Program Consultant – Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India CAF India is a registered Indian public trust, and a part of Charities Aid Foundation International network that manages over 5 billion pounds and distributes to 45000 charities in more than 90 countries. CAF network offices are located in UK (Head Office), India, Australia, Bulgaria, Russia, South Africa, USA, Brazil. CAF India’s mission is to promote effective giving, and increase the flow of resources from individuals and organisations to the not-for-profit sector. Part of CAF International network, CAF India helped more than 18000 donors and supported 164 non profits across 17 states in India last year. CAF India is cause-neutral. CAF India supports diverse causes: Animal Welfare, Disability, Children, Education, Community Development, Health, Livelihood, Women, Art and Culture, Elderly, Environment, Disaster Management. For further information, please write to us on contact@cafindia.org

To support in the implementation of education initiatives, CAF India is looking for passionate, driven, and highly qualified young professionals who are eager to build a career in public policy and public administration, with a focus on education. CAF India will be working with its facilitating partner Network for Quality Education Foundation/The Education Alliance by deploying highly qualified people. Network for Quality Education Foundation/The Education Alliance supports state education departments to co-create solutions to improve the quality of education in government schools.

Who are we looking for?
We’re looking for passionate, driven, and highly qualified young professionals who are eager to build a career in public policy and public administration, with a focus on education. If you have excellent project management and problem-solving skills, we’d love to hear from you. Our rigorous recruitment process ensures that we find the right candidates for the role and the culture of our organization.

Joining us is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful and long-lasting impact in the education sector.

Program Consultants – New Delhi

Job Summary:
The scope of the Consultant is to support in orchestrating overall program management, defining strategy/design, and driving the related day-to-day execution across various work streams. In addition, the role will include driving stakeholder management with all partner organizations involved, precisely, in driving their core strategic focus and ensuring logical convergence with wider department mandates.

• Supporting in overseeing project timelines, coordinating with stakeholders including the management, government officials, and partner organizations, and ensuring that the project is progressing as planned
• Assisting in managing resources, including staffing, and materials needed for the project.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders including government officials and partner organizations, and team members.
• Conducting research and analysis to inform project planning and decision-making
• Developing and delivering project-related communications to all stakeholders, including project status updates, reports, and presentation
• Tracking project milestones and progress and providing regular status updates to the project manager and other stakeholders
• Identifying areas for process improvement and collaborating with the project manager to implement changes that enhance project performance and outcomes.
• A combination of problem diagnosis, solution design, and facilitating implementation through first
  principles problem solving, leveraging organisational learnings, extensive stakeholder discussions, data analysis, etc.
• Influence and build collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders
• Lead planning and execution of reviews and ensure the movement of all the verticals and alignment of all stakeholders
• Oversee the functioning of all verticals, and provide strategic planning and implementation support to the Project Manager
• Deliverables will involve regular documentation of outputs in the form of briefings, papers, presentations, reports, and notes with thorough background research/ benchmarking as needed.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with at least 2-3 years of work experience in consulting/government/education sectors
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal), experience in documentation, writing reports, proposals, and presentation skills
• Analytically strong, with an ability to understand, work with, and draw insights from data; familiarity with data analysis tools
• Ability to coordinate between and build relationships with various stakeholders within the government and with partner organizations
• Ability to work in a high-paced environment, and maintain a flexible work schedule to accommodate multiple simultaneous projects
• Strong project management skills – prioritization, setting goals, assessing progress and course- correction
• Demonstrated commitment to social impact/prior experience working in the social sector
• High level of spoken and written fluency in English and Tamil

Location: New Delhi

Salary: Commensurate to experience
Expected date of Joining: Immediate
Employment Type: Consultant
Project Period: 4 months

Apply: To apply, share your CV at careers@cafindia.org

CAF India is an equal opportunity employer.