Senior Lead Enabler

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About the Organization

Sol’s ARC is a registered NGO committed to ensuring that every child learns and every adult earns through inclusive education and vocational skilling programs. For over 20 years, we have partnered with governments, donors, and communities to drive systemic change and equity for persons with disabilities.

Our work spans government partnerships, program design and scale, innovation pilots, and ecosystem-building across education and livelihoods. We operate in complex environments where policy, funding, implementation, and human realities intersect.

Job Description

The Senior Lead Enabler – Strategy is a cross-cutting leadership role that supports Sol’s ARC at both program and organisational levels, while driving innovation, learning, and systems thinking.

This role requires comfort with ambiguity, the ability to work closely with founders, and the patience to navigate long government timelines while maintaining momentum and clarity. You will operate as a generalist strategist who connects partnerships, programs, research, innovation, and organisational priorities.

Job Responsibilities

 Program-Level Strategy & Partnerships

• Strengthen partnerships across government, NGOs, institutions, and industry to ensure collaborations move beyond MoUs into effective implementation. Support partnership development, drive agreements to closure, and build 6–12 month post-MoU roadmaps. Produce high-quality documentation (concept notes, proposals, reports, presentations) and act as a strategic thought partner to Program Leads on risks, execution, and system constraints, grounded in strong understanding of field realities.

Organisation-Level Strategy & Institutional positioning

• Enable high-quality institutional positioning by developing and reviewing donor materials, supporting donor communication and narratives, contributing to branding and visibility initiatives, and strengthening evidence-based synthesis, storytelling, and strategic reporting.

Innovation, Pilots & Experimentation

• Design and implement pilots and innovation projects with partners, test scalable models through research-backed experimentation, and balance hands-on execution with rigour, documentation, and learning.

Program Design & Cross-functional Enablement

• Support early-stage program design, enable structured reflection and solution visualisation, and help teams shift from reactive execution to thoughtful, well-designed interventions.

Culture, Learning & Organisational Strengthening

• Strengthen learning, reflection, recognition, and inclusive workplace practices to support organisational growth, wellbeing, and evolving workforce needs

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Strong partnerships that translate into effective delivery
• Programs supported by clear strategy, documentation, and learning loops
• Innovation projects generating actionable insights
• Strategy contributing meaningfully to program design
• Improved organisational clarity, learning, and collaboration
• Smooth transitions and continuity during leadership changes

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

Experience

• 8–10+ years in strategy, programs, research, or partnerships
• Exposure to education, disability, or social sector systems
• Experience working with government or large-scale programs preferred
• Strong documentation, synthesis, and analytical experience

Capabilities

• Comfortable working closely with founders in fast-moving environments
• Patient, adaptive, and solution-oriented
• Strong understanding of field realities and system constraints
• Ability to visualise solutions with limited resources
• Strong writing, data interpretation, and analytical skills

Attributes

• Emotional maturity and high patience
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving roles
• Intellectual honesty and reflective mindset
• Commitment to learning, inclusion, and impact

Strongly Preferred

• Interest in policy, budget analysis, or government research
• Experience with innovation or pilot projects
• Comfort working across functions rather than in silos
• Openness to evolving into a Director of Strategy role over time

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