Project Lead - ITI Transformation

• Job Title: Project Lead – ITI Transformation
• Location: Maharashtra
• (base location Mumbai / Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad cluster, with travel across
• assigned ITI clusters in the state
• Travel: As per the project need

Position Overview

• Lend A Hand India is hiring a Project Lead to
• own the day-to-day leadership of ITI transformation operations across Lend A
• Hand India's assigned ITI clusters in Maharashtra. This is a state-level
• leadership role that sits at the heart of the State PMU: the Project Lead will
• coordinate with the state skills department, manage cluster teams and their
• delivery of the 10-pillar playbook, coordinate ecosystem and technology
• partners, track outcomes against milestones, and represent Lend A Hand India in
• engagements with the Central PMU. The role suits someone who can operate
• comfortably across strategy, field execution, government liaison and
• data-driven program management.

Key Responsibilities

1.

State & Cluster Program Leadership

• Lead the overall
• planning, rollout and day-to-day management of ITI transformation operations
• across Lend A Hand India’s clusters in Maharashtra (e.g., Pimpri and other
• assigned districts).
• Own delivery at the
• cluster level, from student mobilization and aspiration-building through to
• post-placement mentorship and tracking.
• Manage and mentor
• Cluster Project Coordinators/field teams (approx. 15 ITIs per cluster), setting
• clear targets, reviewing progress and unblocking implementation issues.
• Drive the baseline
• data assessment process for target ITIs and ensure findings feed into
• cluster-level planning and prioritization.
• 2.

Government & Ecosystem Coordination

• Serve as the primary
• point of coordination with the Maharashtra state skills department and relevant
• government stakeholders on ITI transformation matters.
• Coordinate with the
• Central PMU on strategy alignment, reporting requirements and cross-state
• learning.
• Build and maintain
• relationships with ecosystem and implementation partners — industry bodies,
• other NGOs and technology partners — to ensure coordinated delivery across
• pillars.

Support ITI

• principals, faculty and administration in strengthening institutional processes
• under the Admin Strengthening and Faculty Development pillars.
• 3.

Industry Engagement & Placements

• Lead local industry
• engagement efforts, particularly with employers in Maharashtra’s manufacturing
• and industrial corridors, to strengthen demand-supply mapping and Dual System
• of Training (DST)-style partnerships.
• Oversee placement
• support and apprenticeship pipelines, working with industry to convert exposure
• and training into quality job or apprenticeship outcomes.
• Support design and
• delivery of post-placement mentorship, monitoring and retention efforts, given
• known drop-off risk in the first year after placement.
• 4.

Data, Technology & Monitoring

• Ensure timely,
• accurate data reporting from cluster to State and Central PMU levels, and use
• data to identify anomalies, delays and areas needing intervention.
• Track progress
• against the program roadmap and milestones (baseline assessment, pilot
• rollout, scale-up phases) and flag risks early.
• 5.

Team & Stakeholder Management

• Build, lead and
• develop a high-performing state team, including hiring, coaching and
• performance management of cluster staff.

Represent Lend A Hand

• India and the state program in reviews with the Central PMU, donors, and
• government counterparts.
• Contribute to the
• continuous refinement of the ITI playbook and operating model based on
• on-ground learning.

Requirements

Minimum Experience

• 8–10+ years of
• experience in program/project management, with significant exposure to
• skilling, vocational training, education, or livelihoods program.

Demonstrated

• experience managing multi-stakeholder program involving government
• departments, NGOs/implementation partners, and industry.
• Prior experience
• working with or within the ITI/vocational training ecosystem (DGT, MSDE, State
• Skill Development Missions) is strongly preferred.

Experience managing

field teams and driving delivery across multiple sites/districts

simultaneously.

Educational Background

Graduate/Postgraduate

degree in any discipline; a background in social work, development studies,

education, engineering, or management is an advantage.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong stakeholder
• management and government liaison skills; comfortable engaging with state
• department officials, ITI administration, and corporate partners.
• Data-driven program management — able to work with dashboards/MIS tools, interpret outcome data,
• and translate it into action.
• Strong people
• leadership: hiring, coaching and managing distributed field teams.

Structured

• problem-solving and the ability to operate in an evolving, build-as-you-go
• program environment.
• Excellent written and
• verbal communication in English and Marathi/Hindi.
• Willingness to travel
• extensively within Maharashtra to ITI clusters and district offices.

Personal Attributes

Relationship - Oriented

• Proactive and Self - driven
• Adaptable and resilient
• Strong ownership and accountability

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