Organization: TechnoServe
Position: Skill Trainer & Career Counsellor
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Eligibility Requirements:
Educational Qualification: Master’s Degree in Development/Social Work/Business or Graduation from a Top Tier College
Experience: 0 – 3 years’ experience in soft skills training and/or career counselling and/or job linkages
Skills required:
— Excellent written and oral communication skills and superior ability to engage with college students
— Demonstrated ability to work in a team
— Passionate to be a catalyst for change for the underprivileged youth in colleges and community centres near slum areas.
— Role will involve travelling across Mumbai and greater Mumbai including Thane, Navi Mumbai, Vasai, Virar etc
— Willingness to work in evening colleges and passion for development sector work.
Position Description:
We are looking to hire enthusiastic “Trainers” who are keen on engaging with youth in slum communities and act as change agents, catalyzing long term career paths for Youth Participants from underprivileged backgrounds. The Trainers will be drivers of students transformation imparting TechnoServe’s soft skills training modules, providing counselling support and providing placement services to the trained youth out of Career Centres run from Colleges. The trainers will be the face of the program in the respective colleges and lead student engagement & interactions, engagement with college authorities and manage corporate connect for trained batches.
Qualified and interested applicants should submit a Word-formatted single document consisting of cover letter, resume (in MS Word format) and salary history to inhr@tns.org. Please identify the position for which you are applying in the subject line.
Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be considered or contacted. Last date to apply: 29 September 2016
About TechnoServe:
TechnoServe is a leader in harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty. A non-profit organization operating in 29 countries, we work with enterprising men and women in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. By linking people to information, capital and markets, we have helped millions to create lasting prosperity for their families and communities. TechnoServe has earned a 4-star rating from independent evaluator Charity Navigator for the last 10 years, placing us in the top 1 percent of all its rated non-profits.
With nearly 50 years of proven results, TechnoServe believes in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.
Program Description
TechnoServe is implementing a Youth Employability Program (YEP) in Mumbai, which aims to enhance employ-ability skills of underprivileged youth (age 18- 25, college dropout/college going/recent graduates) through a combination of skills training, career counselling support and corporate linkages. The program has reached out to more than 2500 youth across Mumbai and has trained over 1250 underprivileged students in final year of graduation. The program follows a unique approach of tying up with colleges that cater to underprivileged youth and is currently working with 12 colleges across various locations in Mumbai. Over 50 reputed corporate employers have engaged to recruit over 250 program participants into roles with a long term career trajectory such as accounting, sales, customer service etc. The program’s unique approach towards youth employability training rests on four key pillars:
— The Embedded Nature of our Training Delivery Model through in-college career centers, ensures the ideal mix of visibility, leverage of institutional support and momentum in youth interaction
— The Experiential Nature of our Curriculum draws on the best of ‘Adult Learning Principles’ with delivery methods using diverse, adaptive, self-facilitated approaches
— Leveraging Corporate Partnerships to ensure quality job linkages for the program graduates, and to deliver corporate-led focused training programs.
— A Focus on career counseling to engage with youth, which acts as a critical source of valuable advice and guidance which extends beyond job placements