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About Wadhwani Foundation (www.wfglobal.org):

Mission: Accelerating economic development in emerging economies through high-value job creation Objectives: Enabling the creation of 10M jobs and placement of 25M by 2030 across 20-25 emerging economies

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies by driving large-scale job creation through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dr.Romesh Wadhwani, today the Foundation is scaling impact in 25 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America through various Initiatives. More details on the various programs at the end of the document.

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Learning Strategy & Subject Matter Expertise

• Work in conjunction with the WIPT Academy team to decide subject matter and the best methodologies for training the target audiences (central and state government bureaucrats)
• Create the content on Emerging Technologies such as data science, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, drones, blockchain, internet of things for a senior audience of government officials with relevant social sector examples and use cases.
• Help formulate case studies using no/low code tools for senior policymakers.
• Review the learning content as designed by the Curriculum designer to ensure accuracy and depth from the subject matter perspective.
• Research, produce and deliver high-quality learning assets like training decks, facilitator guides, learner guides, assessments, and other supporting content.

Learning Delivery

• Demonstrate strong teaching skills for a senior audience in both a classroom and virtual classroom environment and be able to modify teaching styles accordingly
• Manage multiple teaching projects simultaneously and liaise with the stakeholders to execute course requirements.
• Take full responsibility for assigned cohorts from a classroom set up, to group assignments, to learning intervention, and then on to data collection on usage, assessment, quality, feedback, etc.
• Be able to collate and illustrate points using the flipped classroom and case study methodology, as per the major requirements of adult learning.
• Identify and address individual learner requirements so that there is no student left behind, which includes follow-ups for assignments, assessments, and feedback to and from learners.
• Demonstrate excellent stakeholder relationship management skills.
• Use all modern communication tools like Teams, Zoom, or other learning platforms as might be required.
• She/he has experience in both in-person and online training for a senior audience.

Skills & Experience:

• Should have minimum 7 years of experience out of which at least 3 years of experience in the emerging technology as trainer (freelance or full time)
• Must possess awareness and deep knowledge of the subject area including latest analytics-based technologies.
• Should have experience in instructing senior-level learners, with a talent for effectively engaging adult students of diverse ages and backgrounds.
• Competency in teaching technical subjects to a non-technical audience, using simple language and avoiding excessive jargon.
• Work in governance and policy will be an asset but is not essential.
• Effective verbal communication skills

Technical skills:

• Expert level knowledge of one or more of the Emerging Technologies such as data science, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, drones, blockchain, internet of things
• Knowledge of a no/low code tools like Orange/Knime is helpful (but not essential)
• Knowledge of Python/ R is helpful (but not essential)
• Ability to handle and engage a heterogeneous participant base with maturity.
• Experience in using and creating content for Virtual Learning platforms, MOOCs.
• Experience in building new case studies, use cases and assessments in emerging technology areas
• Should have a Bachelors degree

Various Programs at Wadhwani Foundation:

1. Wadhwani Advantage: Accelerating the growth of tens of thousands of SMEs by providing personalized, on-demand knowledge and consulting resources through an AI-enabled mobile platform to create millions of new jobs.

2. Wadhwani Entrepreneur: Inspiring, educating, and enabling Startup entrepreneurs

a. Wadhwani Venture Fastrack: Maximizes success rates of early-stage startups with enhanced business traction and funding opportunities

b. Wadhwani NEN: Empowers students with knowledge and skills through Courses and Startup Labs to create high-potential startups

c. Wadhwani Inspire: Establishes a nationwide culture of entrepreneurship

3. Wadhwani Opportunity: Empowering millions of students with 21st century employability skills that drive family supporting wages.

4. Wadhwani AI (a partner program): A first-of-its-kind AI research institute in the world a non-profit dedicated exclusively to applying AI for social good.

5. Wadhwani Catalyst: Invest in high quality entrepreneurs with scalable business models across emerging markets, with a focus in India. The fund will catalyse businesses across sectors, with the overall objective of accelerating economic development by creating livelihoods/ jobs.

6. Wadhwani Institute of Technology and Policy (WITP): Support government and civil society at large with the dual mission of (1) Providing information, insights, and recommendations for the application of technology for policy making, policy implementation, and policy outcomes measurement. (2) Creating a Technology-focused Training Academy for upskilling policy makers, bureaucrats and technocrats with relevant technologies and the application of the same to their respective ministries and missions.

Wadhwani Corporate Profile: (Click on this link)

Our Culture:

WF is a global not-for-profit, and works like a start-up, in a fast-moving, dynamic pace where change is the only constant and flexibility is the key to success.

Three mantras that we practice across job roles, levels, functions, programs and initiatives, are Quality, Speed, Scale, in that order.

We are an ambitious and inclusive organization, where everyone is encouraged to contribute and ideate. We are intensely and insanely focused on driving excellence in everything we do.

We want individuals with the drive for excellence, and passion to do whatever it takes to deliver world class outcomes to our beneficiaries. We set our own standards often more rigorous than what our beneficiaries demand, and we want individuals who love it this way.

We have a creative and highly energetic environment one in which we look to each other to innovate new solutions not only for our beneficiaries but for ourselves too. Open to collaborate with a borderless mentality, often going beyond the hierarchy and siloed definitions of functional KRAs, are the individuals who will thrive in our environment.

This is a workplace where expertise is shared with colleagues around the globe. Individuals uncomfortable with change, constant innovation, and short learning cycles and those looking for stability and orderly working days may not find WF to be the right place for them.

Finally, we want individuals who want to do greater good for the society leveraging their area of expertise, skills and experience.

The foundation is an equal opportunity firm with no bias towards gender, race, colour, ethnicity, country, language, age and any other dimension that comes in the way of progress.

Join us and be a part of us!