Vice President - Sector Skill Councils (SSCs)

National Skill Development Corporation; Delhi; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is seeking a strategic leader to design and oversee governance and operations for Sector Skill Councils. The role focuses on ensuring performance, collaboration with SSCs, and alignment with NSQF standards, while mentoring SSC leadership and representing NSDC in key industry forums.

The position requires 20+ years in operations and strong experience with boards, senior stakeholders, and the skilling ecosystem in India.

Qualifications

• MBA required or preferred; CS beneficial but not mandatory.
• 20+ years in operations management across multiple subsidiaries or large-scale structures.
• Experience with boards, senior stakeholders, and skilling ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with SSCs to ensure efficient implementation of NSDC mandates.
• Develop and implement NSDC strategy for SSC governance and performance.
• Oversee qualification packs, standards, and NSQF alignment; drive best practices across SSC ecosystem.
• Represent NSDC in industry forums and state-level SSC meetings; mentor SSC leadership.
• Coordinate with NSDC stakeholders to secure approvals and enable accreditation/certification.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy planning

Governance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Master’s in Business Administration

Company Secretary (CS) preferred

Job description

Vice President - Sector Skill Councils (SSCs)

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

Purpose:

One of the major pillars of NSDC’s strength are Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), which play a vital role in bridging the gap between what the industry demands and what the skilling requirements ought to be. The SSCs operate as an autonomous body and could be registered as a Section 8 Company. NSDC is mandated to initiate and incubate SSCs with initial seed funding to facilitate their growth and enable them to achieve self-sustainability in a time bound manner. Currently the main purpose of this position to strategies and envision the structure, Governance and operations of sector skills council and suggest innovative ways by benchmarking with Global best practices.

Build and implement NSDC strategy for ensuring performance and governance of Sector Skills Councils.

• Lead NSDC's collaboration & co-working with SSC and efficiency and quality in implementation of NSDC’s mandates across Industries.
• Create strategy to support SSC's in identifying skill needs in a particular sector, creation of a development plan and having a skill inventory.
• Govern skills/competency standards and qualifications get them notified as per NSQF.
• Ensure effective working of SSC's through periodic connects, reviews and action planning.
• Serve as point of escalation for SSC's in the state to address any concerns
• Represent NSDC in relevant meetings / forums related to Industry-SSC meetings.
• Supervise SSC in creating Qualification Packs, work with NSDC Stakeholders to get the same reviewed and approved.
• Liaison with SSC to provide support in Assessments and Certification.
• Guide, Mentor and motivate SSCs on Industry outreach and skill requirement gathering.
• Represent NSDC in relevant meetings / forums related to Industry-SSC meetings.
• Facilitate identification of Best Practices across SSC's and support SSC's in leveraging the same in their eco system.

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience:

Education Qualifications:Master’s in Business administration,CS Preferred, however same is not mandatory.

Experience Minimum 20 years of experience in relevant field like Operations Management of multiple Subsidiaries. Business Performance

Monitoring. Managing Multiple Boardsand Senior Industry Stakeholders. Exposure with Skilling ecosystem

Language Skills:Must be fluent in English, Hindi. Local language would be an added advantage.