Manager - Teacher Training & Educator Capability

Job Title: Manager – Teacher Training & Educator Capability
Location: Pune

To build scalable, quality-assured and transferable
teacher-development systems for school vocational education.

The role goes beyond conducting training. It will be design training architecture, build trainer capacity and support government and partners
institutions to eventually operate these systems themselves.

• Develop
  competency frameworks and capability pathways for teachers, Master
  Trainers, district trainers, mentors and other educators.
  
• Design
  and manage large-scale, cascaded teacher-training models, including
  ToT and Master Trainer development.
  
• Plan
  trainer pools, batches, geographical deployment and training scale across
  states and districts.
  
• Establish
  systems for trainer selection, assessment, observation, calibration,
  feedback and refresher learning.
  
• Ensure
  training includes hands-on practice, facilitation practice, reflection,
  assessment and school-based application.
  
• Build
  post-training support through mentoring, teacher communities and refresher
  learning.
  
• Work
  with NCERT, SCERTs, DIETs, state education departments, universities and
  other relevant institutions.
  
• Adapt
  training models to different curricula, languages and state contexts.
  
• Capture
  field experience and convert it into reusable training models, standards
  and resources.
  
• Work
  with Quality Assurance teams to ensure that capability—not attendance—is
  the measure of successful training.
  
• The underlying LAHI role specifically covers the training cascade, Master
  Trainers, district trainers/mentors, readiness assessment and continuing
  support.
  

Requirements

Minimum
Experience:

• Around 10+ years of experience in teacher education, adult
  learning or educator development.
  
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing teacher training at
  scale.
  
• Experience with ToT, Master Trainers or cascaded training systems.
  
• Strong understanding of experiential, practical and competency-based
  learning.
  
• Experience observing and supporting teacher/trainer practice.
  
• Experience working with government education systems.
  
• Strong facilitation, program management and stakeholder-management
  skills.
  
• Comfortable with regular travel to schools, districts and training
  sites.
  

Skills
& Competencies:

• Teacher Education & Adult Learning
  
• Training Architecture & ToT/Master Trainer Development
  
• Large-Scale & Cascaded Training Management
  
• Trainer Assessment, Mentoring & Quality Assurance
  
• Program & Project Management
  
• Government & Stakeholder Management
  
• Facilitation, Communication & Strategic Problem-Solving
  

Personal Attributes:

• Systems Thinker
  
• Learning Agility
  
• Empathetic
  
• Collaborative
  

About Lend A Hand India
: Lend A Hand
India (LAHI) is a leading
national Think Tank/NGO with over 20 years of
experience in strengthening India’s skill and vocational
education ecosystem. LAHI works closely with 20+ State and UT
governments through long-term partnerships, providing
technical advisory and Project Management Unit (PMU)
support to drive systemic reforms. In Uttar Pradesh,
LAHI partners with the Directorate of Training (DTE)
and the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT)
to support large-scale improvements in ITIs, skill
education curriculum, assessments, certification, and
policy implementation .

• Direct
  implementation in schools
  
• Partnership with
  central-state governments to define, and scale
  policy 
  
• Building of Centers
  of Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation
  
• Resource
  organization for the skilling ecosystem
  

Through the design
& execution of innovative models from training
centres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,
LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives both
grassroots learning and systemic transformation across
India. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state education
systems across 20+ states, we provide technical and
project management support, enabling governments to translate
policy into action.

LAHI’s current
scale of work includes - 

• 20+ States and UTs
  
• 15000+ Schools
  
• 15 Lakh+ Students
  
• 250+ Team Members