Program Manager

Internews, an international media-support non-profit, is hiring a Program Manager based in India to oversee implementation of grant and technical-assistance projects supporting community-based media and information initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Working closely with different Internews team members, take responsibility for project oversight, budget tracking and supervision of project staff, consultants, advisors and other stakeholders
• Serve as an internal and external thought leader on social impact investment practice around community-based media/information initiatives
• Manage implementation of grant and technical assistance projects, lead portfolio review meetings, and track progress against milestones
• Lead procurement and onboarding of Technical Assistance (TA) suppliers, and track progress throughout implementation
• Support donor reporting by consolidating financial and programmatic inputs and coordinating submissions for donors
• Lead risk management efforts, escalating issues and creating resolution and mitigation plans in coordination with senior leadership
• Work closely with the Impact Lead on the planning and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities for the project

Requirements

• Applicants must have a relevant university degree or equivalent lived/professional experience.
• Applicants must have at least seven years’ relevant experience, preferably working in media business, media development, civic tech, participatory media for development or social impact investing.
• Applicants must have experience working in South Asia.
  Applicants must have knowledge of or aptitude for grasping common organizational methods such as social network analysis, Outcome Harvesting, organizational capacity assessments, and digital analytics.
• Applicants must have experience implementing programs in diverse information environments; experience developing and implementing security protocols, including use of digital security technologies.
• Applicants must have strong presentation and facilitation skills and experience adapting oral and written research outputs to present in non-technical language to diverse audiences, including colleagues, journalists, consultants, and donors.’

How to apply

Apply through Internews’ online recruitment portal. Apply here.

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