Organization: SELCO Foundation
Position: Skill Development Coordinator
Reporting to: Programme Manager
Travel: 10-15 days in a month (Approximately)
Working Days and shifts: Mondays to Saturday – 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Language: Kannada (Mandatory), English
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka with pan India operations
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
Educational Qualification: Graduate with an electrical diploma/engineering background and previous experience in vocational education, training and skill development is preferred.
Experience: 2-3 years
Competencies required:
- Renewable energy-solar energy-related experience will be an added advantage.
- Domain expertise and knowledge of social sector issues in India with a specific focus on skill development
- Knowledge of Kannada is mandatory.
- Highly motivated, responsible, self-directed, resourceful and flexible; Ability to multi-task, Good communication skills
Job Overview: SELCO Foundation as a part of the development of the ecosystem for the renewable energy sector focuses on capacity building and skilling. Skill building is approached from various angles focusing on technical skills for technicians, entrepreneurial skills for budding start-ups and micro-entrepreneurs, developing tools for bankers who can finance renewable energy, developing the strength of incubators who hand-hold new businesses or micro-financing institutions catering to underserved and unserved communities etc.
The position of Skills development and training coordinator was established for the purpose of development of processes and intervention programmes that enable capacity building.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Work towards strengthening the institutional capacity of SELCO Foundation in Skill development and training
- Identify strategic partners and build relations accordingly
- Assess the need for training on ground and identify target groups that can benefit from it
- Liaise with Management, partners, apex institutions and consultants on the training needs and plans.
- Co-ordinate with the stakeholders for effective planning and coordination of the training programmes
- Facilitate curriculum alignment certifications
- Oversee the design and execute training events as per schedule and conduct trainings as required.
- Conduct monitoring and evaluation for the trainings and provide feedback regularly
- Engage with stakeholders regularly to enhance the training
- Develop employment, entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities for the trainees post the training
- Visit to the Skill Development Training Centre to monitor training activities.
- Document the trainings and skill building programmes for the purpose of improvement, process building and replication
Remuneration: not disclosed by employer
Application Process: Interested candidates should send in their portfolios/ web portfolio links to hr@selcofoundation.org with the subject line ‘Application for the post of Skill development coordinator-Karnataka’
Last date to apply: 04 February 2019
About SELCO:
SELCO Foundation engages in field-based R&D and ecosystem building for deployment of decentralized renewable energy solutions that alleviate poverty in urban, rural and tribal poor areas. The organization works across verticals such as energy access, built environment, health, water purification, livelihoods, education with practitioners in the social sector, energy entrepreneurs and partners from various developmental sectors.
