Manager, SRHR - India (12 Month FTC)

Main purpose of the role

As a recognised leader their field, the role holder will contribute to the development of cutting-edge, evidence-based strategies and plans that ensure CIFF India’s work across the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) sector achieves transformational and lasting change. By advancing access to quality SRHR services, this role will strengthen maternal health outcomes, reduce preventable mortality, and enable women and girls to exercise agency over their health, education, and economic opportunities.

Develop and manage a high-quality portfolio of investment proposals and active programmes that deliver on SRHR India sector priorities, aligned with the Foundation Strategy, India Plan Team, and the corporate objectives of the CIFF Board.

Independently manage and lead programmes, to shape new initiatives across CIFF’s India SRHR portfolio. It is a fast-paced and diverse role, where contribution is integral to supporting CIFF and its partners in advancing maternal health, gender equality, and women’s economic empowerment.

Role’s responsibilities

This role will be responsible for investment proposition, and portfolio management related to the SRHR pipeline and portfolio in India to deliver our priorities. It will include innovating delivery models and refining execution strategy that accelerates demographic dividends.

Specific domains will include (but are not limited to) :

• Robust portfolio management – designing and managing a growing and complex   portfolio working to improve the impact of government efforts in India towards FP2030 goals, finding solutions to address the gaps and bottlenecks in the system, with a focus on where the government systems can be supported with innovative models
• Understanding political economy of SRHR in India, especially for family planning, abortions and self-care, particularly with an aim  to be catalytic and apply cutting edge approaches.
• Integrate investment approaches with the goals of the SRHR Sector Team, seeking opportunities to collaborate and leverage broader portfolio including improving the health and nutrition of women and children as well as, reducing gender violence and discrimination.
• Working across the India SRHR portfolio, this role will entail collaborating with the portfolios’ counterparts based in other CIFF locations as well as working closely with the Programme Excellence team and collaborating with the GIRL Capital teams.
• Work closely with sector directors to build and strengthen critical relationships with the select Government officials across priority States.

Strategy & planning

Programme development, delivery & performance

Sector knowledge and profile-building

Stakeholder and partner management

Requirements

Skills & Experience

Key working relationships

Benefits

The salary for this role starts from 3,770,303 INR and is a 12 Month FTC. CIFF operates a hybrid work policy across all locations, which means employees work in the office and some of the time from home. We are happy to provide more information on this as part of the recruitment process.

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package here at CIFF that includes, but is not limited to the following.

Please submit your application on or before Wednesday 8th October. CIFF reserves the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.