Executive - Field Operations - Tamil Nadu

Job Description

Locations: Chennai Karur Dharmapuri About Udhyam: Udhyam Learning Foundation (Udhyam) is on a mission towards Making Bharat Entrepreneurial. We believe that entrepreneurship is a powerful way to channelize an individual’s potential. Entrepreneurship enables agency and allows an individual to work on their strengths while creating value for the world. Our programs: Udhyam Shiksha works on developing entrepreneurial mindsets among the youth and enabling them to achieve their potential, having impacted ~24,00,000 learners across 12 Indian states. Udhyam Vyapaar focuses on nano businesses in India, and solving large problems faced by them, at scale; having already enabled up to a 27% income uplift for 5000+ entrepreneurs.The goal for Udhyam is to build a thriving and supportive ecosystem, where every individual feels empowered to define their own path About Entrepreneurial Mindset Program: At Udhyam we believe in the 3 key learning principles namely Student Autonomy, Learning by Doing and Real world experience . What better way to build entrepreneurial mindsets than trying real world innovation projects hands-on? Our Entrepreneurial Mindset Development program will be rolled out across 4 districts in Tamil Nadu in the coming year. The program is focused on enabling the development of Entrepreneurial Mindsets of students through a curriculum which is experiential and project-based. The program will be integrated into the school timetables and enabled through teachers within each school. Over the course of this project-based curriculum, the students will work in teams, receive inputs for identifying societal problems that they would like to solve, and with a support system develop their ideas into viable prototype solutions. To deepen our impact, we are designing a number of online and offline features for the program to improve content delivery and deepen implementation quality. Roles and Responsibilities: As a Field Operations Executive, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating the implementation of our program at the grassroots level. Your responsibilities will include: Collaborating with school administration and teachers to effectively implement the program. Conducting small-scale pilot interventions to address complex problems specific to communities/ schools, blocks, or districts. Executing outreach strategies at the field level by daily visiting government high and higher secondary schools. Organizing interactive sessions to raise awareness of the program among students and stakeholders. Providing ground-level feedback to the district team and contributing to program-related events and initiatives. Monitoring program progress and reporting any issues or concerns to the district manager. Ensuring regular data collection and providing support to state and central teams as needed. School visits will be as per the program requirements. Required Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities: We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications and attributes: A keen interest in the development and education sectors. Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience. Prior experience working with teachers and school-level stakeholders is highly desirable. Willingness to travel across the district as required. Fluency in both Tamil and English with excellent reading and writing skills. Strong communication skills to interact effectively across teams. Demonstrated skills in stakeholder management, problem-solving, and analytical thinking.