Assistant Manager (Government Partnerships)

Position Overview: Vocational education is now part of school learning from Grade 6. NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023 set the direction, and CBSE has started Kaushal Bodh for Grades 6-8 and Kaushal Vikas for Grades 9-10.

Done well, children learn by building, growing, cooking and repairing. They understand how things work, respect all kinds of work, and see more choices for their future. Done badly, it becomes one more period on the timetable.

Two things decide which one happens: how well teachers are prepared, and whether their material works in a real classroom. This role builds both as one system, and helps states use it at scale.

Purpose of the role: You will find the needs that keep coming up across states, build solutions many states can use, and help each state adapt them without losing what makes them work. You will always look for ways to reach more teachers with less manual effort, using technology where it helps and keeping people where they matter most. You will set the standard for how LAHI prepares teachers and builds learning material, and lead a small team that designs training and material.

Your closest partners are LAHI state teams. You will lead a small team, including a senior associate for teacher training, writers, instructional designers and designers, supported by subject and language specialists. Training reaches teachers through master trainers and state and district trainers. Outside LAHI, you will work with SCERTs, DIETs, state departments, boards, universities and local practitioners.

Several states may need different things urgently at once, and you will be asked to release work before it is tested. You will need to tell apart what one state needs now from what every state will need, keep quality while offering a practical way forward, and travel often to stay close to schools.