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About Magic Bus India Foundation
Magic Bus India Foundation is one of India’s leading organizations working in education, skilling, employability, and livelihood development. Through its “Childhood to Livelihood” approach, Magic Bus supports adolescents and youth from underserved communities in completing education and transitioning into sustainable livelihoods through life skills, employability training, vocational skilling, entrepreneurship, and career pathways.
The Livelihood Programme works extensively with youth and women across urban, peri-urban, and rural geographies, equipping them with 21st-century skills, workplace readiness, digital capabilities, entrepreneurship skills, and access to employment and self-employment opportunities.
Position Summary
The Director – Program Design & Development will provide strategic leadership for the design, innovation, modernization, and continuous strengthening of Magic Bus Livelihood content, curriculum, and learning systems.
The role will lead the development of future-ready, industry-aligned, youth-centric, and scalable skilling ecosystems aligned to labour market trends, AI transformation, emerging technologies, and evolving livelihood opportunities.
The incumbent will drive curriculum architecture, instructional design, pedagogy innovation, digital learning integration, programme quality frameworks, and future workforce readiness across all livelihood interventions.
The role will focus on the following areas:
21st Century Life & Employability Skills
AI-linked Connect With Work Programme (CWW)
Vocational & Domain Skilling
Digital & Advanced Technology Skilling
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment Development
The position requires a visionary leader with strong expertise in workforce development, curriculum systems, instructional design, skilling ecosystems, and future-of-work frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Programme Leadership
Lead the strategic direction and design architecture of livelihood and skilling programmes.
Develop long-term programme roadmaps aligned with labour market trends, AI disruption, technology advancements, and youth aspirations.
Ensure programmes are scalable, inclusive, outcome-oriented, and aligned with organizational priorities.
Strengthen organizational capability in future-ready employability and livelihood solutions.
2. Curriculum Development & Learning Systems
Lead end-to-end curriculum development, competency frameworks, learning pathways, and assessment systems.
Oversee development of learner handbooks, facilitator manuals, digital modules, implementation toolkits, and assessments.
Ensure curriculum alignment with NSQF standards, Qualification Packs (QPs), National Occupational Standards (NOS), and industry competency frameworks.
Introduce experiential, activity-based, and learner-centric pedagogical approaches.
3. 21st Century Skills & Employability
Strengthen curriculum related to communication, workplace readiness, leadership, teamwork, financial literacy, problem-solving, and career preparedness.
Build innovative employability frameworks to support youth transition into the workforce.
4. AI Integration & Future Skills
Lead integration of AI awareness, AI literacy, and AI-enabled workplace readiness into programme design.
Develop future skills programmes aligned with emerging industries and evolving job roles.
Integrate AI-enabled tools into curriculum design, learner engagement, assessments, and productivity enhancement.
Stay updated on trends related to AI, automation, EdTech, and future-of-work ecosystems.
5. Vocational & Industry-Aligned Skilling
Lead development of vocational and domain-skilling programmes aligned with current and future employer demand.
Collaborate with employers, Sector Skill Councils, and ecosystem stakeholders to ensure industry relevance.
Integrate behavioural, workplace, and technical competencies into programme design.
Support pathways for placements, apprenticeships, internships, and career progression.
6. Digital & Advanced Skilling
Lead design and development of digital and advanced skilling programmes in areas such as:
Data Analytics
Power BI
Tableau
Advanced Excel
AI-enabled…
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