Leadership Role - Non Profit Organization Management

Role - Director Impact

Duration - Full Time

Specific tasks and responsibilities :

- The role holder will be responsible for upgrading & innovating research and development

- Design and implement evaluation methodologies during the entire life cycle of company program

- Coordinate and facilitate internal as well as third party impact assessment of company community interventions.

- Identify technical and management resource persons/consultants for impact assessment / audits.

- Build the academic platform and strengthen the science behind impact areas

- Be the Knowledge Manager for the organization

- Design and conceptualize research methodologies for interventions covering target groups including children, youth and communities across developmental domain areas

- Develop and implement a measurement framework for evaluation of programme.

- Ensure that appropriate research is conducted that feeds into developing high quality programmes.

- Create guidelines and policies around advocacy areas viz. Child Rights, Child Protection, Adolescent issues, Gender etc.

- Look out for external consulting opportunities and marketing of organization approach to other organizations.

- Carry out mandatory quality audit processes to ensure high quality on ground delivery.

- Bring systemic change in government policies, schemes or programs through research studies and advocacy.

- Active contribution to build the conceptual base of the academic platform and strengthen the science behind adolescent and livelihoods program impact areas

- Custodian of preserving historical data and intelligence in the evolution and establish processes to sustain these knowledge.

Desired Competencies:

- Knowledge research, evaluation and impact assessment across the domains.

- Understand basic behavioral change theory and child psychology

- Thorough knowledge of various research tools and techniques in the area of curriculum development

- Knowledge of conceptualizing and developing curriculum in the domain of Education, Gender, Health, Life Skills, Leadership and Livelihood is desired. (Expertise in minimum 2-3 domain is a must)

- Experience in training content development and training

- Experience in supervising Research and M&E activities

- Familiar with social issues like child rights, gender discrimination, education, among others

Qualification & Work experience

- Post Graduate in Social work or other social sciences relevant to the development sector

- 20 years experience in the social development sector in Impact assessment, Monitoring & Evaluation and change management at the grassroots.

- Experience reflects engagement with diverse sectoral issues, especially on education, adolescent empowerment and rural development

Team coordination :

1. Regional Programme Management teams - An ongoing collaboration within the team and create a conducive environment for sharing of information constructive criticism and suggestion alongside the regular progress of programmes.

2. Sustainability /Fundraising team - Extend support to the Fundraising teams in creating descriptive as well as narrative reports among other things.

3. Communications Team - To develop effective channel for internal as well as external communications, milestones achieved, success stories etc.

4. Other support functions - to ensure adequate manpower, fund allocation & accuracy, technology enablement are in place.

Reporting :

To Global Chief Executive Officer or as person nominated by him.