Job Opportunity for Assistant Vice President, Program Design at Medha in Lucknow

Industry Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Work Experience 4-5 years
Salary ₹8.4 – ₹18 Lakhs Per Annum + Benefits
City Lucknow
State/Province Uttar Pradesh
Zip/Postal Code 226007

Job Description

• Lead the overall design and development of programs that impact more than 10,000 youth/year.
• Put your innovative ideas into action to help young people start career paths of their choice.
• Play a key role in building Medha into a global leader in the school-to-work space.

About Medha:

Medha better prepares youth for life after school. Our combination of 21st-Century skills training, career counseling, and alumni support propel young people on career paths of their choice. Since 2011, we have improved workplace engagement, income growth, and female work participation for 85,000 students across more than 400 educational institutions. And we are currently partnering with multiple state governments to bring our programming and approach to millions more.

We are supported by leading corporations and global foundations such as Accenture, JP Morgan, and The Mulago Foundation. We have received numerous awards and recognitions for our work, including the Echoing Green, Rainer Arnhold, and Ashoka Fellowships, the Dasra Girl Power Award, and were recently named a finalist for the Elevate Prize.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. Medha is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices.

For more information, please visit: 1) Website  2) 2021 Impact Report  3) Program Materials  4) Strategy Growth Plan Deck

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY – AVP, PROGRAM DESIGN 

For the last ten years, Medha has delivered a unique experiential learning program to young people in the ‘Hindi-belt.’

Based on the Four Cs of 21st-century skills – communications, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking – the program aims to prepare young people to start and excel in diverse career paths of their choice.

Constantly upgraded and enhanced, the program has evolved significantly over the last decade, along with changing student and market demands. As we look to the future of learning and work, we are doubling down on the program’s transformative impact on young people’s lives.

The AVP Program Design will help us do just that – taking our core programs into the next decade with an aim to make them the most innovative, impactful, and influential in the industry.  You will have the opportunity to bring your ideas, experience, and vision to the platform we have created here at Medha. One that touches the lives of tens of thousands of students across hundreds of educational institutions in Tier II, III, and IV cities.

What you will do: 

This position will involve a mix of:

Design and Development:

Manage a small team of program designers responsible for the entire design lifecycle. As a mentor and guide, you will bring your expertise and ideas to help them innovate, solve problems, and ultimately deliver world-class programming for students.

Strategy and Planning: 

Develop the future roadmap for Medha’s core program(s) and put a plan in place to execute against it. Work across the organization to take inputs and build consensus around the program’s future direction.

Ecosystem Engagement: 

Learn from and contribute to emerging practices, approaches, and learnings in the sector to improve Medha’s programming and increase our knowledge sharing.

Team Building:

Identify expertise gaps, enhance team capacity, and plan and address hiring needs based on current and future requirements.

What your day might look like:

While no two days are the same, some may look like this:
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• You meet a program design manager to share feedback on a new group activity they developed.
• You connect with Cluster Heads to learn about emerging needs from state university students.
• You join a funder field visit to share the two-year roadmap for the core program.
• You have a working session with the Impact and Data team to finalize a Rapid Impact Assessment.
• You end the day by speaking at a virtual conclave of livelihoods practitioners in UP.

Things we are looking for:

• A human-centric design thinker who has experience working on similar issues with youth and young adults.
• An intrapreneur who can ‘sell and idea’ and motivate diverse stakeholders, teams, and peers to bring a concept to life.
• A believer in openly sharing ideas with an innate ability to create space for discussion and discovery.
• Someone who hates the ‘chalta hai’ mentality as much as we do.
• A mentor more than a manager who believes in building a team and giving them space to grow and learn independently.

Why should you work for Medha?

• A passionate team that is committed to a shared mission.
• Grassroots ethos connected to its student community (no ivory towers here).
• Audacious goals and vision to impact millions of young people and India’s growth story.
• New initiatives and exciting projects to get involved in and learn from.
• An informal and fun work environment that doesn’t compromise on performance.
• Space to explore and find your own solutions and path (no micromanaging).

Our hiring process:

Our goal is to be as transparent and respectful of your time during the recruiting process. We use a technology platform to ensure the hiring process is comprehensive, efficient, and well documented.