Leadership Role - Gender Equity, Strategy & Fundraising

Organization Domain - Gender Justice, Women Empowerment, Women and Child Safety
Role - Leadership Role - Gender Equity, Strategy & Fundraising
Location - Delhi (work from office)
Years of Experience - 9+ years
Reporting to - Founder(s) - Family run organization 

About the Organization

This family run organization, currently in its 10th year of inception was established as a living legacy to one of India's most respected feminist leaders and practitioners, who dedicated her life to institutionalizing gender justice and workplace safety and dignity across sectors.

With a strong body of work in areas like POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment), community training, and gender-based research, the organization is entering a new phase of strategic growth making this leadership hire critical.

About the Role

The Director of Program Operations will play a central role in running and shaping the organizations backend engine and programmatic roadmap. This is a senior, committed, long term and cross-cutting leadership role.

The ideal person will be a feminist in everyday life and oversee Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Fundraising, Team Management, Financial Compliance and Key Stakeholder Relationships

Key Responsibilities

• Lead program implementation, monitoring and evaluation acro   ss key themes: gender-based violence, POSH, child safeguarding, feminism, youth leadership
• Manage and support a small member team including program, communications, accounts, fundraising and administration
• Contribute to fundraising, grant making and donor engagement and proposal development
• Ensure timely reporting, budgeting, and sustainability planning
• Guide organization wide communications strategy and media presence
• Represent the organization in sectoral forums and partnerships
• Build and sustain partnerships with CSOs, funders, government bodies, and networks
• Lead or co-lead community training and capacity-building sessions, especially around POSH, youth, or gender-based work
• Uphold the organisations feminist values and ground strategies in field realities

The ideal candidate will have - 

• 10-15 years of experience in gender focussed work and non-profits
• Prior experience working in program leadership (monitoring and evaluation) roles
• Prior HNI/UHNI fundraising experience
• Prior experience in fundraising and key stakeholder management 
• Hands-on experience in community engagement, field work and implementation
• Familiarity with gender training
• Fluency in English and Hindi
• Deep commitment to feminist values and intersectional equity
• Ability to carry others along
• Long-term commitment to the role and the mission
• Open to field travel