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Min Experience: 4 years
Location: Odisha, Bhubaneswar
JobType: full-time

Key Responsibilities

Government & Multi-Department Coordination

- Act as the primary liaison between Aikyam and the Higher Education Department, while engaging with other relevant departments (e.g., Health, Youth Affairs, Social Justice) for integrated delivery.
- Support the Nodal Officer and senior officials in advancing policy decisions and inter-departmental coordination.
- Facilitate high-level review meetings, steering committees, and working groups.

Institutional Engagement & Program Delivery

- Coordinate directly with universities and colleges to roll out diagnostics, training, and implementation frameworks.
- Ensure institutional readiness and smooth adoption of reform measures.
- Address operational bottlenecks and escalate systemic issues for resolution.

Work Planning & Reporting

- Maintain a transparent, time-bound implementation plan and track progress against deliverables.
- Provide regular updates, briefs,



and presentations to both the government and Aikyam leadership.
- Support evidence generation and documentation of implementation learnings.

Technical & Policy Support

- Work with Aikyam’s technical experts to adapt global and national best practices for Odisha’s context.
- Draft policy inputs, toolkits, and capacity-building materials for HEIs.

Qualifications & Experience

- 4-6 years in public policy, government advisory, program management.
- Proven experience working with or within government, ideally in multi-stakeholder environments.
- Excellent skills in government liaison, facilitation, and stakeholder management.
- Strong planning, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
- Background in education, mental health, or public health preferred but not mandatory.
- Willingness to travel extensively within Odisha. Preferred: Odia speaking

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