Ashray Akruti - Chief Executive Officer

CEO

Desired Skills and Experience:

Required Qualification and Experience:

Education : Master in social work / Post graduate in development management / B.Tech + MBA

Relevant Experience: 10 -15 years of experience from development sector out of which at least 5 years should have been at a top leadership level.

- Relevant experience in a professionally run reputed NGO could be advantageous.

Required Skill Set:

- Good communication skills, both oral and written. Fluency and command over English language is mandatory.

- The person should demonstrate excellent business development, Quality improvement, project development skills

- An entrepreneur mind-set with outstanding organizational, leadership, People Management, Programme Management and analytical Skills.

- Familiar with diverse business function like sales, finance, marketing and operational activities.

- Have the ability to use technology to improve operational efficiencies

- Have excellent networking skills

- She / He will be part of core leadership team and work very closely with board, Directors, COO and team.

- Passionate about social impact through education skill development

- Problem-solving, decision making and outcomes management.

- Requires Travel within the city or outside the city if required

Responsibilities:

We are looking out for people having the following experience:

- Represent the organisation at various platforms as and when required.

- Develop high quality strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives

- Lead and motivate subordinates to advance employee engagement, develop a high performing managerial team

- Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission

- Enforce adherence to legal guidelines and in-house policies to maintain the companys legality and ethics

- Analyze problematic situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth

- Maintain a deep knowledge of the markets and industry of the company

- Prepare and submit an annual CSR operational plan and budget to the Board of Trustees for review and approval. Provide a long term strategic focus to the organization.

- Plan and work towards achievements of annual targets - breaking them down to functional targets.

- Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Zonal and HO team for achievement of the same.

- Ensure that all operational SOPs are communicated to the team and implemented across all teams.

- Implements and lead a continuous quality improvement process across all areas of operations - focusing on systems /process improvement

- Provide strong management to the teams and should have hands on experience in developing and retaining a high-performance team.

- Represent engagements with key government, elected representatives, non- government, and other stakeholders.

- Ability to collaborate effectively with a broad array of internal and external stakeholders - specifically Corporate, Trusts, CSR Committees, as well as key Government and non-government stakeholders in areas of operation.

- Ensure high level of integrity and values in all aspects of work.

- Define a technology roadmap for the organization in line with its strategy and growth aspirations in health, education and livelihood generation spaces.

- Set the drive development of new technology-enabled project in health or education or livelihood that enhance the organisation's positioning.

- Focus on Continuous development and process improvement

- Act as a mentor

- Work closely with the Curriculum, LD, HR, ME and Operations teams to understand organisation's day-to-day business, improving learning outcomes, business growth and resilience

- Manage project/ programme budget and implementation timelines

- Provide support to the CSR management group and build joint initiatives

- Fund raising , management and financial planning