Designation: Associate-Knowledge and Capacity Building

Reporting To: Team Leader-Knowledge Management

Location: Chennai

Job Objective: To regularly assess the knowledge and training needs of RIN and other organizations in the field of pro-poor innovation and social enterprise, and to develop systems and content to meet these needs Key Result Areas: 1. Training needs and willingness to pay assessed, business plan and curriculum developed, for courses for external stakeholders 2. Systems for planning and reviewing learning sessions for RIN staff and incubates created and implemented 3. Learning and training calendar developed and sessions delivered for staff at least monthly

Job Description: The following are the key responsibilities to be undertaken as part of the job, and the outcomes to be expected from the execution of these responsibilities.

Outcome 1 Courses for external stakeholders meet their needs and are financially self-sustainable (at minimum).

Responsibilities • Refine methodology to assess training needs • Assess training needs and willingness to pay • Develop business plan • Develop and periodically revise course content • Remain current on similar courses offered by other institutions • Assist in training of trainers

Outcome 2 Learning sessions for RIN staff and incubates are of high quality, as they are planned thoroughly and in advance, and incorporate feedback Responsibilities • Create form for conceptualizing and planning learning sessions • Create form for feedback and ensure that it is collected regularly • Create learning aids for staff to support field visits • Maintain database of speakers / trainers and share it with TDP • Identify members for “learning and capacity building board”

Outcome 3 Learning and training sessions are offered to RIN staff at least monthly.

Responsibilities • Ensure that there is widespread agreement and buy-in to the learning and training calendar, by developing it in collaboration with TDP and validating it with other program heads • Develop session content through attending program meetings, accompanying staff on field visits, and in collaboration with other members of the KM program • Identify speakers for delivering sessions • Develop proposal for each session and present it to the “learning and capacity building board” • Follow up with session speakers • Ensure that logistical arrangements for sessions are in place • Deliver select sessions

Educational qualification: MBA(HR) / PGDHRM from reputed institute

Experience: 2+ years of experience in Training and Development

Skills: - Training - Content development - Writing skills Knowledge: - Social enterprises - Methodologies to conduct the learning session Competencies: - Ability to anchor the learning sessions - Persuasion - Planned and organized - Ability to ask for details

For further details contact suba@rinovations.org

Introduction: Villgro (formerly Rural Innovations Network) was founded in the year 2001. What makes Villgro unique is its unique mission of enabling grass-roots innovators to commercialise their innovations and thereby impact rural India. This mission has blended goals, of creating social impact in rural India through self-sustaining business models. Over the past few years, we have created the following impact: - 300,000 rural users impacted - Rs 19,50,00,000 of consumer surplus* (social returns) generated - Rs 6,20,00,000 sales generated by mentored innovations - 1000 innovators identified through the L-RAMP Innovation Awards Programme, over 30 awarded - 600 student innovators participate in My Idea Programme - 81 grassroots innovators pre-incubated through intense trainings - 151 applications for incubation support - 47 innovations selected for funding and mentoring support - 70-80 in NET-WORK of technology and business experts, investors, social entrepreneurs - Basix, Tata Kisan Sansars, IDEI, BIRD-K are innovation dissemination partners while IIT-Madras, TNAU, PSG, GRI,VIT are technology and outreach partners For more on our work, please visit www.rinovations.org and www.lramp.org