JOB TYPE | FULL TIME
LOCATION |PANCHKULA
FUNCTION |SYSTEM ADOPTION
START DATE |IMMEDIATELY
Tl;dr
- Nurture relationships with industry partners, district level government officials and ITI faculty in alignment with project goals
- Provide inputs in designing interventions at HQ and ensure implementation of these initiatives at district level in collaboration with ITI faculty.
- Conduct base line and end line surveys of multiple stakeholders for optimum implementation of initiatives and ensure timely collection and reporting of data.
About Medha:
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 participation for 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) Website2) 2021 Impact Report3) Program Materials4) 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.
Medha has 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, we are looking for Relationship Managers, for the system adoption team.
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:
Improving ITI-Industry Interface
- In collaboration with Senior Relationships Manager, work on onboarding new employers from your districts and map them to available trades in ITI s.
- 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 ITI s.
- Support in conducting placement drives for students in ITI s from your district and ensure active participation from all trainees.
- Work closely with industry partners during On-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 relationship
- Work closely with ITI Principals across districts assigned to you to align with the project goals and assist them with paperwork, workshops, and documentation for effective project implementation.
- Maintain alignment between project goals and ITI plan of action.
- Effective and pro-active communication with ITI officials which includes Principals, placement officers, ESI s and Trade Instructors.
- Establish regular cadence of PLC meetings and classroom observation across ITI s 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.
Project Communication and Data Management
- Ensure quality of presentation, documents, and reports of Faculty Trainings as per medha Guidelines.
- Support in design of communication collaterals and events as per need of the program.
- Readiness on communication collaterals with project data, impact, field stories, and project challenges from nodal colleges of assigned districts.
- Support in conducting project events for faculties and Principals.
- Support in collecting and management of a large-scale data base 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 the upcoming challenges, new initiatives, government orders, and any changes that will impact the project positively or negatively in the future.
- Work closely with the project 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 projects/programs aligned with Medha's vision for the college
Effectively coordinate with Internal project teams and senior leadership
- Seamless communication with the Project 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:
- Liaison with the ITI Principals, JAPO s, Trade and Employability Skills Instructor to seek their support to rollout specific project components in ITI s.
- Liaison with Industry partners and coordinate for placement drives and feedback and reporting on students offered jobs.
- Assist the ITI Principal and JAPO s in ensuring capacity building workshops are conducted and faculty members display incremental difference in base line/end line surveys conducted.
- Discuss the daily/weekly plan of action with the Senior Relationship Manager. Timely escalate issues to him and escalate any red flags to the Project Manager.
- Assist in timely data collection and management and ensuring authenticity of data is maintained.
Things 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 driving initiatives at the ground. The ideal candidate has the following capabilities:
- Strong communication & negotiation skills and ability to engage with ITI principals, JAPO s and Faculties.
- Strong Operational Management Skills and willing to travel extensively across assigned districts in Haryana.
- Strong interpersonal skills to establish new partnerships and onboard new employers in the state.
- Strong data collection and management skills.
- Ability to work with multiple teams and functions to ensure all the relevant information is always available.
- Excellent organizational skills
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 ethosconnected 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 projects 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 own solutions and path (no micromanaging).
Our hiring process:
Our goal is to be as 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.
