Training Manager

About Shiv Nadar Foundation (SNF) was established in 1994 by Shiv Nadar, Founder of HCL.

SNF is committed to the creation of a more equitable, merit-based society by empowering individuals through transformational education to bridge the socioeconomic divide. It pursues a philosophy of ‘Creative Philanthropy. It is a powerful model which envisages the creation of institutions that go beyond the lifetime of its founders and continue to impact future generations for many centuries to come. It is an approach that allows sustained institutionalized philanthropy for long-term, high-impact, socio-economic transformation.

SHIKSHA Initiative under Shiv Nadar Foundation (started in 2012 to eradicate illiteracy from Uttar Pradesh by creating a model which is easily replicable, scalable, and measurable) is working with government schools in Uttar Pradesh with an aim to improve educational standards/learning outcomes. Numerous accelerated technology-enabled literacy interventions are being carried out in this direction based on the UPSCERT curriculum. Since its inception, SHIKSHA Initiative has touched the lives of 185000+ students in more than 1700 schools and trained around 4500 teachers in using ICT to make pedagogy more effective and engaging.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Identifying training needs by consulting with stakeholders and using needs assessments.
• Review and modify existing training programs and develop new programs that target tangible results.
• Develop educational materials on a quarterly or annual basis as needed, including visual aids, multimedia learning tools, and training manuals.
• Utilize a variety of methods such as conferences, demonstrations, workshops, classroom training, meetings, and on-the-job training to make training and development an interesting and dynamic process.
• Conduct required and recommended training in various locations to in-house teams, external government teachers, Anganwadi workers, DIET, SCERT, BRC, etc.
• Collaborate with other training vendors or third-party training providers.
• Continually evaluate training solutions for quality, business impact, and scalability.
• Ensures that training milestones and goals are met while adhering to the approved training budget.
• Prepares and implements training budget.
• Review and analyze instructional effectiveness and prepare reports determining the impact of training on employee skills and how it affects KPIs.
• Manage training schedules.
• Manage database and training records.
• Device ways to monitor and evaluate the impact of training.
• Develop a training team by holding train-the-trainer sessions and handhold them till they become proficient.
• Government liaising.

Educational Qualification and Skills:

• MBA or any degree in education and training.
• Is well-versed in educational and organizational training theories and methodologies.
• Proficient in communication – Hindi and English.
• Knowledge of advanced computer skills – MS Suite
• Ability to manage multiple training events.
• Data analysis.
• Effective inter-team coordination.
• Ability to moderate large groups.
• Good experience of providing complete full training cycle٫ assessing needs٫ plan٫ develop٫ coordinate٫ monitor and evaluate.
• Excellent knowledge of instructional design theory and implementation.
• Close familiarity with traditional and modern job training methods and techniques

Experience: 5-7 years of experience as a facilitator or trainer in the education sector.

Requirement: Should be okay to travel in rural parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Reporting to – Academic Head

Salary – Competent to market standards and dependent on your last drawn.

Selection Process –

• 1st round – telephonic interview
• Job-specific written test
• Interview with HR
• Interview with core team members
• Final interview with Project Director