Position: Project Lead/Senior Project Lead 

Organization: CSF

Location: Delhi

Apply: https://tcf.kekahire.com/applyjob/26004

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to 

●      Take ownership of project(s) and manage them end-to-end

●      Set-up project management processes and guidelines, prepare strategic roadmaps with goals and milestones

●      Develop, refine, and contextualize CSF’s POV and develop frameworks on critical FLN work streams in consultation with other CSF teams

●      Create internal alignment between different interventions and CSF partners

●      Review work-products, documents, and outputs of the program

●      Identify/predict breaks, and devise resolution pathways

●      Develop and manage strong working relationships with key bureaucrats at the state level including Principal Secretary, State Directors etc.

●      Manage a small team of project associates/managers

●      Facilitate conversations with external stakeholders (NGOs, experts etc.), setup and manage partnerships to leverage the best support for the State government

●      Actively build internal capabilities and support team members by sharing learnings, providing feedback, and ensuring their training and development

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

●      Bachelor’s degree required, from a reputed university; Master’s degree preferred

●      6 to 10 years of post-qualification work experience, superb project delivery and management, previous managerial experience  

●      Mission Driven, optimistic and enthusiastic- believe in achieving transformational change

●      Ability to analyze complex problems, craft possible solutions and recommendations

●      Ability to communicate complex ideas in a meaningful way, high fluency of English and Hindi

●      Ability to build and maintain positive and collaborative relationships incl. with government

●      Ability to work independently and proactively, with little supervision

●      Action-biased and strong planning skills, ability to set priorities, plan & meet timelines

●      Prior exposure to either the education sector, public/development sector, consulting will be preferred, however people with corporate experience with interest in education sector also encouraged to apply