Udhyam Learning Foundation
About the organization
Udhyam Learning Foundation (Udhyam) is on a mission towards Making Bharat Entrepreneurial. We believe that entrepreneurship is a powerful way to channelize an individual’s potential. Entrepreneurship enables agency and allows an individual to work on their strengths while creating value for the world.
Organization's programs
• Udhyam Shiksha works on developing entrepreneurial mindsets among the youth and enabling them to achieve their potential, having impacted ~24,00,000 learners across 12 Indian states.
• Udhyam Vyapaar focuses on nano businesses in India, and solving large problems faced by them, at scale; having already enabled up to a 27% income uplift for 5000+ entrepreneurs.The goal for Udhyam is to build a thriving and supportive ecosystem, where every individual feels empowered to define their own path
Key responsibilities
- Project Implementation: Take end-to-end ownership of executing various small and large scale components of the overall program, regularly share progress and challenges with the team and stakeholders
- Stakeholder Liaisoning: Work with multiple stakeholders and build strong working relationships including government officials, partner organizations, resource persons, school principals and teachers
- Data Collection and Organizing: Document data related to program implementation including reports from field visits, challenges and insights.
Skills, Experience and Mindsets
- People skills - 3+ years of experience working collaboratively with govt stakeholders, preferably in the education sector
- Planning and Execution - Should be an independent thinker and problem solver, able to navigate uncertainty and execute small scale implementations involving multiple stakeholders.
- Bias for action - Hands on with operations, willing to pilot and experiment with different strategies, interact regularly with students and various stakeholders across the state, and make things happen with low budgets
- Comfortable working in a fast paced and ambiguous environment
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills - English & Hindi
- Ability to work with multiple teams and manage specific asks and requirements
