Wadhwani Foundation - Resource Network Lead

Role Overview:

- The Resource Network Lead is responsible for building, managing, and activating a high-quality state-level pool of experts, mentors, and practitioners that enables effective delivery of skilling and entrepreneurship initiatives.

- The role ensures that programs have timely access to relevant, locally grounded expertise aligned to small business growth, employability, and enterprise outcomes.

- Operating as the state-level extension of national resource networks, the role balances local relevance with central quality standards, with accountability for resource readiness, utilization, and contribution to outcomes.

Responsibilities (with example deliverables):

State-Level Resource Capacity:

- A robust, state-specific pool of vetted experts, mentors, and practitioners aligned to skilling, small business growth, and entrepreneurship program needs.

- Clear ownership of resource availability, coverage, and readiness across programs operating within the state.

Skilling Resource Enablement:

- Reliable access to sector-relevant facilitators, industry mentors, and practitioners who enable learner employability, workplace readiness, and industry exposure.

- Consistent expert participation in masterclasses, mentoring, and applied learning interventions with measurable utilization and engagement.

Knowledge & Insight Curation:

- A curated set of state-relevant knowledge assets (local reports, sector insights, practitioner content, tools) aligned to business, skilling, and enterprise needs.

- Structured sourcing and integration of these resources into the Foundation's AI-enabled platforms for scalable use.

Quality, Utilization & Coordination:

- Clear quality standards, performance tracking, and utilization metrics for experts and mentors at the state level.

- Strong coordination with central teams to ensure consistency, while adapting resource deployment to local context and program demand.

Competencies:

Expert Network & Capacity Building:

- Ability to design, grow, and manage pools of practitioners and mentors aligned to defined program outcomes and local context.

Contextual Judgment:

- Ability to assess local relevance of expertise and knowledge, balancing central standards with state-specific needs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Ability to work effectively with program, ecosystem, and central teams to align resource supply with execution demand.

Systems Thinking:

- Ability to understand and operate within interconnected systems spanning skilling, small business growth, academic institutions, employers, and policy environments, identifying leverage points for scale and impact.

Dataand Insight-Informed Decision Making:

- Ability to use data, ecosystem insights, and performance signals to prioritize partnerships, course-correct execution, and improve ecosystem effectiveness over time.

Experience:

Expert or Mentor Network Exposure:

- Experience building, managing, or operating within expert, mentor, or practitioner networks supporting skilling, entrepreneurship, or enterprise initiatives.

Small Business Contexts:

- Experience working with or supporting small businesses, micro-entrepreneurs, or growth ventures in applied, execution-oriented settings.

Partner-Led Delivery Models:

- Experience delivering outcomes through external experts or partners rather than direct line management.

State or Regional Operating Contexts - Experience operating in state or regional ecosystems with varied institutional capacity, sector mix, and local dynamics.