Dasra - Team Lead - 10 to 19 - Dasra Adolescents Collaborative

Team Lead, 10to19: Dasra Adolescents Collaborative

About the Role:

Team Leads at Dasra are responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the design and execution of various project on a variety of issues. With over 6 years of experience and strong management skills, you are responsible for driving impactful decision-making and nurturing talent within the organization.

Key responsibilities:

- Support the team to develop and oversee project management systems and tracking of deliverables against the Annual Project Plans.

- Independently support the creation of one or more project plans/workstreams and management against those plans from end to end

- Contribute to team- and organization-level management activities such as staffing, reporting, internal taskforces

- Build and manage relationships with non-profits and knowledge partners

- Tracking reporting requirements across internal teams for external reporting purposes

- Under minimal supervision performs complex assignments and fulfills broad responsibilities where required outcomes are defined, but methods and procedures may vary based on professional judgment /precedent.

- Translate insights into team level learnings and efficiencies

- In a supervisory role, the individual usually handles work assignments, responsible for quality, motivation, training and problem solving.

Duration: Full time

Areas of Expertise:

- 6-8 years of experience in the Indian and/or international development sector with a focus on research, consulting, writing, knowledge management and multi-stakeholder engagement and sector knowledge of adolescent, youth and gender issues.

- Sharp written and communication skills, and able to build frameworks to communicate a compelling narrative with some, but minimal guidance.

- Strong project management skills, including the ability to define project scopes, plan with some support and guidance, manage the project team and ensure work efficiency and quality while managing budgets, and adhering to deadlines.

- Able to interact with and engage funders with trust and confidence and begins to move from only execution to also managing relationships with some support/guidance

- Develop and maintain relationships with various external stakeholders with trust and confidence and guide them towards determined goals/projects/deliverables

- Strong commitment and ability to develop a team and nurture talent to deliver excellent results

- Entrepreneurial attitude with a willingness and ability to build systems and processes, work independently, bring structure, as well as think and act creatively in a resource-constrained environment.