Manager - Training & Curriculum

Magic Bus; Khordha; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Magic Bus seeks an experienced professional to contextualize life and employability curricula for Odisha, coordinating with OSEPA, MB Training Team and East RO to ensure timely, high‑quality delivery. You will support SOPs for government school‑to‑work initiatives and mentor Master Trainers across the region.

You will oversee training quality, field visits, and capacity building, ensuring safeguarding norms and program standards are upheld.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in management, Social Work or related Social Sciences.
• 8-10 years in the social sector, with at least 4 years in a similar role.
• At least 3 years of experience in facilitation of teacher or Master Trainer training programs with government.

Responsibilities

• Contextualise curriculum with school, district and state stakeholders to ensure relevant translation and book development.
• Collaborate with SCERT/state dept, ITIs, VTIs, MSMEs, industries and government agencies to embed life and employability skills.
• Co-create the state's training strategy for project implementation with government partners.
• Guide and support Master Trainers, addressing questions and challenges in life-skills education.
• Design training frameworks and manuals for all levels.
• Assess Master Trainers' progress and provide coaching to improve training skills.
• Plan and monitor trainings budgets and delivery within the state.
• Prepare budgets for trainings within the state.

Skills

Life Skills

Employability skills

Learning engagement

Community engagement

English writing ability

Odian language proficiency

Curriculum development

Mentoring

Qualitative research

Education

Masters degree in management

Masters in Social Work

Masters in any Social Sciences

Tools

MS Office

Report writing

Job description

Role:
The individual will anchor the contextualization of the life and employability skills curriculum to the context of Odisha and ensure timely and high-quality delivery of curriculum materials.
The individual will co-create and support the operationalisation of SOPs for key government initiatives related to school-to-work transition.
The person will take the lead in planning the training in coordination with OSEPA, MB Training Team and East RO.
Ensure timely conduct of training programmes, monitor trainings conducted by Master Trainers and mentoring activities in the state.
Oversee quality of training delivery and mentoring activities across the training cascade in the region.
Regular visits to on- field sessions across regions to assess quality of inputs going to children & adolescents.
Design and facilitate capacity building for teams by identifying the areas of improvement.
Ensure Child Protection and Safeguarding principles are upheld by the training staff in the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the school, district and state stakeholders along with the head office to contextualise the curriculum to the need, ensuring relevant contextualization, translation and book development.
• Collaborate with SCERT/state department, ITIs, VTIs, MSMEs, Industries, corporates, and other government agencies to embed life skills and employability skills through content, training, schemes, programmes, internships, apprenticeships, and other school activities.
• Collaborate with SCERT/State department and any other Government agency to co-create the training strategy of the state on the implementation of the project.
• Provide guidance and support to Master Trainers, addressing their questions, concerns, and challenges related to life-skills education.
• Contribute to the process of conceptualising and designing the training framework and manual for all levels.
• Assess the progress and performance of Master Trainers, providing constructive feedback and coaching to enhance their training abilities.
• Oversee the plan, budget, and strategies for implementation & monitoring of trainings within the state.
• Prepare efficient budgets for all trainings within the state.
• Interviewing and hiring of trainers/consultant in the region as per the requirement.
• Ensure quality standards of Magic Bus training is followed at each stage of training.
• Ensure that on-field teams are trained on delivering programs as per Magic Bus standards.
• Ensure Child Protection and Safeguarding training and refreshers are conducted across staff in the region.
• Ensure knowledge upgradation of the internal team in the region.
• Addressing and troubleshooting challenges related to content, training and mentoring challenges that arrive at the implementation level.
• Extensive visits to trainings and on-field sessions across the region to ensure quality standards are followed and to assess the quality of the programme.
• Timely (monthly) reporting on training activities and content workshops and plans to respective departments and government agencies.

Desired Competencies

• Knowledge of Life Skills, Employability skills, Learning engagement and Community engagement
• Knowledge of child development, youth development and community programmes
• Knowledge of internship programmes, apprenticeship, skill development and other government programmes and schemes related to adolescents skilling and employability.
• Excellent English writing skills
• Excellent verbal English and Odia
• Good written knowledge of Odia
• Experience of module/ curriculum development
• Experience in mentoring and Supportive supervision.
• Familiar with social issues like child rights, gender discrimination, education, among others.
• Qualitative research skills.
• Proficient in MS Office
• Proficient in report writing.

Qualification and Experience

• Masters degree in management Social Work any other Social Sciences
• 8-10 years in the social sector, out of which 4 years must have been in a similar role. Proven track record of performance in a similar role and stability in previous roles shall be an added advantage.
• At least 3 years experience in facilitation of teacher or MT training program with government.