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Manager/Consultant Director s Office

Manager/Consultant Director s Office

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

8 - 10 years

25 - 30 Lacs

bengaluru

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Job Description

The core responsibility of this position will be to support the Director s Office in managing IIHS Schools and Labs; Research, Practice, Capacity Development and Academic programmes; and strategic institution building processes. The position will be housed in the Director s Office and will be expected to work closely with multiple other teams across the institution.

Activities and Tasks

Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:

Development, implementation and monitoring of Strategic plans and processes for IIHS Schools, Labs, Programmes and Functions, along with cyclical progress reviews;
Tracking IIHS domestic and international performance, rankings and reputation, along with IIHS senior leadership;
Coordination of IIHS School, Programme and project management, to deliver planned outcomes; and implementation of institutional processes;
Curating IIHS annual calendar of internal and external, domestic and international events and processes, and managing the Director calendar and engagements;
Planning, running and documenting key institutional and external meetings and discussions as required;
Driving special initiatives anchored by the Director s Office from time to time: creating and communicating precise briefs, managing timelines, tracking progress, coordinating and communicating with relevant stakeholders both internal and external as relevant; working closely with other members of the Director Office and senior leadership team, to enable smooth running of institutional processes, effective implementation of decisions, and proactive problem solving;
Providing support to other IIHS activities including academics, research, training, practice, operations and others;
Participating in all activities of Institution-Building at IIHS; carrying out tasks as assigned by IIHS; and traveling on IIHS work within or outside the country as and when needed.

Structure and Reporting

The Manager/ Consultant Director s Office will report to the Lead Director s Office at IIHS and collaborate effectively with a diverse group of internal teams and external faculty/organizations, and students.

Person Specification

The candidate must demonstrate an ability to engage with multiple teams and across multiple disciplines central to the IIHS mission. Ideal applicants will have some domain knowledge of urbanisation-related issues, from within any discipline.

Applicants should hold academic and professional qualifications from leading universities in any field, with a Bachelor s preferably from the urban, technology, economics, management or law domains; a Master s in management and/or public policy. 8 to 10 years of relevant work experience is essential.

The candidate must have excellent spoken and written communication skills in English. Effective working written and spoken knowledge of at least one Indian language is necessary. Effective knowledge of Hindi or Kannada would be an advantage.

Successful candidates will possess both the desire and capacity to learn and work in a team, and expand the frontiers of practice in building 21st century knowledge institutions.

Other qualifications required for this role, include:

Demonstrated managerial skills (including financial analysis, budgeting and project management and strategic planning) in a consulting or academic environment;
Demonstrated experience of working with international education, RD, public, private and development institutions;
Demonstrated report writing and presentation skills, to international standards; experience in research and a publication record is desirable;
Excellent interpersonal and relationship management; communication and networking; team-working and building skills;
Expertise in using MS Office (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint etc.); experience in using advanced analytical, GIS, statistical and modelling tools desirable;
Demonstrated attention to detail;
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment; and
Ability to work flexible hours and travel.

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