Program Leader

Designation	Program Leader
Location	Wasim- Maharashtra

Piramal Foundation’s vision is to transform Health, Education, Water and social sector ecosystems through partnerships, high impact solutions and thought leadership. We have a presence in 27 Indian states and 2 Union Territories.

Our approach to address these deep-rooted barriers:

Partnerships approach to draw additional resources, a vast pool of diverse expertise, and innovations to tackle a social sector problem at scale

Platform approach to influence systemic transformation through an alliance of partners for "scalable learning" by leveraging a pool of diverse resources to address a single problem with speed

Position Overview:

The candidate will work in a team deployed in one of the districts under the Aspirational District Transformation Programme under the aegis of NITI Aayog. The position entails intense field work in rural and remote areas with emphasis on government engagements and intervention in community based on candidates’ liaison and partnership skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

Execute Change

• Operationalize selection, on boarding and performance management process to enable career development of District officials/ Master Facilitators and Master coaches in Aspirational Districts of the State(s)
• Align stakeholder’s expectations for strategic change initiatives and identify best suited cadre to source the best leadership talent (District magistrate, CEO and DLOs)
• Understand and implement strategy for the facilitating the change and enabling Govt stakeholders for its adoption

Working in Ambiguity with rapidly changing needs

• Be open to work towards identifying key constraints in the Government department and its complexity.
• Adapt to the uncertainties and unpredictable pace of work in Govt systems
• Identify scope of liaison and working partnerships with other organizations

Operational Excellence

• Execute and support implementation and delivery of various tools/frameworks efficiently.
• Identify best suited cadre for sourcing of middle managers by building relevant parameters
• Build internal resource strength by influencing /enabling peers
• Conduct selection process with expertise for developing cadre of MC/MFs/District Managers
• Support development of customized Products/tools to assess potential MCs/MFs, and collaboration with Ops team members and COEs
• Participate in weekly/monthly meetings to align with Govt change agendas
• Travel to field areas to establish and develop partnerships and liaison with stakeholders
• Document all the interactions and learnings gathered from the field.
• Create a communication channel to share information with key stakeholders.

Knowledge Creation

• Identify and implement best practices by drawing insights to help overcome future challenges
• Research focused work that will add to organizational knowledge about the program
• Analyze short-comings and failures as opportunities to learn and build own team competencies

Required Attributes:

• High integrity
• Drive for excellence and self-reflection
• Quick learning and flexibility to adapt to new requirements
• Ability to connect and interact with all kinds of people
• Creative thinking to solve complex functional issues intervention areas
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Fluency in using technical platforms such as MS Word, Power-point and Excel

Experience:

2 to 3 years field experience in a systemic intervention program

Education:

• Masters in any discipline, desired Social Work or Humanities OR
• Bachelor’s degree holders with relevant experience will be considered with minimum work experience of 4 years

Language Proficiency:

• Proficiency in written and oral communication skills in Hindi and English.
• Proficiency in local language will be highly preferred.

Travel:

• The person should be willing to take up responsibilities & travel frequently at short notice periods will be expected.

Eligible candidate can send resumes on recruitments@gandhifellowship.org

Last Date to Apply- 15 November 2024.

“Piramal Foundation is an equal opportunities organization and promotes gender diversity at the workplace. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.”

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