Job Opportunity for Senior Manager – Skills at NASCOMM Foundation in Noida

Location: Noida
Reporting To: Head – Skills & Entrepreneurship

About Us

As the social arm of NASSCOM, NASSCOM Foundation is working with industry in achieving its goals of social transformation and impact through technology. Over a decade of our existence we have touched more than one million lives through our efforts towards providing digital literacy, skills for livelihood, supporting Persons with disabilities, empowering Non-profits with technology and engaging in volunteerism. Our vision is to Leverage technology to create an inclusive and progressive India.

Key Responsibilities

NASSCOM Foundation’s ‘Skills Initiative and Entrepreneurship’ works to bridge the skilling gap in the IT industry in India. The Foundation works closely with the IT Sector Skills Council – NASSCOM SSC. The Foundation helps the donor organizations finalize various aspects of the Skills-based CSR intervention. These include skill-need discovery, course curriculum and the region of intervention. We work with training partners to deliver the course to the youth, women and the marginalized. The Foundation also helps support placement of the trained individuals. The Foundation has a strong focus to grow entrepreneurship in order to provide sustainable economic growth especially involving women, youth and people with disabilities. We work towards equipping them with multiple skill sets including digital and financial with a special focus on technology.

As key member of the team, s/he/they will be managing the Skilling and Entrepreneurship initiatives of NASSCOM Foundation. Broad structure of responsibilities is noted below.

• Manage and lead large scale skilling /CSR programs.
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time within the stipulated scope and budget
• Prepare reports as per internal and external requirements.
• Maintain and build trusted relationships with key donors, partners, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with internal and external parties for the flawless execution of projects.
• Manage budgets or grants as per the expectations and compliance.
• Develop & execute projects, programs and services that generate value for all stakeholders, own the overall responsibility for the successful execution of the program.
• Supervise and monitor programs to achieve milestones within given timelines and budget.
• Ensure adoption of best practices in programs created and executed.
• Any other incidental work as and when required.

Key Requirements

• Understanding of emerging technologies and concepts.
• Experienced with handling multiple projects and leading teams efficiently
• Experienced with curating content for technology training.
• Experience of managing government relationship would be an added advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills (fluency in Hindi is desirable)
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships.
• Experience of team management.
• We need change makers to drive our inclusive tech agenda.
• Passion and commitment towards bringing a social change.

Experience

• Bachelor or Master’s degree or above in business administration/engineering/arts with 8+ years of post -qualification experience in Skilling.
• Proven track record of Skilling project management.
• Experience in multi-sector development and non-profit organisation is desirable.
• Demonstrated expertise in sectoral writing-for-sharing, knowledge curation and dissemination.

If you are looking for a challenging assignment and the above profile sounds like you, please send your resume at hiring@nasscomfoundation.org

NASSCOM Foundation is an equal opportunity & diversity sensitive employer and women, person with disability, LGBTQIA+ are especially encouraged to apply.