About the role
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About Medhavi Group:Established in 2013, Medhavi Group is a unified ecosystem comprising MSU and various skill-promoting organisations, dedicated to advancing skill development, vocational training, and industry-integrated higher education. With a strong outcome-driven approach, the Group has trained over 6lakh learners, achieving more than 70% employability outcomes, and currently supports 20,000+ active students across its diverse programs. Medhavi Group continues to bridge the gap between education and employment by building scalable, industry-aligned talent pathways across India. Work Integrated Skill based Higher Education (WISE) is Medhavi’s flagship industry-integrated initiative built on the principle of “Industry as Campus.” It combines academic learning with structured on-the-job training, ensuring students graduate with real work experience and industry-ready skills. Through deep, outcome-driven partnerships with over 300+ leading industry and skill partners across 26+ sectors including Hyundai, Mahindra, IHG Group, Nephroplus, Barbeque Nation, Nexus Select Malls, ClassPlus, Tata Electronics, Marriott, ITC, and others- WISE enables learners to acquire role- specific competencies directly within live business environments. WISE creates a demand-driven talent pipeline for industries that enhances employability, improves workforce productivity, and bridges the industry skill gap.
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Role Overview:We are seeking a self-driven Skill Development Consultant to anchor our presence in Gujarat from Gandhinagar. This is an independent, ownership-heavy role: you will build and manage relationships with state government departments and missions, position our NSQF- aligned and credit-linkedprogrammes with schools, colleges and universities, and convert those relationships into signed partnerships and funded programmes.
Key Responsibilities:1. Government Relations & Institutional Liaison
- Build and sustain working relationships with different state bodies including the
- Department of Labour, Skill Development & Employment, Skill Development
- Missions, Directorate of Employment & Training, private schools and colleges and relevant district administrations.
- Track state and central scheme announcements, tenders, EOIs and RFPs; flag opportunities early and drive internal go/no-go decisions.
- Represent the organisation in departmental meetings, review committees, empanelment processes and government-convened workshops.
- Support empanelment, affiliation and centre approval processes with state agencies and sector skill councils.
- Map proposed courses to NSQF levels and the relevant National Occupational
- Standards (NOS) and Qualification Packs (QPs).
- Structure programmes for academic credit alignment under NCrF, ensuring credit definitions,learning hours and assessment design stand up to institutional and regulatory scrutiny.
- Coordinate with the academic team on credit transfer, ABC registration and embedding of vocational credits into school and higher education programmes.
- Interpret NCVET, UGC, AICTE and NEP 2020 guidance for institutional partners and translate it into practical implementation plans.
- Draft high-quality proposals, concept notes, MoUs and commercial offers for the introduction of new skill courses in schools, colleges and universities.
- Build costing models, delivery plans, infrastructure requirements and outcome frameworks that are defensible to both academic committees and finance heads.
- Prepare tender and bid documentation for government skilling projects, including technical write-ups, compliance annexures and past-performance narratives.
- Customise pitch material by audience — school management, college principals, university registrars, government officials, and CSR decision-makers.
- Own the pipeline end to end: prospecting, first meeting, proposal, negotiation, closure, and handover to delivery.
- Promote courses and partnership models independently, without day-to-day supervision, and be accountable for conversion targets.
- Organise and lead orientation sessions, principal conclaves, counsellor briefings and awareness drives to generate demand.
- Maintain an accurate CRM/tracker of institutions, officials, opportunities and stage-wise status; report progress fortnightly.
- Support mobilisation, batch launch and initial delivery coordination for partnerships you originate.
- Liaise with training partners, assessment agencies and awarding bodies as required.
- Contribute to compliance documentation, MIS reporting and audit readiness for government-funded projects.
Qualifications & Skills Required:
- Education: Graduate in any discipline; a postgraduate qualification (MBA, MSW, M.A.Education, or equivalent) is preferred.
- Experience: 5–8 years in the skill development, vocational education or workforce developmentsector, with demonstrable ownership of government or institutional relationships.
- Domain knowledge (non-negotiable):
- NSQF structure, level descriptors and application
- National Occupational Standards (NoS), Qualification Packs and QP/NOS
- codes
- Academic credit alignment — NCrF, credit calculation, ABC, credit transfer
- into school and higher education
- Working familiarity with NCVET, sector skill councils, and the central/state
- scheme landscape (PMKVY, Samagra Shiksha vocational education, NAPS/NATS, state skill missions)
- Track record: Evidence of having independently sourced, drafted and won proposals, tenders or institutional partnerships.
- Language: Fluency in Hindi and English. Any 3 rd language will be useful
- Mobility: Willing to travel across states;
What We Offer
- Opportunity to architect and scale a future-focused, industry-integrated higher education ecosystem.
- Leadership role in a rapidly growing national skills and university platform.
- A collaborative, mission-driven environment.
- The opportunity to create a measurable impact on employability and workforce transformation at scale.
How to ApplyWe celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.