APD is a large and rapidly growing NGO. APD’s Programs are
supported by a variety of shared services that provide a variety of critical
services to the organization.

These services include:
- Fund
Raising
- Finance
and Compliance
- Human
Resources
- Information
Technology

Each of these functions are headed by a senior functional
skilled who is a domain expert. The heads of these functions will now
report to the Senior Director of Shared Services. In addition, each of these
functions also have a dotted line with various committees of the board, as
indicated below:

Roles and Responsibilities

The Director of Shared Services will be responsible for the management and
oversight of these key functions to ensure they meet their individual goals
while also supporting the Program teams to deliver services to our
beneficiaries.

He will also be responsible for ensuring a greater alignment and
synchronization of these differing functions to ensure greater synergy for the
organisation.

The various committees of the board will be providing oversight in specific




functional areas. Ensuring a smooth coordination of these interactions,
managing the delivery of various plans / initiatives that have been identified
by the Board will also be responsibility of the Director of Shared Services.

The strategic use of technology will be critical for the future of APD.
Executing an IT road map for the organisation along with guidance to the Head
IT and the IT Advisory Group will be critical.

Compliance has become an increasingly critical role in an NGO. With a plethora
of evolving rules and regulations, filings and reporting requirements, it is an
area where APD wishes to ensure that it continues to remain the gold standard.
Preparing a risk and monitoring framework and ensuring regular oversight and
reporting will be an important responsibility.

The Director of Shared Services will also support the CEO in the development,
execution and monitoring of the 3-year strategic plans, a

📌 Director of Shared Services (Bengaluru)
🏢 The Association of People With Disability
📍 Bengaluru