Center Manager - Standard Skilling [Urgent]

About Organization

Magic Bus India Foundation is one of the leading NGOs in education and skilling in India. Over the past 26 years, the organisation has established a strong presence across 22 states and union territories, impacting the lives of young people from underserved communities between the ages of 12 to 25 years. Through its two distinct programmes - the Adolescent Programme and Livelihood Programme, Magic Bus equips young people with essential life and employability skills to help them move out of poverty and lead sustainable lives.

The Adolescent Programme empowers adolescents (12-18 years) with life skills education and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). To support this, Magic Bus has established an impressive network of 30,000 schools, 343 Community Learning Centres (CLCs) and has MOU’s with 10 state governments and NITI Aayog. Notably, 52% of the participants are girls, reflecting the programme’s strong focus on gender inclusion.

The Livelihood Programme prepares youth (18–25 years) for sustainable careers by imparting transferable life and employability skills. Magic Bus has set up 133 Livelihood Centres, built 1,130+ college partnerships, and established Entrepreneurship Incubation Centres to nurture aspiring entrepreneurs from underserved communities. 60% of the programme’s participants are young women, highlighting a strong emphasis on empowering women through skilling.

In addition to its urban skilling initiatives, Magic Bus has also expanded into the Peri-Urban and Rural Livelihood Programme, focusing on empowering women in peri-urban and rural areas. This programme equips women with leadership and business skills, enabling them to establish and sustain enterprises and move towards financial independence.

Through its sustained efforts, Magic Bus has empowered over 35 lakh adolescents and 5 lakh youth, enabling their transition from childhood to livelihood.

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Position details

Job Title : Center Manager – Livelihood (Standard Skilling)

Department : Livelihood Operations

Reporting to : City Manager / Cluster Manager

Type of role : Fulltime

Reporting Team : Training Officer(TO) / Placement Officer (PO) / Mobilization Officer (MO)

Location and email id for resume submission :

Hyderabad / Bangalore / Chennai – pavan.sripada@magicbusindia.org

Mumbai – apoorva.punekar@magicbusindia.org

Delhi – bishwajeet.mishra@magicbusindia.org

Kolkata – rajib@magicbusindia.org

Key responsibilities

• Manage Magic Bus resources (budgets & centres), staff and local partners to ensure the full offer of Livelihood program is available to youth in the district.
• Lead a staff team delivering Livelihood program at district level and manage all aspects of their performance.
• Achieve targets at each stage of intervention including mobilisation, needs assessment, skills training delivery and placement in work or education.
• Support frontline staff to complete comprehensive needs assessment 1 : 1 with youth to identify their strengths & limitations, training and life skills needs and overall targets for the program.
• Formulate personal development plans for each youth that sets out their training schedule and work or education targets.
• Provide high quality career counselling and impartial Information, Advice and Guidance that empowers youth to make positive choices about potential careers.
• Ensure each new starter receives a structured induction program
• Oversee district level community need assessments and mapping exercises of other stakeholders in the local areas (government / NGO / private and corporate foundations).
• Support the Regional Senior Manager Livelihood Program to implement updates to the Livelihood program designed by the Magic Bus national Livelihood Program Team.
• Work with the Regional Senior Manager Livelihood Program to ensure staff have the right tools and training to undertake their duties effectively.
• Ensure district level staff record interventions and activities with youth effectively and data is reported and analysed to improve the quality of work on ground with youth.
• Identify and respond to risks that could lead to youth dropping out of the program.
• Work with employers to ensure adequate placement opportunities exist at a local level for youth completing the program.
• Broker and maintain partnerships with other skills training providers that can add value to the Livelihood program by receiving referrals of Magic Bus youth when their offer supports trainees to reach their targets.
• Monitor the effectiveness and quality of partner interventions and training delivery.
• Manage mentoring arrangements in the district including matching youth to mentors and supporting mentors as required.
• Work with colleagues in the Livelihood Program teams at district and regional level to continuosly improve the quality of Magic Bus Livelihood (employment and training) and ensure our work is always safe and enjoyable.

Key Skills and Competencies

Pre-Requisites Qualification

Graduation in any stream

Experience (Range)

Atleast 5yrs experiencein Skill Development sectorin which 2 years at leadership role