, the program has evolved significantly over the last decade, along with changing student and market demands. As we look to the future of learning and work, we are doubling down on the program's transformative impact on young people's lives.
Medhahas a vision of an India with equal career opportunities for youth, irrespective of gender, class, or caste. We believe the most effective way to get 150 million young people into rewarding careers is by collaborating with the government education system. From day one, we chose to exclusively work at existing vocational, technical, and higher education institutions and integrate our programming and approach into the system. Ten years later, this scale path has enabled us to impact over 85,000 students across more than 540 educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana. As we expand our System Adoption work to reach 1 million students in the next five years.
If you think you can help Medha, make this difference by creating and developing strategies to deepen our relationship with the government department while working closely with the system adoption team at Medha and building large-scale initiatives. We would want to explore synergies.
You will work with a team of professionals equally driven by Medha's mission and vision.
What You Will Do:
This position requires you to excel in several different domains. Some of the main areas of work include:
Program Planning & Implementation:
- Assist the Program Lead in designing the program plan by providing inputs from the field on all the areas of intervention.
- Implement activities designed under each area of intervention in coordination with the stakeholders at cluster level.
Training Delivery:
- Effectively collaborate with the program team, curriculum & Program Design team to facilitate the workshops and learning solutions on the ground.
- Support Design team in creating content and visuals to catch the attention of the trainees.
- Adapt & deliver training programs to system actors applying adult learning principles in the allotted geographic area.
- Organize training and management of training resources and participants.
- Evaluate training programs as per the defined monitoring and evaluation framework, feedback, and other tools to ensure the learning outcomes of each training session are met.
Improving ITI-Industry Interface:
- In collaboration with the Program Lead, work on onboarding new employers from your districts and map them to available trades in ITIs.
- Survey the industry landscape in your districts and identify relevant trades across industries where demand for jobs is available and which can be mapped to nearby ITIs.
- Support in conducting placement drives for students in ITIs from your districts and ensure active participation from all trainees.
- Work closely with industry partners during the Job training (OJT) of trainees and ensure timely grievance redressal, proper conduct of trainees and ITI faculty, and training on key learning outcomes.
Build & nurture government relationships:
- Ensure regular visits to the colleges and meeting all the stakeholders of the cluster.
- Work closely with ITI Principals across districts assigned to you to align with the program goals and assist them with paperwork, workshops, and documentation for effective program implementation.
- Maintain alignment between program goals and ITI plan of action.
- Effective and proactive communication with ITI officials, which includes Principals, placement officers, ESI, and Trade Instructors.
- Establish a regular cadence of PLC meetings and classroom observation across ITIs from your districts with all data on track.
- Being able to drive implementation of initiatives from HQ and becoming instrumental in ensuring outcomes of capacity building workshops are met, and compliance to processes is adhered to.
- Ensure that program governance meetings are happening, and government officials are actively participating.
Program Communication and Data Management:
- Ensure quality of presentation, documents, and reports of Faculty Training as per Medha guidelines.
- Support in the design of communication collaterals and events as per the needs of the program.
- Readiness in communication collaterals with program data, impact, field stories, and program challenges from nodal colleges of assigned districts.
- Support in conducting program events for faculties and Principals.
- Support in collecting and management of a large-scale database on multiple program components to identify key trends and analysis.
Create opportunities for new interventions and create buy-in:
- Proactively engage with ITI officials and industry partners to identify upcoming challenges, new initiatives, government orders, and any changes that will impact the program positively or negatively in the future.
- Work closely with the program team to have a solid plan to mitigate the risk or devise a new intervention.
- Be open to new ideas and suggestions for designing new programs/programs aligned with Medha's vision for the college.
Effectively coordinate with Internal program teams and senior leadership:
- Seamless communication with the Program manager is essential.
- Any red flags need to be raised immediately with the senior leadership.
What Your Day Might Look Like:
While no two days are the same, some may look like this:
- Meet the college Principals, Faculty and TCPOs to inform about the government orders and seek their support for timely implementation of the key activities.
- Visit other relevant stakeholders in the cluster (like employer, District Magistrate etc.) to seek support in achieving the objective of the program.
- Assist the college in conducting training and placement drives.
- Discuss the daily/weekly plan of action with the Program Lead.
Qualities and Competencies We are Looking For:
- Someone who identifies with our mission and vision and has the knack for establishing partnerships, onboarding employers, government relationship management, and passion for impact writing.
The ideal candidate has the following capabilities:
- Strong facilitation, communication & negotiation skills and ability to engage with stakeholders at college and cluster level.
- Strong operational management skills and willing to travel extensively across the state.
- Strong interpersonal skills to establish new partnerships and onboard new employers in the state.
- Strong data management, writing, presentation, and social media management skills.
- Ability to work with multiple teams and functions to ensure all the relevant information is always available.
- Excellent multi-tasking skills.
- Must be a team player and should be ready to deliver at par.
- We believe in diversity of thought and experiences and are open to candidates with varied backgrounds. If you believe the skills you have built from the experiences you have had in the past can be applied to this work, please communicate how and why in your application.
Why Should You Work For Medha?
- A passionate team that is committed to a shared mission.
- Grassroots ethos is connected to its student community (no ivory towers here).
- Audacious goals and vision to impact millions of young people and India's growth story.
- New initiatives and exciting programs to get involved in and learn from.
- An informal and fun work environment that doesn't compromise on performance.
- Space to explore and find your solutions and path (no micromanaging).
Our Hiring Process:
Our goal is to be transparent and respectful of your time during the recruiting process. We use a technology platform to ensure the hiring process is comprehensive,efficient, and well documented.
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