Program Coordinator, Youth Program

Published 2024-12-20

**About Quest Alliance**:
At Quest Alliance, we transform learning ecosystems through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration to build 21st-century skills for learners and facilitators.

We are a not-for-profit trust that focuses on research-led innovation and advocacy in the field of teaching and learning. We engage with educators, civil society, government institutions and corporate organizations to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in school education and vocational training.

**About the Program**:
MyQuest aims to provide a comprehensive development platform for young people, offering lifelong learning opportunities to disadvantaged youth. By leveraging content, pedagogy, and technology, the program drives impactful teaching and learning experiences. Through a signature blended learning approach, MyQuest equips youth with critical life and work skills essential for success in the 21st century. The curriculum integrates interactive media elements such as games, videos, audio, visuals, and dictionaries for vernacular translations.

**The Role**:
As part of the Youth Program team, this role will coordinate with other QUEST team members to ensure the efficient and effective implementation of projects. The individual will play a key role in program delivery, stakeholder engagement, and achieving program goals.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- Oversee effective program delivery, implementation reviews, and monitoring, ensuring alignment with agreed standards and the ITI Ecosystem’s state system journey map.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with government departments, institute principals, and CSO partner heads to fulfill MoU commitments and support the VTI South Region Lead.
- Develop and manage state and team work plans, ensuring contributions align with program objectives.
- Facilitate learning within the program by identifying and capturing key insights.
- Conduct regular review meetings with stakeholders, including center heads and trainers.
- Empower trainers and centers to independently utilize program content effectively.
- Participate in and contribute to the training of trainers.
- Collaborate with the ITI South Region Lead to achieve annual goals for the state, region, and projects.
- Support and oversee career development programs across Women ITIs in the state.
- Manage state-level projects, ensuring timely deliverables.
- Ensure monitoring data is submitted to the M&E focal point promptly.
- Coordinate baseline, endline, and other assessments.
- Maintain updated student data in the center database.
- Provide regular updates to trainers and principals on program progress through monthly reports.
- Deliver detailed written and verbal progress reports aligned with work plans and schedules.
- Ensure proper use of M&E tools for reporting and submit program reports, case studies, and photographs to the M&E focal point on time.
- Document success stories from centers, trainers, and students.
- Follow up with ITIs to collect required student and institute data as per the M&E framework.
- Actively participate in team meetings and reviews, supporting all reporting requirements such as quarterly and annual reviews.
- Foster effective relationships with officials in training, placement, administration, and leadership roles at DET, Gujarat, CSO partners, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure MoU commitments in training and placements are met, including subgrant utilization and quality interventions.
- Engage in industry engagement and placement strategies internally and externally, working closely with placement leads and state teams.
- Collaborate with thematic and support teams such as training, communications, research, data & tech, and FAIT to meet program and organizational requirements.
- Manage the Gujarat ITI team and oversee fellows/interns as needed.
- Plan and implement capacity-building activities for team members to enhance effectiveness.
- Define and review annual and quarterly goals for team members.

**Skills**:

- Awareness of gender sensitivity and inclusion in education, skills development, and the workplace.
- Proficiency in MS Office tools.
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision.
- Passion for addressing the challenges faced by India’s youth in education and skills development.
- Adaptability to dynamic, fast-paced environments with multicultural teams, government entities, and diverse stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to timelines.
- Excellent judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills in English.
- Commitment to Quest Alliance values.
- Willingness to travel locally and nationally.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and proactively seek solutions.
- Understanding of research, monitoring, and evaluation principles.
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- High levels of integrity, maturity, and professionalism.

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