Assistant General Manager

About Smile Foundation

Smile Foundation is an NGO in India directly benefitting over 15,00,000 children and their families every year, through more than 400 live welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in over 2000 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India. We believe that unless members of the civil society are involved proactively in the process of development, sustainable change will not happen. Following this model of Civic Driven Change, Smile Foundation sensitizes and engages the civil society, making it an active partner in all its welfare initiatives.

Summary of Role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to lead our organization's Vocational Education and Scholarships program. As the Assistant General Manager of Vocational Education and Scholarships, you will be responsible for implementing multiple projects to support girls through scholarships in accessing quality vocational education to deserving girls, empowering them to enhance their employability and contribute positively to society. You would be also responsible for designing new strategies for scaling and actively co-pitching with donors along with a resources team for the expansion of the program. This position would be responsible for overall programme management and expansion of the program. At present the program has projects in 7 states and will expand to other states as well. You will play a key role in shaping the future of the program and creating a meaningful impact on the lives of beneficiaries.

Job Description

Strategy & Direction

• Product review, design and innovation in line with market and regulatory contexts, aligned to the Smile Foundation vision and mission.
• Annual Strategic planning and review against organizational vision and goals.
• Lead development of strategic partnerships with corporate and institutional donors, ultra-high net worth individuals.
• Conceptualize and effect partnerships with relevant government, UN, private sector and NGO and other relevant stakeholders.
• Create one place solution on scholarship portal for updated information and links for various scholarships, schemes, opportunities for queries relevant for higher education and domain skills

Programme Delivery and Implementation

• Drive the development, review and monitoring of annual operational plans across all projects.
• Lead the programme management ensuring the team plans, deliver and monitor projects to the highest standards, addresses risks and challenges and maximizes synergies and opportunities for impact and increased value for money.
• Develop a culture of transparent performance monitoring, learning, and success recognition.
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation and submission of annual work plans and budgets.
• Ensure effective allocation of responsibilities within the project team so that the team functions in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ensure project activities and deliverables comply with the MOU with the donor organizations and are delivered in a timely manner.
• Maximizes the use of technology applications and solutions to manage projects.

Stakeholders, Partners and Donor Management

• Establish & strengthen linkages with concerned Govt. Departments, Colleges and other stakeholders.
• Identify credible Resource organizations and Partners for project activities.
• Nurturing Donors by ensuring that the committed deliverables are met.
• Engage donors in the respective projects and influence them for expansion.
• Ensure timely and high standard of donor reporting as per required formats project Proposals, International Grant Applications and Renewals  (PSU/Corporate).
• Explore and study the viability and feasibility of the new proposal leads and develop the concept note basis the desk research.
• Conceptualize the project application/detailed project proposal and provide clarification to the queries to facilitate signing of MoU.
• Undertakes complete responsibility of drafting renewal proposals & budgets.
• Ensure timely submission and necessary follow-ups.

Team & Capacity Building

• Provide leadership and support to the team to perform at the next level.
• Monitor team performance and identify capacity building opportunities amongst the teams for quality implementation of interventions.
• Technical support for improving Project Management System, project MIS and monitoring systems, within the mandate of the projects, for improving the transparency and accountability.

Others

• Explore the opportunity of national/international awards and recognition for the organization and prepare the application in the prescribed format for timely submission.
• Representing Smile Foundation at various forums.

Skills, Qualifications & Experiences

• Master’s degree in education, Social Work, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 10-15 years of proven experience in managing large scale projects, preferably in the field of vocational education, scholarships, or skill development. Expertise in drafting proposals, data analysis, donor reporting activities with basic financial acumen.
• Min 5 years of experience developing and managing partnerships with educational institutions, NGOs, and government bodies.
• Should have experience handling a multi-cultural team of at least 5+ direct reporters.
• Understanding of the Indian education system, vocational training landscape, and scholarship programs will be a plus.
• Should be open to travel across PAN India.

For more information, please check the link: Assistant General Manager

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