Senior Lead - Ecosystem Development

Senior Lead Ecosystem Development,

The responsibilities would involve, but are not limited to:

Build relationships with key ecosystem players through strategic outreach, events, and convenings.

Develop and refine selection criteria to onboard mission-aligned partners.

Facilitate engagement opportunities by connecting CSOs through movement platforms such as Shiksha Samvaad, InvokED, and Shikshagraha Awards.

Enable partners to grow into their district or state-level roles through tailored capacity-building engagements.

Support development of leadership, systems thinking, contextual problem-solving, and institutional engagement capabilities.

Offer partners tools and strategic support to unlock their potential as catalysts for local change.

Continuously refine the enablement approach based on field feedback and partner evolution.

Anchor thematic exchanges, learning spaces, and field immersions to build peer trust and shared problem-solving.

Curate and share innovations, micro-improvements, and contextual insights across the ecosystem.

Embed a culture of distributed leadership and continuous improvement across partners.

Who are we looking forRequirements and qualifications

7+ years of experience in capacity building, incubation, organisational development, or education leadership.

Strong experience working with grassroots CSOs, networks, or leadership development programs.

Exposure to systems thinking, collective action frameworks, or ecosystem approaches.

Strong facilitation, program design, and documentation capabilities.

Ability to work independently and in collaboration with multiple teams.

Comfort with ambiguity and a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Familiarity with state/district-level education systems is a plus.

Excellent research, verbal written communication and interpersonal skills

Key Competencies

Capacity Building Design Ability to design and deliver strategic, context-driven capability pathways.

Systems Strategic Thinking Aptitude for understanding interconnected issues and enabling others to do the same.

Facilitation Peer Learning Comfort with building and leading communities of practice and reflection.

Documentation Storytelling Synthesising learnings, case studies, and grassroots innovations.

Relationship Orientation High empathy and ability to work with mission-aligned partners at varying stages of readiness.