Job Description

Organization profileOver the years, Reliance Foundations initiatives have continued to evolve, while remaining responsive to the ever-changing needs of society. The Foundation is currently focusing on creating change in areas of Rural Transformation, Health, Education, Women Empowerment, Sports for Development, Disaster Response, Arts, Culture & Heritage and Urban Renewal.To know more about Reliance Foundation, visit our website: www.reliancefoundation.orgRead our latest Annual Report on https://www.reliancefoundation.org/AnnualReport-2021-2022/v3/index.htmlJob PurposeH/She will be a programme development lead to help develop and incubate new programmes related to women empowerment through leadership and entrepreneurship initiatives.Roles & Responsibility and Outcomes (KPI)

• Develop and incubate new women empowerment initiatives that aim to catalyse women-led development through awareness creation, ecosystem knowledge platforms and socio-economic transformation, specifically through leadership and entrepreneurship programmes
• Develop and expand existing women leadership and entrepreneurship programmes, working together with technical and co-implementation partners
• Develop and scale new programmes, working together with technical and co-implementation partners, aiming to make development sector leadership in India more inclusive through targeted capacity-building initiatives
• Work in collaboration with programme teams to provide technical support to ensure existing programmes are gender inclusive, where required.
• Work with the M&E team to ensure disaggregated data and gender mainstreaming across all reporting.
• Work with the research team on publications to share best practice and with the communications team to develop the narrative across all women empowerment programmes and initiatives.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:Include Additional Certification Required if anyOTHER REQUIREMENTS:Scope of Worka) People Management Scope (Range of no. of Direct Reports):b) Geography Coverage (Country-wide/ Region-wide / Location-wide / Other)Necessary:

• Postgraduate Degree in any of the fields related to the development sector.
• Minimum 10-12 years of work experience
• Specific expertise in building and running leadership and/or entrepreneurship capacity building projects.
• Experience of implementing large scale development projects
• Thorough knowledge of the development social sector and specialist expertise in one or more areas.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.

Desirable

• S/he should be experienced in commissioning projects from third parties to meet agreed objectives.
• Self-starter who takes ownership and responsibility for his/her projects.
• Team player with leadership skills.
• Capable to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Good communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills in an international environment. Independent, confident and customer-focused mind-set.
• Ability to control processes and activities in a result-oriented manner and work effectively to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbally and in writing).

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