Manager – PMKVY Operations

National Skill Development Corporation; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is seeking a Manager to provide dedicated operational support to the GM. You will own coordination threads, data verification, and stakeholder follow-ups end-to-end, enabling higher-level decision-making and timely issue resolution across functions.

You will work as an extension of the GM’s office, addressing ongoing gaps in candidate and center data quality, eligibility compliance, and disbursement tracking across schemes and partners.

Qualifications

• Graduate/Postgraduate in Management, Public Policy, Commerce, Social Sciences, or a related discipline from a recognised institution.
• MBA/PGDM/M.Tech or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Certification/exposure to project management (PMP/Prince2) or government scheme implementation is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated operational support to the GM and take ownership of coordination threads, data verification exercises, and stakeholder follow-ups end-to-end.
• Serve as an extension of the GM's office, driving issues to closure and ensuring nothing is missed due to volume across internal verticals and external stakeholders.
• Tackle ongoing operational gaps in candidate and center data quality, eligibility compliance, and disbursement tracking across schemes and partners.
• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, IT/MIS, Training, Assessment, M&E and external stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate coordination.

Skills

Operational coordination

Data verification

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Graduate or Postgraduate in Management/Public Policy/Commerce/Social Sciences

MBA/PGDM/M.Tech or equivalent

Tools

PM frameworks (PMP/Prince2)

Job description

At the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), we are dedicated to empowering India's youth through comprehensive skill development. Established on July 31, 2008, as a not-for-profit public limited company under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (now corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013), we operate as a unique Public Private Partnership (PPP) model under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Our collaborative structure, with 49% of the share capital held by the government and 51% by the private sector, enables us to be the principal architects of India's skill ecosystem.

We actively support enterprises, start-ups, and organizations by providing funding support, concessional loans, and other innovative financial products. Our mission is to enhance, support, and coordinate private sector initiatives in vocational training, ensuring that financial barriers do not hinder skill development. As the strategic implementation and knowledge partner of the Skill India Mission, we focus on creating efficient training initiatives that open up a world of opportunities in futuristic skills for the potential workforce.

Through strategic partnerships and innovative models, we aim to build a robust skill ecosystem that not only meets current industry demands but also anticipates future trends, empowering India's youth to contribute significantly to the nation’s growth and development.

Job Description

This position is created to provide the GM with dedicatedoperational support — a Manager who can take ownership of specific coordinationthreads, data verification exercises, and stakeholder follow-ups end-to-end,freeing the GM's bandwidth for higher-level decision-making, escalationhandling, and ministry/leadership engagement. The Manager will work as anextension of the GM's office, driving issues to closure rather than merelytracking them, and ensuring nothing material is missed due to the sheer volumeand spread of coordination required across internal verticals (Operations,Finance, IT/MIS, Training, Assessment, M&E) and external stakeholders(States, SSCs, Training Partners, Assessment Agencies).

A significant part of the current mandateinvolves supporting the GM in closing out known, longstanding operational gapsin candidate and center data quality, eligibility compliance, and disbursementtracking — issues that have persisted across scheme phases and requirestructured, sustained effort rather than one-time fixes.

Requirements

• Graduate/Postgraduatein Management, Public Policy, Commerce, Social Sciences, or a relateddiscipline from a recognised institution.
• MBA/PGDM/M.Tech or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Certification/exposureto project management (PMP/Prince2) or government scheme implementation is anadvantage.