The Livelihood Collective (TLC) – ITI Transformation Roadmap
Job Title: Associate, TLC
Location: Recent Delhi
Reports to: Senior Associate and Program Director, TLC PMU
Job Description:
We are seeking a curious, hands-on problem-solver to join the Project Management Unit (PMU) of The Livelihood Collective (TLC) – a multi-funder collaborative transforming India's Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) from qualification factories into employment engines. TLC will prove and codify a 10-pillar transformation playbook across 8 clusters and ~120 ITIs in Maharashtra, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, reaching ~1.1 lakh youth before scaling nationally.
As an Associate in the central PMU, you will work closely with the Senior Associate and TLC leadership to build the intellectual and operational backbone of the program. Your two anchors are the playbook and insights: you will help develop, document and continuously refine the 10-pillar transformation playbook, and you will turn field observations, partner data and research into clear insights that sharpen how the program is run.



This is a high-learning, high-ownership role with significant field exposure – you should expect to travel regularly to program states and ITI clusters to see delivery first-hand and bring the ground back into the playbook.
The ideal candidate is early in their career but already strong at structured thinking, writing and analysis – someone energized by building something new in India's skilling ecosystem and comfortable moving between a desk in the PMU and a shop floor in an ITI.
Key Responsibilities:
Playbook development: support the drafting, structuring and continuous refinement of the 10-pillar ITI transformation playbook – codifying interventions, SOPs and learning from the field into a clear, usable living document
Insights and analysis: synthesise data, field notes and partner inputs into crisp insights, briefs and visuals that inform decisions by TLC leadership, state teams and implementation partners

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