RISE India Country Lead

TERMS OF REFERENCE

RISE India Country Lead  

May 2024 – Dec 2024

 

 

RISE is looking for a contractor to manage and develop RISE’s operations in India. The contractor needs to have significant experience working with the garment, footwear and home textiles sector (or similar highly feminized sectors) to develop and deliver worker capacity programs that consider the needs of women. They need to be based in Delhi/Bangalore in India and speak Hindi (and/or Kannada and/or Tamil).

 

RISE is a collaborative effort with the goal of delivering a unified approach to women’s empowerment in global supply chains.  Bringing together the world’s four largest women’s empowerment programs in the global supply chains - BSR’s HERproject, CARE International, Gap Inc.’s P.A.C.E. Program and ILO-IFC Better Work, RISE will leverage the combined experience in over 21 countries to achieve transformative change for the millions of women who work within supply chains globally. 

RISE will focus on three interrelated pillars of action to tackle both immediate barriers and medium/long term structural improvements for women workers. These include increased agency, confidence, and communication, increased access to and control over financial products, services and resources, enhancement of the capabilities of unions and industry organizations to serve as gender champions, and implementation of policies at the workplace level, but also regional and national levels that promote gender equality.

Pillar 1: Capacity Strengthening: Working in factories in key countries, RISE will achieve impact with a network of local civil society partners and organizations working on gender equality to deliver worker capacity building programs.   There are four options available (i) Foundation – a 13 month needs based worker training program (ii) Digital – a 8 month tablet-based learning on health, financial literacy and stress management, (iii) Respect - one year program on gender-based Violence prevention and remediation and (iv) Financial Health – a one year program on financial capability, resilience and inclusion.

Pillar 2: Market Transformation: RISE will work with and encourage leadership from industry actors (brands, buyers, suppliers, and worker representatives) to improve operating practices at all levels in global value chains to support greater gender equality outcomes. 

Pillar 3: Influencing: RISE will leverage the founding partners’ existing relationships and identify opportunities to work in partnership to influence employer/company/factory policies, programs and budgets, as well as government policies that impact workers, in particular women workers, and support the breaking down of harmful social and gender norms. 

The India Country Lead will form part of the program delivery team within RISE and will be initiative’s Lead/Representative in India which includes oversight of and responsibility of all RISE activities within India. The India Country Lead will be responsible for timely and high-quality program delivery and project management, and for local relationship management of local member representatives, workplace leadership and increasingly - as RISE full Impact Model is activated - with additional local stakeholders such as unions, industry associations, women’s rights organizations, and others as relevant in the India context.

As part of a highly matrixed team, effective collaboration across other team functions and particularly with in-country teams and local partners will be critical to success. The India Country Lead will report to the RISE Executive Director until further notice.

The role includes the following specific responsibilities. These may evolve as RISE is established:  

SCOPE OF WORK

The role includes the following specific responsibilities. These may evolve as RISE is further established:  

1. Technical expertise:

-        The India Country Lead is expected to bring strong knowledge and experience in the areas of gender equality, supply chains and capacity building. The India Country Lead will keep up with the latest developments on women’s empowerment, gender equality, women’s leadership, and trends within global supply chains, identify leading topics, and contribute to RISE published thought leadership in the area.

-        They will be working closely with technical leads for RISE Capacity Strengthening programs to ensure program content responds to women workers’ needs and priorities as well as the priorities and gaps of business and is delivered in using global best practice. 

-        The India Country Lead will use their understanding of the program topics combined with their understanding of the local context to contextualize materials whilst adhering to the global approach.

 

1. 2.     Program delivery and quality oversight:

-        The India Country Lead will play a key role in RISE delivery of workplace programs and grant funded projects in India. This includes overseeing program implementation and quality in India, working closely with local expert partners to ensure programs are delivered on time, and utilizing RISE tools and materials. The lead is the main contact point for troubleshooting program implementation at the factories.

1. Monitoring, evaluation, and learning:

-        Working with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning consultant, the India Country Lead will be responsible for ensuring that monitoring and evaluation activities are conducted at the highest level in India including overseeing data collection and analysis and interacting with the data platform.

-        They will work with the program leads to ensure consistent learning and improvement of the program, including sharing insights and best practice with other country leads.    

 

1. 4.     Stakeholder engagement, external representation, and business development:

-        The India Country Lead will be building, maintaining, and nurturing strong relationships with external partners such as local RISE partners, brands representatives and workplace management and other key industry stakeholders, such as unions and women’s association.

-        Actively engage relevant stakeholders (including brands and donors) to raise awareness and increase funding to support the growth RISE’s operations and programs in India.

-        Support the team in the design of projects and programs including drafting concept notes.

 

1. Team: The India Country Lead is expected to collaborate with other country leads and share learning across a wider team to ensure that activities link up from an impact perspective and have a degree of standardization between them. The India Country Lead may manage contractors.

 

 

DELIVERABLES

The planned work is expected to take place as soon as possible to 31 December 2024:  

 

1. 1.     Technical expertise

1.1  Annual India country work plan developed, setting out goals and key milestones across each India RISE program and lead role on India country strategy for RISE in 2024.

 

1. 2.     Program delivery and quality oversight

2.1  Oversee the India country workplan and India workplace programs/grants.

2.2  Visit factories and run a program quality assurance check.

2.3  Follow up and troubleshoot program implementation in approx. 20 factories.

2.4  Coordinate and lead meetings with local partners.

2.5  Participate in ToT for local partners on RISE different programs.

2.6  Support the exploration of a national advisory committee.

 

1. 3.     M&E and Learning

3.1  Oversee RISE data platform for India.

3.2  Be a though partner for the global RISE data, evidence and learning strategy.

3.3  Participate in RISE learning calls [regional & global].

 

1. 4.     Stakeholder engagement, external representation, and business development

4.1  Development and maintenance of stakeholder network in India, and RISE representation to external audiences.

4.2  Meetings with local brand teams to develop new opportunities.

4.3  Meeting global brands and donors when they visit India.

4.4  Organize in country local events (for brands and suppliers).

4.5  Support the team in the design of projects and programs including drafting concept notes.

4.6  Work with RISE colleagues to identify key opportunities and enhance country level relationships with current and emerging donors.

 

1. 5.     Team and coordination

5.1  Overseeing contractors and local experts.

5.2  Attend check-in meetings with the global RISE team.

 

 

 Provision of Monitoring, Progress Controls & Payments

• The India Country lead will work under the direct supervision of the Executive Director of RISE.

• Payment will be made monthly in accordance with the number of days worked and upon satisfactorily achieved deliverables.  All payments are subject to the clearance and approval of an Associate Director at RISE.

 

Application Process

• Interested individuals must submit a proposal to outline their experience and ability to deliver this TOR to recruitment@riseequal.org by 5 April 2024.
  • Cover letter with a summary statement of competencies in relation to the TOR and details of earliest availability, including daily rate;
  • Curriculum Vitae;
  • Names and current contacts of 2 referees.

 

Confidentiality Statement and Intellectual Property Rights

 

All data and information received from BSR for this assignment are to be treated confidentially and are only to be used in relation to the execution of these Terms of Reference.

 

All intellectual property rights arising from the execution of these Terms of Reference are assigned to BSR. The contents of written materials obtained and used in this assignment may not be disclosed to any third parties without the expressed advance written authorization of the BSR.

 

For more information, please contact Angela Spiridis, aspiridis@bsr.org.

 

 

Application Process

• Interested individuals must submit a proposal to outline their experience and ability to deliver this TOR to recruitment@riseequal.org by 5 April 2024.
  • Cover letter with a summary statement of competencies in relation to the TOR and details of earliest availability, including daily rate;
  • Curriculum Vitae;
  • Names and current contacts of 2 referees.

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