Head Urban Policy

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Taking forward legacy of urban policy reforms at Janaagraha in key areas of urban governance (what we refer to as city-systems ). Setting the agenda for city-systems reforms and evidence building in areas of:
  • Municipal Laws & Policies affecting different areas of planning, decentralization of powers and devolution of 3Fs and empowering Cities; Participatory democracy, Hyper-local governance, transparency and accountability; Organizational Development and other areas
  • Brainstorming to set Objectives, arrive at Research Questions, and Methodology with Program Heads for Field and Secondary research
  • Surfacing newer areas for exploration in terms of:
    • Intersectional areas in Climate, Health and Equity with City-Systems
    • Emerging Tools and techniques for research and means of engagement
    • Research eco-systemin public policy, urban governance, and models of partnership
  • Thinking & Planning around Janaagraha s flagship event around ASICS report, Urban Conclave and other Research Roundtables; and representing Janaagraha at similar high-level events at Centre, State and with eco-system partners
  • Write regularly and encourage Team Leads to write & publish regularly on research topics, ASICS, Climate-Health-Equity Systems intersections and newer ideas
  • Work closely with Head, Policy Advocacy and Head, Participatory Governance for advocacy on key transformational agendas with governments, wider political economy and other platforms
• Leading CDAP (City Data and Analytics Platform)
  • Launching CDAP and development into later phases with areas of work under:
    • Engagement with NITI Aayog and State/City Government
    • Project Management, Implementation, and Reporting
    • Platform Development with entities within and outside Janaagraha
    • Convening Communities of Practice that will build & sustain CDAP
• Incubating Equity City-Systems work at Janaagraha (starting with Gender)
  • Working with Advisory Group for Gender to build Gender program at Janaagraha
  • Guiding and coordinating work of Research teams and Civic Teams in Gender work
  • Handholding for Gender to emerge as intersectional area in State Program work
• Organizational andleadership areas:
  • Coordinating with Development team for developing proposals for long-term funding and for particular inputs / expectation in proposals or open approaches
  • Exploring ideas from triangle of impact, execution & funding potential, to best / highest degree; focussing on critical Thought Leadership work
  • Holding charge of the Results Framework of, and helping CPIO with planning, budgeting & MIS for teams under Urban Policy interacting with teams, as required.
  • Developing synergies and cross-subsidization in resources interfacing with individual teams as required
  • Developing a strong data-base of like-minded organizations with convergence in values/thinking and complementarity in strengths / sectoral or services action / geography for each team.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

KEY COMPETENCIES

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