Job: Opportunities with Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) (Delhi - NCR)

The Capacity Building and Consulting vertical at ISDM is looking to recruit people across various roles (descriptions given below). Would request your help in spreading the word in your own groups / networks and with people who might be relevant given the opportunities.

Interested people can send in their CV and Cover Letter to the following email id:  gaurav.shah@isdm.org.in. Thanking you for all the effort!

Warm Regards,

Gaurav

About ISDM

The Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) is a pioneering institution established to develop the discipline of Development Management. The School aims to facilitate the creation of a cadre of professional leaders and managers for the development sector. These professional leaders and managers will make a significant difference to the impact, scale and sustainability of organizations working for the betterment of society and especially improving the quality of life of the underserved. Learn more about us - www.isdm.org.in

The Capacity Building and Consulting vertical at ISDM aims to bring in a strong practice element to the work that we are doing in developing a Body of Knowledge for Development Management and Leadership – both learning from this Body of Knowledge and adding back to it through the consulting and capacity building work being done with Social Purpose organisations. Please below some positions we are looking to hire for as part of this area of work.

Interested people can send in their CV and Cover Letter to the following email id:  gaurav.shah@isdm.org.in

Associate Consultant / Consultant / Sr. Consultant

Roles and Responsibilities

·       Partner Outreach: Reaching out to potential partners, responding to partner requests, understanding their needs, writing proposals, presenting them to partners, initiating relationships

·       Knowledge Creation: Reading, researching, assimilating to create knowledge (frameworks, templates, processes, policies, diagnostics etc.) to be used as part of the consulting practice

·       Project Delivery: Understanding the issue (s) being faced by the partner, collaborating with them to co-create potential solutions, managing the end to end delivery of the assignment (Solutioning, Implementation, Report Writing, Presentations etc.)

·       Partner Relationship: Build a strong relationship with our partners to establish us as a Partner of Choice for their consulting needs

Preferred Background

·       5-15 years of work experience with a flair for looking at issues from a holistic lens and engaging in evolving solutions for them

·       Bright, Passionate, full of energy, high proficiency in spoken and written English

·       Background in consulting (preferably in the social sector) especially in areas like Strategy, Leadership, M&E, Organisation Development, Communications would be preferred

Location: Delhi – NCR (ISDM Campus)

Compensation: Competitive, As per social sector compensation levels

Manager / Sr. Manager – Design, Development, Facilitation

Roles and Responsibilities

·       Develop a deep understanding of and competence in key frameworks, perspectives, ideologies underpinning ISDM’s work in Development Leadership and Management

·       Build a library of relevant content, over time, based on analysis of the key needs of Social Purpose Organisations from a Leadership, Management lens

·       Design and Develop customised capacity building interventions for partner organisations based on a thorough understanding of their need – Develop / source relevant diagnostic tools to aid in this analysis; Work with external faculty, where relevant, to make it happen

·       Deliver, facilitate relevant custom and open programmes on specific areas of comfort and expertise

·       Provide inputs in the delivery of specific consulting assignments as and when relevant   

Preferred Background

·       8-14 years of work experience with a flair for designing, developing and delivering capacity building programmes

·       Creative, Innovative, deep interest in adult learning, fairly highly proficiency in written English

·       Background in Learning & Development, Adult Learning, Facilitation along with experience of working in the social sector is a must

·       Understanding of social issues and solutions, ground realities, government systems would be helpful

Location: Delhi – NCR (ISDM Campus)

Compensation: Competitive, As per social sector compensation levels

Programme Manager – Continuing Education (Open Workshops)

Roles and Responsibilities

·       Work with Design team and faculty to create an annual calendar of open and online programmes

·       Conduct outreach for these programmes through various platforms (e.g. Social Media, Email, online advertising etc.)

·       Counsel applicants for these programmes and guide them through the entire admissions process

·       Manage the logistics for the programme – venue, faculty, food, payments, giveaways, certificates etc.

·       Maintain all the data for these programmes in a systematic manner, analyse the data to present learnings to the larger team

·       Ensure end to end execution of open workshops and online programmes

Preferred Background

·       3-6 years of work experience with a flair for managing programmes as per plan, timelines, budgets

·       Attention to detail, Ability to Multi-task, High energy, Goal oriented, pleasant and cordial

·       Interest and ability in managing basic social media outreach and conceptualising relevant messaging is needed

·       A basic understanding of development sector vocabulary, reality of working in development sector organisations would be really helpful

Location: Delhi – NCR (ISDM Campus)

Compensation: Competitive, As per social sector compensation levels

Gaurav Shah +91-89714-97788