Senior Manager ? Partnerships and External Engagement

IPE Global; New Delhi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

IPE Global is seeking a Senior Manager for Partnerships and External Engagement within Social and Economic Empowerment. You will strengthen strategic partnerships, engage with government, development partners, and private sector actors, and amplify programme learning through credible narratives.

The role sits at the intersection of delivery, partnerships, and knowledge sharing. The candidate should navigate government and international development spaces, with strong writing and

Qualifications

• Experience in development consulting and government engagement.
• Proven ability to build and sustain professional networks.
• Postgraduate degree in development studies, economics, public policy, management, social sciences, or communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategic relationships to advance programme objectives.
• Strengthen engagement with government, development partners, private sector, research institutions and other stakeholders.
• Position programmes in national and international policy conversations and platforms.
• Develop compelling narratives around programme achievements, evidence and lessons.

Skills

Strategic communications

Partnerships

Stakeholder engagement

Networking

Written communication

Education

Postgraduate degree in development studies, economics, public policy, management, social sciences, or communications

Job description

About IPEGlobal

IPE GlobalLimited is an international development consulting group providing experttechnical assistance and solutions for equitable development and sustainablegrowth in developing countries. The groups areas of expertise includes Social Economic Empowerment, Health,Nutrition and Water, Sanitation Hygiene (WASH), Urban Development,Education and Skills Development, Economic Public Financial Management,Monitoring, Evaluation Learning, Infrastructure and EngineeringDevelopment, Governance, Private Sector Development, Tourism Heritage andConservation, Environment and Climate Change, Agriculture Development, ForestGovernance, Grant and Fund Management and Information Technology e-Governance.

We are anISO 9001:2015 ISO 27001:2013 certified and CMMI Level 3 company. Overthe last 18 years, IPE Global has successfully implemented 750 projects in over100 countries, across 5 major continents. IPE Global has 800 full-timeprofessional staff and over 1000 empanelled consultants working on variousprojects across the globe, in different locations. The group partners with multilateral bilateral agencies including DFID, USAID, The World Bank, DANIDA, KfW, ADB,etc., governments, the private sector, not-for-profit entities andphilanthropic organisations like BMGF, MasterCard Foundation, ChildrensInvestment Fund Foundation (CIFF), etc. in anchoring development agenda forsustained and equitable growth.

We draw ourunparalleled management and consulting capabilities from our offices around theworld. Each of our group company operates independently - Triple LineConsulting Limited (a UK based subsidiary), IPE Global (Africa) Limited (anAfrica based subsidiary), Imperia Health Private Limited (a hospital managementcompany) and IPE Global Centre for Knowledge and Development (a section 8company focusing on research and development consultancy). For more details,please visit .

Job Description

Social and Economic Empowerment practice at IPE Global isrecruiting a Senior Manager Partnerships and External Engagement tostrengthen strategic partnerships, external engagement and evidenceamplification across our programmes focused on women and girls.

The role will sit at the intersection of programme delivery,strategic partnerships, and knowledge collaboration. The Senior Manager willwork closely with programme teams to translate evidence and implementationexperience into compelling narratives, build trusted relationships with keystakeholders, create platforms for amplifying programme learning, and identifypartnerships that can deepen impact and enable scale.

The successful candidate will bring a strong understandingof the development sector, excellent writing and communication skills, soundjudgement, and the ability to build credible relationships across government,development partners, private sector organisations, media, researchinstitutions and other networks.

Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and manage strategic relationships that advanceprogramme objectives and create opportunities for collaboration, convergenceand scale.
• Build sustained engagement with government institutions,development partners, private sector organisations, research institutions andother relevant stakeholders.
• Understand stakeholder priorities and identify areas ofalignment with programme objectives, evidence and implementation experience
• Support programme leadership in building and sustaining hightrust relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Develop stakeholder engagement strategies and partnershippropositions for priority programmes.
• Connect programmes with relevant technical expertise,institutions, networks and platforms that can strengthen implementation orenable scale.

External Engagement and Programme Positioning

• Strengthen the positioning of programmes and their evidencewithin relevant development and policy conversations.
• Identify opportunities for programme leaders and technicalexperts to participate in national and international platforms, consultations,conferences, roundtables and strategic forums.
• Develop opportunities to showcase programme evidence,implementation experience, innovations and lesson
• Build relationships with relevant institutions, networks,experts and development leaders to expand the reach of programme learning.

Strategic Communications

• Identify opportunities to bring credible programme evidence,results and implementation insights into wider public conversations.
• Work with programme teams to develop compelling narrativesaround programme achievements, evidence, innovations and lessons.

Qualification Experience

• 810 years of relevant professional experience indevelopment consulting, government engagement, international development,strategic communications, media, partnerships or related fields.
• Experience engaging with government, bilateral andmultilateral organisations, development institutions, private sectorstakeholders or media.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain strongprofessional networks.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast movingadvisory and implementation environment.
• A postgraduate degree in development studies, economics,public policy, management, social sciences, communications or a relateddiscipline