Head – Councillor Leadership Development Program

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About the Organization

Janaagraha began as a movement to promote participatory democracy at the neighbourhood level. We soon discovered, however, that citizen participation alone was not enough.

Governments must also be equipped to deliver infrastructure and services, build their own capacity through training and technology, fully empower elected leaders, and ensure high standards of accountability and transparency.

We then adopted a two-track approach: resolving issues on services and infrastructure through participation, even as we worked to reform the systems that delivered them.

Our learnings and experiences shaped our thinking and led to the development of the City-Systems framework.

Job Description

Fostering an ecosystem for empowered mayors and city councils, and stronger councillors is a core area of our focus at Janaagraha. Through our flagship Councillor Leadership Development Program (CLDP), we envision a structured capacity building program for India’s 87,000+ city councillors, nearly half of whom are women leaders. Having conducted studies to assess the need and nature of a leadership development program and having piloted a prototype of the program across 23 cities in 3 states, we are now looking forward to designing and launching a comprehensive CLDP.

We are looking for an impactful and experienced leader to lead the design, implementation and institutionalisation of CLDPin Janaagraha and the larger ecosystem. We look forward to welcoming a seasoned professional passionate about strengthening our democratic governance system at its first‑mile, i.e. city neighbourhoods, by collaborating with our elected representatives (ERs) and providing them platforms and tools to strengthen their capabilities. The incumbent must have hands-on application experience of adult learning principles/programs, must be conversant with the real-world dynamics of working with ERs, local governments and should preferably have in‑depth experience in any or all of these areas – leadership development training for senior public leaders, decentralisation, urban governance and public policy.  This role will be based out of Bengaluru and the incumbent will lead an interdisciplinary team.

Job Responsibilities

The chief responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

• Lead the design, implementation and institutionalisation of the CLDPbased on the principles of practical problem solving, peer learning and networking using data and technology within Janaagraha
• Lead the efforts in development of high quality knowledge products including learning/reference briefs, handbooks, workbooks, audio‑visual aids, tech platforms and reports.
• Study and adapt best practices and emerging trends globally in public problem solving, peer‑learning and networking for councillors/elected representatives
• Facilitate and nurture quality partnerships with institutions, governments and CSOs
• Curate and execute high quality stakeholder engagement and communication across events and convening and high touch meetings
• Set high standards of operational excellence across, program strategy and annual planning, project management and reporting, talent management and on-boarding, budgeting, cost management and other aspects of day to day operations

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• PhD or Master’s degree in Management, Leadership, Governance, Development Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Urban Governance or equivalent from an institution of high repute.
• 15-18 years of experience in working on and leading programmes and partnership‑building in the area of collaborative higher learning, governance, leadership development, urban governance and capacity building with academic institutions, government institutions, international agencies or non-profits.
• Expertise in synthesising learning programs and modules for senior leaders
• Experience in building models for peer-learning, networking and leadership development programs and scaling
• Exposure to leveraging data and technology to develop robust learning and networking tools and platforms would be desirable  
• Experience in developing high-quality knowledge products in any or all of these forms – print, web, audio and video formats – would be valuable
• Exposure to working with elected representatives and senior bureaucrats is desirable.
• Published articles and research papers in reputed newspapers, journals in the areas such as collaborative learning, leadership development, networking/partnerships, management, urban governance, decentralisation and public policy would be added advantage
• Experience in managing/leading/working in the areas of local governance, gender, environment sustainability and public health is preferred.

Please write to us with your CV and a cover letter, along with a link to your updated LinkedIn profile at work@janaagraha.org with subject as “Head – Councillor Leadership Development Program”

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