Position: Assistant Vice President, Project Management

Organization: Medha

City: Lucknow / Panchkula

Salary: ₹8.4 Lakhs - ₹18 Lakhs per annum, plus annual bonus, health insurance, and other benefits.

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ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY – ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT (SYSTEM ADOPTION)

Medha has a vision of an India with equal career opportunities for youth; irrespective of gender, class, or caste.

We believe the most effective way to get 150 million young people into rewarding careers is by collaborating with the government education system. From day one, we chose to exclusively work at existing vocational, technical, and higher education institutions and integrate our programming and approach into the system.

Ten years later, this scale path has enabled us to impact over 85,000 students across more than 540 educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana.

As we expand our System Adoption work to reach 1 million students in the next five years, we are looking for expert project managers to deliver large-scale projects across government education systems. They will be responsible for turning a vision into a plan, managing the resources and relationships required to achieve the project’s objectives, and keeping a diverse set of stakeholders moving in the right direction, on time, and on budget.

 The difference between a good idea and MoU, and tens of thousands of young people starting rewarding careers they enjoy, comes down to our ability to execute. We are looking for passionate professionals who know what it takes to get things done with the government.

WHAT YOUR DAY MIGHT LOOK LIKE

While no two days are the same, some may look like this…

• You finish working on an update PPT deck to present to the Principal Secretary in the monthly steering committee meeting.
• You lead the steering committee meeting with representatives from the UP Department of Technical Education, Medha, and a technology firm engaged in the project.
• You revise the project plan in Asana based on discussions in the meeting and share the meeting minutes.
• You have a call with training and placement officers and Medha’s ToT head to understand their capacity building needs and availability.
• You catch-up with the Program Design head to see where we are with the development of academic calendars for the upcoming internship season.
• You hold an internal meeting with the core Medha project team to brainstorm solutions to a challenge that has cropped up around getting data from the department in a timely manner.
   

THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Someone who identifies with our mission and vision and has the knack for pulling off large scale projects!

 The ideal candidate has the following capabilities:

• Distill a large set of objectives and goals into an organized plan and associated activities.
• Lead regular meetings and clearly communicate project status and progress.
• Empathize with diverse stakeholder needs and bridge different styles of working.
• Impeccably document activities, meetings, deliverables and share them on-time, all the time.
• Anticipate potential challenges and take action to mitigate them.

And some prior experience:

We believe in diversity of thought and experiences and are open to candidates with varied backgrounds. If you believe the skills you have built from the experiences you have had in the past can be applied to this work, please communicate how and why in your application.

WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR MEDHA?

• Passionate team that is committed to a shared mission.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale projects that impact lakhs of people.
• Grassroots ethos connected to its beneficiary 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).
• Recognized as a Great Place to Work

REMUNERATION

₹8.4 Lakhs - ₹18 Lakhs per annum, plus an annual bonus, health insurance, and other benefits.

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