Director - Programme Design & Development

About Organization
Magic Bus India Foundation is one of India’s leading NGOs in education and skilling, working across 22 states and union territories for over 26 years. Through its Adolescent and Livelihood Programmes, Magic Bus equips young people from underserved communities with life, employability, and entrepreneurship skills to help them transition from childhood to livelihood. The organization has built a strong ecosystem comprising 30,000 schools, 343 Community Learning Centres, 133 Livelihood Centres, and 1,130+ college partnerships.

To date, Magic Bus has impacted over 35 lakh adolescents and 5 lakh youth, with a strong focus on empowering girls and young women.
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The role of Director - Program Design & Development provides strategic leadership for the design, development, innovation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement of the organization's Adolescents Programme portfolio. The role ensures that all curricula, learning solutions, master training systems and program models are evidence based, scalable, and aligned with organizational strategy and donor expectations. The Director works closely with Program Operations, Impact team, partnerships, Collaboration & Capacity Building, Technology, and external stakeholders to create impactful solutions that improve learning outcomes for children, adolescents, educators, and communities.
Core Competencies
Strategic Leadership

• Demonstrates systems thinking and the ability to develop a long-term vision for programme growth and impact.

• Drives innovation by identifying emerging trends and translating them into strategic programme initiatives,

• Leading change effectively to strengthen organizational performance and achieve sustainable outcomes.

Technical Expertise

• Possesses deep expertise in curriculum and instructional design, learning sciences, competency-based education, assessment design, and adult learning principles.

• Applies research and evidence to develop high-quality, scalable programmes

• Leverages digital learning ecosystems to enhance learner engagement and programme effectiveness.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Builds and develops high performing teams through coaching, mentoring, and continuous professional development.

• Effectively influences internal and external stakeholders, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and

• Make informed, data-driven decisions to achieve organizational goals.

Personal Effectiveness

• Demonstrates a growth and learner mindset, coupled with creativity and analytical thinking to solve complex challenges.

• Communicates ideas clearly and persuasively, champions inclusion and equity in programme design and implementation,

• Remains focused on delivering results and adapts effectively to changing priorities and environments.

• Maintains high standards of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

Specific tasks and responsibilities
Strategic Leadership

• Define and lead the strategic vision for adolescent programme design, curriculum innovation, and learning transformation.

• Build a future-ready portfolio that integrates education, life skills, employability, digital literacy, and emerging skills aligned to evolving social and economic realities.

• Drive innovation across education, employability skills, life skills, future skills, digital learning, and sports for development, ensuring programmes remain relevant, scalable, evidence-based, and responsive to the evolving needs of adolescents

• Identify and integrate emerging trends in education, AI, climate education, entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, leadership, citizenship, and mental well-being into programme design and learning ecosystems.

• Position the organization as a thought leader by driving research, evidence generation, innovation, and sector partnerships that strengthen programme effectiveness, influence practice, and enhance strategic impact.

Program Design
- Lead the end-to-end design of Employability programmes, Career guidance programmes, Life skills curriculum, Social Emotional Learning, Future Skills, Functional English, Foundational Literacy & Numeracy (FLN), Digital Literacy,…