Job Title: Manager - Skilling, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship

Grade: F

Department: Programme Strategy, Impact and Evidence

Reporting to: Functional Director

Location: National Support Office, New Delhi

Contract duration: Regular

About Bal Raksha Bharat

Bal Raksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children) is Indias leading independent child rights organisation. It is a member of Save the Children movement that operates globally with the mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and achieve immediate and lasting changes in their lives. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

- No child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We implement programmes in the remotest corners of India and urban areas in the areas of Health Nutrition, Education, Child Protection and Livelihood Economic Wellbeing in order to facilitate quality education, healthcare and protection from harm and abuse and life-saving aid during emergencies to children.

ROLE PURPOSE

Lead the program thematic portfolio of Skilling, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship within the organisation and provide strategic and technical guidance to programme design and implementation to ensure quality and impact. This includes driving thematic excellence by aligning all initiatives with the function and established quality benchmarks. The sub-themes under this portfolio include Livelihoods, Skill Building, Entrepreneurship and Child-Sensitive Social Protection, thus ensuring overall economic-wellbeing of children youth and their families. The incumbent will work on building technical capacities of teams, generate evidence from programming, and develop, establish and disseminate knowledge products for policy engagement and, thereby enabling impact at scale. The role will also be responsible for designing and promoting innovative programming models aligned with strategic thematic and sub-thematic priorities.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Scope: Program Thematic Leadership

Reports to: Functional Director

Staff reporting to this post: Nil

Budget Responsibilities: Functional Budget

Context: Development / Humanitarian - Both

KEY AREAS OF Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership in developing and strengthening the Skilling, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship strategic thematic portfolio

- Lead the formulation of a long-term Strategy for the portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, emerging evidence, and the evolving external landscape.
- Support the development and review of the Annual Thematic Programme Plan, ensuring it reflects the strategic direction and operational feasibility of the theme. Lead the design of high-impact, scalable, and cost-effective programmes focused to Indian institution and corporate (CSR) requirements to drive sustainable change for vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth and their families.
- Lead and provide strategic technical inputs in proposal development, collaborating with the Resource Mobilization team to align proposals with Indian institution and corporate (CSR) donor priorities and thematic focus.
- Prepare concept notes, approach papers, and evidence-based programme products, Anecdotes, and models to position the organization effectively with Indian institution and corporate (CSR) donors and partners.
- Engage with government ministries and departments at national and state levels to develop partnerships and convergence opportunities in Livelihoods, Skilling, and Child Sensitive Social Protection.




- Build and nurture partnerships with key institutions like NSDC, State Skill Missions, NRLMs, SRLMs and Academic Institutions and other relevant agencies to support program implementation, scale-up, and sustainability.
- Develop a Resource Directory on Skilling, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship Programs of the Country and update on a regular basis to build the capacity of the team and explore potential opportunities.
- Lead and conduct periodic market analyses to understand job trends and entrepreneurship opportunities both nationally and in specific geographies, and accordingly define and develop strategic plans to support the implementation teams on this thematic area.
- Represent the organization in external platforms, working groups, and consultations related to the thematic and organizational priorities.
- Provide technical support and guidance to implementation teams to ensure quality implementation of, both remotely and through regular field visits.
- Create and build the capacity of a pool of staff members to serve as experts in the thematic portfolio, encompassing Livelihoods, Skill Building, and Entrepreneurship).
- Ensure alignment of ongoing interventions with programme design, donor commitments, and organizational quality benchmarks.
- Promote cross-thematic collaboration with other sectors (e.g., Education, Health, Child Protection, Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction) to drive integrated programming.
- Work with the Impact and Evidence Management teams to generate evidence, undertake feasibility studies, and pilot innovative models aligned with the thematic strategy.
- Lead the documentation and dissemination of key learnings, success stories, and best practices to inform programming and influence the eco system.
- Design and facilitate capacity-building programmes for staff and partners on key aspects including market-led livelihoods, vocational skills, and social protection programs.
- Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and evidence-based programming within the organization.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability

Holds self and others accountable for delivering high-quality results aligned with organizational goals.

Demonstrates ownership and responsibility in delivering on commitments with integrity.

Ambition

Sets ambitious and bold goals to advance the theme, ensuring impact at scale.

Inspires others by demonstrating commitment to creating lasting change for the most deprived children youth and their families.

Collaboration

Builds strong relationships across teams, themes, and external stakeholders including government and partners.

Encourages a culture of mutual respect, transparency, and knowledge sharing.

Creativity

Brings innovation and fresh thinking into programme design, strategy, and partnerships.

Champions new solutions to complex development challenges.

Integrity

Upholds the highest ethical standards and transparency in all dealings.

Promotes a rights-based approach and puts children s best interests at the centre of all actions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Post-Graduation in Economics, Social Work, Business Administration, or a related field.

Proven experience in programme thematic and implementation strategy development and design,



especially within child well-being or social development in Indian context and specially with CSR donor

Experience leading large-scale design and programme implementation on Skilling, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship development.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Experience

- 8-10 years of experience in skilling, employability, livelihoods, or entrepreneurship programmes.
- Experience working with NGOs, CSR initiatives, government programmes, or development agencies
- Demonstrated experience in programme management and multi-state implementation.
- Experience managing donor-funded projects.
- Strong industry engagement and partnership development experience

Behavioral Skills

Strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Excellent communication, networking, and interpersonal skills.

Strong facilitation and leadership capabilities to engage multi-disciplinary teams.

High-level writing and presentation skills for donor reports and proposals.

Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire others, build team capacity, and deliver results in complex settings.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Technical Skills, Competencies Knowledge

Strong knowledge of economic wellbeing, livelihoods, and skill development, Entrepreneurship programming.

Skill development ecosystem (NSDC, PMKVY, DDU-GKY, NAPS, NULM, DAY-NRLM, Skill India Mission)

Demonstrated expertise in programme design, evidence generation, and proposal development.

Robust understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

Experience in developing and guiding policy engagement strategies.

Ability to lead capacity building and facilitate high-quality workshops and trainings.

Generic Competencies

Being the Voice of Children: Utilizes being part of a global movement to promote change in the policy and public sphere on child related issues

Advancing Equality Inclusion: Drives an enabling environment for gender equality and inclusion, and prioritizing the most deprived and marginalized children

Builds Strengthens Partnerships: Inspires others to embrace the values and principles that underpin partnerships and the localization agenda

Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

Bal Raksha Bharat aims to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or creed. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Child Safeguarding

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Level 3: The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in programs; or are visiting programs; therefore a police check will be required.

Safeguarding our Staff

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the BRB s safeguarding policies including POSH, Child Safeguarding, Code of Conduct.8

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