Job Opportunity for Lead – Global Partnerships and Innovation at ShikshaLokam in Bengaluru

ShikshaLokam – Who are we?

ShikshaLokam is a NGO catalysing education leadership in India, enabling and amplying leadership development opportunities for individuals and institutions engaged in K-12 education systems. We offer open-source technology capabilities and resources to the ecosystem players – Individuals, NGOs, and Government – to enable education leadership development at a large scale with high impact.
ShikshaLokam is a manifestation of Societal Platform thinking, a systemic method to resolve complex societal challenges with speed, at scale, and sustainably.

What would you do? – Roles & Responsibilities

If you are a motivated, can-do attitude individual who enjoys networking and establishing relationships and possesses an unwavering belief that meaningful collaboration and co-creation can enable sustainable change in education, this is the perfect role for you. Through this role you would research and be forging strategic global partnerships that would be beneficial for the mission. You will also be leading several innovation initiatives for the education leadership narrative in the country. As Lead of Global Partnerships and Innovation, you would –

A. Develop a systematic, process-driven approach to partner outreach and relationship management

B. Identify, grow and curate the most diverse and supportive community of partners in the ecosystem Globally; Use business acumen to create meaningful partnership opportunities with various organisations and stakeholders, including NGOs, Knowledge partners, Design Consultants, Govt. Agencies etc.

C. Establish, implement and manage the mission-critical partnerships and initiatives that focus on catalysing community action towards innovation

D. Support and enable global partners in adopting platform thinking, evangelising the importance of education leadership and reimagining their solutions on ShikshaLokam.

E. Identify and work with communities of education practitioners, tech communities etc on different aspects of mission

F. Represent ShikshaLokam in national and international conclaves, events and experiences and identify such branding opportunities.

Who are we looking for? – Requirements and Qualifications

1. 3-5 years of work experience in Education and / or Partnerships role

2. Aptitude to networking

3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

4. Willingness to learn, research and innovate

5. Ability to embrace the unknown and handle ambiguity

6. Capability to manage self and time

7. Ability to lead cross-functional teams

8. Comfort and facility with technology

Location: Bengaluru
Remuneration: An annual CTC of INR 4.2 – 6.2 Lacs
To apply: Share your CV and fill the application through the form