Director of Program Operations

Organization Domain - Gender Justice, Women Empowerment, Women and Child Safety
Role - Director of Program Operations
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.

Over the past decade, the organization has carved a niche as a thought leader in gender-based violence prevention, feminist capacity building, youth leadership, and community-driven development in 25+ states of India and 10+ countries beyond Indian borders. Its work through education, research and advocacy is deeply embedded in field realities and has impacted a wide spectrum of stakeholders from grassroots communities, unions, domestic workers, civil society to academic institutions and government agencies.

The programs are designed with the values to empower the individual, build solidarity in community and enhance accountability at institution level. The team operates as a close-knit unit of ~15 professionals working across program design, M&E, communications, knowledge creation, fundraising, and operations.

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 across 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 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