About the Role

QUEST Alliance is looking for a proactive and committed Program Associate – Madurai Zone to lead Youth Program interventions across Government ITIs of the Madhurai zone in Tamilnadu.
As a Program Associate, you are more than a zonal implementation lead — you are a key driver of change within your zone. You will help shape how learners, trainers, and institutes experience QUEST Alliance programs by bringing local insights, contextual understanding, and field realities into implementation planning, facilitation approaches, and stakeholder engagement.
The Program Associate will work closely with Government ITIs, zonal directorates, district stakeholders, trainers, principals, and ecosystem partners to ensure effective implementation of program interventions and MoU commitments across the Madhurai zonal ITIs of Tamil Nadu State. The role will focus on strengthening interventions related to Meaningful Career Transitions & Industry Engagement, Trainer Development and Capacity Building, Employability Skills and Future Skills Integration,



Digital Learning Adoption through My Quest App, Institutional Mainstreaming and Ownership, Principal Leadership Program, and Change Projects within the ITI ecosystem.
This role requires solid facilitation skills, government liaisoning abilities, stakeholder management, polite communication, negotiation skills, planning abilities, and a solution-oriented approach to work effectively within the Government ITI ecosystem. The Program Associate will work closely with zonal directorates, institute stakeholders, thematic teams, and the reporting manager to ensure high-quality implementation, monitoring, documentation, and sustainability of interventions across the zone.
Program Implementation and Quality
● Ensure effective rollout of the Youth Program across assigned model, nodal, and Government ITIs in the zone with a systemic mainstreaming lens in coordination with zonal directorates and institute stakeholders.
● Develop operat

📌 Program Associate, Youth Program (Madurai)
🏢 Quest Alliance
📍 Madurai