Program Manager

WHO WE ARE

Start Up! enables social entrepreneurs to thrive through design, strategy and leadership building solutions. We seed and scale social ventures that create lasting impact in under-served communities.

WHAT WE DO

We work with social ventures (across the profit- non-profit continuum) that are at different stages in their lifecycle- seed, growth and maturity. We build enduring change models with focus on innovation, impact and sustainability.

Over 12 years, Start Up! has incubated and scaled more than 100 social ventures and delivered 175 change projects in 15 states. We have trained 350  leaders of grassroots, small and medium-scale social enterprises in strategic planning and leadership building. We have also incubated incubators.

We also design and manage awards and fellowships for the sector.

To know more, please visit our website  www.startup-india.org

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an intrapreneurial professional with demonstrated leadership in the social entrepreneurship and / or development sector and a keenness to grow Start Up’s unique impact model.  You will be part of an “Everybody an Intrapraneur” team that builds vibrant social ventures and an active eco-system for social entrepreneurship across India.

Role : Program Manager

Location :   New Delhi

Work arrangement :   Full-time permanent position

Reporting :   The CXO team

RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Strengthening and Scaling High Impact Social Change Ventures

You will work with social entrepreneurs to seed, strengthen, and scale their social impact ventures, models and programs, based on Start Up’s 8 Step Methodology.

This will require you to :

Coordinate and manage strategic planning and sustainability building programs and processes :

v   Conduct organizational assessment exercises and develop audit reports of organizations run by social entrepreneurs

v   Co-facilitate and document organizational envisioning and strategy workshops

v   Conduct rigorous and high quality secondary and primary research to develop sector maps and insights and opportunity reports towards tracking emerging trends, insights and solutions for strategic planning

v   Develop excellent quality strategy plans, business plans and operations plans for social entrepreneurs.

v   Build tools and frameworks where necessary for strategy plans

Ensure timely and high quality delivery of solutions :

v   Ensure excellent project management, utilization of time and resources, and effective and timely; Manage the project management tools and processes

v   Ensure timely and affective communication with all stakeholders

v   Coordinate a system for regular feedback from clients and partners

v   Consistently provide excellent quality research and documentation that meet the quality standards of the organization

v   Develop proposals in partnership with the CXO teams

v   Build excellent professional relationships with our partners

v   Work smoothly with peers and managers and receive constructive feedback well

v   Go beyond own deliverables to  support others in the team or the larger organization where required

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Knowledge / Technical Skills

v   Excellent research, communication and writing skills

v   Ability to communicate with precision, analyze data and develop client-ready presentations

v   Outstanding project management skills

v   Strong understanding of social entrepreneurship in India and globally.

v   Experience in strategic planning, and / or organizational development processes

v   Experience in facilitating and documenting workshops

v   Good sector analysis, report writing and editing skills

v   Ability to deliver projects and program in a structured and process-focussed manner, within a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, outcome-oriented work environment

Leadership Skills

v   Initiative- taking, resilience, high problem-solving abilities, attention to detail

v   Growth orientation

v   Ability to manage time and discipline with deadlines

v   Strong learning orientation; Ability to receive and act on positive feedback

v   Positive communication and relationship building skills with partners / clients and teams

v   Enthusiasm for working with grassroots communities and / or with social entrepreneurs in their fields of operation.

v   Enthusiasm for travel, especially to rural locations.

MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

v   Post-graduation, with specialization in social entrepreneurship or development management or economics or business studies preferred.

v   Minimum 5 years of experience- either as a lead team member in a social enterprise and / or non-profit organization and / or eco-system building. Prior experience in a consulting venture or strategic communication, fundraising and research functions would be preferred.

v   Fluency in English and Hindi; knowledge of additional Indian languages will be a plus.

v   Excellent skills in MS office / equivalent applications, especially MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Innovation, growth and excellence in execution are the core behaviours of Start Up!

As part of the Start Up! team you can expect to :

v   Experience intrapreneurship and strengthen your growth mindset

v   Strengthen the life-long learner within you.

v   Nurture a professional network of leading social entrepreneurs

Send your resume (not more than 3 pages), details of your current compensation and a cover letter stating your expression of interest and suitability for the position to [email protected] .We will connect only with shortlisted candidates.