Job Opportunity for Entrepreneur Educator at Wadhwani Foundation in Bengaluru

Position Name:        Entrepreneur Educator

Work Location:        Bangalore

Department:            WE NEN

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 Overview or Role Context: 

We are looking for a high energy, passionate individual excited to work in the entrepreneurship and startup domain. The focus of the role will be to design curriculum for NEN and upgrade the existing program content to meet the market trends and enable startups to become a commercial venture.  

Responsibilities and Duties:

Following are the tasks and responsibilities to be performed by the potential candidate but are not limited to:

1.     Researching and upgrading content for the various programs offered as part of the Wadhwani Entrepreneur

2.     Developing and designing a new curriculum as per the market requirement, feedback from stakeholder, and aligning it with the vision and outcomes of the foundation

3.     Benchmarking the existing courses/program and introducing improvements in them

4.     Identifying subject experts and assigning different modules for program content vetting

5.     Prepare the conceptual decks based on curriculum and solution kits for support the faculty delivery & program outcomes

6.     Deliver sessions for the cohorts and mentor start-ups

7.     Ensuring course materials are made timely available at the NextGen digital platform

8.     Coordinating with the platform team, content curation team and assisting in managing the learning platforms

Requirements

Skills & Experience:

· Fellow Programme in Management / Doctorate in disciplines related to Business and Management / Master’s in disciplines related to Business and Management with M Phil from a reputed Institution ( viz. Azim Premji University, IIM Fellow, JNU, TISS, Shiv Nadar University, etc.)

·   Good academic record

·   An exposure to an entrepreneurship course / Start-up Environment is preferred

·   Must have an inclination towards teaching, facilitation and supporting start-ups

·   Experience in Research and Teaching

·   Experience in Instructional Design, Curriculum design, development, and measuring program outcomes

·   Minimum of 4-5 years

·   Good Communication Skills

·   Interpersonal skills

·   Must have a strong work ethic

·   Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office skills

·   Must be incredibly organized and able to help others get organized

·   Must have ‘no job is too small attitude

·   Must be willing to take on responsibilities beyond own job description when necessary

Various Programs at Wadhwani Foundation:

1. Wadhwani Advantage: Accelerating the growth of tens of thousands of SMEs by providing personalized, on-demand knowledge and consulting resources through an AI-enabled mobile platform to create millions of new jobs.

2.  Wadhwani Entrepreneur: Inspiring, educating, and enabling Startup entrepreneurs

·   Wadhwani Venture Fastrack: Maximizes success rates of early-stage startups with enhanced business traction and funding opportunities

·   Wadhwani NEN: Empowers students with knowledge and skills through Courses and Startup Labs to create high-potential startups

·     Wadhwani Inspire: Establishes a nationwide culture of entrepreneurship

3. Wadhwani Opportunity: Empowering millions of students with 21st century employability skills that drive family supporting wages.

4. Wadhwani AI (a partner program): A first-of-its-kind AI research institute in the world – a non-profit dedicated exclusively to applying AI for social good.

5. Wadhwani Catalyst: Invest in high quality entrepreneurs with scalable business models across emerging markets, with a focus in India. The fund will catalyse businesses across sectors, with the overall objective of accelerating economic development by creating livelihoods/ jobs.

6.  Wadhwani Institute of Technology and Policy (WITP): Support government and civil society at large with the dual mission of – (1) Providing information, insights, and recommendations for the application of technology for policy making, policy implementation, and policy outcomes measurement. (2) Creating a Technology-focused Training Academy for upskilling policy makers, bureaucrats and technocrats with relevant technologies and the application of the same to their respective ministries and missions.