Job Specifications for Lead – Programme
Location: Tripura
Number of Vacancy – 01
Organization / Program Information: Udyogini, a leading NGO of Central India looking a
passionate individual to coordinate its CSR project aiming at integrated holistic
development and strengthening community institutions (WEGs / Federation/ FPO/
Cooperative) in North East Region.
Key Responsibilities:
I. Function:
• Prepare program strategy for North East region the view to align our program
with donor priorities (like CSR, Government and international foundation) for
achieving financial sustainability by having both for profit and not for profit
interventions.
• Manage all operations, field programs, enterprise trainings and social security
interventions
• Identify, select, establish and grow a potential business idea or a value chain (that
is pro-poor, gender sensitive, climate SMART, industry friendly and government
supported) into a sustainable social for-profit enterprise.
• Lead the team of North East region and provide support in raising resources for
Udyogini and its affiliate institutions
• Support and contribute towards improvements in system and processes –
Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL), Business Development, Human Resource
Management and Finance-for achieving higher efficiency in overall operations of
state where Udyogini works or will work.
II. Specific Responsibilities
A. Program operation and management (40% of time)
• Responsible/accountable for the implementation of Udyogini’s operations in North
East region
• Ensure that the Udyogini’s programs are aligned with its vision and mission and
are included in the annual plan of operations and budget.
• Design and implement systems and processes to create the strategic and
business plan
• Create and coordinate the annual plan of operations (APOs) based on targets set
in the donor proposals or strategic and business plan.
• Guide Team to prepare, in a participatory process, state strategic/ business plans in
alignment with the Udyogini strategic /business plan.
• Ensure strategic, high quality and equitable programming in the states.
• Facilitate the development of multi product program innovations to achieve the
vision and mission of Udyogini
• Prepare and share a quarterly report to the Reporting Manager on the progress
towards achievement of the operational plan and budget
• Provide for all operation staff a strong day-to-day leadership presence; bridge
national and regional operations and support an open-door policy among all staff
B. Incubation of For-profit Social enterprises (20% of time)
• Identify potential business ideas (with potential to develop into a viable social
enterprise) through sub-sector analysis and conduct Value Chain Analysis of the
potential business ideas/social enterprise
• Preparation of three-year Business plan for the selected Business Idea/social
enterprise
• Raise grants and investments for the selected Business Idea /social enterprise
• Execution of the business plan to enable the social enterprise to achieve Break
Even Point
• Screening and selection of entrepreneur /business leader and other requisite staff
to manage the selected social enterprise
• Identify and build an appropriate institutional architecture to establish, grow and
manage the social enterprises.
• Identify the capacity building/competency needs of the social enterprise team and
design & implement the training module to address the gaps
• Create enabling environment (robust annual planning & budgeting, identify
bottlenecks/barriers and the services to remove them, arrange resources through
liasioning and networking) for the social enterprise team so as to achieve Break
Even Point in the stipulated time frame
• Design MIS for tracking of the performance of the social enterprise and monitor
the performance against the Objectively verifiable Indicators
C. Business Development and Partnership (30% of time)
Lead the programme teamand support the Support Team (SO) in raising resources for
Udyogini and its affiliate institutions
– Resource Mobilization (20% of time)
• Contribute to research on new donors, donor mapping exercise and make
recommendations on funding prospects (crowd /online funding, loan) beyond
Udyogini’s traditional donors.
• Work closely with the Finance and programme teams to develop proposal
budgets.
• Coordinate with teams on the planning, development and submission of donor
proposals, with CEO/Director- Programme /Director of Business Development.
• Work with Programme teams and partners to establish and manage consortium
partnerships with similar minded civil society organizations and private sector
consultancy firms as appropriate to leverage Udyogini’s chances of success in
competitive calls for proposals for proposals and tender bids.
– Donor Management & Reporting (10% time)
• Maintain a list of potential donors and their specific funding preferences and
deadlines for proposal submission; track progress of proposals, submission dates,
amounts, etc.
• Support program staff capacity building and strengthening their skills for building
and sustaining high quality relationship management with a range of external
organizations.
• Make representational and/or funding-related visits to donors.
• Ensure timely submission of high-quality donor reports to the donor and PST in
Delhi;
• Ensure quality of all external documents in consultation with Director-
Programme
• Maintain State Grant Management Information System, logical framework, and
project overviews;
D. Institutional systems and processes (10% of time)
• Represent Udyogini internally and externally.
• Contribute to strategic program direction through identification of needs,
programmatic growth opportunities and identify potential partners.
• Lead the performance management process that measures and evaluates
progress against goals for the organization.
• Coordinate with HR/ Admin team for internal training, development,
compensation and benefits, employee relations, performance evaluation and
recruiting.
• Support and facilitate Lead -MEL and State MEL-Associates to establish easy-to-
manage MIS for all our verticals, periodic evaluations, baseline and areaassessment
to achieve systematic learning’s and documentation with the view to
refine our strategy and product development.
• Lead State Finance Persons and support Lead- Finance to develop an accounting
system that provides the organization with quick access to financial information
and enables strategic budgeting (including systems for tracking utilization and
over expenditure in a timely way).
Qualification & Experience:
1) Post-graduate degree in education, social sciences, management or social work.
2) 10-13 years of experience in programme implementation, business strategy & rapid
scale expansion in the development/corporate sector with 4-5 years of leadership
experience.
3) Result orientation, effective leadership, strong communication skills, influencing
skills, stakeholder management, strong inter-personal skills and ability to work
with people from varied backgrounds and levels.
4) Sensitive to issues of gender equality
5) Fluency in English and Hindi, spoken and written. Fluency in regional language
will be an added advantage.
6) Strong analytical skills with knowledge of statistical tools are preferred.
7) Communication skills, written and verbal are desirable
8) An eye for detail and precision is desirable
9) Problem solving and an ability to strategic thinking
10) Value alignment with that of Udyogini and a passion for women empowerment.
11) Strong computer and digital literacy. Any other computer, digital, data analysis
and comprehension are a must.
12) Willingness to travel extensively across the region
Compensation: INR 9,00,000 to INR 10,00,000 per annum
How to Apply: Please share your updated CV to hr@udyogini.org along with a cover
letter mentioning why you are a good fit for this position by May 1, 2025. Do not forget to
mention the name of the position in the subject line along with the location in your mail.
