Partner Lead

Job Description Job Overview: Position Name Partner Lead Role Type Individual Contributor Work Location Lucknow, Bhopal, Pune or Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad About Wadhwani Foundation (www.wfglobal.org): Mission: Accelerating economic development in emerging economies through high-value job creation Objectives: Enabling the creation of 10M jobs and placement of 25M by 2030 across 20-25 emerging economies Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies by driving large-scale job creation through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, today the Foundation is scaling impact in 25 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America through various Initiatives. More details on the various programs at the end of the document. Job Description: Role Context: This role requires to understand what are the emerging requirements in the job market that are in demand across various regions and domains, forge partnerships with Private Training Partners, Government Education vertical at state, and leverage these partnerships to counsel, train, place and provide post placement support to the aspiring students, thus contributing to the overall outcomes of WGO. Key Responsibilities: - Work towards signing up with the identified States - MP, UP & Maharashtra - Explore partnerships, drive negotiations and ensure MoU signup for Private Vocational Training Partners, state departments, DDUGKY, State Skill Missions, Foundations/NGOs - Define the pilot, conduct train the trainers and launch the pilot batch with support from Deployment team - Carry out third party impact assessment to scale the programs Skills & Experience: 08 to 13 years of experience working with Skill Ecosystem Government related projects, with at least 4 to 7 years in the training domain. Good connections with State Government officials Strong communication skills and high EQ Strategic/Innovative Thinker Awareness about latest trends in job market Cross functional collaboration and communication skills Problem solver with hands-on, roll up your sleeves can-do attitude Updated with the latest methodologies, and research within edTech and training domain Open to travel across India and work closely on the ground with different teams Wadhwani Corporate Profile: (Click on this link) Our Culture: WF is a global not-for-profit, and works like a start-up, in a fast-moving, dynamic pace where change is the only constant and flexibility is the key to success. Three mantras that we practice across job roles, levels, functions, programs and initiatives, are Quality, Speed, Scale, in that order. We are an ambitious and inclusive organization, where everyone is encouraged to contribute and ideate. We are intensely and insanely focused on driving excellence in everything we do. We want individuals with the drive for excellence, and passion to do whatever it takes to deliver world class outcomes to our beneficiaries. We set our own standards often more rigorous than what our beneficiaries demand, and we want individuals who love it this way. We have a creative and highly energetic environment one in which we look to each other to innovate new solutions not only for our beneficiaries but for ourselves too. Open to collaborate with a borderless mentality, often going beyond the hierarchy and siloed definitions of functional KRAs, are the individuals who will thrive in our environment. This is a workplace where expertise is shared with colleagues around the globe. Individuals uncomfortable with change, constant innovation, and short learning cycles and those looking for stability and orderly working days may not find WF to be the right place for them. Finally, we want individuals who want to do greater good for the society leveraging their area of expertise, skills and experience. The foundation is an equal opportunity firm with no bias towards gender, race, colour, ethnicity, country, language, age and any other dimension that comes in the way of progress. Join us and be a part of us