Dasra - Team Lead - Philanthropy Labs

Dasra - Team Lead - Philanthropy Labs (6 to 8 years Full-time experience)

Team Lead - Philanthropy Labs

About Dasra:

Dasra's bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India's leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra nurtures strategic philanthropy for India and focuses on impactful programs such as empowering adolescent girls, urban sanitation, inclusive economies and child protection and care. With 21 years of experience in the sector, a depth of knowledge gained from working with over 1,000 non-profits and having brought $100 million in funding to organizations - Dasra drives collaborative action to accelerate social change in India.

About OneDasra Team:

Dasra achieves its ambitious mission with a collaborative 100-member OneDasra team. This team works on various programs and supports audacious impact-first goals and strategic objectives by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. The OneDasra organization structure has enhanced agility, learning and enables pushing professional boundaries, which ensures that talent grows and develops, for greater systems change. The recruitment process is unique in that you will be selected to join OneDasra, with a role that best leverages your strengths and be involved in programs that align with your current interests. You will not be joining a siloed-functional team, therefore - please consider these outlined responsibilities and skill-sets required with an opportunistic role that will build cross functionality and be well poised for individual learning, growth and development across sectors and stakeholders.

Dasra is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Key Responsibilities:

- 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.

- Independently handles one or more projects / work stream/ sub-functional area from end to end.

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

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

- Build and manage relationships with funders, non-profits and strategic partners

Skill-Set Required:

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

- Written & Communication skills: Begins to draw linkages from content to insight and frameworks and communicates a compelling narrative with some, but minimal guidance.

- Project Management: Defines project scopes, plan with some support and guidance, begins to manage the project team to improve work efficiency and quality while managing budgets, and adhering to deadlines.

- Research & Data Analytics: Links several secondary and primary insights and data results across themes to develop frameworks, form compelling narratives and provide market intelligence for strategic decision-making.

- Strategy Formulation: Ability to connect dots and create strategies for team and organization based on insights garnered through secondary research and interactions with external stakeholders and Dasra leadership.

- Fundraising: Engages funders with trust and confidence and begins to move from only execution to also managing relationships with some support/guidance

- Relationship Management: Engages external stakeholders with trust and confidence and is able to manage relationships towards several goals/ projects/ deliverables

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

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

Think you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Apply to the role anyways. We'd love the opportunity to determine whether you could be a great fit.