Program Associate

Published 2025-07-10

**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 Role**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide ongoing support to training centers across assigned regions for curriculum planning, delivery, and trainer development.
- Co-design and co-facilitate training sessions with trainers to ensure alignment with learning outcomes and industry standards.
- Regularly visit centers to mentor trainers and placement officers, promoting gradual independence and sustainability.
- Identify gaps and areas of improvement in delivery, content, and student engagement, and share actionable recommendations.
- Promote best practices in training, placement, and alumni engagement activities.
- Build and manage strong relationships with institute heads, trainers, placement cells, and local stakeholders.
- Engage with organizational heads and external partners to strengthen collaboration and program alignment.
- Contribute to industry engagement strategies and develop partnerships that support placements, internships, and exposure opportunities.
- Work with training institution heads to ensure timely implementation of program commitments, training quality, and achievement of placement targets.
- Support planning and utilization of sub-grants where applicable, ensuring compliance with quality benchmarks.
- Maintain coordination with internal teams to deliver integrated and effective interventions.
- Support state and national-level teams with relevant field insights, learner needs, and content recommendations.
- Collaborate across verticals including communications, training, research, data & tech, and M&E to ensure program excellence.
- Participate in organizational forums and knowledge-sharing spaces to contribute learnings and innovations.
- Ensure accurate and timely collection of monitoring data using standard M&E tools.
- Conduct or support baseline, endline, and other assessments as per program needs.
- Maintain updated student records and institute-level data in coordination with the M&E focal point.
- Document program highlights, success stories, and field learnings for internal and donor reporting.
- Ensure completion of event reports, session plans, attendance records, and photo documentation within defined timelines.
- Contribute to quarterly and annual review processes.
- Support any additional youth employability initiatives or pilots as needed.
- Adapt to dynamic program needs, provide timely solutions, and support cross-functional collaboration.
- Contribute to strategy development for career connect events, green skill initiatives, and alumni engagement across centers.
**Required Attributes**:

- Graduate degree in Social Work, Education, Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in program implementation, training, or youth employability programs.
- Experience working with vocational institutions, NGOs, government projects, or skilling initiatives preferred.
- Proven ability to manage partnerships and coordinate across stakeholders.
- Strong facilitation and capacity-building skills.
- Ability to manage data and use insights to inform program strategy.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite; comfort with digital tools and platforms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to plan and manage multiple priorities across geographies.
- Self-driven with a problem-solving mindset.
- Willingness to travel frequently as per program needs.
- Team player with a collaborative spirit.
- Adaptive, flexible, and responsive to changing program dynamics.
- Passionate about working in the youth development and employability space.

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