Manager Programs - Adivasi

Azim Premji Foundation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Azim Premji Foundation seeks an experienced grants and program management professional to lead due diligence, proposal reviews, and dialogue with partner organisations. You will guide budgeting, support finance teams, and oversee the end-to-end grant lifecycle in alignment with Foundation guidelines.

The role requires extensive experience in grant making, financial due diligence, and strong understanding of local governance and development work among Adivasi and forest-dependent communities.

Qualifications

• Experience in grant making and management
• Programme budgeting and monitoring experience
• Minimum 8–10 years of sector experience

Responsibilities

• Conduct scoping and programmatic due diligence of organisations.
• Review all completed proposals to ensure that required information has been provided. Ensure that the story of the organisations come through clearly.
• Dialogue with the partner organisation to understand effects of their engagement
• Guide the organisations in budget preparation and support the finance team with budget review and financial due diligence where required.
• Lead the grant making process for the assigned organisations and ensure compliance with the Foundation’s guidelines and requirements.
• Manage the grant management process system through the entire lifecycle of a grant.

Job description

Under the Adivasi theme we support organisations which work for the well-being of indigenous and forest dependent communities across the country. These include communities categorised as Scheduled Tribes, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups or Nomadic and De-Notified Tribes as well as others with a high dependence on forest resources. The organisations we would like to support must be focused on the well-being of the community and include a wide range of interventions on land and forest rights, management and development of natural resources, access to welfare schemes and entitlements, livelihoods, health care, strengthening of local governance, legal aid, capacity building of youth and leaders, indigenous knowledge and culture.

Responsibilities

• Conduct scoping and programmatic due diligence of organisations.
• Review all completed proposals to ensure that required information has been provided. Ensure that the story of the organisations come through clearly.
• Dialogue with the partner organisation to understand effects of their engagement
• Guide the organisations in budget preparation and support the finance team with budget review and financial due diligence where required.
• Lead the grant making process for the assigned organisations and ensure compliance with the Foundation’s guidelines and requirements.
• Manage the grant management process system through the entire lifecycle of a grant.

What we are looking for

• Candidates who have a good understanding of Adivasi/ tribal/ forest-dependent communities and with experience in organisations that have worked on their issues are encouraged to apply.
• Candidates who understand the current state of local governance and rural decentralisation, central and state specific entitlements programmes, and issues with access and delivery mechanisms will be preferred.
• Experience in grant making and management, programme budgeting and monitoring is an advantage
• Should have made significant and long-lasting contributions in their area of work
• High level of self-motivation, initiative, and creativity
• Willingness to travel extensively for work
• Substantial knowledge of organisational and project management
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, and solve problems independently or collaboratively as needed
• Minimum 8 - 10 years of experience in the sector