Senior Associate - Teacher Training & Educator Capability

Job Title: Senior Associate -

Teacher Training & Educator Capability

Location: Pune

Travel: As per the project need

Position Overview

• To support the design, delivery and continuous
• improvement of high-quality teacher-development programmes for school
• vocational education.
• The role will combine training delivery, field engagement,
• trainer support, content development and implementation learning, with a
• focus on translating vocational education pedagogy into effective classroom and
• training practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design and development of teacher-training
• programmes, ToTs, Master Trainer programmes and other educator-capability
• initiatives.
• Facilitate teacher and trainer training programmes using
• experiential, practical and competency-based approaches.
• Support the development and refinement of training plans, session
• designs, facilitator guides, activities, practice exercises and assessment
• tools.
• Observe teachers/trainers during training and field
• implementation and provide specific, constructive feedback to improve
• facilitation and classroom practice.
• Support Master Trainers, trainers and teachers through mentoring,
• practice, reflection and follow-up.
• Participate in field visits to schools, training sites and
• implementation locations to understand challenges and support
• implementation.
• Capture field observations, participant feedback and
• implementation experiences and convert them into improvements in training,
• content and resources.
• Support the development and use of tools for trainer selection,
• readiness assessment, observation, feedback and refresher learning.
• Contribute to building and strengthening trainer pools and supporting
• cascade-training processes.
• Adapt training approaches and resources to different curricula,
• learner/teacher contexts, languages and implementation settings.
• Work closely with the Training, Content and Quality Assurance
• teams to ensure that training focuses on capability and application rather
• than attendance alone.
• Engage with teachers, Vocational Trainers, Master Trainers and
• other education stakeholders to understand their needs and identify areas
• for capacity building.
• Contribute to documentation of effective practices and lessons
• from the field for wider use across programmes.

Requirements

Minimum Experience

• 5+ years of experience in
• teacher training, teaching, adult learning, educator development or a
• related field.

Experience in skill education/vocational education would

• be strongly preferred.
• Experienced teachers, Vocational Trainers or trainers with a
• strong understanding of pedagogy and experiential learning may
• also be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating teacher/trainer training
• or professional development programs.
• Understanding of practical, experiential and
• competency-based learning approaches.
• Ability to observe classroom/training practice and provide
• meaningful, actionable feedback.
• Ability to understand new curricula quickly, pedagogical
• approaches and program requirements.
• Strong communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable with regular travel to schools, training
• sites and field locations.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with
• Training, Content and other teams.
• Experience working with government education systems, NGOs or
• large-scale education programs would be an advantage

Educational Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Education, Psychology, Social
• Sciences, Human Resource Development, Vocational Education or a related field.
• B.Ed./M.Ed. or equivalent teacher-education
• qualification would be an advantage.

Skills & Competencies

Teacher Training & Adult Learning

Experiential, Practical & Competency-Based

Learning

Training Facilitation & Session Delivery

Trainer/Master Trainer Support & Mentoring

Classroom Observation, Feedback & Coaching

Training Content, Session Plan & Assessment

Development

Field Engagement, Programme Coordination &

Stakeholder Management

Personal Attributes

Strong communication

and interpersonal skills

Confident

and engaging facilitator

Empathetic

and learner-centric

Observant

and feedback-oriented

Adaptable

and open to learning

Collaborative

• and team-oriented
• Self-driven, responsible and comfortable with field
• travel

About Lend A Hand India

• : Lend A Hand
• India (LAHI) is a leading
• national Think Tank/NGO with over 20 years of
• experience in strengthening India’s skill and vocational
• education ecosystem. LAHI works closely with 20+ State and UT
• governments through long-term partnerships, providing
• technical advisory and Project Management Unit (PMU)
• support to drive systemic reforms.

Our Mission

Equip

School Students to Maximise Their Potential Through Skill

Education

Our Approach

Direct

• implementation in schools
• Partnership with
• central-state governments to define, and scale
• policy
• Building of Centres
• of Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation

Resource

organisation for the skilling ecosystem

Our

• Knowledge in Action
• Through the design
• & execution of innovative models from training
• centres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,
• LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives both
• grassroots learning and systemic transformation across
• India. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state education
• systems across 20+ states, we provide technical and
• project management support, enabling governments to translate
• policy into action.

Our Reach

• LAHI’s current
• scale of work includes -
• 20+ States and UTs

15000+ Schools

15 Lakh+ Students

250+ Team Members