Employer Relations & Placement Lead

Role Context :

This role requires to understand what the emerging trends in the job market are, job roles / skills that are in demand across various regions and domains, forge partnerships with top employers in identified domains, and leverage these partnerships to counsel, train, place and provide post placement support to the aspiring students, thus contributing to the overall outcomes of WGO.

Key Responsibilities :

Study the job market across regions and chart out a strategic road map to meet the WGO goals through Employer channel.

Establish strategic partnerships with top 5 employers in the sectors identified by the Foundation (Retail, Healthcare, BFSI, ITES, Auto, Beauty and Wellness, Hospitality) and with the respective sector skill councils (NASSCOM, CII, RASHI, Healthcare, BFSI council)

Responsible for formation of Industry Advisory Council in each of the identified sectors and leverage their knowledge to upgrade WGO offerings.

Leverage these partnerships to

curate / aggregate / upgrade / digitize / validate the content of various modules.

train and place students

Identify and launch pilot programs with each partner to validate the model.

Skills & Experience :

Well networked in the country with knowledge of all key employers and connect in the specified domains (Retail, Healthcare, BFSI, ITES, Auto, Beauty and Wellness, Hospitality)

10 to 15 years of experience in business development, with at-least 5 to 7 years in the staffing sector - Strong communication skills and Strategic / Innovative Thinker

Experience to start and grow accounts.

Awareness about latest trends in the job market

Problem solver with hands-on, roll up your sleeves can-do attitude.

Updated with the latest methodologies, and research within Ed tech and training domain.

Open to travel across India and work closely on the ground with different teams

About Wadhwani Foundation :

Wadhwani Foundation is a high growth, not-for-profit tech organization dedicated to social good. Over two decades since its inception in 2001, the foundation with worldwide presence has focused on a simple, powerful mission : accelerating job growth and enabling millions to earn a family-sustaining wage and lead a dignified life. The foundation is positively impacting the lives of millions of individuals across multiple countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America through its four core initiatives :

The Wadhwani Foundation works in partnership with governments, foundations, corporations, and educational institutes through the below Initiatives :

Wadhwani Skills Network : Enables jobseekers with new-age employability skills to acquire family-wage jobs

Wadhwani Entrepreneur Network : Enables aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs to start, survive and thrive through customized interventions.

Wadhwani Global Digital Transformation : Upskills governments with emerging technologies to accelerate population-scale projects and define new-age policies

Innovation & Research : Accelerate academic innovation in ground-breaking tech domains of AI, biotech, and advanced computing, pushing the envelope from pioneering research to commercialization.