India Leaders for Social Sector (ILSS) is a pioneering institution set up in 2018, dedicated to strengthening leadership and management capacity in India's social impact sector. Through transformative learning programs, research, and community-building across four Centres of Excellence, ILSS is building the leadership infrastructure needed to power effective, mission-driven organisations and accelerate sustainable, systemic change across the country.

Overview:

To achieve the mission, ILSS has a three-pronged approach:

- Bringing corporate talent into leadership and board positions in the social sector

- Running well-researched capacity-building programs in critical domains for the social sector

- Building the social sector ecosystem to instill a strong focus on high-quality talent

ILSS operates through five core areas - Leadership, Governance, Talent, Digital Transformation, and Fundraising - via its four Centres of Excellence (CoE) and the People Practices Program:

- Centre of Excellence for Leadership: Develops future leaders through programs such as the Leadership Program, Emerging Women Leaders Program, and Young Leaders Program, along with mentorship and thought leadership forums

- Centre of Excellence for Board Governance: Enhances governance practices with training modules, advisory services, and programs such as the Board Leadership Program and Board Governance Program

- Centre of Excellence for Fundraising: Supports fundraising professionals with resources, training, and networking through the ILSS Fundraising Program

- Centre of Excellence for Digital Transformation: Empowers SPOs to drive catalytic impact at scale by crafting their own digital transformation journey, through a holistic understanding of the art of the possible with digital transformation (DT), industry best practices and expert mentorship

- Other Programs and Events: The ILSS People Practices Program enables organisation leaders in the sector to prioritise wholesome people practices, building the organisations' capabilities, growth prospects, and sustainability in the long run. ILSS also hosts sector-wide conferences, including the India Fundraising Conference, to foster dialogue and collaboration

Since 2017, ILSS has built a community of more than 1000 mid-to-senior leaders and have worked across more than 350 social purpose organisations.

Job Title: Associate Director - DT CoE

Location: Delhi NCR Region

Position Summary:

- We are seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial Associate Director to join the Koita Centre for Digital Transformation (KCDT) at ILSS. KCDT is a pioneering initiative by ILSS, in partnership with Koita Foundation, to equip and enable nonprofits to amplify their impact with the power of Digital.

- This is an exciting role that covers strategy, proposition/program design and management, ecosystem development, building teams and stakeholder management. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with a dynamic, entrepreneurial team and is ideal for individuals passionate about leadership and impact in the social sector.

- Objectives & Responsibilities of the role: The responsibilities of the Associate Director include but are not limited to the following:

Strategy & Design:

- Design and develop key offerings of KCDT- right from ideation, research, program design, incubation and pilot initiatives to stabilizing them

- Identify and build partnerships with individuals and organisations for building scaling of the program

- Drive successful implementation of KCDT's initiatives, within budget and timeline

- Participate in strategic planning, budgeting and ongoing governance of KCDT

- Create (or co-create) thought leadership content (e.g. articles, white-papers etc.) Stakeholder Management:

- Proactively incubate and foster robust partnerships with various internal and external stakeholders (e.g. funders, sector leaders, ecosystem enablers etc.)

- Own and drive active collaborations with institutional and/or individual leaders to develop, enhance and implement KCDT's offerings on an ongoing basis

- Provide continuous support to business development initiatives

- Engage closely with Alumni of KCDT's programs for both continuous learning and strengthening the ecosystem

Program operations and Monitoring:

- Enable and drive seamless execution of programs and initiatives across learning, knowledge products, partnerships and cohort building

- Collaborate with various stakeholders (e.g. faculty, mentors, partners) to design, curate and deliver program contents and events such as conferences, webinars etc.

- Actively collaborate with other shared services within ILSS (e.g. outreach, communications etc.) to evangelize and drive enrolment in KCDT programs

- Design and oversee impact metrics for programs aligned to overall ILSS frameworks and objectives, both for the short-term and long term

Organisational and Self Leadership:

- Actively mentor/coach team members on a regular basis and support their holistic career development

- Engage with and own strategic organisational initiatives and drive cross-pollination of offerings and initiatives across ILSS

- Own self-development, learning and career goals

Required Abilities and Qualifications:

- Around 15 years of overall experience, with at least 7+ years in social impact sector

- Seasoned leader with deep experience in strategy design, organisation set-up, capability development and in delivering strong business/functional outcome

- Demonstrated strong commercial acumen/orientation

- Proven track record in nurturing solid partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders

- Empathetic and inclusive people leader - experienced in recruiting and leading high-performance teams

- Strong program and change management skills

- Proactive self-starter and thrives in dynamic work environments

- Experience in/around driving digital innovation, business transformation or strategic consulting in commercial and/or impact sector (preferred)

- Deep expertise and/or experience in Adult Learning or SDGs (preferred)

- Master's degree from a reputed university (preferred)

Compensation:

Depending on the candidate's experience, ILSS offers compensation on par with Indian philanthropy pay scales.