Job Opportunity for Entrepreneur Educator at Wadhwani Foundation in Bengaluru

Position Name: Entrepreneur Educator

Work Location: Bangalore/ Remote

Department : WE Liftoff

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:

The 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 facilitate Liftoff Cohorts, content delivery, conduct office hours, one-to-one business mentoring, for early-stage Startups. A part of role would also be to refresh/upgrade the existing Liftoff program content to meet the market trends and enable startups to become commercial ventures. 

Key Responsibilities:

The candidate will be responsible for

• Facilitate Liftoff Cohorts
• Deliver weekly sprints, workshops, expert’s sessions for the Liftoff cohorts.
• Conduct 1:1 Office Hours and mentoring session for Liftoff Startups
• Identifying subject matter experts, domain experts for delivering masterclasses/expert sessions as well as for vetting new program content
• Create processes to monitor and measure quality & standardized delivery by Liftoff Part-Time Consultants and align them to program outcomes.
• Researching and upgrading content for the various programs offered as part of the WE Liftoff Program
• Developing and designing a new content as per the market requirement, feedback from stakeholder, and aligning it with the vision and outcomes of the foundation
• Benchmarking the existing program and introducing improvements in them
• Ensuring course materials are made timely available at the NextGen digital platform.
• Coordinating with the platform team, content curation team and assisting in managing the learning platforms

Skills & Experience:

·         Doctorate in disciplines related to Business and Management / Master’s in disciplines related to Business and Management from a reputed Institution.

·         Experienced in facilitating programs/workshops for early-stage startups.

·         Must be inclined towards facilitation and supporting start-ups.

·         Experience in 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