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Job - P373- Manager – Business Development and Project Management @ Indian Institute for Human Settlements

             

Manager – Business Development and Project Management

Organization: Indian Institute for Human Settlements 
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Industry: Urban Planning 
Type: NA
Salary: NA
Description: NA
Responsibilities: 
Business Development (Growing the Practice Programme):
  • Generating business development strategies, including periodic updates on the market landscape;
  • Contributing towards streamlining and strengthening the grant development process to ensure bids and proposals are timely and comprehensive;
  • Tracking opportunities and sharing the same with the Chief – Practice, Team Leads and project managers on a regular basis;
  • Supporting the Chief Practice, Team Leads and project managers in the proposal development process ;
  • Contributing towards regular updation of the external market/landscape including development and, annual updation of a Practice programme marketing strategy document;
  • Managing the production of proposal deliverables and coordinating the overall bid process including technical, financial and contractual elements;
  • Managing the interface among various programs, administration, procurement, finance and legal;
  • Setting up processes for record keeping and archiving, including a database of previous projects, lessons learnt from previous projects, and standardised CVs of potential team members.
Programme Management: (Running the Practice Programme):
  • Setting up and standardising processes and protocols for budgeting, project, financial and risk management across projects, and ensuring that these are followed;
  • Regular MIS reporting on the Practice Programme and projects as needed by the Director, senior leadership team, and Practice team as relevant;
  • Project Management: Ensuring documentation, financial management, timely collation and delivery of project reports (internal and external); monitoring & evaluation, and adherance to ethics protocols; assessment of key impacts, closure reports; development of project specific risk registers and their regular updation and communication in coordination with programme and project managers who hold primary responsibility for these at project level;
  • Risk Management: Working with project teams to identify and mitigate risks;
  • Tracking and facilitating Practice publications, policy briefs and case study development.
Network Building and Communication (Diffusion, Learning & Impact):
  • Contributing towards the management of practice engagement with the Academics, Research, UPP, DBL Programmes and the multiple Labs at IIHS;
  • Contributing towards identifying key partners, collaborators and consultants including, supporting the management of established networks;
  • Developing a communication and public engagement strategy for the IIHS Practice programme, and ensuring its operationalisation in coordination with the Communications team at IIHS including, updating the IIHS and programme/project websites, the Practice newsletter, social media, seminars and lectures;
  • Developing a dissemination and knowledge management strategy for the Practice programme in coordination with the Word Lab, Library & IT teams;
  • Developing a capacity building and digital blended learning strategy for the Practice Programme in coordination with the UPP and DBL Programmes and the Media Lab.
Structure and Reporting
  • The Manager – Practice Office will report to the Chief – Practice at IIHS and will be required to collaborate effectively with a diverse group of internal teams and external individuals/organisations, and students.
Educational requirements:
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in any field (preferably in Urban/ Planning/ Economics/ Environmental/ Commerce/Social Sciences) and a Master’s Degree in Urban Management/ Planning/Architecture/Engineering/MBA/Social Sciences/Public Policy or a related field; 
Experience requirements:
  • A total of 8 to 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in the urban sector;
Desired Skills:
  • Business development and marketing experience; competence in the preparation of proposals through the whole bid and project life cycle from tender evaluation and bidding award of the contract to closure;
  • Demonstrable skills and previous experience in financial analysis, budgeting and project management, experience in setting up processes and systems preferred;
  • Excellent communication, relationship management, team-building and interpersonal skills; and an ability to work in inter-disciplinary, cross-sectoral teams;
  • Experience of winning and successfully delivering knowledge and implementation based projects such as those in the urban domain;
  • Experience in working with consulting firms and donors, e.g. FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, EU (European Union);
  • Demonstrated project experience and ability to manage projects with Urban Local Bodies, Central and State Government departments and agencies in India;
  • Proficiency with computer applications such as MS Office, MS Projects;
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills combined with strong analytical skills in relevant areas;
  • Willingness to travel extensively as required both within and outside the country. 

Application Instructions: 

  • Please write to us at hr@iihs.co.in if you need any clarifications while filling the online application form.
  • Notification 
Disclaimer: 
  • Candidates with Requisite Experience Only apply that too with relevant cover letter. 
  • The openings provided here is meant for information purposes only. Please cross-verify the details before applying. 

Date Posted: 2021-03-29

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