Manager - Partnerships and Sustainability

Position: Manager/Lead - Partnerships and Sustainability
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

About the Role:

The Manager - Sustainability and State Partnerships is responsible for shaping and delivering the vision of young adults productively engaged in careers of choice. They do so by influencing different stakeholders responsible to lead to this vision especially the Government systems, NGOs and Educational Institutes who work with young people, the industry, the education systems and the youth themselves.

As a manager, the biggest shift is from looking at work and completion of goals from ones own lens to also being responsible for goals achievement as a vertical overall and the work of team members who report into the Manager and identify systems to support team members along the way.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Establish & Manage Key Relationships

• Is the face of Organisation to external and internal stakeholders - advocates for youth career development and builds strong partnerships to enable the same
• Forging and leading key government partnerships to ensure that career awareness and readiness is adopted by the mainstream education system and has a clear plan on govt engagement
• Co-leading state level NGO and Educational institute partnerships to further scale career awareness and readiness across the states/country
• Communicates powerfully (oral, written). Listens with intent and authenticity.
• Taps into leaders from industry/Govt/NGOs and engages them proactively as champions of the organization
• Align strategy with government policy and initiatives through research and is always grounded in data
• Create, review all the required resources to forge the above partnerships- pitch decks, MoUs, proposals, reports, among others
• Building the capacity of on-ground resources on stakeholder engagement

Planning & Driving Results

• Creating clear, time-bound plans that have a clear line of sight with the vision, strategy and impact
• Takes data driven decisions and encourages the team to do the same
• Anticipates changes in the ecosystem and inspires confidence to be on top of it through clarity and inspiring agility
• Articulate the values, philosophy and intent behind the strategy
• Build a support infrastructure for tracking achievement against goals, identifying and clearing roadblocks on time

Team Management

• Motivating and empowering people through inclusive decision making
• Ensure growth and retention of team members
• Holds self and team accountable while championing and reinforcing Antarang values at all times
• Ensures own physical, mental, emotional wellness
• Embraces differing opinions seeing them as opportunities for process improvements
• Acknowledges systems breakdowns, models accountability, learning and improvement

Profile Requisites:

• Graduate/ postgraduate with 6-12 years of experience of working with multiple stakeholders (governments, corporates, NGOs), and having team management experience for about 50% of that time
• Excellent communication: Fluency in English and Hindi is mandatory. Fluency in Marathi and Konkani will be an advantage
• Complete ease in using the Microsoft office suite
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Passionate about working in and working for the youth from lower economic backgrounds & in communities
• Good analytical and conflict resolution skills and a collaborative nature
• Flexibility to work odd hours partners confirm meetings one evening earlier!
• Willingness to travel within the state/across states as and when required