Position: Program Associate

Organization: Quest Alliance

Location: Banalore

Apply: https://questalliance.zohorecruit.com/careers

Responsibilities: 

1. Support Facilitators in Vocational Training Centres 

• Visit Vocational Training Centers to support trainers & partners to plan the training, curriculum delivery and troubleshoot issues to ensure quality training and smooth functioning of the training center.

• Conduct sessions with students, as needed.

• Develop effective working relationships with VTI trainers & partners.

• Conduct monthly/quarterly review meetings with program stakeholders-

• center heads, trainers and so on.

• Ensure that the trainers and centers gradually become independent and

adept at using the content.

2. Participate and contribute to the training of trainers.

• Identify training needs.

• Support with the Coordination of the training.

• Facilitate sessions as and when required during Tots.

3. Documentation and reporting

• As per requirements, conduct baseline and endline tests/Focus Group Discussions as and when needed.

• Responsible for the coordination and for writing reports as per the project requirement.

• Documentation of Centre, trainer and students success stories 

• Following up with VTIs to share data of students and Institutes as required by the M&E framework.

4. Contributing to Industry Engagement Strategies

• Co-ordinating, facilitating Industry Engagement activities - Inviting

• employers to do guest lectures at Institutes; organizing placement events.

5. Support any other activities related to My QUEST Program whenever needed.

Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Social Work/Rural Management or other development disciplines, with 2-4 years of work experience preferably in the Education/Vocational Training sector

• Good communication skills in English and South India languages (Malayalam and Tamil) 

• Ability to draft compelling reports grounded in data

• Ability to train facilitators and youths for the vocational training program

• Candidate should be flexible, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and an energetic team player

• Knowledge of issues in the vocational training space and the social development sector in India.

• Proficient in MS Office tools, and the Internet.

We are looking for people who: 

• Are passionate about working to solve challenges in education and employability domain

• Candidate should be flexible, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and an energetic team player

• Can travel 1 week to 15 days in a month 

Skill Sets:

• Training

• Communication Skills

• Problem Solving

• Documentation / Reporting

• Proficiency in operating computer & basic applications