14 Sep
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Leading
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Guwahati
Rope Purpose
The Associate Managerâ Career Transitions will anchor the regional strategy for meaningful work transitions across ITIs and VTIs in Northeast India. The role is designed as a systems and ecosystem-building function focused on strengthening institutional placement systems, industry engagement architecture, and emerging livelihood pathways for youth.
The role will work across the learner transition journey:
Career Exploration â Decision Making â Career Readiness â Work Transition
The position will primarily focus on:
- Regional labour market and ecosystem strategy
- Institutional systems strengthening
- Employer and ecosystem partnerships
- Government and stakeholder engagement
- Building sustainable transition models beyond direct placement activities
While the role will support execution of transition-related activities where required, the primary expectation is to build long-term institutional and ecosystem capacity rather than directly manage day-to-day placement operations.
The role requires a solid balance of strategic thinking, ecosystem engagement, stakeholder management, and regional ownership.
Key Responsibilities Structure (70% Strategic | 30% Execution)
Key Responsibilities
1. Regional Strategy and Ecosystem Development (Primary Responsibility â 35%)
- Anchor the regional work transition strategy for Northeast India aligned with labour market realities and institutional needs.
- Identify emerging employment sectors, industry clusters, green jobs, and entrepreneurship opportunities relevant to youth transitions.
- Build regional pathways for industry engagement, apprenticeships, self-employment, and career transitions.
- Develop long-term employer and ecosystem partnerships to strengthen institutional transition systems.
- Support state and institutional stakeholders in moving from activity-based placements to structured transition systems.
- Contribute to strategic planning, regional reviews, and program design discussions related to meaningful work transitions.
2. Institutional Systems Strengthening (20%)
- Strengthen institutional capacity for placement and career transition systems across ITIs and VTIs.
- Support institutes in developing sustainable placement cells, employer engagement mechanisms,
and alumni tracking systems.
- Build the capacity of Placement Officers, trainers, and institutional leadership on transition planning and industry engagement.
- Support adoption of digital systems and data-driven approaches for transition tracking and employer engagement.
- Enable institutions to independently manage placement and transition functions over time.
3. Employer and Stakeholder Engagement (15%)
- Build and maintain relationships with employers, industry bodies, sector skill organizations, and ecosystem actors.
- Facilitate strategic partnerships for apprenticeships, recruitment, exposure opportunities, and emerging livelihood pathways.
- Engage with government stakeholders, NGOs, and regional partners to strengthen ecosystem ownership.
- Represent Quest Alliance in regional ecosystem forums, industry engagements, and stakeholder consultations where required.
4. Transition Activities and Program Execution (20%)
- Support coordination of placement drives, job fairs, industry visits, and transition-related activities in collaboration with institutional stakeholders.
- Provide implementation support for pilot initiatives related to entrepreneurship, green livelihoods, and career transition models.
- Support periodic reviews and tracking of institutional transition activities.
- Ensure timely coordination with internal teams and regional stakeholders for execution priorities.
5. Team Coordination, Learning and Reporting (10%)
- Support associate-level team members, interns, or fellows contributing to transition-related work.
- Document regional learnings, ecosystem insights, and transition models.
- Contribute to reporting, program reviews, and organizational learning systems.
- Ensure adherence to organizational processes and monitoring systems.
Non-Negotiable Skills
- Strategic Ecosystem Building:
Ability to build long-term partnerships and transition ecosystems involving industry, institutions, and government stakeholders.
- Labour Market and Regional Understanding: Strong understanding of employment trends, regional industries, and emerging livelihood pathways.
- Institutional Systems Strengthening: Ability to strengthen placement and transition systems within training institutions.
- Stakeholder and Government Engagement: Ability to work across government systems, industry bodies, and multi-stakeholder environments.
- Strategic Program Management: Ability to balance regional ownership, planning, coordination, and execution within complex program environments.
Experience
- Minimum 5â7 years of experience in:
- youth employability
- skilling and vocational education
- workforce development
- industry engagement
- transition or livelihood programs
- Demonstrated experience in:
- stakeholder management
- ecosystem partnerships
- institutional capacity building
- strategic program coordination
- Experience working with government systems, ITIs, VTIs, or workforce ecosystems preferred.
Salary: The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 60,000/- per month (cost to company) (The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)
Benefits:
In addition to your compensation, you are also eligible for a suite of benefits designed to support your well-being and growth:
- Comprehensive Personal Accident Insurance covering up to â¹10,00,000 annually
- Mediclaim Insurance covering up to â¹3,00,000 annually, supported through our insurance partner, Loop, which also offers additional wellness benefits
- Reach for the Stars (RFS) amount of up to â¹5,000 to support your self-learning and knowledge-building efforts
- Internet allowance of up to â¹750/month, reimbursable based on actual usage to support flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- For employees with children under the age of 6 years, Quest offers childcare or day care fee support through a monthly matching contribution of up to â¹3,000, helping you create a supportive work-life balance
- Access to emotional health and wellbeing programs such as:
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