Senior Project Associate, Contract Management Specialist

23 hours ago


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India World Resources Institute Full time

About your role


World Resources Institute (WRI) is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Project Associate to join our team in Mumbai, India. As a key member of our operations team, you will play a strategic role in providing legal advice and guidance to senior levels of WRI. Your primary responsibility will be to provide legal support to our India operations and development activities.

You will be an integral part of our team, which participates in the development and implementation of WRI India's strategy and operations. You should have excellent knowledge about FCRA compliances, company law, and Trust Laws.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Process documentation for agreements, contracts, sub-grants, work authorizations, and purchase orders;
  • Monitor performance against contract requirements;
  • Create proper procurement guidelines to be followed by the program team;
  • Work with partners to help them understand and meet sub-grant and contract requirements;
  • Maintain supporting reports throughout the duration of contracts and sub-grants;
  • Process invoices and payments for partners in compliance with WRI's policies;
  • Provides guidance to partner organizations and consultants to ensure their compliance with funder policies, while proactively and professionally communicating with partners and consultants.

Financial Management:

  • Update and maintain project budgets utilizing WRI's budgeting and forecasting software;
  • Work closely with the Operations team to maintain the accuracy of budget forecasting and minimize variance from planned targets;
  • Actively coordinate and collaborate with the accounting, payments, HR, and other program teams;
  • Coordinates with project teams to support their ad hoc financial expenditures for outreach, communication/engagement, and delivery efforts;
  • Ensures team compliance with terms and conditions of complex grant and contract agreements.

Conference, Event & Travel Support:

  • Coordinate conference and event logistics for domestic and international workshops, including venue and catering, equipment/translators, etc.
  • Provide travel and visa support to the team;
  • Supports teams with financial management for conference and event logistics as needed, including participant travel.

Administration:

  • Coordinates and schedules team meetings and assists in coordination of team's annual planning processes;
  • Update and maintain new hire staffing information with operations;
  • Coordinate recruitment and manage onboarding of new staff members and interns, if needed;
  • Manage various program, department, and organizational trackers;
  • Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field (Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting);
  • 5-7 years of relevant, full-time work experience, preferably in financial management, budgeting, administration, or nonprofit operations;
  • Must be adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and have the ability to manage multiple projects with varying deadlines;
  • Attention to deadlines particularly with regard to grant compliance and monitoring sub-grant and contract relationships;
  • Strong process orientation with sensitivity to quality, timelines, and organizational systems;
  • Strong writing, database management, and proofreading skills;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to work well in a team;
  • Strong computer skills including high level of comfort with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), web-based communications (Skype, Zoom), and CRM database (Salesforce);
  • Budgeting experience with Excel, or other budgeting software is highly desirable;
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Salary and Benefits: 11,00,000 INR to 13,00,000 INR (CTC) Per annum. Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.

Duration: 2 years as term hire (extendable based on performance and project requirements)

Location: Mumbai, India

Start date: As soon as possible



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