Associate Director / Director - Adolescent Programme Operations( East and West)

Magic Bus India Foundation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Magic Bus India Foundation, a leading NGO in education and skilling, seeks a Regional Director to drive high-impact programs for hundreds of thousands of children, adolescents and young people from underserved communities in the childhood to livelihood journey.

You will provide strategic leadership, build government partnerships at state and district levels, oversee program design and implementation, and ensure efficient delivery across the region with close coordination with Finance, HR,

Qualifications

• Experience in driving large scale programmes, institutional partnerships and government collaborations.
• Ability to connect with donors, government and civil society.
• Proven track record in strategic programme management.
• Strong leadership and people development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to position Magic Bus impact and the childhood-to-livelihood agenda.
• Oversee design and implementation of high quality, well-managed programmes in the region.
• Build and nurture government partnerships at state and district levels to contribute to policy agenda and region-wide impact.
• Coordinate with regional and HO functions to ensure efficient programme delivery and budget utilization.

Skills

Experience in strategic leadership

Donor & government engagement

Networking & partnerships

Attention to detail

Results orientation

Communication & interpersonal skills

People development

Strategic programme management

Education

PhD / Post graduate in Social work, Management, Economics or related

Job description

Magic Bus India Foundation is one of India’s leading NGOs in education and skilling, working across 22 states and union territories for over 26 years. Through its Adolescent and Livelihood Programmes, Magic Bus equips young people from underserved communities with life, employability, and entrepreneurship skills to help them transition from childhood to livelihood. The organization has built a strong ecosystem comprising 30,000 schools, 343 Community Learning Centres, 133 Livelihood Centres, and 1,130+ college partnerships. To date, Magic Bus has impacted over 35 lakh adolescents and 5 lakh youth, with a strong focus on empowering girls and young women.

For more information, visit: Magic Bus India Foundation.

The Role

The Regional Director is responsible for achieving high impact at scale, in improving the quality of lives of hundreds of thousands of children, adolescents and young people living in poverty through the childhood to livelihood journey.

Strategic Leadership:

• Provide strategic leadership in positioning Magic Bus impact, its organisational mission and the manner it needs to located within the larger canvas of government or partner programmes to drive the childhood to livelihood agenda.
• Contribute to Magic Bus organisational vision, goals and the growth story in building credible evidence, process pathways for change and long term measurable impact on the ground
• As a member of the Senior Executive Team, you will make a leading contribution to the overall strategy and organizational development of Magic Bus as well as Lead and inspire volunteers and employees.
• Build and nurture government partnerships at state-level and district-level to ensure Magic Bus contributes to as well as influence the government's policy agenda and is a point of reference in the concerned states in the area of life skills education and empowerment of adolescents and young people.
• Oversee the design and implement portfolio of high quality, well-managed, result-oriented and impactful programmes in line with the programme implementation plan in the region that brings about positive changes in the lives of children
• Ensure realization of Programme results as evidenced by the evaluations
• Institutionalize strong systems and processes to operationalize the region including program execution and automating the processes wherever appropriate for efficiency, enhanced quality and effectiveness
• Optimum budget utilization and minimum underspends while carrying out programme activities.
• Responsible for coordinating with other Regional and HO functions viz. Finance, HR, Procurement, Administration, M&E, Programme Design and Training for efficient, effective and impactful programmw implementation
• Identify partners who can execute Magic Bus programmes on its behalf through their competence, can take Magic Bus programmes to the last mile while creating a larger purpose and impact in the region.

People Development:

• Build strong next level of leaders who can manage and execute their responsibilities independently and uphold Magic Bus culture
• Develop an eco-system that can collaborate, provide feedback to programme design team, thereby create deeper and wider impact in the region and enhance the design of Magic Bus programmes
• Team management for ensuring capacity building, productivity and effectiveness through timely communication and feedback.
• PhD /Post graduate in Social work, Management, Economics or other social sciences
• 18 to 25 years of experience in driving large scale programme management.

Knowledge & Skills required

• Experience in driving large scale programmes, institutional partnerships, government collaborations in the life skills and adolescent empowerment space.
• Ability to connect with key stakeholders that include donors, government and civil society
• Network & build relationships and generate fund for MB programmes
• Has an eye for detail and can systematize processes
• Commitment to results and demonstrates high resilience
• Communicates, has strong interpersonal relationship and can inspire across levels
• Delegates responsibilities and develops people to fulfill their responsibilities
• Proven track record in Strategic Programme Management