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Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director - Higher Education

Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director - Higher Education

FICCIThrissur, IN
30+ days ago
Job description

We are looking for :

  • MBA / MBE / MSW / MA – Economics / Social Sciences / Other disciplines
  • 4-12 years of relevant experience
  • Prior experience of working in education / other social sectors (preferred)

Competencies :

  • Comprehensive understanding of higher education landscape ( policy, regulatory, etc)
  • Ability to interface with stakeholders at mid / senior level( govt, regulatory, universities, industry, etc)
  • Primary and Secondary research,
  • Managing events / delegations / conferences
  • Analysis & Report writing
  • Project Management
  • Excellent presentation skills and MS office suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, FORMS, TEAMS)

    • Principal Accountabilities :

    Thought Leadership / Policy Advocacy work in Higher Education

  • Work with the Higher Education Committee leadership and members in identifying the important areas / topics for thought leadership papers, reports, articles, etc.
  • Interface regularly with regulatory bodies / Ministry of Education / Other related ministries / state govts and pro-actively engage in developing FICCI report / inputs on any govt notification, policy document, etc
  • Develop strategic partnerships with University leaders / multilateral / bilateral organizations and other important stakeholders in higher education

    • FICCI Higher Education Committee & Taskforces (TF)

  • Conduct periodic committee meetings under the guidance of Committee leadership (develop agenda, prepare minutes, etc).
  • Identify and create small groups of experts / Task Forces to address specific sectoral issues
  • Work with the identified Task Forces (TFs) in developing papers and executing bespoke projects
  • The Task Force work would include report writing, project implementation, surveys and research; events / webinars / masterclasses; program development and implementation
  • Work towards mobilizing new members and manage the membership engagement / activities

    • Higher Education Summit (HES)

  • Organize and manage the annual global FICCI Higher Education Summit
  • Work with the Committee leadership in designing the conference program and in identifying national and international partners
  • Manage masterclasses / workshops and focused closed-door interactions between industry and academic leaders.
  • Work towards generating revenue for the department through sponsorship, delegate participation, etc
  • Manage social media branding and its effective execution.
  • Coordination with speakers and delegate mobilization; developing post show report

    • Projects

  • Work towards identifying / executing projects in the space of industry-academia engagement. Reconnect with FICCI’s NKFH ( National Knowledge Functional Hub) partners and initiate activities based on the NKFH framework
  • Organize various capacity building programs of faculty and Higher Education Leadership
  • Engage with World Bank and other global agencies and explore joint projects.
  • Identify and explore projects of mutual interest with Central govt agencies / state governments

    • Webinars / Workshops / Masterclasses / Delegations

  • Ideate and execute masterclasses, workshops, webinars on important / relevant topic.
  • Engage Committee leadership and senior government functionaries in some of the identified / select ones.
  • Develop partnerships with external partners and generate revenue for the organization.

    • Reports / Recommendations

  • Keep a close eye on recent government announcements (policies, regulations, amendments and develop FICCI inputs / recommendations for their consideration
  • Work with the Knowledge Partner in providing information through secondary research (wherever required) for the annual FICCI Knowledge report released during the FICCI HE Summit every year.
  • Work closely with the Key committee members / task forces and help in putting together the position papers / reports on the identified areas.

    • FICCI Eduwrap

  • A bi-monthly sectoral newsletter with an outreach to all stakeholders (faculty, industry, students, MSMEs etc) as an outreach initiative
  • Collate relevant news items / articles for every edition
  • Strive to generate revenue by identifying and mobilizing potential partners who may take up advertisements for being published in the eduwrap
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