State Resource Capacity Mumbai

Reporting To State Ecosystem Head

Organization Overview

The Wadhwani Foundation is an entrepreneurial philanthropy focused on enabling large-scale job creation by strengthening entrepreneurship skilling and small business growth across the Global South. The Foundation builds systems-level solutions that combine AI-enabled platforms structured programs and deep ecosystem partnerships to drive measurable economic outcomes. Its work spans multiple geographies and engages governments employers industry bodies financial institutions and entrepreneurship enablers. The operating model emphasizes scale execution rigor and collaboration across public and private ecosystems to deliver durable impact.

Role Overview

The State Resource Capacity Lead is responsible for building managing and activating a high-quality state-level pool of experts mentors and practitioners that enables effective delivery of skilling and entrepreneurship initiatives. The role ensures that programs have timely access to relevant locally grounded expertise aligned to small business growth employability and enterprise outcomes. Operating as the state-level extension of national resource networks the role balances local relevance with central quality standards with accountability for resource readiness utilization and contribution to outcomes.

Responsibilities (with example deliverables)

1. State-Level Resource Capacity

• A robust state-specific pool of vetted experts mentors and practitioners aligned to skilling small business growth and entrepreneurship program needs.
  
• Clear ownership of resource availability coverage and readiness across programs operating within the state.
  

2. Skilling Resource Enablement

• Reliable access to sector-relevant facilitators industry mentors and practitioners who enable learner employability workplace readiness and industry exposure.
  
• Consistent expert participation in masterclasses mentoring and applied learning interventions with measurable utilization and engagement.
  

5. Knowledge & Insight Curation

• A curated set of state-relevant knowledge assets (local reports sector insights practitioner content tools) aligned to business skilling and enterprise needs.
  
• Structured sourcing and integration of these resources into the Foundations AI-enabled platforms for scalable use.
  

6. Quality Utilization & Coordination

• Clear quality standards performance tracking and utilization metrics for experts and mentors at the state level.
  
• Strong coordination with central teams to ensure consistency while adapting resource deployment to local context and program demand.
  

Competencies

1. Expert Network & Capacity Building
   Ability to design grow and manage pools of practitioners and mentors aligned to defined program outcomes and local context.

1. Contextual Judgment
   Ability to assess local relevance of expertise and knowledge balancing central standards with state-specific needs.

1. Cross-Functional Collaboration
   Ability to work effectively with program ecosystem and central teams to align resource supply with execution demand.

1. Systems Thinking
   Ability to understand and operate within interconnected systems spanning skilling small business growth academic institutions employers and policy environments identifying leverage points for scale and impact.

1. Data- and Insight-Informed Decision Making
   Ability to use data ecosystem insights and performance signals to prioritize partnerships course-correct execution and improve ecosystem effectiveness over time.

Experience

1. Expert or Mentor Network Exposure
   Experience building managing or operating within expert mentor or practitioner networks supporting skilling entrepreneurship or enterprise initiatives.

1. Small Business Contexts
   Experience working with or supporting small businesses micro-entrepreneurs or growth ventures in applied execution-oriented settings.

1. Partner-Led Delivery Models
   Experience delivering outcomes through external experts or partners rather than direct line management.

1. State or Regional Operating Contexts
   Experience operating in state or regional ecosystems with varied institutional capacity sector mix and local dynamics.

Attributes

1. Ownership Mindset
Take personal responsibility for outcomes across the ecosystem regardless of reporting lines partner constraints or external dependencies.

2. Mission-Driven Orientation
Consistently prioritize beneficiary impact job creation and small business growth over optics convenience or short-term wins.

3. Comfort with Ambiguity and Complexity
Remain effective and decisive in fluid multi-stakeholder environments where goals evolve and solutions are not predefined.

4. Bias Toward Action
Move from intent to execution quickly testing learning and adapting rather than waiting for perfect alignment or certainty.

5. High Integrity and Trust Orientation
Build long-term credibility with partners and institutions through consistency transparency and values-aligned decision-making.