Job Description

Sr. Manager

Location: Patna, Bihar

No of positions: 2

Aangan is looking to hire you, if you are someone

1. who is passionate about girls'/women's issues of safety and protection

2. who wants to be a part of developing institutionalised platforms for dialogue between Police and communities across districts of Bihar

If you like to aim for operational excellence, are a good communicator, can manage stakeholder relationships and strive for sustainable change - talk to us.

Given the nature of our work, we have a strong preference for female candidates

You are the right person to apply if you are passionate about;

Unique position: Through this one-of-a-kind programme, you will have a unique opportunity to engage deeply both with community women and girls as well as the police system at large.

Opportunity to work at scale: You will be engaged with work happening across wide-geographies i.e. 3 districts within the state of Bihar.

Solution oriented approach: Through our approach, we attempt to enable the most marginalised groups to participate in decisions that affect them directly. Help build trust as well as create strong communication channels between the community (specifically women and girls) and the Police

Beyond just a programmatic intervention: Through our efforts, the attempt is to go beyond just a program level intervention to bring about changes at a systemic level

Fast paced, impact driven work: You will have an opportunity to participate and play a key role in what we expect to be some ground breaking work.

What does the work involve?

At Aangan, our Sr. Managers are active listeners, observers, collaborators, and solution creators. This is an exciting opportunity with the potential to achieve a multi-faceted role which includes,

• Lead and manage the programs across 3 districts by developing, implementing, and evaluating them to fulfil the objectives established for the state

• Work closely with the state team member to provide operational support to ensure operational excellence

• Project Management: Working closely with the Programme Head on project management including creating project plans, overseeing and organising execution and implementation of the programme, dashboard, and progress trackers, scheduling/structuring meetings, and following through on communication.

• Oversee the daily workflow within the assigned districts

• Manage timelines and assist with meeting target deliverables on schedule

• Serve as the liaison for all stakeholders (program participants, facilitators, coaches, advisors, etc.) and provide ongoing support to the state team

• Sustain and manage relationships with district level officials

• Lead and support the execution of evaluation for ongoing assessment of programmes within the state

• Oversee and monitor trainings being undertaken by the training team to ensure quality and adherence to the training needs identified

• Knowledge management: Processing, consolidating and sharing learning from program implementation to be fed into State-level strategy

In addition, you will play a critical role in leveraging the power of data to:

• Advocate for broader impact with district/state officials.

• Ensure a balance of progress against quantitative targets as well as high quality and deep work for sustainable impact.

TRAVEL: This role requires regular travel to the operational sites, to attend government and other stakeholder meetings, and to Mumbai/ New Delhi for head office meetings, and other locations as maybe necessary.

III. Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Training and Development:

1. Building ownership, investment and accountability to the overall vision to be achieved for Bihar among team members, community women, key stakeholders and Government officials.

2. Helping the trainers with developing training and coaching plans, preparation with the trainers to ensure effective delivery of Aangan’s curriculum and content

3. Ongoing and hands-on training with the trainers who are responsible for training and coaching community child protection workers and stakeholders

4. Plan and conduct meeting/ orientation with block and district level officials and ensure that the objectives of the program are being achieved

5. Monitor the trainings facilitated by the trainers to ensure that the training objectives are met

6. Assist in preparing team members for meetings by conducting relevant background research, planning meetings, drafting talking points etc.

• Program implementation:

1. Leading the state team to implement the project and meet outcomes across the 3 districts of Bihar. This includes managing the implementation as per the plans developed and monitoring the progress against the district milestones

2. Support the program team with relevant insights and feedback to ensure that the goals of the program are met

3. Look at hyper-local data to strategise and provide directions and recommendations to the team for strengthening the intervention

4. Review qualitative data collected from the program to understand the challenges and learnings of the program and develop an insight

• Advocacy and Networking

1. Building and maintaining relationships with key government officials of the Police Department at district and local level.

2. Working in collaboration with government officials, taking action data reports from the community to demonstrate sustainablele outcomes and results

• Others

1. Track key policy developments and trends relevant to child protection and our work in Bihar

2. Support the state Data Associate in developing and maintaining monthly MIS, collecting and analysing qualitative and quantitative data

3. Preparing reports to share with Govt. Authorities, funders with the aim of communicating key protection issues, actions planned and outcomes of the program

IV. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to lead and manage a team

• Strong project planning and project management skills

• Communication skills so as to deliver a compelling message through oral and written mediums to diverse stakeholders

• Relationship-building so as to connect individuals, and groups, with shared goals

• Critical thinking and problem solving attitude

• Ability to multi-task and be resourceful in the face of uncertainty

• Willingness to travel frequently

• Understanding of the local context and socio-political environment of the state

V. Education and Experience

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field

• 8+ years of work experience

• Experience of managing a team

• Agility in responding to changing demands, balancing multiple priorities, responsive to communication, and being available to be on call/on the field on short notice

• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced and evolving environment

• Working knowledge on the thematic areas of child safety and protection will be an added advantage

Please send your CV and Cover Letter to aangan.careers@gmail.com.

P.S. Given the nature of our work, we would prefer female candidates.

Our Process:

1. This advertisement speaks to you

2. You’re available and excited by this opportunity

3. You email us/call us/reach out to us in some way

4. We assess your fit for this role through our hiring process.

5. If the stars and fitment align, you’re a part of Team Aangan!

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