We are looking for:
- MBA /MBE/ MSW/ MA Economics / Social Sciences/Other disciplines
- 4-12 years of relevant experience
- Prior experience of working in education /other social sectors (preferred)
Competencies:
- Comprehensive understanding of higher education landscape ( policy, regulatory, etc)
- Ability to interface with stakeholders at mid/ senior level( govt, regulatory, universities, industry, etc)
- Primary and Secondary research,
- Managing events/delegations/ conferences
- Analysis & Report writing
- Project Management
- Excellent presentation skills and MS office suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, FORMS, TEAMS)
Principal Accountabilities:
Thought Leadership/Policy Advocacy work in Higher Education
- Work with the Higher Education Committee leadership and members in identifying the important areas/topics for thought leadership papers, reports, articles, etc.
- Interface regularly with regulatory bodies/ Ministry of Education/Other related ministries/state govts and pro-actively engage in developing FICCI report/inputs on any govt notification, policy document, etc
- Develop strategic partnerships with University leaders/ multilateral/bilateral organizations and other important stakeholders in higher education
FICCI Higher Education Committee & Taskforces (TF)
- Conduct periodic committee meetings under the guidance of Committee leadership (develop agenda, prepare minutes, etc).
- Identify and create small groups of experts/Task Forces to address specific sectoral issues
- Work with the identified Task Forces (TFs) in developing papers and executing bespoke projects
- The Task Force work would include report writing, project implementation, surveys and research; events/webinars/masterclasses; program development and implementation
- Work towards mobilizing new members and manage the membership engagement/activities
Higher Education Summit (HES)
- Organize and manage the annual global FICCI Higher Education Summit
- Work with the Committee leadership in designing the conference program and in identifying national and international partners
- Manage masterclasses/workshops and focused closed-door interactions between industry and academic leaders.
- Work towards generating revenue for the department through sponsorship, delegate participation, etc
- Manage social media branding and its effective execution.
- Coordination with speakers and delegate mobilization; developing post show report
Projects
- Work towards identifying/executing projects in the space of industry-academia engagement. Reconnect with FICCI's NKFH ( National Knowledge Functional Hub) partners and initiate activities based on the NKFH framework
- Organize various capacity building programs of faculty and Higher Education Leadership
- Engage with World Bank and other global agencies and explore joint projects.
- Identify and explore projects of mutual interest with Central govt agencies/ state governments
Webinars/Workshops/Masterclasses/Delegations
- Ideate and execute masterclasses, workshops, webinars on important/relevant topic.
- Engage Committee leadership and senior government functionaries in some of the identified/select ones.
- Develop partnerships with external partners and generate revenue for the organization.
Reports/ Recommendations
- Keep a close eye on recent government announcements (policies, regulations, amendments and develop FICCI inputs/recommendations for their consideration
- Work with the Knowledge Partner in providing information through secondary research (wherever required) for the annual FICCI Knowledge report released during the FICCI HE Summit every year.
- Work closely with the Key committee members/task forces and help in putting together the position papers/reports on the identified areas.
FICCI Eduwrap
- A bi-monthly sectoral newsletter with an outreach to all stakeholders (faculty, industry, students, MSMEs etc) as an outreach initiative
- Collate relevant news items /articles for every edition
- Strive to generate revenue by identifying and mobilizing potential partners who may take up advertisements for being published in the eduwrap
