Training Manager

Room To Read; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Room To Read seeks a seasoned Training Lead to design role-specific learning outcomes, coordinate with external agencies, and align training across 250+ staff across multiple cohorts. You will manage onboarding, monitor progress, and ensure timely delivery of all training materials and sessions.

The role requires strong Hindi and English communication, travel within Jharkhand, and a background in education or development programs with proven training leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Management or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification or certification in education or learning and development desirable.
• 8+ years of experience in education or development programs with training leadership.
• Experience managing an external training agency or partners.
• Strong Hindi and English communication; willing to travel Jharkhand.

Responsibilities

• Define role-specific training needs and learning outcomes for each participant group and training component.
• Lead agency onboarding and anchor day-to-day coordination throughout the assignment.
• Monitor agency progress against the workplan and coordinate deliverables and approvals.
• Provide consolidated feedback and escalate delays, risks, quality concerns or dependencies.
• Lead planning and coordination of training logistics for each batch across locations.

Skills

Stakeholder coordination

Training planning

Project coordination

Communication Hindi/English

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's in Education

Postgraduate in Training

Job description

Role & responsibilities:

Define role-specific training needs and learning outcomes:

• Develop a strong understanding of the Jharkhand Foundational Literacy Program, including implementation model, staffing structure and expected outcomes, and translate this into rolewise learning needs.
• Define rolewise capabilities and learning outcomes for each participant group and training component, in consultation with Program, technical and other relevant teams.
• Specify assessment criteria and deployment gates (mandatory modules and minimum competency thresholds) for independent field work.

Agency onboarding & management:

• Serve as the primary Room to Read point of contact for the external training agency and anchor day-to-day coordination throughout the assignment.
• Lead the agency onboarding by facilitating access to relevant program information, internal stakeholders, existing training materials, policies and other required resources.
• Monitor agency progress against the agreed workplan and follow up on pending activities, submissions and actions and coordinate internal review and approval of agency deliverables.
• Provide consolidated Room to Read feedback within agreed timelines and identify and elevate delays, risks, quality concerns or dependencies that may affect timely implementation
• Review agency deliverables against the agreed deliverables before closure of each phase and processing of related payments.

Internal stakeholder & content coordination:

• Coordinate across departments involved in the orientation and capacity-building programme.
• Coordinate review meetings, consultations, content validation, facilitator discussions and approvals required at different stages.
• Ensure that inputs received from multiple teams are consolidated and communicated clearly to the agency.
• Coordinate with relevant Room to Read staff who are expected to facilitate or contribute to specific training sessions.

Lead training planning and implementation for 250+ staff across different roles and phases:

• Lead Room to Reads endtoend training plan for approximately 250+ staff across different roles and phases, aligned to hiring phases, district calendars and deployment targets.
• Sequence agencyled sessions, Room to Readled technical sessions, fieldbased learning and refresher interventions so that all required components are delivered in the right order and on schedule.
• Support preparation and execution of the second training phase by incorporating learning and operational experience from the first cohort and refresher cycle.
• Resolve implementation issues during training and ensure smooth coordination across batches and locations.
• Lead planning and coordination of training logistics for each batch, including venues, participant travel and accommodation, equipment and materials, in coordination with Admin, Finance and other teams.

Training monitoring, quality & learning follow-up:

• Maintain and review a training dashboard covering planned and completed batches, attendance, completion, assessments, feedback, learning progress and pending actions, disaggregated by cohort and role..
• Analyse participant assessment results, feedback, facilitator observations and agency reports to identify recurring learning gaps and implementation issues, and plan corrective actions.
• Plan and coordinate refresher trainings based on identified needs, and agree additional support (repeat sessions, practice, coaching or reassessment) for participants who have not demonstrated required competencies.
• Document learning from each rollout and refresher phase and incorporate it into the training approach for subsequent cohorts.
• Review final reports, dashboards, participant learning records and other agency outputs, ensure agreed documentation and materials are handed over to Room to Read, and share key learnings and recommendations with relevant teams

Preferred candidate profile:

• Bachelors degree in Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Management or a related field. A postgraduate qualification or professional certification in education, training or learning and development is desirable.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in education or development programs, including substantial responsibility for planning and managing training across multiple cohorts or locations.
• Experience managing an external training agency, training partners or facilitators, with responsibility for monitoring delivery timelines and quality.
• Experience using assessments, facilitator observations and field feedback to identify learning gaps, arrange corrective training and improve subsequent cohorts.
• Strong experience working with program and technical teams to translate field implementation needs into practical training plans for different roles.
• Ability to manage concurrent training batches, budgets, logistics and stakeholders across multiple locations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Hindi and English, with willingness to travel within Jharkhand.
• Experience in foundational literacy or large-scale government education programs is desirable.