Position: Deputy Director

Location:

Though the Deputy Director will be placed in the ANANDI Coordination Office at Ahmedabad, she will have to travel 12-15 days a month.  She will work closely with the Executive Director and the Program Committee of ANANDI.

About US

Area Networking and Development Initiatives – ANANDI registered in 1995 works with rural women and girls of tribal, dalit, DNT and other marginalized communities’ towards mobilizing their collectives for social justice, sustainable development, accountable governance and empowerment of rural women.  ANANDI’s vision is to bring rural women’s concerns at the centre of all development processes so that all can live in a just, equitable and peaceful society. In order to   provide further impetus to our work, ANANDI wishes to recruit a Deputy Director at its Ahmedabad office.  The prospective candidate should be a woman with strong grounding in the values and principles of transformative feminist action and leadership.  

The Deputy Director will play a strategic role in leading and managing the programs of the organization. (See www.anandi-india.org for a description of our core programs). She will work at the community level for building strong grassroots leadership and at the national level for programming, influencing and advocacy.

The partnership between ANANDI and the Community Women Led Sangathans in the areas aim to build women and youth leadership to strengthen their collectives to protect and promote women’s human rights.

ANANDI invites applications of motivated practitioners and young professionals willing to anchor overall programs of ANANDI to lead them to the mission and vision of the organization.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Planning and Program Implementation: Adopt and align the strategic plan of ANANDI built collectively by the team for the period 2022 -25. The plans will have to be reviewed periodically with the senior teams to build and promote communities of practice with feminist understanding around key thematic areas.
2. Fund Raising: Raising resources to meet the planned program commitments of the organization.
3. Institutional responsibilities: Ensuring adequate systems and processes for streamlined functioning of programs and routine administration of the organization.
4. Capacity Building: Develop systems for human resource development balancing individual aspirations of the team members and organizational vision with transparency and accountability.
5. Strengthen the Partnership between ANANDI and Sangathans: Nurture young and women leaders, enable partnerships with Sangathan and community led organizations and other likeminded stakeholders to realize the vision and mission of the ANANDI effectively.
6. Knowledge Building and Communications: Ensure that ANANDI develops effective communication strategies both internal and external such that it contributes to knowledge building.
7. Compliance Functions: Ensure that the organization meets all its legal and regulatory obligations and assist the Executive Director in all administrative, HR and program monitoring functions.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience of organizational leadership and management preferred.
• Experience of working in a leadership role with rural youth and women’s collectives, self-help groups and women’s empowerment programs, experience of management of projects /programs and teams, experience of using program management software including designing tracking and monitoring mechanisms and MS Office.
• Master’s degree in development studies, social work, gender studies, law and other related disciplines.
• Experience of donor engagement, research, documentation and M&E, building strategic partnerships.
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Remuneration will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

To apply: To apply/ contacts please write to us on info@anandi-india.org.

Position: Program Manager

Location: Devgadh Baria block, Dahod district (1 position)

About US

Area Networking and Development Initiatives – ANANDI registered in 1995 works with rural women and girls of tribal, dalit, DNT and other marginalized communities’ towards mobilizing their collectives for social justice, sustainable development, accountable governance and empowerment of rural women. ANANDI’s vision is to bring rural women’s concerns in the centre of all development processes so that all can live in a just, equitable and peaceful society. In order to undertake this work, ANANDI invites woman feminist leader to join as its Deputy Director to lead and manage the programs of the organization. The Deputy Director will work towards building field level leadership with strong presence from community to the national level for programming, influencing and advocacy.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership to the program team in Devgadh Baria block for strengthening local democracy- Panchayats and women led community collectives for gender just development, in line with ANANDI’s strategic plan.
• Develop and monitor a participatory results-based monitoring and evaluation plan to deliver the outcomes of program focusing on building strong inter-generational dialogue at the village level among women and young girls as part of Gram Sangathan – collectives of marginalised communities.
• Enabling young girls and adolescents to have space / collectives of their own for building their own space.
• Ensuring effective participation of women and youth in village development planning & local governance bodies for increasing access to rights and entitlements, improving health and education outcomes and creating an enabling environment for safety and security of women and girls.
• As part of the Program Lead team with the Practice Lead build learning environment in the team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities & skills towards accomplishing program goals.
• Assess risks and opportunities in the environment to strategically manage changes and design interventions towards realising organisations strategic plans.
• Develop, strengthen and review MIS systems for capturing qualitative and quantitative data, give and receive feedback on programs periodically through sharing-learning forums.
• Plan, review and monitor the budgets for the program with the finance manager every month to ensure that funds are used judiciously for delivering the outcomes.
• Documentation, regular reporting to the donors & ANANDI internal program review planning committees, reports for social media, website & timely reports for the ANANDI governing board under the guidance of the executive director.
• Engaging with the stakeholders at block, district and state level to increase efficacy of the program outcomes and drive systemic change.
• Develop proposals with the team and Sangathan to sustain the social transformation process and support the strategic direction of the organization.
• Represent ANANDI in forums as assigned from time to time.
• Travel in the field for 10-12 days a month

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5-7 years of work experience with rural / tribal communities as team leader
• Documentation skills in English
• Language proficiency in English and Gujarati essential, knowledge of Hindi is preferred
• Knowledge of basic data management and Excel

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Range Rs. 45000 – Rs. 55000/- per month.

To apply: All interested applicants may request to submit their CV, writing sample and statement of interest in this form or contact hr.anandi@anandi-india.org