Program Associate, Youth Program- Quest Alliance

At Quest Alliance we transform learning ecosystems through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration to build 21st-century skills for learners and facilitators

We are a not-for-profit trust that focuses on research-led innovation and advocacy in the field of teaching and learning. We engage with educators, civil society, government institutions and corporate organizations to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in school education and vocational training

At Quest you will get the opportunity to apply your skills and contribute to addressing issues around quality education and skills training. The organization gives you the space to learn and grow in a fun and engaging environment.  We have an eclectic group of people working at Quest drawn from diverse disciplines including Education, Technology, Design, Youth Development and Business.

Industry NGO/Social Services

About the Role:

Program Implementation & Delivery:

• Take responsibility for effective program delivery, review implementation, monitor within the agreed standards Develop effective working relationships with Institute Principals in alignment with ITI Eco-system’s state system change journey map.
• Taking regular sessions at the institute Govt ITI (W) Salem) as per the time table allocated by the Institute on career development.
• Support in placements, Organizing Job Fairs and Connect with employers in the pool.
• Ensure that all ITI have a functional & sustainable placement cell & Career club  at your institute and drive system change through these student lead hub
• Conducting Young Entrepreneurs Program trainings
• Manage Mobile phone library in Women ITIs
• Ensure there is a work plan in place for your region and you are able to contribute and implement accordingly.
• Identify and develop learning within the program and facilitate the capturing of these learnings .
• Visit Institute to support trainers with curriculum planning, delivery of content etc
• Conduct monthly/quarterly review meetings with program stakeholders- centre heads, trainers etc.
• Conduct monthly/quarterly review meetings with program stakeholders- centre
• Ensure that the trainers, placement officer and centres gradually become independent and sustain the recommendation of the program in their institutes.
• Participate and contribute to capacity building activities.
• Stakeholders Management – Stakeholders (Internal and External)
• Develop an effective working relationship with the Govt. Authority, Principals, GIs (both POs and ESIs) and Facilitators of the region
• Actively engaging and contributing to Industry Engagement/placement Strategies internally.
• Co-ordinating with placement lead and team members in the states to ensure greater industry engagement in placement systems of the state.
• Work closely with the Placement Manager of your state and call out the required support.

Reporting

• Ensure the monitoring data reaches the M&E focal point on time.
• Support coordination of baseline/ endline and other assessments
• Ensure students data is updated in centre database
• Make sure trainers and principal at the institute know about our work through simple monthly reports
• Provide regular written and verbal reports tracking progress against the work plan and implementation schedules
• Use the appropriate M&E tools for reporting I
• Ensure all the program report including case studies, photographs reaches the M&E focal point  at the stipulated time
• Documentation of centre, trainer and student success stories
• Following up with ITI’s to share data of students and Institutes as required by M&E framework.
• Participate  and contribute to team meetings and reviews
• Support all reporting requirements such as quarter reviews, annual reviews

Requirements

Qualifications

• 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 Tamil languages.
• 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 20 days a month.

Skill Sets:

• Training
• Communication Skills
• Problem Solving
• Documentation / Reporting
• Proficiency in operating computer & basic applications