Job Opportunity For American India Foundation – National Head – Entrepreneurship At American Indian Foundation In New Delhi

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES The National Head-Entrepreneurship will be responsible for;

• :leading various aspects of the Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs such as program design, development, and implementation, fostering partnerships and engagement with government at the district and state levels and, fundraising and donor contract management.
• The incumbent will also hire and manage a team of dedicated professionals in multiple project locations across India as well as identify partner organizations (to support implementation & monitoring) to further the Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs.
• 1. Project Management:
• – Lead the project design and development in consultation with key stakeholders. – Contribute to AIF’s strategy development on Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs and execute the strategy.
• – Provide thought leadership within AIF on Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs of livelihoods.
• – Oversee implementation of the projects under the Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs, across India. –
• Prepare and manage a dynamic project implementation plan, in consultation with key team members and government.
• – Provide supportive supervision to block-level, district level or state level teams in routine implementation of planned activities.
• – Ensure accuracy in projects’ data collection and reporting.
• – Undertake documentation of the projects for internal learning and donor reporting purposes. – Engage with government and donor(s) for project planning, review and reporting.
• – Facilitate day-to-day project management tasks including all aspects of financial management, human resources management, procurement, and office administration.
• – To ensure the retention of donor and continuity of project.
• 2. Government Engagement:
• – Facilitate Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with state governments, district collectorates, PSUs for ensuring co-operation from all departments concerned towards the program.
• – Establish and maintain regular contact with the government officials, program implementing partners at state and district level for program review and sharing of learnings.
• – Engage with state and district governments to encourage adoption of best practices demonstrated in the program including providing support to budget planning.
• 3. Building Partnerships and Resource Mobilization:
• – Proactively work with AIF’s Strategic Partnerships team to identify fundraising opportunities from CSR and other institutional donors.
• – Support in proposal development and donor contract management, in co-ordination with the Strategic Partnership team and government engagement team at AIF.
• – Help in identifying credible partner NGOs/organizations who can partner on program implementation.
• – Provide technical assistance and leadership support to implementation partners.
• – Network with alliances and other likeminded organizations for replication of the program.
• 4. People Management:
• – Hire, retain and develop a high-performance team for delivering AIF’s strategy on Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs.
• – Facilitate and coordinate high quality and timely trainings of project team members and other stakeholders.
• 5. Monitoring and Evaluation (in co-ordination with Learning, Evaluation & Impact team at AIF):
• – Coordinate with government in seeking approvals for conducting routine monitoring, baseline, end line surveys, and needs assessment studies, as necessary.
• – Facilitate the development, implementation and strengthening of program MIS.
• – Undertake field visits to monitor programs as well as conducting periodic program reviews with government counterparts and other partners.
• – Provide feedback to and participate in review meetings of the Program Steering Committee on a regular basis.
• – Prepare regular monitoring reports, both for AIFT, donors and internal audiences, on the progress of the program.
• KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
• – Post-graduate in Social Science/Management or related fields.
• – Minimum of 10-15 years’ experience in program management in the Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs and/or sustainable livelihoods space, of which at least 3-5 years should be in a leadership role.
• – At least 5 years of relevant sectoral knowledge concerning Entrepreneurship and self-employment programs initiatives.
• – Understanding of state and district government structures and previous experience of working with state and local governments.
• – Demonstrated skills to performance manage and mentor staff in delivering their job responsibilities.
• – Excellent understanding of the employment landscape in India.
• – Ability to network and negotiate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve the objectives of the program.
• – A self-starter who can perform with minimal supervision.
• – Willingness to travel for at least 30% of time all over India