05 Nov
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IPE Global
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Delhi
Position Summary
IPE Global’s Social and Economic Empowerment practice works towards building girl capital, empowering women and nurturing resilient communities by creating inclusive and sustainable solutions, including but not limited to policy development, capacity building, adaptive management, community mobilisation, behavioural change communication, deepening social safety nets, beneficiary feedback analysis, poverty assessment, and evidence-based monitoring.
We are seeking a TSU Lead to support government engagement and implementation of initiatives as part of an innovative five-year program (She Works) aimed at increasing women’s participation in skill training and economic opportunities by effectively addressing barriers and promoting women-led development.
The lead will be deployed full-time at the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and will serve as the primary functional coordination point for day-to-day engagement with the Ministry. The role will involve facilitating communication, tracking decisions and action points, coordinating inputs from relevant stakeholders, and ensuring timely and quality delivery of agreed outputs. The incumbent will work closely with government officials, the IPE Global team, the Technical Support Unit (TSU) and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate effective programme implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- TSU Leadership and Oversight: Lead the day-to-day functioning of the TSU, ensuring alignment of activities with programme priorities, government requirements and agreed objectives.
- Government Coordination: Undertake day-to-day coordination with officials, facilitating regular engagement and coordination on She Works initiatives, programme requirements and agreed activities.
- Programme Planning and Delivery: Translate government priorities and programme commitments into actionable workplans, milestones and implementation schedules, and drive their timely execution.
- Deliverable Management: Oversee progress against agreed deliverables and milestones, ensuring quality, timeliness and accountability across relevant workstreams.
- Action Point Tracking: Maintain updated trackers of decisions, commitments, responsibilities, timelines and pending actions emerging from government engagements, ensuring systematic follow-up and closure.
- Documentation and Reporting: Prepare meeting minutes,
briefing notes, progress reports, presentations, action-taken reports and other programme-related documentation
- Meeting and Review Support: Coordinate preparation for programme meetings, consultations and reviews, including consolidation of updates, pending issues and follow-up actions.
- Issue Escalation: Proactively flag delays, risks and matters requiring strategic direction or administrative intervention.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Maintain effective working relationships with relevant Ministry officials and programme stakeholders to facilitate smooth implementation of agreed activities.
- Reporting and Accountability: Proactively flag delays, operational risks and issues on TSU performance and programme progress.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the professional may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above tasks as determined by the senior leadership.
Qualification & Experience
Educational Background
Master’s degree or higher in Public Policy, Management, Economics, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Education, or a related field from a recognized university.
Work Experience and Expertise
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in programme management, government advisory, public sector consulting, development sector programmes, or related areas.
- Experience of working closely with Central and/or State Government institutions and managing multi-stakeholder engagements.
- Demonstrated experience in programme implementation, monitoring, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and development of knowledge products.
- Demonstrated understanding of government programmes, institutional processes and inter-departmental coordination.
- Experience in women empowerment, skilling, education, livelihoods or other social sector programmes will be an advantage.
- Experience using dashboards, MIS, trackers, and data-driven reporting mechanisms.
- Ability to independently manage assigned workstreams and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.
- Experience of developing high-quality knowledge products tailored for diverse stakeholders, including government, industry, and NGOs.
Key Skills and Competencies
- Government Coordination: Ability to independently manage day-to-day functional coordination with officials
- Deliverable Ownership: Strong execution and follow-up skills to drive closure of commitments, action points and deliverables within agreed timelines
- Stakeholder Management: Ability to coordinate across stakeholders to align requirements and resolve dependencies
- Programme Monitoring: Ability to track milestones, identify bottlenecks, manage competing priorities and escalate issues proactively
- Communication and Documentation: Excellent drafting and communication skills for government-facing correspondence, briefs, meeting records and progress updates
- Problem-Solving and Judgement: Ability to anticipate implementation challenges, facilitate resolution and identify matters requiring supervisory intervention
- Organisation and Accountability: Strong ownership, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deliverables independently
- Professionalism and Adaptability: Ability to work effectively in a government institutional setting with discretion, responsiveness and flexibility
Our commitments
- We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive perks package.
- We are committed to diversity in our workforce and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.
- You will work with sector experts and understand how people-centred policies can be created and effectively implemented.
- With us, you will master framing narratives and counterpoints and pace storytelling for internal and external stakeholders.
- We offer a space for you to grow, think innovatively, and shed unconscious biases while learning more about diverse cultures.
IPE Global is committed to using fair, objective, and positive employment practices to promote equal opportunities and diversity in employment, ensuring that all employees, including potential employees, are treated fairly, consistently and with respect before, during and after employment. We seek to create an environment that is representative of and responsive to different groups.
📌 TSU Lead (Delhi)
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