Deputy Director

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About the Organization

The Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University is India’s first academic centre focused on enabling strategic and robust philanthropy for social impact. It strives to provide civil society with evidence-based research and knowledge products to grow scale and impact, convening platforms for norm-setting and collaborative learning, and leadership development programmes that strengthen capability and sustainability.

Job Description

The candidate should have the flexibility to manage multiple projects simultaneously, the ability to work in a fast moving and dynamic environment, an aptitude to work with both internal and external stakeholders and be excited to join a young and dynamic team. The role will be split between managing current programs and donors, conceptualizing strategy, and operational plans. Experience in building and leading teams and interacting with external partners including multiple philanthropic institutions would be valued.

The Deputy Director should have an advanced degree in management with 10-15 years of experience in the social impact space. The candidate should have experience working with multiple teams, partners, and donors. The candidate should have excellent written communication skills required for high quality donor proposals and reports and be a confident oral communicator.

Job Responsibilities

The Deputy Director will

• Manage all central functions of HR, Finance, Technology, Communications
• Conceptualize and implement strategy for the Centre and implement operational plans to execute the requisite programmes with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverage current partnerships and find opportunities to build new partnerships and collaborations with stakeholders across various constituencies in India and internationally, including academia, civil society, philanthropists, and government.
• Identify opportunities for new donors and maintain existing donor relationships.
• Manage teams in CSIP and help to build a value-based culture in keeping with the Centre’s mission and vision.
• Create systems and processes for L&D, HR, IT, and other central functions to streamline systems at the Centre.
• Represent the Centre and its work in a range of external forums and to the media.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• A Post-Graduate degree from a reputed university in Management studies or related field.
• 12+ years of relevant work experience in programme management, fundraising  with an exposure to evolving strategy, managing teams, multiple external research partners and donor relationships.
• Deep understanding of the social sector and its challenges in India
• Ability to work remotely and manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Enjoys working in a dynamic and expanding team
• Right to work in India

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