Position: Assistant Manager- Entrepreneurship 

Organization: NASSCOM Foundation

Location: Noida

Key Responsibilities

NASSCOM Foundation’s ‘Skills Initiative and Entrepreneurship’ works to bridge the skilling gaps and support in building and upskilling entrepreneurship ecosystem in India towards its goals of social transformation and impact through technology. The Foundation helps the donor organizations finalize various aspects of the Skill-based CSR intervention targeted towards empowering women entrepreneurs. These include skill-need discovery and identifying gaps with women entrepreneurs that can be addressed with tech-based upskilling, course curriculum and the region of intervention. We work with training partners to plan for entrepreneurship training, upskilling and setting up SME’s/Startup’s, targeted towards women and the marginalized. The Foundation has a strong focus to nurture entrepreneurship ecosystem in order to provide sustainable economic growth especially involving women, youth and people with disabilities. We work towards equipping beneficiaries with multiple skill sets including digital and financial with a special focus on technology. vision to build an inclusive and sustainable India by leveraging the capabilities and competencies of the IT/BPM industry.

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.

• Knowledge in project documentation, monitoring & evaluation (M&E), project-implementation-plan (PIP) & impact evaluation.
• Coordinate as part of core team for large-scale entrepreneurship /CSR projects.
• Work with state teams and local partners/NGO’s to implement scalable entrepreneurship strategies.
• Adept with documentation and reporting as per internal / external requirements.
• Coordinate with project team towards ensuring project deliverable within the stipulated timeframe, scope and budget.
• Support in developing & execution of projects and services that generate value for all stakeholders.
• Any other incidental work as and when required.

Key Requirements

• Working knowledge of relevant technology initiatives/components/tools adding value to the entrepreneurship ecosystem with experience in related project implementation.
• Contribute to planning entrepreneur portfolio development, determining resource requirements and resource mobilization strategies.
• Ability to coordinate with Internal/communications team for projects updates and campaigns.
• Establish professional linkages with individuals / institutions to develop partnerships in line with the entrepreneur strategy-guided partnership maps
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills (fluency in Hindi is desirable)
• Experience in entrepreneurship development ecosystem with preference to projects implemented in rural setup.
• Willing to travel as per project requirements.
• We need change markers to drive our inclusive tech agenda.
• Passion and commitment towards bringing a social change

Experience

• Master’s degree or above in business administration/engineering/arts with 3+ years of post -qualification experience in skilling and entrepreneurship.
• Experience in multi-sector development and non-profit organization is desirable.
• Demonstrated expertise in sectoral writing-for-sharing, knowledge curation and dissemination.