Job Opportunity for Chief Manager – Partnerships at EdIndia in Mumbai

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• Do you dream of finding a lively, flexible, and mission-driven workplace?

• Do you love project management as much as problem-solving?

• Do you want your work to benefit communities and stakeholders every day?

Then do write to us to join a talented, welcoming, and purposeful team working to make a positive difference in the world.

EdIndia Foundation (www.edindia.org ) is a not-for-profit focused on leveraging technology and data analytics to create innovative solutions to impact education at scale. Edindia believes that Technology has a huge potential to impact government schools at scale. Acknowledging the fact that there are existing barriers to integrating technology within the government system, EdIndia was set up with a mission to “create tech-based solutions to impact the quality of education at scale”. It has incubation support from Sterlite Power and its Group Companies. EdIndia is also a member of the Global Collective for Digital Learning and SEL anchored by UNESCO.

EdIndia views its role as a system integrator, keen on designing and rolling out large-scale, Pan-India programs. As part of its aggressive scale-up plans, EdIndia is expanding its management team and is seeking to recruit a Chief Manager – Partnerships. The proposed role will work centrally with the Head of the Foundation.

If you’re an imaginative, self-directed, and energetic professional who wants to work in an environment where you’re treated as a colleague whose expertise and analytical insights are both respected and expected, this role is for you. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver with exceptional direct communication skills and meticulous attention to detail. You thrive when granted autonomy, excel at flexibly responding to shifting priorities, and make processes more efficient and effective. The working environment encourages bidirectional communication, where the Head of the Foundation will also expect you to be assertive enough to speak up.

We are searching for an experienced strategic professional to work closely with our Head of Management to ensure Edindia achieves its long-term goals.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and oversight of all external partnerships for EdIndia’s initiatives.

• In addition to Partnership strategy development, the position will be responsible for the implementation of the strategy, negotiation, and onboarding of the partners.

• The role will actively work with the Head of the Foundation to shape the long-term financial strategy and its implementation to ensure the financial sustainability of the Foundation through a combination of internal resources and external funders. This would involve identifying and developing relationships for external sources of funding.

• Create a recognition strategy for EdIndia representing it in specific fora and awards submissions that add value to the EdIndia brand.

• The strategy will also include public relations, grant funder relations, and create greater visibility to EdIndia initiatives.

• Maintain a pipeline of existing partners, prospective opportunities and prepare regular updates and dashboards for presentation to the senior management.

• Work closely with the Communications Team in the development and dissemination of donorrelevant reports, updates, and other content.

• The role would be part of the leadership group of EdIndia and as such would be mentoring interns from leading management institutes as well as program heads. Consequently, the role would also require flexibility to take on new initiatives and opportunities.

You could be a good match if you have:

▪ Excellent communication (written, oral, and presentation) and networking skills.

▪ Building Collaborative Relationships: Works cooperatively and effectively with others in a nonhierarchical setting to establish goals, resolve problems, and makes decisions that enhance Project Delivery. Manages complexity and drive for results.

▪ Achieving Quality Results: Sets priorities, develops a work schedule, monitors progress toward goals, and tracks details/data/information/activities.

▪ A drive to build Collaborative Relationships: Work cooperatively and effectively with others in a non-hierarchical setting to establish goals, resolves problems, and makes decisions that enhance Project Delivery. Manages complexity and drive for results.

Qualifications & Experience:

▪ The potential applicant should have demonstrated skills for engaging government and foundation leaders in strategic partnerships.

▪ A successful track record of identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and closing national/International partnerships is highly desirable.

▪ Minimum of 5 – 8 years of relevant management experience is required.

▪ Masters in the relevant field of Management/Social Development/Technology from a premier management school

Remuneration: Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience levels.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

In case you are interested please click to apply at: https://forms.office.com/r/yjTX8fErnx

EdIndia Foundation (EdIndia) is a section 8 not-for-profit company focused on leveraging technology and data analytics to create innovative solutions to impact education at scale. EdIndia has been provided incubation support by Sterlite Power and its group companies.

About Sterlite Power: Operating out of India and Brazil, Sterlite Power
(https://www.sterlitepower.com/ )is a leading integrated power transmission developer and solutions provider globally. It is focused on addressing complex challenges in the sector by tackling the key constraints of time, space, and capital.