Centum Learning - Senior Lead - Skills - Tech Project

About Centum Foundation:

Centum Foundation is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and is engaged in delivering CSR projects across India. As a CSR arm of Centum Learning Ltd. (upGrad group company - https://www.upgrad.com/about/). Centum Foundation carries out social activities of national importance including Skills & Employability, Livelihood, Education, Environment & Rural Development. Centum has impacted 250,000+ lives through its 70+ CSR projects. The foundation is in the phase of accelerated growth and looking for team members who could be a part this journey.

About the role:

Centum Foundation have been partnering with IT companies such as Capgemini, Cognizant, Accenture, Sonata etc. in designing and implementing upskilling projects for students undergoing STEM/Engineering/Tech courses from tier 3 & 4 level colleges. The beneficiaries (students from Economically Weaker Section) are provided with in-demand courses such as Full Stack Developer,

Advance Data Analytics, Cyber Security etc. and provided with placement assistance.

Sr. Lead Skills for Tech (IT/ITES) projects is an important role in the team helping foundation to raise funds/BD for its skills and education projects focusing on IT/ITES courses. The person will be leading the fund raising/business development activities end to end i.e. identifying potential CSR/international donors; introducing foundations work, understanding need/requirement for project/s, designing of the solution/project (if required); preparation of the proposal and the budget, closure of the contract/MoU. Conducting project kick-off meeting and launching of the project. The person would oversee project implementation, monitor and provide technical guidance.

Ideal Candidate Profile (Essential Attributes):

- Minimum 4-6 years of work experience in the field of Technical Training and Education/Corporate training. Candidate having experience working in social sector/CSR shall be preferred.

- Should have MCA/ Post Graduate degree/diploma in relevant field from reputed institute, professional certifications like PMP/Prince 2 will be added advantage

- Proven track record on conducting/managing/facilitating training on online/offline/blended mode for high end technical courses in IT/ITeS like Full stack JAVA, Big data, Cloud computing etc. is required

- Proven experience or ability towards Lead generation/business development and thereafter project delivery

- Experience of preparing/writing winning proposals for CSRs/government tenders/multilateral development agencies in the area of learning and development/corporate training etc.

- Networking, partnership and collaboration skills with proven ability of having strategic partnership/s in the past.

- Candidate must have Excellent communication (speaking and writing) skills in English. Skill set on report writing and making impactful PowerPoint presentation is essential.

- Proficiency in using MS office Suite, MS- project, LMS platforms is desired

- Good connects in the social sector esp. with the CSR, philanthropic organizations, institutional donors, NGOs, Government departments etc.

Other Attributes (Desirable):

- Preference would be given to candidates who have worked with Training/ L & D organizations

- Leadership skills with ability to establish short & long term goals for the business vertical

- Should have led a team of professional. Team building skills with proven ability of nurturing & mentoring teams in the past.

- Dealing with complexity and ability to lay down clear road maps on the current operation and growth of the vertical

- Ability to build in best practices and innovative approach in work stream

- Understanding of funding pattern and trend in the industry

Key Responsibility Areas:

Business Development/Fund raising (70% of the time) -

- Assist in developing growth strategies and plans for the vertical and work towards its growth

- Build and manage relationships with social sector clients CSR, philanthropic organization, international agencies, government. Ensure upselling and cross selling

- Write business proposals/presentation

- End to end BD & project execution cycle lead generation to closure

- Work on industry specific solution

- Search business opportunities & increase the client base.

- Networking, partnership and collaboration

- Work in coordination with other business verticals and key functions Finance, HR, Admin, IT etc.

Project Management (20% of the time):

- Oversee project delivery as per the work-plan

- Guide team members towards work execution and pitch-in wherever required

- Address operation/implementation related bottleneck/challenge

- Managing Internal Audits for Process, Product & System to ensure process compliance.

- Partnership with industry players for scaling the operations and quality execution

Knowledge Management (10% of the time):

- Preparation of thought notes and knowledge products

- Assist the leadership team towards participating in various discussion forums

- Any other work assigned by the reporting manager or Head of Centum Foundation.

Travel time : 20 to 30% of the time.

To know more about Centum Foundation please use the below links.

https://www.centumlearning.com/corporate-social-responsibility-company