Role Purpose:
The Associate Manager – Learning & Development is responsible for designing and delivering learning experiences that build employee capability, strengthen leadership, and enhance employee experience. The role partners with business teams to identify learning needs and delivers scalable learning solutions through facilitation, instructional design, onboarding, employee engagement, and digital learning.
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct learning needs analysis and design learning strategies aligned with organizational priorities.
Create engaging learning journeys, learning resources, and digital learning solutions for employees, managers, and leaders.
Lead end-to-end onboarding programs that build role clarity, cultural alignment, and employee readiness.
Design employee engagement initiatives, learning campaigns, and experience touchpoints that strengthen belonging and learning culture.
Facilitate workshops, leadership programs, induction sessions, and capability-building interventions.
Build facilitation capability across teams through coaching, learning cohorts, and collaborative learning experiences.
Partner with internal stakeholders, SMEs, and external vendors to design and deliver high-quality learning initiatives.
Manage learning operations, LMS, learning resources, project timelines, budgets, and vendor relationships.
Track learning outcomes through analytics, feedback, and reporting to improve learning effectiveness.
Drive continuous improvement by strengthening learning processes, digital learning, and knowledge management.
Key Deliverables:
End-to-end learning journeys, onboarding programs, and capability-building initiatives
Learning resources, LMS courses, toolkits, and communication collateral
Employee engagement and learning campaigns
Learning operations, stakeholder, SME, and vendor management
Learning analytics, dashboards, reporting, and continuous improvement
Required Experiences & Skills:
8+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, HRD, or Instructional Design.
Exposure to the development/social impact sector is preferred.
Experience conducting learning needs analysis and designing, facilitating, and evaluating learning interventions.
Experience managing learning projects, onboarding programs, Learning Management Systems (LMS), and cross-functional stakeholder partnerships.
Experience engaging with cross-functional stakeholders and coordinating dependencies across teams.
Willingness and commitment to continuous learning and collaboration.
Salary:
The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 66,000 /- per month (cost to company) (The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)
Benefits:
In addition to your compensation, you are also eligible for a suite of benefits designed to support your well-being and growth:
- Comprehensive Personal Accident Insurance covering up to ₹10,00,000 annually
- Mediclaim Insurance covering up to ₹3,00,000 annually, supported through our insurance partner, who also offer additional wellness benefits
- Reach for the Stars (RFS) amount of up to ₹5,000 to support your self-learning and knowledge-building efforts
- Internet allowance of up to ₹750/month, reimbursable based on actual usage to support flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- For employees with children under the age of 6 years, Quest offers childcare or day care fee support through a monthly matching contribution of up to ₹3,000, helping you create a supportive work-life balance
- Offering Menstrual Leave, 1 day per month across the country
- Access to emotional health and wellbeing programs such as:
* Group sessions worth ₹8,000 per session fully covered by the organisation
* 1:1 counselling sessions (worth ₹2,000 per session), fully covered by the organisation
To Apply:
Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form via the ATS (Zoho Recruit) platform:
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About Quest Alliance:
Quest Alliance prepares young learners in India with the skills, mindsets, and support systems they need to thrive in life, learning, and work.
A social impact organization with close to two decades of experience, Quest Alliance works at the intersection of technology and future skills to make learning more equitable and relevant, especially for socially and economically vulnerable learners.
The organization influences systems to empower young learners in government high schools and trade and vocational institutes to holistically navigate their education to career transitions.
Quest Alliance works across 12 Indian states and is partnered with nine state governments, over 80 CSOs, national ministries, and funders. It has impacted 1.8 million young lives to date.
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At Quest Alliance, we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities employer, embracing applications from all segments of the community. We are committed to ensuring that every applicant and employee is treated with fairness and respect, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, caste, religious belief, age, or any other factor that is irrelevant to performance. Your individuality is valued and respected within our organization.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, HRD, or Instructional Design
- Exposure to the development/social impact sector
- Experience conducting learning needs analysis and designing, facilitating, and evaluating learning interventions
- Experience managing learning projects, onboarding programs, and Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders and coordinating dependencies across teams
- Willingness and commitment to continuous learning and collaboration
What We Do
Quest Alliance is a not-for-profit trust focused on research-led innovation and advocacy in teaching and learning, equipping young people with 21st-century skills through technology-enabled self-learning experiences.
