Chief Operating Officer/Operations Head - Consulting Firm

Responsibilities:

- Organize and oversee effective project management systems to ensure both quality and timeliness in the organisation's research initiatives

- Manage technical and financial reporting to donors on project progress

- Manage contracting process with funders and external vendors

- Manage functions related to budgeting and accounts

- Lead critical human resource functions, including recruitment, evaluation, and staff welfare and skill development

- Cultivate and promote an organizational culture of excellence, independence, and creative thinking

- Help the organization meet its fundraising goals by developing and executing a fundraising strategy in coordination with the Executive Director

Skills/background:

- 6 -10 years of work experience, including a minimum of 3-5 years in a management role, preferably in a research or consulting organization, non-profit, or similar institution

- Strong, demonstrable skills in operations and human resource management

- Impeccable written and verbal communications skills

- Understanding of the demands of a policy research environment

- Strong analytical skills and creative - outside-the-box- thinking

- Experience working in the Global South and preferably in India