Senior Specialist - Operations

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 was rolled out successfully across Andhra Pradesh, reaching 26 districts and 4,500 plus schools this year. The program was focused on enabling the development of Entrepreneurial Mindsets of students through a curriculum which was experiential and Project based.  The program was integrated into the school timetables and enabled through teachers within each school. Over the course of this Project based curriculum, the students worked in teams, received inputs for identifying societal problems that they would like to solve, and with a support system developed 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. 

We are looking for a dynamic and driven individual to join our team as a Senior Specialist, Operations, who will be at the forefront of driving and sustaining state-wide initiatives. This is a high-impact, stakeholder-heavy role that requires exceptional coordination skills, deep on-ground execution experience, and the ability to build strategic partnerships across government and ecosystem players.

Roles and Responsibilities:9-

• Lead day-to-day coordination and engagement with key government stakeholders in Haryana, including the Joint State Project Director, State Project Director and Director of Secondary Education, to build strong relationships, inspire confidence, and influence timely decision-making.

• Manage and build partnerships with MSME departments, incubation centers, and academic institutes for student mentoring and ecosystem collaboration.

• Take full ownership of program execution across the state with minimal supervision, demonstrating maturity in independently driving initiatives and resolving challenges.

• Proactively anticipate program risks, visualize next steps, and develop clear action plans to address emerging issues and ensure smooth implementation.

• Prepare high-quality documents, reports, and presentations to communicate progress, proposals, and plans effectively to stakeholders at all levels.

• Maintain regular field visits to monitor on-ground implementation, support the field team, and ensure fidelity to program objectives and timelines.

• Serve as a self-motivated leader who demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and an ability to take initiative and drive outcomes.

• Assist the Program Lead in strategic tasks and step in to take charge of critical priorities or represent the program as needed.

Skills, Experience and Mindsets:

• 6–10 years of experience in program implementation, stakeholder management, government liaison, or ecosystem partnership roles.
• Strong experience working with government departments and officials, preferably in the education and/or skilling sector. 
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills; fluency in Hindi and English.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the state of Haryana.
• Ownership -  You, as an individual, are accountable for the quality and timeliness of the outcome, even when you're working with others.  

• Bias for action - Hands on with operations, willing to pilot and experiment with different strategies, interact regularly with students and various stakeholders across the state.