Program Associate

Position: Program Associate / Senior Program Associate MSDE Central Team
Location: New Delhi
Experience: 2-3 years
Joining: Immediate joiners preferred

About GATI Foundation

The world is facing a severe labor shortage. High-income countries are projected to experience a cumulative workforce gap of 4050 million people by 2030, expanding to million by 2040. This shortfall spans healthcare, education, industrial labor, and other key sectors.

Meanwhile, India's migrants generate over $125 billion in remittances annuallyequivalent to 3% of GDPsurpassing any single sector of India's merchandise exports. Yet India's migrant share (1.3% of the population) lags countries like Mexico, the Philippines, or Bangladesh, showing vast untapped potential.

GATI Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to advancing global labor mobility and positioning India as a leader in skilled overseas employment through ethical and structured circular mobility while empowering local talent. We are dedicated to solving the structural barriers in overseas mobility by serving as an ecosystem enabler bringing together governments, businesses, and non-profits to create an enabling environment for circular mobility.

Our priority areas include developing high-impact overseas mobility corridors, aligning accreditation of prospective Indian workers to global standards for key job roles and destinations, unlocking financial support for workers, and strengthening worker welfare and protection. By facilitating international mobility pathways through strategic public-private partnerships, GATI aims to enable seamless and responsible mobility, driving both individual prosperity and national economic growth.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Program Manager / Senior Program Associate to be part of the team leading GATI's engagement with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. The candidate will be expected to work closely with ministry officials and help analyze data sets, design and support campaigns & mobilization programs that promote overseas mobility pathways. The role benefits from prior experience in working with government systems.

The individual would be expected to work closely with senior stakeholders across government, helping design clear execution pathways, employing strong reasoning and analytical skills.

This is an opportunity for a professional with 2-3 years' experience who would be keen to contribute to India's position as a trusted global mobility partner. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about building sustainable livelihoods and creating opportunities for all.

You will ensure that meetings, communication, and partnership processes are well-prepared, aligned, and executed, thereby enabling the MSDE team lead to focus on high-level strategy and relationship building. You would also be expected to work closely with the central GATI team to ensure timely delivery of updates.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with central ministries, national agencies, and state governments to conceptualize and drive talent mobilization initiatives with pan-India reach
• Strategically map regional and sectoral talent pools nationwide, linking them to overseas employment opportunities
  
• Design creative, culturally resonant campaigns that inspire youth and families to see overseas mobility as an aspirational pathway.
• Introduce and pilot innovative skilling models, integrating international standards and future-oriented competencies; spearhead scaling of best practices nationwide
  
• Track progress, share learnings, and help scale successful models across states.
  
• Coordinate with private, non-government, and other stakeholders for driving programs
  
• Coordinate with a diverse set of stakeholdersincluding ministries, skill councils, global partners, industry bodies, and non-profit organizationsto drive national skilling programs and facilitate global mobility
• Support program design, coordination, and monitoring; produce analysis, reports, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders
  Assist with stakeholder management and inter-ministerial coordination.
  
  Candidate Profile
  
• 2-3 years experience in government partnerships, development sector programs,
  livelihoods, or skilling initiatives.
• Strong data analytics, strategic orientation, policy analysis, and communication
  skills; capacity to thrive in policy or programmatic environments with national and
  international stakeholders
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial approach, and pro-active work planning at scale
  You thrive in the field working with youth, training centers, and community
  networks excites you.
• You are excited by the idea of working with large pools of data and strongly believe
  in a data driven approach of organization building.
• You are energetic, process-driven, and entrepreneurial, with strong communication
  skills.