Manager - Scholarship

The Foundation launched the Azim Premji Scholarship in 2024-2025. The scholarship supports girl students from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher education. This programme will be launched in phases starting with select geographies and will cover the entire country in the next few years. For more details, please visit our website.

Role & Responsibilities

Program Managers will be responsible for strategising, designing and anchoring implementation of one or more aspects of this initiative such as the processing of applications, outreach and engagement with various stakeholders, maintaining of databases of government institutions and others, designing modules, organising capacity development workshops, conducting dipstick surveys, cleaning, organising and analysing data (large data sets) and writing reports and short summaries.

Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum 7 or more years experience, candidates having experience in development sector will be preferred
• An undergraduate degree in any discipline from a reputed institution
• Advanced project management skills and experience in managing large teams
• Event management and execution
• Advanced analytical and writing skills. Ability to get into details, specifics of new domains, high learnability
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (word, excel and outlook)
• Advanced language proficiency - reading, writing, and speaking - in English and any one or more of the regional languages - Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Telugu, and Odia
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and various teams