AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST
JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position:
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Trainer- TPC cum Entrepreneurship
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Program:
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Livelihoods
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Role:
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Trainer- Training cum Production centre (TPC) and Promote Entrepreneurship
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Reporting
Relationship:
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Project Officer -Skilling & Livelihoods
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Location:
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Bengaluru, Nashik, Pune, Chennai, Guwahati, Patna, Delhi
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Number of Positions:
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7 (1 at each Location)
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Nature of
Employment
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Fixed term until 31st March 2027 (extendable as per individual’s performance and organization’s need).
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ABOUT AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST
The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji, and the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, AIF has impacted the lives of more than 19.63 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India. Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and governance standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and responsible management of resources. As per statutory mandates, AIF is registered under 80G, and 12A. These registrations and certifications are tangible evidence of the organization's existence, credibility, and compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks while demonstrating a firm commitment to its vision and mission. Learn more at www.aifindia.org
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
AIF’s Livelihoods program envisions a world where poor and vulnerable communities have access to dignified work opportunities, empowering them with sustainable livelihoods. Since 2006, the Livelihoods Program has directly and indirectly served 2.20 million people from vulnerable communities. Leveraging technology to provide financial and market linkages, knowledge, skills, and dignified work opportunities, the program helps the communities secure jobs, manage enterprises, and make a respectable living. Since its inception in 2006, through its flagship programs Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) and Ability Based Livelihood Empowerment (ABLE), AIF Livelihoods has provided program support to 825,960 disadvantaged youth, women and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and impacted 343,727 livelihoods.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Generational Urban Poverty Alleviation Program (GenUP) is conceived to address the persistent cycle of generational urban poverty affecting communities like street vendors, migrant workers, women, youth, and persons with disabilities. Decades of evidence from AIF’s on-ground work revealed that families engaged in low-income urban occupations for generations struggle to break the cycle due to limited skills, low financial access, and inadequate market opportunities. GenUP aims to disrupt this cycle by empowering households through a holistic 5E framework—Employment, Entrepreneurship, Entitlements, Environment, and Ecosystem Building.
The program’s core objective is to enable multi-income, resilient households by providing 21stcentury skills, entrepreneurial support, market linkages, digital inclusion, and access to government schemes.
KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Core Responsibilities (60%)
- Develop and facilitate dynamic training programs in Apparel and Textile Design, soft skills, and entrepreneurship, aligned with the NSDC curriculum.
- Develop, adapt, and update training materials, lesson plans, and curriculum based on skill gaps and participant needs.
- Employ diverse instructional techniques to support different learning styles and ensure high comprehension and retention.
- Foster an inclusive and supportive learning environment that encourages active participation and collaboration.
- Provide personalized feedback, mentoring, and guidance to enhance participant learning.
- Ensure timely delivery of curriculum and address trainee queries related to training and placement.
- Deliver entrepreneurship development training covering business planning, financial literacy, digital tools, and enterprise management.
- Conduct need-based assessments to customize training for women entrepreneurs.
- Facilitate exposure visits, demonstrations, and practical learning sessions.
- Support beneficiaries in preparing business plans and accessing credit, schemes, and social security benefits.
- Provide one-on-one counselling on enterprise ideas, career goals, and livelihood pathways.
- Track progress of each entrepreneur and offer post-training handholding support.
- Facilitate onboarding of women onto digital platforms such as UPI, billing apps, Mera Bill, ecommerce, and government portals.
- Identify and coordinate placement opportunities, apprenticeships, and market linkages for trained women.
- Collaborate with local businesses, financial institutions, government departments, SHGs, and market players to strengthen enterprise support.
- Cultivate partnerships with community organizations and employers to enhance livelihood outcomes.
- Ensure retention of trainees throughout the program and minimize dropouts.
- Conduct daily calling and counselling of absentee candidates to ensure regular participation.
- Maintain accurate records of training activities, attendance, counselling notes, assessments, and success stories.
- Ensure documentation of field visits, enterprise verification, and follow-ups.
- Support monitoring and evaluation by collecting data, analysing outcomes, and generating insights for program improvement.
- Onboard and orient candidates on AIF’s LMS portal.
- Conduct and analyse the endline assessment on AIF LMS.
- Maintain all required program documentation for reporting purposes.
Mobilization (20%)
- Support baseline assessment.
- Assess and evaluate candidates based on their understanding post mobilization.
- Provide counselling to mobilized candidates, addressing their questions, concerns, and offering guidance.
Entrepreneurship Promotion (20%)
- Maintain 90% attendance in the batch.
- Maintain 100% Pass percentage of each batch in External Assessment.
- To ensure timely receipt and delivery of minimum required pieces of work order from buyer on monthly basis.
- Support women in home run TPC setup and in other trade specific areas.
- Any other task as assigned by the line manager from time to time.
- To ensure tracking of self-employed candidates for Six Months.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Graduate/Postgraduate in Social Work, Management, Development Studies, or relevant field with Diploma/ Degree in Textile and Apparel Designing.
- 3–4 years of experience in training, counselling, livelihoods, entrepreneurship, or women empowerment programs.
- Experience working with SHGs, micro-entrepreneurs, or skill development programs preferred.
- Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel), and LMS
- Skilled in 21st century employability skills training delivery, Strong and updated knowledge about dress making, apparel, Stitching.
- Well informed of labor market trends, employer needs and best practices in career services
- English and Hindi communication skills –both written and verbal
- Proven experience as apparel sector, Garment industries
- Should have a flair for teaching & will also be required to guide the students through their projects
OTHERS: Salary shall commensurate with experience.
POSITION AVAILABILITY: Immediate
APPLICATION PROCESS: To apply for this position, please click here
Only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
AIFT is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and ensures equal opportunity for all, without discrimination.