Executive Director

• Livelihoods development in dry waste collection, recycling, wet waste management, reuse and more.
• Social welfare facilitation including support for health and education, emergency support, and last-mile access to government entitlements.
• Training and capacity building for waste pickers and waste picker leaders.
• Innovation to improve working conditions, create new livelihoods, incubate enterprises and explore new avenues of waste management and waste work.
• Policy engagement with local, state and national public institutions.
• Research, documentation, and advocacy to inform practice and influence discourse around waste, waste pickers, informal workers, waste management and environmental sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Provide vision and direction across KPs focus areas.
• Identify emerging areas of work in collaboration with the Board and the waste picker community.
• Evaluate and learn from ongoing programs.

• Lead domestic and international fundraising efforts.
• Maintain long-term funder relationships.
• Lead grant proposals and donor reporting.

• Design and monitor programs and interventions.
• Track outcomes and impacts.
• Ensure regular reporting to funders and partners.

• Oversee budgeting, compliance, and expenditures.
• Ensure statutory compliance under Trusts Act, FCRA, IT, labour laws.
• Seek financial/legal counsel where needed.

• Develop and implement internal systems and policies.
• Recruit and develop staff.
• Oversee HR, finance, admin, and data systems.

• Represent KP in civic, academic, and media platforms.
• Engage with waste picker networks, civil society, academia, and government bodies.

• Report to the Board of Trustees.
• Uphold KPs values: feminist, anti-caste, participatory.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in rights-based or development sectors, including 2+ years in senior leadership.
• Strong skills in governance, program design, financial management.
• Experience with FCRA, CSR funding, donor engagement.
• Proficient in data interpretation, SOP development, and decision-making.
• Alignment with KPs values and ability to work across caste/class/gender.
• Experience engaging with both grassroots communities and institutions.
• Excellent communication in English and working knowledge of Marathi.