Chief of Staff: A.T.E. Chandra Foundation

ATECF is one of India’s largest (by annual budget) and leading (by impact in chosen verticals) philanthropic foundations. We professionally, manage the social impact-oriented giving of Archana & Amit Chandra and the A.T.E. Group. Our differentiated approach involves strategically investing in ideas that generate exceptionally high SROI (social return on investment) over the long term. We deeply believe in the power of a ‘multiplier approach’ and aim to maximise our philanthropic impact by collaborations, impacting behaviour and policy.

Our approach towards problem-solving any societal issue is three pronged wherein we:

1. Engage in understanding the root cause by investing in research and data

2. Work, directly or with partners, to build replicable templates using case studies that can help spread learning relating to success and failure

3. Have an open architecture approach and disseminate our learnings for wide adoption of good practices. Also, work extensively with governments, where possible to impact policy

Unlike most CSR / Foundations, our efforts are well distributed between implementation and advocacy of evidence, so as to play a catalytic role in solving for issues at scale. We also spend material resources to help build open platforms that can be leveraged by all.

Our Co-founders and a highly eminent group of Advisors spend substantial amount of their time working very closely with a tight knit team to collectively impact the following focus areas:

A) Capacity Building (CB) – building ecosystem capabilities of the sector and materially improving organizational effectiveness. We are perhaps one of the oldest and largest donors active in this space.

B) Rural Development (RD) – focused on uplifting farmers and those living in Rural India, mainly through two specific initiatives:

a. Rejuvenation of Water Bodies – we support one of the longest running and largest water security programs in the country, which is active in 5 states, and work closely with the Central and Maharashtra Government.

b. Regenerative Agriculture – Building scientific and economic evidence for this. Also, help support building systemically important institutions in the space.

C) Additional Focus Initiatives

i) Need based sustainable scholarship funding for institutes to attract women students
ii) Urban governance
iii) Afforestation
iv) Support, where needed, legacy investments to eminent institutions such as SRCC Children’s Hospital, Ashoka University, a few museums, Give India

SUMMARY
A.T.E. Chandra Foundation (ATECF) is looking for a full time Chief of Staff to support the CEO & Co-founders in areas that are critical to the organization’s success. If you enjoy delivering results in a high performance, fast-paced, collaborative, diverse environment, in an organization that is very focused on delivering on its mission of “Transformation at Scale” in the social sector, then please read on.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Direct Support of the CEO & Co-founders

a. Tracking MIS and progress against strategic priorities.Flag key issues on key performance indicators / dashboards for attention
b. Track and ensure timely involvement in important projects or decision-making processes
c. Work closely with the CEO on annual strategic planning process acting as a project manager
d. Assist in preparation for important meetings and conferences, via meeting notes, research and making presentations
e. Conduct research, performance benchmarking, data analysis that helps drive insight and decision making

2. Board & Executive Committee Support

a. Work with the CEO to manage the Board and EC process, from end to end, starting with advance distribution of materials in prescribed format, to taking minutes in the meeting, circulating the same in a timely manner, preparing action taken reports
b. Ensure, in conjunction with relevant experts, that we are adhering to compliance with applicable rules and regulations

3. Meeting & Event Preparation

a. Coordinate agendas for CEO approval before key meetings
b. Assist in organizing key events
c. Assist in strategically managing leaders’ time in coordination with EAs

4. Special Project Management

a. Assist with special projects that might not necessarily fall into one of the verticals of the Foundation, or are cross functional, and have been prioritised by CEO and Co-founders

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED

• Qualifications – Less important what kind of degree you have – Bachelor’s or a Master’s Degree; from India or overseas. What is important is whether you have demonstrable skills / track record, basic maturity and attitude to deliver in the role
• Desired character traits – Integrity, dependable, persevering, collaborative, calm, ability to maintain confidentiality, can do attitude, mature
• Desired skills – strong analytical/data skills, excellent communication skills (especially written), good research capability
• Desired experience – Ideally 4-8 years in roles which would provide exposure to the above

How to apply: Send your resume to communication@atecf.org with subject line “Job Application chief of staff”