Website Wadhwani Foundation
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.
About Role:
This role requires to understand what the emerging trends in the job market are, job roles / skills that are in demand across various regions and domains, forge partnerships with top employers in identified domains, and leverage these partnerships to counsel, train, place and provide post placement support to the aspiring students, thus contributing to the overall outcomes of WGO.
Key Responsibilities:
- Study the job market across regions and chart out a strategic road map to meet the WGO goals through Employer channel.
- Establish strategic partnerships with top 5 employers in the sectors identified by the Foundation (Retail, Healthcare, BFSI, ITES, Auto, Beauty and Wellness, Hospitality) and with the respective sector skill councils (NASSCOM, CII, RASHI, Healthcare, BFSI council……)
- Responsible for formation of Industry Advisory Council in each of the identified sectors and leverage their knowledge to upgrade WGO offerings.
- Leverage these partnerships to curate / aggregate / upgrade / digitize / validate the content of various modules. train and place students
- Identify and launch pilot programs with each partner to validate the model.
Skills & Experience:
· Well networked in the country with knowledge of all key employers and connect in the specified domains (Retail, Healthcare, BFSI, ITES, Auto, Beauty and Wellness, Hospitality)
· 10 to 15 years of experience in business development, with at-least 5 to 7 years in the staffing sector
· Strong communication skills and high EQ
· Strategic/Innovative Thinker
Experience to start and grow accounts.
Awareness about latest trends in the job market
Problem solver with hands-on, roll up your sleeves can-do attitude.
Updated with the latest methodologies, and research within Ed tech and training domain.
Open to travel across India and work closely on the ground with different teams
To apply for this job please visit careers.wfglobal.org.
