Program Lead - Skilling

About the Organization

Swaniti Initiative is a social enterprise that works at the intersection of climate, governance and last mile delivery. We believe that while the will and resources exist, there are fundamental gaps in execution within communities that is the biggest crisis in the climate movement. Accordingly, Swaniti works with sub national governments to conduct micro-planning exercises with consultations with communities and key stakeholders to understand the pathways forward, provide technical assistance to sub national governments to provide support in program implementation and support in monitoring and delivery of programs.

Swaniti has been working across multiple geographies in the global south to unlock capital. Our three core metrics include unlocking public capital, ensuring last mile communities are directly benefited and creating systemic changes in the public service systems. While we are continuing to focus on impact, it is critical to have a lead who has a deep understanding about monitoring, evaluation and learning. Our intention is to create institutional capabilities to measure and document the scale of our impact and look at how learning can be replicated across the institution.

We are looking for an experienced professional who is keen on taking a leadership role in green skilling. The professional will be expected to further Swaniti’s vision on understanding the gaps and opportunities in green skilling and then work with state governments on operationalizing them.

Specifically, the lead is expected to work with the senior management to strengthen the framing of green skilling for the organization. Current areas of “green skilling” include solar, hydro, geothermal, wind and domestic waste management.

• The candidate must have demonstrated experience in skilling sector. This can include conducting skill assessments, working with skilling departments, and managing skilling programs for other multilateral, CSOs and other large institutions.
  

• Past experience of working on sustainability and climate would be very favorably looked upon, including any established work on issues around energy transition.
  

• Demonstrated experience of working with state/central government would be advantageous. Alternatively, a deep understanding of government/administration would be required for the position.
  

• Strong writing and communication skills would be critical for this leadership role.
  

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality research documents, along with need assessment, situation analysis, data analysis, brainstorming with relevant stakeholders.
  
• Coordinate, manage, and draft a comprehensive research paper on community readiness for green training.
  
• Take an innovative and research driven perspective in framing recommendations and policy insights for sub-national stakeholders.
  
• Work with the state administration to operationalize the feedback that is being collected within communities.
  
• Liaise with state administration on key requests/asks as appropriate.
  
• Organize and execute events, seminars, round-table discussions etc. that are needed for the green skilling process.
  
• Provide any additional support to build out capabilities around green skilling.
  
• Work with organizational leadership to strengthen the green skilling vertical.
  

Qualifications Required:

• Experience 10–12 years of relevant work experience
  

• Candidates must have at least 7 years of experience in skilling, climate and sustainability of work force preparedness.
  

• Established experience in managing teams and delivering on technical assistance programs will be strongly valued.
  

• Prior experience of working with government, multilateral of recognized CSOs will be particularly valuable.
  

• Post-graduate degree in any field with a preference for those possessing a degree in environment, climate and sustainability, energy, training related field etc. is strongly preferred.
  

• Competitive compensation
  

• Challenging role
  

• Opportunity to lead a team and hone talent in a unique space
  

• Work with senior policymakers to support through technical assistance.