Job opening
Programme Manager (Head of Operations)
Run the Foundation day to day, oversee the Mendki cluster and start new projects.
Location
Bhopal, with weekly visits to Mendki
Type
Full time
Experience
6-12 years, with at least 3 years leading a team
To manage the Foundation day to day on behalf of the Trustees: oversee the Mendki cluster as Implementing Agency, keep the Foundation fully compliant, raise funds, and start new projects and initiatives. Reports to the Trustees and Management of Pratibha Foundation.
Oversight of the Mendki cluster
- Monitor the cluster targets: monthly billing, women employed, wages paid and on-time delivery, with a weekly review
- Coordinate with the SFURTI Nodal Agency and Technical Agency; ensure progress reports and utilisation certificates go on time
- Support the cluster in registrations, exhibitions, buyer-seller meets and the launch of its own product label
New projects and initiatives
- Identify 2-3 new programme areas that fit the Foundation, such as skill training, women-led enterprise, education and health
- Prepare project concepts, budgets and implementation plans; pilot and scale them
- Build partnerships with government departments, CSR teams, craft and livelihood networks
Fundraising
- Prepare proposals for CSR, government schemes and foundations; maintain a donor pipeline
- Manage donor reporting and relationships
Administration and compliance
- Ensure, with the Accounts and Compliance Officer and the CA, that all statutory filings, audits and registrations are current
- Maintain records: minutes, beneficiary data, assets, contracts and HR files
- Recruit and manage staff; prepare the annual plan and budget
- Send a monthly report to the Trustees on activities, finances and decisions needed
Who should apply
- Post-graduate in Social Work, Rural Management, Development Studies or MBA (TISS, IRMA, IIFM, XISS, EDII or similar preferred)
- Proven experience running livelihood, SHG, artisan or cluster projects; SFURTI, NRLM or handicraft scheme experience is a strong advantage
- Has written funded proposals and managed donor or government reporting
- Understands NGO compliance and budgeting; strong in Excel and report writing
- Fluent in Hindi and English; comfortable with village women, officials and corporate donors alike
- Based in Bhopal or willing to relocate; willing to travel
How performance will be measured
- Funds raised and new projects sanctioned
- Monthly billing of the cluster and number of women earning regularly
- Zero delay in statutory, government and donor reporting
- New partnerships completed
- Quality and timeliness of the monthly report to Trustees
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