Job Description: Director - Programmes

Focus

Director - Programmes

Reporting to

CEO

Role Purpose

- Provide strategic leadership and stewardship of all programme verticals, ensuring that MSCTRF’s interventions remain effective, ethical, compliant, and scalable

- Balance care quality, beneficiary outcomes, regulatory compliance, and cost realities across diverse programme types

- Institutionalise programme design, review, and learning processes, reducing dependence on individual programme heads

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme Strategy and Portfolio Management

● Develop and oversee a coherent programme portfolio strategy aligned to MSCTRF’s mission and 3-year organisational plan

● Ensure strategic clarity on:

○ Which programmes does MSCTRF run

○ Why they exist

○ What outcomes are they expected to deliver

● Periodically assess programme relevance against policy environment, funding trends, and beneficiary needs

● Recommend continuation, redesign, scaling, or closure of programmes based on evidence and organisational capacity

2. Programme Quality and Outcome Oversight

● Define and uphold minimum quality and care standards across residential, government, and community programmes

● Ensure interventions are outcome-oriented, not activity-driven

● Oversee the integration of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) into programme planning and execution

● Use programme data and learning to drive continuous improvement

3. Government Programme Stewardship

● Provide senior oversight to government-funded programmes, ensuring compliance with guidelines, timelines, and reporting norms

● Act as escalation authority for government interface issues

● Anticipate policy and procedural changes and prepare programme teams accordingly





● Ensure government programmes do not compromise MSCTRF’s care standards or organisational integrity

4. Residential Care and Bodhi Centre Oversight

● Ensure Bodhi Residential Rehabilitation Centre maintains ethical, dignified, and high-quality care practices

● Balance clinical, psychosocial, and operational considerations in residential care

● Oversee safety, safeguarding, and beneficiary rights mechanisms

● Ensure residential programmes remain financially and operationally viable without dilution of care quality

5. Community-based Rehabilitation and Outreach

● Oversee the design and execution of community rescue, rehabilitation, and reintegration programmes

● Ensure community interventions are responsive, ethical, and well-coordinated with government and local stakeholders

● Integrate volunteers and support programmes without operational or safeguarding risks

6. Leadership, Capability, and Team Development

● Lead and mentor second-line programme heads and senior managers

● Ensure role clarity, accountability, and performance management within programme teams

● Reduce person-dependence by institutionalising programme knowledge, documentation, and decision frameworks

● Support leadership succession and internal talent development

7. Cross-functional Coordination

● Work closely with:

○ Director - RM to align programmes with funding commitments and donor expectations





○ Director - Finance on budgets, utilisation, and financial reporting

○ Director - Operations on staffing, infrastructure, compliance, and safety

● Ensure programmes are realistically designed within organisational constraints

Competencies Expected

● Programme Judgement: Ability to assess what works, what does not, and why

● Systems Thinking: Understanding interdependencies between programmes, funding, people, and compliance

● Ethical Orientation: Robust grounding in beneficiary rights and care ethics

● Government Interface Maturity: Comfort navigating bureaucratic and regulatory environments

● Leadership Presence: Authority without micromanagement

Skills Required

● Programme design and scaling

● Outcome measurement and MEL integration

● Government liaison and compliance management

● Team leadership in care-intensive settings

● Documentation, reporting, and learning synthesis

● Risk identification in programme delivery

Educational Qualifications

● Postgraduate degree in Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Development Studies, or allied disciplines

● 12+ years of progressive experience in programme leadership roles

● Prior exposure to disability, mental health, or residential care programmes preferred

Key Stakeholders Interacted With

● CEO and Director-level peers

● Programme heads and senior managers

● Government officials and implementing agencies

● Donors, evaluators, and auditors

● Community partners and volunteers

● Beneficiaries and caregivers (through structured mechanisms)

Compensation

· Gross Salary 1,00,000/- Per Month

· One time relocation allowance*

*Conditions apply

Pay: From ₹70,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Director Programmes (India)
🏢 M.S.Chellamuthu Trust & Research Foundation
📍 India