Location: Bangalore/ Delhi (Open to candidates in either of these locations)
Quest Alliance is looking for a Specialist – Career Pathways & Industry Systems to strengthen learner transitions from vocational training into meaningful work.
The role will support the design and strengthening of multiple career pathways including wage employment, apprenticeships, self-employment, green careers, and emerging livelihood opportunities. The individual will work closely with employers, training institutions, state teams, and internal stakeholders to strengthen industry engagement models, improve transition systems, identify emerging opportunities, and generate insights that improve learner outcomes.
The role sits at the intersection of Industry Engagement, Meaningful Work Transition, Future Skills, and institutional strengthening. It combines ecosystem building, systems improvement, labour market understanding, and operational excellence.
1. Career Pathways Development
Identify and strengthen multiple pathways that support learner transitions, including jobs, apprenticeships, self-employment, green careers, gig work, and emerging sectors.
Support the development and testing of pathway models that improve learner access to opportunities.
Track emerging trends in careers, livelihoods, and workforce transitions.
Contribute to frameworks related to quality of work, transition readiness, and career progression.
Support pilots and innovations that expand pathway opportunities for learners.
Build and maintain relationships with employers, industry associations, sector skill councils, chambers of commerce, and ecosystem partners.
Develop long-term industry engagement approaches that move beyond transactional placement relationships.
Support the creation of industry advisory groups, employer forums, mentorship opportunities, workplace exposure initiatives, and apprenticeship pipelines.
Identify opportunities for collaboration between training institutions and industry partners.
Strengthen the value proposition for employers engaging with ITIs, VTIs, and other training ecosystems.
Develop an understanding of local and regional labour market trends.
Identify growth sectors, emerging occupations, and changing skill requirements.
Gather insights from employers and ecosystem stakeholders regarding workforce needs.
Support the translation of labour market insights into recommendations for program design, learner support, and stakeholder engagement.
Maintain a repository of sector and opportunity intelligence to support decision-making.
Strengthen systems related to placement support, employer engagement, learner tracking, and transition monitoring.
Support institutions in building sustainable processes that improve learner transitions.
Identify opportunities for process simplification, standardization, and operational improvement.
Contribute to the development of tools, frameworks, SOPs, and capacity-building resources.
Support mainstreaming efforts by documenting and institutionalizing effective practices.
Work with Product, Data, and Program teams to improve transition-related systems and workflows.
Identify opportunities for digitization, automation, and better use of technology in transition processes.
Support the strengthening of outcome tracking and evidence collection systems.
Generate actionable insights from employer interactions, placement data, and field observations.
Contribute to innovation initiatives that improve transition outcomes at scale.
Required Experiences & Skills:
Minimum 10 years of experience in workforce development, livelihoods, skilling, industry engagement, employability, apprenticeship ecosystems, or related fields.
Experience working with employers, industry bodies, government institutions, or workforce ecosystems.
Demonstrated experience managing multi-stakeholder partnerships.
Experience strengthening systems, processes, or institutional capacities.
Familiarity with labour market trends and workforce development challenges.
Experience working with government skilling ecosystems, ITIs, VTIs, NSDC ecosystem partners, or training institutions is desirable.
Core Capabilities
Industry & Ecosystem Building
Ability to build and sustain partnerships across employers, industry bodies, training institutions, and government stakeholders.
Labour Market Orientation
Ability to understand labour market dynamics, emerging sectors, workforce trends, and opportunity landscapes.
Systems Thinking
Ability to identify process gaps, improve workflows, and strengthen institutional systems that support learner transitions.
Insight Translation
Ability to convert employer feedback, field realities, and data into actionable recommendations and improvements.
Program Management
Ability to manage multiple workstreams, coordinate stakeholders, and drive execution in complex environments.
Within 12–18 months, the individual has:
Strengthened industry engagement models across partner ecosystems.
Expanded and diversified learner opportunity pathways.
Improved institutional systems supporting learner transitions.
Generated actionable labour market and employer insights.
Contributed to stronger transition tracking, evidence generation, and process efficiency.
Supported innovation and technology-enabled approaches that improve learner transition outcomes.
Salary:
The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 77,000 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
- Minimum 7-8 years of experience in industry associations, skilling and vocational education, and industry engagement
- Experience in stakeholder management, ecosystem partnerships, and institutional capacity building
- Demonstrated program management experience including budget management and reviews
- Experience working with government systems, ITIs, VTIs, or workforce ecosystems
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.
