Sr Executive Institutional Partnership

NIIT Foundation; India; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

NIIT Foundation is seeking a Partnership Lead to build and manage ties with colleges, universities, and skilling institutions in India. You will drive monthly targets for institutional partnerships, lead generation and conversions, and oversee MoU negotiations from engagement to closure.

You will coordinate with trainers and students, monitor attendance and program outcomes, maintain MIS and LMS records, and travel as required to grow the network.

Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate with experience in institutional partnerships or business development.
• Experience with educational institutions, universities, skilling organisations, or CSR programmes preferred.
• Strong communication, negotiation, relationship management, and follow-up skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, PowerPoint, Google Drive and reporting.
• Proactive, adaptable and target-oriented with willingness to travel.
• Exposure to skilling, employability, digital education, or capacity-building programmes is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage partnerships with colleges, universities, and educational institutions.
• Drive monthly targets for institutional tie-ups, lead generation, and conversions.
• Manage and strengthen relationships with existing partner institutions.
• Lead the end-to-end MoU process, from engagement and negotiation to documentation and closure.
• Identify new partnership opportunities and support programme expansion.
• Develop innovative approaches to improve partnership effectiveness and programme outcomes.
• Maintain partnership records, reports, presentations, and regular stakeholder updates.
• Travel as required for institutional meetings and partnership development.
• Managing internal systems (LMS/Pulse) and MIS, other reports.
• Monitor student attendance, activity, engagement logs and program success and collect feedback for continuous improvement.
• Ensure the selection and onboarding of suitable candidates for training programs.
• Collaborate with trainers and students to monitor attendance, encourage participation, and counsel as necessary.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Relationship management

Follow-up skills

MS Office

PowerPoint

Google Drive

Reporting

Education

Graduate/Postgraduate

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Google Drive

Documentation & Reporting

Job description

Job Description:

• Build and manage partnerships with colleges,universities, and educational institutions.
• Drive monthly targets for institutional tie-ups,lead generation, and conversions.
• Manage and strengthen relationships withexisting partner institutions.
• Lead the end-to-end MoU process, from engagementand negotiation to documentation and closure.
• Identify new partnership opportunities andsupport programme expansion.
• Develop innovative approaches to improvepartnership effectiveness and programme outcomes.
• Maintain partnership records, reports,presentations, and regular stakeholder updates.
• Travel as required for institutional meetingsand partnership development.
• Managing internal systems (LMS/Pulse) and MIS,other reports.
• Monitorstudent attendance, activity, engagement logs and program success and collectand analyse feedback from students on training sessions, ensuring continuousimprovement.
• Ensurethe selection and onboarding of suitable candidates for training programs.
• Collaboratewith trainers and students to monitor attendance, encourage participation, andcounsel as necessary.

Requirements

• Graduate/Postgraduate with relevant experiencein institutional partnerships, business development, or stakeholder management.
• Experience with educational institutions,universities, skilling organisations, or CSR programmes preferred.
• Strong communication, negotiation, relationshipmanagement, and follow-up skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, PowerPoint,documentation, G-drive and reporting.
• Proactive, adaptable, and target-oriented withwillingness to travel.
• Exposure to skilling, employability, digitaleducation, or capacity-building programmes is an advantage.

Requirements: