Manager Programs – Chennai
About the role
The Foundation works in Chennai with families living in the settlements of the city. The work is carried out through implementing partner organisations and through grant making. The current interventions include welfare rights and entitlement facilitation, elderly care, running creches, community-based rehabilitation for persons with disability, work with specific communities, and addressing drinking water and sanitation needs. These are largely implemented in the settlements, with some needs addressed at the city level as well. Current components will be added from time to time as the city-level programme grows.
The Manager Programs is responsible for grant making and grant management for the Chennai programme, for managing the partnerships with the implementing organisations, and for supporting the partners and the Foundation’s field team to achieve the programme outcomes. The role also holds the programme’s correspondence, documentation and reporting.
Responsibilities
Grant making and grant management




• Assess organisations and proposals in the thematic areas of the Chennai programme and make grants in line with the Foundation’s processes.
• Manage the assigned grants: proposals and budgets, payment disbursement, utilisation and progress reports, renewals and closures.
• Review programme quality and implementation against the grant commitments, and take up gaps with the partner.

Partnership management
• Hold the relationship with the implementing partner organisations: regular reviews with partner leadership and programme managers, resolving issues, and keeping the partners aligned to the programme design.
• Build relationships with civil society organisations, government departments, and other stakeholders in the city to further the Foundation’s understanding of the local context and to open up collaborations.

Programme implementation
• Lead or support the city-level initiatives implemented with partners, so that the progr

📌 Manager Programs – Chennai
🏢 Azim Premji Foundation
📍 Chennai