KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Participate as a member of the Senior Management Team in effective management of the organization.

2. Provide leadership in overall planning and management of programme initiatives and support the development and implementation of the organization's strategic and business plans.

3. Facilitate the development of annual operation plans, management plans, work and activity plans for programs

4. Coordinate and manage the development, implementation, monitoring and control of budgets for programs and ensure prudent financial management and effective use of resources allocated for use in implementation of program activities.

5. Take a lead in processes to design and develop new projects, ensuring this builds on experience and shared learning.

6. Establish and develop effective working relations with implementing partners.

7. Rigorously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the organization's support to its local partners and the impact it has on poverty reduction.

8. Facilitate consultations with local partners and stakeholders to solicit their input into programme development.

9. Ensure positive working relationships with partners, collaborators, government, other stakeholders and peer organizations.

10. Support and consolidate participatory action research from across the programme and liaise with universities and research institutes as is appropriate. Facilitate learning within the country programme, promote peer learning between staff and partners, participate in relevant national networks and actively engage in organizational level focus groups.

11. Improve monitoring and evaluation systems across the country programme in line with the organization's guidelines for community-led evaluations and quantitative data collection. Co-ordinate both external and internal reviews and evaluations.

OBLIGATIONS OF BEING MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM - 

- Participate and be accountable for the collective decision making for the various programs and the organisation at large.

- Carry out the all the accountabilities within the operating and process frameworks that apply to the whole organization.

- Work together with all the key stakeholders: line and functional to ensure organizational objectives, mission and vision are met.

- Exemplify the organization's standards of Integrity, Purpose and Values.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPECTED SKILLS:

- Post graduate with Social Sciences / Education / Public Health / Urban planning /Management with 15 + years of experience in social development sector.

- At least 10 years of work should be in the area of children / child rights program.

- Demonstrated experience of working at a National level.

- Excellent leadership skills and ability to negotiate with various stakeholders including children, young adults, field teams, partner NGOs, corporates, Government etc.

- This position requires travel to other states extensively to bring synergy among various stakeholders.

- Abilities to conceptualize and coordinate various researches for the work.

- Language proficiency in English and Hindi is essential.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

1. This is a key role requiring the highest level of Leadership qualities / Proven insight and Strategic expertise / Inspiring and engaging communication skills.

2. The candidate should also have skills and/or aptitude in counselling and support; since our stakeholders are from very diverse backgrounds, a conviction about caste, gender, class and religious equality and harmony are non-negotiable for this position.

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