Faculty, Wadhwani Center for Government Digital Transformation (WGDT)

Job Overview:

Position Name:

Faculty, Wadhwani Center for Government Digital Transformation (WGDT)

Work Location:       

Delhi

About Wadhwani Foundation (www.wfglobal.org):

Mission: Accelerating economic development in emerging economies through high-value job creation Objectives: Enabling the creation of 10M jobs and placement of 25M by 2030 across 20-25 emerging economies

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies by driving large-scale job creation through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, today the Foundation is scaling impact in 25 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America through various Initiatives.  More details on the various programs at the end of the document.

Job Description:

Learning Strategy & Subject Matter Expertise

· Work in conjunction with the WGDT Academy team to decide subject matter and the best methodologies for training the target audiences (central and state government bureaucrats) 

· Create the content on Emerging Technologies such as data science, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, Generative AI for a senior audience of government officials with relevant social sector examples and use cases.

· Help formulate case studies using no/low code tools for senior policymakers.

· Review the learning content as designed by the Curriculum designer to ensure accuracy and depth from the subject matter perspective

· Research, produce and deliver high-quality learning assets like training decks, facilitator guides, learner guides, assessments, and other supporting content

Learning Delivery

· Demonstrate strong teaching skills for a senior audience in both a classroom and virtual classroom environment and be able to modify teaching styles accordingly

· Manage multiple teaching projects simultaneously and liaise with the stakeholders to execute course requirements

· Take full responsibility for assigned cohorts from a classroom set up, to group assignments, to learning intervention, and then on to data collection on usage, assessment, quality, feedback, etc.

· Be able to collate and illustrate points using the flipped classroom and case study methodology, as per the major requirements of adult learning

· Identify and address individual learner requirements so that there is “no student left behind”, which includes follow-ups for assignments, assessments, and feedback to and from learners

· Demonstrate excellent stakeholder relationship management skills

· Use all modern communication tools like Teams, Zoom, or other learning platforms as might be required

· She/he has experience in both in-person and online training for a senior audience.

Requirements

• You have at least 7 years of experience
  
• You have at least 3 years of experience in the emerging technology as trainer (freelance or full time)
  
• You possess awareness and deep knowledge of the subject area including latest analytics based technologies
  
• You can instruct senior-level learners, with a talent for effectively engaging adult students of diverse ages and backgrounds.
  
• You have competency in teach technical subjects to a non-technical audience, using simple language and avoiding excessive jargon.
  
• Work in governance and policy will be an asset but is not essential
  
• Effective verbal communication skills
  

Technical skills:

o   Expert level knowledge of one or more of the Emerging Technologies such as data science, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, Generative AI and large language models

o   Knowledge of a no/low code tools like Orange/Knime is helpful (but not essential)

o   Knowledge of Python/ R is helpful (but not essential)

o   Ability to handle and engage a heterogeneous participant base with maturity

o   Experience in using and creating content for Virtual Learning platforms, MOOCs

o   Experience in building new case studies, use cases and assessments in emerging technology areas

o   At least a Bachelors’ degree