POSITION SPECIFICATION: Designation: Chief Operating Officer Location: New Delhi, India Reports to: Chief Executive Officer BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The client of TRANSEARCH is a one of the leading non-for-profit organization in India dedicated to building a healthy living planet for future generations. The organization was founded with the express objective of ensuring the conservation of the country's wildlife and natural habitats. It was set up as a Charitable Public Trust, and is a non-profit science-based organization which addresses issues such as the conservation of species and its habitats, climate change, water and environmental education, etc. THE POSITION: The Chief Operating Officer would work closely with the leadership team and the heads of departments. S/He would be responsible for streamlining strategic initiatives and ensuring effective implementation and operational excellence, along with collaborating to realize, as well as communicating the organizational objectives to various departments. The COO will be an integral part of the India leadership team responsible for providing leadership to the operations of the organization. S/He would look at implementing the strategic plans into actionable steps for growth and would work on improving existing processes and procedures across all activities in India, to make the organization more effective and forward looking. Would engage with the Board along with the CEO and represent the organization to important stakeholders as well as deputize on behalf of the CEO as and when required. KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Strategy/Leadership: - Oversee and drive organizational vision, strategic initiatives from development through successful execution in collaboration and consultation with the CEO, senior leadership and departmental heads. - Translate strategy into actionable steps for growth, implementing organization-wide goal setting, performance management, and annual operating plans. - Improve current processes and coordinate organizational policies, systems and procedures for optimized efficiency and productivity across all activities in India. - Review, design, and execute on improvements to org structure, find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them. - Oversee the operations division which includes finance, compliance and legal, admin and IT systems, HR, risk management, fundraising, donor engagement and marketing. - Advise mitigation measures on any organizational risks whether financial, regulatory or compliance, programmatic or implementation or donors related risks. - Along with the CEO drive new program initiatives as and when required. - Play an active role at the global counterpart, along with the CEO, on any new initiatives/programs being developed, by contributing to the strategic planning, design and implementation. EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES: MUST HAVES: - Masters/MBA from an accredited institution of higher education with at least 15 years of related experience of which at least 5 years have been in a leadership role managing operations and administration with mid to large-scale, commercial, or non-profit organizations. - Demonstrated leadership experience in leading operations and bringing in process and performance improvements, efficiency and quality adherence by working with the senior leadership of the organization and translating vision into on ground implementation, through various team members or groups. - Solid business and financial acumen along with problem solving, strategic-thinking and analytical skills with the ability to achieve desired results. - Proven track record of facilitating progressive organizational change and development within a growing setup. - Ability to hire, mentor, retain and lead very senior, high-performance teams. - Ability to inspire and influence senior leaders across functions and specializations to achieve the desired outcomes. - Good financial management skills along with good understanding of the compliance and regulatory requirements for the organization. - Demonstrate highly developed interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact, influence and collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders. - Passion towards the cause of conservation KEY COMPETENCIES: - Collaboration - Problem solving skills - Work independently and deliver under pressure. - Entrepreneurial mindset - A positive energy capable of uniting diverse stakeholders to deliver common goals and a creative and innovative approach to problem-solving. - Someone with the ability to be both strategic yet hands on as required. - Ability to inspire people and have confidence in them. TRAVEL: - Ability to travel within India to the different branches and the station offices. - Ability to travel to the field whenever required.

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