Job Opportunity for Private Sector Advocacy Lead, AD/ AVP at Udaiti Foundation in Delhi

Position: Private Sector Advocacy Lead, AD/ AVP

Location:  Delhi

About The Udaiti Foundation:

The Udaiti Foundation is a Delhi-based not-for-profit foundation aimed at accelerating Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in India.  Udaiti has been incubated by The Convergence Foundation by Ashish Dhawan to identify critical voids in the social sector and build strong, long-lasting organisations to solve complex problems. TCF, along with its network foundations, aims to achieve collective impact. Our vision is for a world where all women and girls have expanded choice and attain their full economic potential.  Udaiti aims to act as a strategic influencer and force multiplier in the field, bringing together the non-profit with the public and private sectors. We believe that – the private sector can have an outsized impact; digital technology is a gamechanger; data-informed insights are critical; there is no scale like the government. Udaiti seeks to catalyse transformative change through strategic public & private partnerships for advocacy, applied research, and programs.

The Foundation’s mission is to increase women’s share of quality jobs through expanding demand; and scaling ****women’s enterprises & entrepreneurship. In that effort, the Foundation leverages a range of levers – data, applied research & insights;  technical advisory support; solution generation; and co-creating strategic platforms for amplification and field-building.  Private sector is a critical partner across these levers, and Udaiti is expanding its work on how businesses can promote gender equality and women’s empowerment – including representation – at the workplace and markets.

As an organisation, Udaiti is looking to address the lack of quality opportunities for women workers, along with challenges in accessing and advancing available opportunities, by building a range of strategic initiatives aimed at informing and influencing the private sector to advance women’s economic empowerment. We believe that the private sector can have an outsized impact, and is absolutely critical.  Our early work focuses on the “demand” for women’s labour – i.e. influencing employers to reshape labour markets so there is positive demand for women in the workforce. This includes identifying and socialising interventions in the service sector (especially white collar jobs), start-up ecosystem and health sector. We will be engaging with the private sector through the utilisation of data as a lever, and through advocacy as a platform. Udaiti wants gender equality and inclusion to be a goal and wants to increase the representation of women across sectors and levels. We are looking to hire a private sector gender expert and advocate to anchor and co-shape this exciting agenda.

Position Summary

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to anchor Udaiti’s private sector engagement and advocacy initiatives.  This position will report to the CEO.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about accelerating gender equity in corporate India, and will have prior experience leading, coordinating and managing diversity initiatives or partnerships within companies or industry bodies. They should thrive in building and nurturing partnerships and be comfortable with managing multiple high stakes and high profile relationships. They should be able to lead and inspire the team to remain focused on goals and impact while being a hands-on leader.

We are looking for a dynamic candidate to join the team during an exciting time of organisational growth.  This is a high-energy role and a great opportunity for those who enjoy working in a start-up environment and care deeply about women’s empowerment and the impact sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively engage with the private sector on gender equality, women’s representation, and DEI initiatives
• Create and facilitate multi-stakeholder platforms for gender champions and early adopters to ensure the effective exchange of ideas, shaping of narratives, and building of discourse on gender equality
• Design and develop communications and outreach strategies and initiatives (e.g. campaigns)
• Work with senior team members to assist in the broader Private Sector vertical planning and goals of the Udaiti Foundation
• Build capacity/ be able to guide team as needed
• Contribute to determining the areas of solution testing and operationalize plans
• Build, fortify, and nurture relationships and networks in the private sector, including corporates, and industry bodies
• Lead the Private Sector team in setting up and achieving goals, along with monitoring the progress towards them
• Undertake primary and secondary research, including fieldwork, interviews, and experiments, with respect to ongoing projects
• Take on diverse operational tasks to ensure organisational success

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities

• We are looking for an exceptional candidate who has actively engaged on gender equality, women’s representation, DEI initiatives w/ private sector
• Educational background in business, organisational development &/or marketing. Specialisations with exposure to diversity, inclusion or related fields.
• 15+ years of work experience in a challenging/high-growth environment, leading efforts in either an organisational or ecosystem context to build diversity and equity strategies
• Proven experience in leading, coordinating and managing diversity initiatives with companies, industry bodies, and driving change in the larger ecosystem
• Demonstrated experience in partnering with companies, industry on gender and diversity with innovative ideas, programs and advocacy initiatives
• Demonstrated experience in advocacy efforts targeting the private sector including/ such as engaging / bringing together, influencing Champions for gender equality from the sector; creating early adopters; facilitating exchange of ideas; shaping narratives, and creating multi-stakeholder platforms.
• Demonstrated experience in leveraging networks in pvt sector, industry, chamber of commerce- can leverage and bring those in for TUF
• Ability to design and lead campaigns around gender equality aimed at private sector
• Excellent problem-solving and strategic thinking skills
• Must have the ability to envision and enable flagship communications and events
• Must enjoy building and nurturing relationships and be committed to managing sustained and productive multiple high stakes and high profile relationships
• Good communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder-facing skills
• High level of flexibility and responsiveness with the ability to shift priorities quickly and as organisational demands require ability and willingness to travel

Remuneration

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

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Udaiti Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.