Job Opportunity for Program Manager – Personnel Management (Niti Aayog) at CEGIS

About CEGIS:

Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS pronounced See-Jis) aims to improve lives by helping Indian state governments deliver better development outcomes. Informed by cutting-edge research and evidence as well as a practical orientation toward implementable ideas, CEGIS aims to provide Indian states with both an analytical roadmap for governance and expenditure reforms as well as strategic implementation support to deliver on this vision. The organisation has a sharp focus on improving the quality of public expenditure, personnel and data and through it, creates templates for achieving a step-function improvement in development outcomes across India.

The Personnel Management team leads capacity building initiatives for the sustained and targeted learning of government officials in collaboration with partners such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IDinsight and Tarento. The team works with government officials to improve their capacity to execute, by equipping them with the tools to build upon their competencies required at work.

About the position:

This position is being sought for the planning and execution of a capacity building program for a highly prestigious central government agency. The project is expected to impact more than 5000 personnel at various levels of government. The Program Manager will, among other things, be responsible for the following:

• Coordinating with key government partners: Managing a large number of stakeholders, coordinating meetings, workshops, and discussions to gather input, feedback, and insights from government partners, managing the project MIS
• Conducting primary and secondary research: Conducting secondary research regarding competencies and learning opportunities associated with the identified positions, conducting interviews, FGDs and workshops with functionaries to gather primary data about identified positions including drafting associated questionnaires/ facilitation guides
• Synthesizing and disseminating of knowledge: Gathering, synthesizing, organising and sharing of knowledge produced during the course of project with external and internal stakeholders (as per suitability)
• Communicating with external stakeholders: Maintaining a regular cadence with external stakeholders, maintaining discussion notes, and ensuring alignment on latest developments in the project, creation and dissemination of collaterals such as presentations and reports
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders: Ensuring internal alignment on project objectives, also ensuring that collateral prepared is done in consultation with internal team(s), avoiding redundant work by coordinating with internal teams to gather relevant inputs and resources from previous projects
• Supporting the capacity building process: Supporting mapping and development of competencies, population of the database of competency building products, and procurement and onboarding of assessment providers as required
• Team management: Overseeing, vetting and managing the work of a team of associates assigned to the project
• Project management: Working with the Project Lead to monitor progress, maintain overall timelines, prepare documentation and support reporting to donor

What we look for:

Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of work experience in a high performing environment
• A Masters degree in economics, public policy or related fields
• Experience working with government agencies

Preferred, not required:

• Prior capacity building experience in the development sector, preferably with governments
• Experience working on complex multi-stakeholder projects, especially with governments, donors, and research organizations

Skills and competencies:

• Exceptional communication skills, including writing, conversing and presenting clearly in English
• Ability to work on Excel and develop impressive presentations with clear line of thought and messaging
• Proven ability to independently handle multiple diverse assignments simultaneously, successfully complete assigned tasks and meet deadlines while conducting high-quality work
• Ability to work closely with multiple team members in a collaborative manner
• The position may be required travel domestically frequently