Program Lead - Gender Equity & Strategy

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Arthan Foundation

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 14/11/2025
  • Location: India 
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
About the Organization

The organization is a well-established social-impact entity that leverages training, research, and capacity-building initiatives to promote gender inclusion and dignity in workplaces and communities 

About the Role

The Director of Program Operations will play a central role in running and shaping the organizations backend engine and programmatic roadmap. This is a senior, committed, long term and cross-cutting leadership role.

The ideal person will be a feminist in everyday life and oversee Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Fundraising, Team Management, Financial Compliance and Key Stakeholder Relationships

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead program implementation, monitoring and evaluation acro   ss key themes: gender-based violence, POSH, child safeguarding, feminism, youth leadership
  • Manage and support a small member team including program, communications, accounts, fundraising and administration
  • Contribute to fundraising, grant making and donor engagement and proposal development
  • Ensure timely reporting, budgeting, and sustainability planning
  • Guide organization wide communications strategy and media presence
  • Represent the organization in sectoral forums and partnerships
  • Build and sustain partnerships with CSOs, funders, government bodies, and networks
  • Lead or co-lead community training and capacity-building sessions, especially around POSH, youth, or gender-based work
  • Uphold the organisations feminist values and ground strategies in field realities
The ideal candidate will have - 

  • 10-15 years of experience in gender focussed work and non-profits
  • Prior experience working in program leadership (monitoring and evaluation) roles
  • Prior HNI/UHNI fundraising experience 
  • Prior experience in fundraising and key stakeholder management 
  • Hands-on experience in community engagement, field work and implementation
  • Familiarity with gender training
  • Fluency in English and Hindi
  • Deep commitment to feminist values and intersectional equity
  • Ability to carry others along
  • Long-term commitment to the role and the mission
  • Open to field travel 

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