Development Alternatives
## Senior Manager – Partnerships and Outreach
**Development Alternatives** is a leading research and action organization dedicated to sustainable development. We strive to deliver socially equitable, environmentally sound, and economically scalable development outcomes. Our green technology innovations for habitat, water, energy, and waste management have reduced poverty and rejuvenated natural ecosystems in India, creating over one million livelihoods and empowering over 6 million people.
**Job Location:** Delhi (HQ)
**Experience Required:** 5-7 years
**About the Role:**
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced **Senior Manager – Partnerships and Outreach** to join our team. This role will work directly with the Assistant Program Director to strategically anchor and develop the organization’s work on Sustainable Habitats. You will play a key role in mainstreaming resource efficiency and circular economy principles across sectors like buildings and construction, waste management, and urban planning, both in policy and practice. Your efforts will contribute to building ecological resilience and improving the living conditions of local communities.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* **Partnership Management:**
* Build and manage partnerships with national and international stakeholders from government, multilateral organizations, private sector, academia, CSOs, etc.
* Draft MoUs, letters of intent, and facilitate the signing of agreements with various stakeholders.
* Manage project activities, periodic reporting, and strengthen organizational relationships with clients.
* Liaise, network, and build relationships with partners and clients to foster collaboration and support for key thematic areas.
* Create opportunities for positioning and visibility of DA’s work.
* **Fundraising and Business Development:**
* Develop and implement strategic plans for fundraising activities, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial objectives.
* Identify opportunities, write proposals with the team, and supervise and coordinate operations to raise funds for programmatic growth.
* **Knowledge Management and Outreach:**
* Lead the curation and execution of knowledge events such as stakeholder consultations, workshops, and outreach events, including planning, implementation, coordination, documentation, and communication.
* Create pertinent communication materials and knowledge products to effectively convey project objectives and outcomes to relevant target groups, including government, industry, academia, and civil society.
* Coordinate and provide editorial support for social media posts, newsletters, website updates, communications materials, and outreach strategy.
**Desired Profile:**
* Experience working in climate resilient urban development, planning and governance, and sustainable built environment.
* Experience working with various stakeholders including state departments, ministries, multilateral organizations, and CSOs is preferable.
* Proven experience in partnership building, network servicing, fundraising, knowledge management, and communications.
* In-depth understanding of circular economy concepts, urban climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable urban development, waste management, and state-of-the-art knowledge of upcoming technologies and innovations.
* Knowledge of the current policy and market landscape around sustainable urban development, stakeholders, and networks engaged in the same.
* Excellent writing and communication skills for technical and non-technical reports, presentations, briefs, and proposals.
* Excellent working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and online tools for collaborative working.
* Willingness to travel for field work (travel may include smaller towns, villages, and remote locations for community interactions).
**This is a 1-year contract position.**
To apply for this job please visit www.devalt.org.
