Open Positions – Lend-a-Hand India (LAHI)

Lend-a-Hand India (LAHI) is a 12 year old NGO with the mission to integrate vocational education with mainstream education for students from 9th to 12th grade level and equip them with an entrepreneurial mindset to thrive in the real world ahead. We facilitate “school to work” transition for these 14-18 year old in-school students by imparting vocational education and internship opportunities as a part of the secondary school curriculum.

We aim to universalize vocational education and restore “dignity of labor” as lack of dignity of labor is one of the major impediments in India which restricts the youth from achieving their full potential. Currently, more than 1 million+ young students from 10,000+ high schools in 24 states/UTs across India are part of the program.
Majority of our work is in partnership with the state governments by helping the state governments to scale up vocational education in the state under ‘Samagra Shiksha’ scheme of Ministry of Education.

Recently, Lend A Hand India was awarded The organization was recently awarded a system change grant by Co-Impact, a donor collaborative consisting of Rockefeller, Gates, Chandler, Nilekanis and others.

1. Officer (Delhi School of Specialized Excellence)

Job Description

Position Summary

Here is your opportunity to be part of a truly pathbreaking initiative in school education – Gov of Delhi has launched a pilot program called “School of Specialized Excellence” (SoSE) of 4 types and one of them being focused on “High End 21st Century Skills”. These schools are from Grade 9 to 12 under the newly formed Delhi Board of School Education. Close to 40% of the school time will be devoted towards skills and applied learning in these schools. Pl check this for further details.

Principal Responsibilities:

Be part of the team responsible for implementation of Specialized High End 21st Century Skills Schools being set up by Gov of Delhi and truly experience turning an idea into a reality

What You’ll Do:

• Develop the roadmap for implementation
• Strike partnerships with various types of providers (content, trainers, assessment)
• Manage the entire year long academic life cycle of the school (curriculum, content, delivery, assessment, post 12th opportunity)
• Work with the various stakeholders – Government of Delhi, Providers, Funding Partners.
• Responsible for overall project management and execution

How We’ll Help You Grow:

There is no limit to how much or how fast you can grow in this role. Here, you will truly experience what it is like to convert a concept into a reality. You will grow with us. With time, you will be able to build a strong understanding of our program, the problems we are looking to solve, student needs and pain points, and more. You will truly experience what it is like to work with the government and get your voice in the policymaking and execution. With time, you will be able to build a strong understanding of our program, the problems we are looking to solve, student needs and pain points, and more.

Based on the interest and expertise that you develop with time, candidates can expect to go on to either lead their own teams, launch us in new markets or create new products.

IndustryNon Profit Organization Management
City Delhi

Requirements
What You Need to Bring:

• 2-3 years of work experience (preferred but not essential. Should be in addition to fellowship experience, if any)
• You are an entrepreneur at heart
• You do not wait for instructions and guidelines but believe in taking end-to-end ownership of things
• You are excited to learn new things and do not shy away from going above and beyond the traditional growth paths
• One who is a die-hard optimist: This is not going to be easy and that is why probably it is not done so far. There will be multiple seemingly insurmountable challenges but you would be willing to overcome those
• One who is a great story teller: This position is going to be as much about storytelling as about getting the work done as you will be required to convince multiple stakeholders who will be full of rightly placed apprehensions.  Your job will be to bring them on board (read parents, employers, policy makers, vendors and of course, the youth)
• One who is not looking for credit but getting the work done: Lend A Hand India has a rule of “no logos and no egos” as we believe that work will speak for itself
• One who has track record of Idea to Execution – While managers will be always there to guide you, imagine that the background you have been given as this part of Job Advertisement is the only thing you have been told and you have to run with it and make it happen on the ground hence exceptionally good at conceptualization, design, execution, and post execution follow ups

What Will Get You Brownie Points:

• Worked in a start-up environment
• Past experience of working with the government
• Understanding of the development sector in general or education sector in particular

2. Officer (Marketing and Donor Relations)

Job Description
Position Summary

Location : Pune / Can be remote

We are in an expansion phase and is looking for a dynamic individual to assist in managing and growing Lend A Hand India’s growing list of corporate partners and foundations.

What You’ll Do:

• Build relationships with existing and prospective funders
• Position LAHI as an organization of choice through regular communication and sharing insights from the ground/ knowledge from research
• Co-create events that can be forums to engage existing and potential funders
• Ensure engagement areas with existing funders like regular cadence calls, participation in thought leadership events and field visits are happening as per plan
• Work with marketing and communications team to plan the visibility on social media and other channels for funders
• Attend forums, conferences and events to present, network and share possibilities of collaboration with LAHI (Virtually till COVID prevails)
• Be well versed with all of our programs and their value proposition.
• Pitch LAHI, it’s programs and it’s value to prospective funders.
• Work with various internal teams like program, finance, operations and lead proposal writing for new projects. Maintain the proposal submission timelines

Requirements
What You Need to Bring:

• 2-3 years of work experience (preferred but not essential. Should be in addition to fellowship experience, if any)
• You are an entrepreneur at heart
• You do not wait for instructions and guidelines but believe in taking end-to-end ownership of things
• You are excited to learn new things and do not shy away from going above and beyond the traditional growth paths
• One who is a die-hard optimist: This is not going to be easy and that is why probably it is not done so far. There will be multiple seemingly insurmountable challenges but you would be willing to overcome those
• One who is a great story teller: This position is going to be as much about storytelling as about getting the work done as you will be required to convince multiple stakeholders who will be full of rightly placed apprehensions.  Your job will be to bring them on board (read parents, employers, policy makers, vendors and of course, the youth)
• One who is not looking for credit but getting the work done: Lend A Hand India has a rule of “no logos and no egos” as we believe that work will speak for itself

What Will Get You Brownie Points:

• Worked in a start-up environment
• Past experience of working in similar capacity
• Understanding of the development sector in general or education sector in particular