Director of Digital Innovation

ILSS is a pioneering institution dedicated to strengthening leadership and management capacity in India's social impact sector.

Through transformative learning programs, research, and community-building across four Centres of Excellence, ILSS is building the leadership infrastructure needed to power effective, mission-driven organisations and accelerate sustainable, systemic change across the country.

Our Approach

• Bringing corporate talent into leadership and board positions in the social sector
• Running well-researched capacity-building programs in critical domains for the social sector

We operate through five core areas — Leadership, Governance, Talent, Digital Transformation, and Fundraising — via our four Centres of Excellence (CoE) and the People Practices Program:

• Centre of Excellence for Leadership: Develops future leaders through programs such as the Leadership Program, Emerging Women Leaders Program, and Young Leaders Program, along with mentorship and thought leadership forums
• Centre of Excellence for Governance: Enhances governance practices with training modules, advisory services, and programs such as the Board Leadership Program and Board Governance Program
• Centre of Excellence for Talent: Empowers SPOs to drive catalytic impact at scale by crafting their own digital transformation journey, through a holistic understanding of the art of the possible with digital transformation (DT), industry best practices and expert mentorship
• Centre of Excellence for Fundraising : Supports fundraising professionals with resources, training, and networking through the ILSS Fundraising Program

Other Programs and Events:

• The ILSS People Practices Program enables organisation leaders in the sector to prioritise wholesome people practices, building the organisations' capabilities, growth prospects, and sustainability in the long run
• ILSS also hosts sector-wide conferences, including the India Fundraising Conference, to foster dialogue and collaboration

Since 2018, ILSS has built a community of more than 1000 mid-to-senior leaders and have worked across more than 350 social purpose organisations.

Job Title:

Associate Director

Location:

Delhi NCR Region

Position Summary:

ILSS is seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial Associate Director to join the Koita Centre for Digital Transformation. The role covers strategy, proposition/program design and management, ecosystem development, building teams and stakeholder management.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic, entrepreneurial team and is ideal for individuals passionate about leadership and impact in the social sector.

Objectives & Responsibilities:

• Design and develop key offerings of KCDT- right from ideation, research, program design, incubation and pilot initiatives to stabilizing them
• Identify and build partnerships with individuals and organisations for building scaling of the program
• Drive successful implementation of KCDT's initiatives, within budget and timeline
• Participate in strategic planning, budgeting and ongoing governance of KCDT
• Create (or co-create) thought leadership content (e.g.articles, white-papers etc.)

Stakeholder Management:

• Proactively incubate and foster robust partnerships with various internal and external stakeholders (e.g. funders, sector leaders, ecosystem enablers etc.)
• Own and drive active collaborations with institutional and/or individual leaders to develop, enhance and implement KCDT's offerings on an ongoing basis

Program Operations and Monitoring:

• Enable and drive seamless execution of programs and initiatives across learning, knowledge products, partnerships and cohort building
• Collaborate with various stakeholders (e.g. faculty, mentors, partners) to design, curate and deliver program contents and events such as conferences, webinars etc.

Organisational and Self-Leadership:

• Actively mentor/coach team members on a regular basis and support their holistic career development
• Engage with and own strategic organisational initiatives and drive cross-pollination of offerings and initiatives across ILSS

Required Abilities and Qualifications:

• Around 15 years of overall experience, with at least 7+ years in social impact sector
• Seasoned leader with deep experience in strategy design, organisation set-up, capability development and in delivering strong business/functional outcome
• Demonstrated strong commercial acumen/orientation
• Proven track record in nurturing solid partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders

Benefits:

ILSS offers competitive compensation on par with Indian philanthropy pay scales.

How to Apply:

If you are excited about the role, write to us with your CV and cover letter.

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