Job Opportunity for Faculty-Emerging Technologies at Wadhwani Foundation in Delhi

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: The Sr Faculty is responsible creating effective training curriculum and content, and help deliver these training based on training need analysis of the participants. She/he will help establish the modes for continuous engagement with the participants. Success is measured based on number of participants who take up emerging technology projects post-training in their departments/ministries. S/He will work under Dean, Academy WITP.

Key Responsibilities:

Training content creation

·         Conducting ‘Training Needs Analysis’ for a diverse set of stakeholders to create multidisciplinary content (including eLearning), course/ curriculum definition, case studies, videos, tech applications etc.  

·         Designing and delivering training programs for Government Officials across diverse learning tracks – current and emerging trends and technologies eg. Data Science, Machine Learning, & AI etc., and their application. 

·         Create and deliver department specific customized learning programs in application and use cases of various technologies for the specific department.

·         Review the learning content as designed by the Curriculum designer to ensure accuracy and depth from the subject matter perspective.

·         Research, produce and deliver high-quality learning assets like training decks, facilitator guides, learner guides, assessments, and other supporting content

·         Teaching no/low code tools. 

·         Guide vendors who build demo projects though internal and external experts

Training delivery

·         Delivery of learning interventions using consultative workshops and classroom-based training which is instructor-led. Also, help and guide L&D team in converting these courses into e-learning for hosting on Government’s LMS called iGOT.    

·    Key Performance Indicators:

·         Number of participants trained.

·         NPS and feedback for the trainings conducted as well as the content.

·         Number of feasible ideas generated at the end of the training/workshop from the participants.

·         Training curriculum and content created for in-person and online training

Education level

·             Degree in Science with expert level knowledge in at least 2 emerging technologies such as Data Science & Analytics, Data Governance & Cybersecurity and IT Systems (preferably Govt or even transactional), Social Media & Digital Marketing, emerging Tech like AI/ML, IoT and Blockchain, their impact, and future trends. 

·             Degree in Engineering, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electronics and Communication, or Electrical Engineering will be preferred;

Experience

10 to 12 years of experience of which at least 6 to 8 years should in the field of training and skilling of adults in technology.  

Must have skills/ competencies

·              Familiarity with the methods and principles for designing programs to teach, train and instruct adults, including the means of assessing the effects of training. 

·              Track record of designing and delivering structured interventions / training programs across diverse learning tracks in the technology domain. 

·              Ability to handle and engage a heterogeneous participant base with maturity.

·              Experience in building new case studies, use cases and assessments in emerging technology areas.

Desirable skills/competencies

·         Stay abreast of the evolving technology landscape and be perceived as a SME in the emerging technology area

·         Experience in using a Learning Management platform and delivering blended training programs

·         Knowledge of Python/ R

·         Knowledge of a no/low code tools like Orange/Knime

·         Experience in using and creating content for Virtual Learning platforms, MOOCs

Personal characteristics:

·         Should be a curious learner constantly keeping up with emerging trends and renewing knowledge who is motivated about sharing this knowledge and transforming people through training and education 

·         Should have the ability to effectively communicate and engage the audience  and effectively conduct workshops and trainings with highly qualified and senior management / officers 

·         Should have soft skills to build positive relationships with stakeholders and trainees. 

·         Ability to work with government and non-government organizations to offer courses and training 

Behavioural attributes: 

·         Ability to work independently with minimal oversight,

·         Should be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, establish priorities, meet deadlines, and solve problems.

·         Ability to work under pressure

Strong work ethics

Should have soft skills to build positive relationships with stakeholders.