Regional Master Trainer – Livelihood – Magic Bus

Magic Bus Founded in 1999 by Matthew Spacie, Magic Bus is building a world where young people break out of poverty to lead fulfilling, rewarding lives and contribute positively to their communities. This is achieved by enabling adolescents to complete secondary education and skilling young people to be in jobs. Our Childhood to Livelihood programme works with adolescents and young people in the age group of 12 to 24 years. Over the past two decades, we have spread our reach across India and impacted more than 1 million young people across 24 states and 75 districts. We have set up 240 Community Learning Centres and are present in 2342 schools We have set up 80 Livelihood Centres and 8 Entrepreneurship Incubation Centres What are our programmes about? Childhood Programme: In our Childhood Programme, we work with adolescents and multiple stakeholders from their connected ecosystem. We focus on teaching Life Skills, enhancing education and imparting employability skills. Livelihood Programme: Our Livelihood Programme enhances employability by imparting Employability Skills and connecting young people to sustainable livelihood opportunities through sector specific training, job placements and post-placement support. Entrepreneurship Development Programme: Our Entrepreneurship Development Programme assists and mentors budding young entrepreneurs from underserved communities, 70 successful entrepreneurs from 3 regions have been supported through this programme.

Department: Training and Quality Assurance – Livelihood

Location: Delhi NCR (Noida Sector 2), Bangalore & Hyderabad

No. of Positions: 3

Role:

• Build Capacities of the Trainer-cum-Counsellors (TC) in the assigned region
• Conduct Audit and Quality Assurance visits to ensure SOP’s are being followed and quality of the programme is maintained
• Regular handholding, assessing and mentoring of the TCs in the region
• Support Head – Training and Quality Assurance (T&QA) – Livelihood in developing Training Manuals and Monitoring and Evaluation tools
• Implement measurement framework for monitoring and evaluation of training programme
• Lead all trainings in the region for the Magic Bus Livelihood programme, which delivers skill training to identified team of TC’s (Trainers and Counsellors), Livelihood implementers and support them to implement the Livelihood programme in the districts
• Develop strategies for retention of TCs and prepare growth plan for them
• Research on innovative training strategies, learning models and update training design and methodologies accordingly

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver employability skills, life skills, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and other livelihood related training that empowers Trainer and Counsellors (TC) to carry out trainings of youth to take up employment or Career Based Training (CBT)
• Arrange exposures/workshops and other activities to help trainers to keep abreast of the current trends in content and training methodologies
• Deliver training using innovative methods including activity based learning, role plays, experiential learning and sports for development techniques and consistently evaluate the quality and impact of training
• Deliver at least 7 sessions per month with the youth at the Livelihood Centres for better demonstration of standard delivery
• Develop training content in consultation with Head – T&QA and tailor this wherever necessary to the local context
• Conduct Training Needs Assessment on regular basis
• Coordinate with Content team in revising and refining youth curriculum as and when required
• Ensure training outcomes are achieved and teams receive consistent messages throughout all training interventions
• Design an effective Livelihood training timetable with the Head- Training and Quality Assurance – Livelihood, and ensure that this is constantly monitored and updated to enable regions to access the training they need
• Engage and motivate TCs positively at all times
• Planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting of the performance of the function to the management
• Identify and respond to risks that could lead to lack of understanding in the teams about the Livelihood Programme and its deliverables
• Build strong and trusted relationships with TCs, PPMs and LMs from the start of their engagement with Magic Bus
• Work with colleagues, adolescent team, support functions at district and regional level to continuously improve the quality of Magic Bus Livelihood programme and ensure our work is always safe and enjoyable for youth
• Undertake data collection and reporting duties that demonstrate the effectiveness and impact of Training
• Ensure monitoring and evaluation of the trainings including regular field visits and report on project progress and constraints to the Head- Training and Quality Assurance – Livelihood
• Preparing training reports and conducting data analysis
• Act as a role model at all times demonstrating behaviour that displays the characteristics youth should develop to be successful in their chosen field

REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant degree or similar professional qualification from a reputed institution. (Graduation is minimum qualification) Post Graduation in a relevant field is desirable.
• Minimum 07 years of experience with 2+ years in a managerial experience in a similar role managing training, capacity Building,

If you think you might be suitable or know someone who is, please get in touch with us at careers@magicbusindia.org