Role Summary

The Head of Leadership Development is responsible for the conceptual leadership, design,

implementation, and growth of TCLP’s Leadership Development Department across two core

tracks:

● Student Leadership Development (ages 13–18)

● Youth & Community Leadership Development (ages 18+)

This role carries organisation-wide responsibility for building leadership as community ownership,

not as individual advancement. The position exists to ensure that TCLP’s libraries are run with, by,

and for the community, and that leadership development remains deeply rooted in politics that are

against class exploitation, and caste oppression and foster feminist, democratic, and

justice-oriented pedagogy.

The Head of Leadership Development stewards a long-term leadership pipeline—from student

leaders to youth leaders, community organisers, librarians, TCLP Leadership Council members and

library-movement activists—ensuring coherence across age groups, roles, and political purpose.

This role is about deepening, systematising, and sustaining leadership work that already





exists within TCLP.

Purpose of the Role

● To transfer ownership of libraries to the community through structured, sustained leadership

development.

● To develop leaders who think critically, act collectively, and organise communities around the

Right to Read and broader democratic rights.

● To ensure that leadership development at TCLP is pedagogically rigorous, politically

grounded, and operationally integrated with librarianship and organising.

● To strengthen systems that allow leadership development to be scalable, accountable, and

sustainable without dilution of values.

Departmental Scope

The Leadership Development Department includes two interlinked leadership formations:

● Student Leaders (13–18) and Community Organiser Trainees, ie interns (paid, short-term)

● Youth Leaders and Community Organisers (18–25)

The Head of Leadership Development holds overall responsibility for

📌 Leadership Development Lead (Delhi)
🏢 The Community Library Project
📍 Delhi