Associatedirector Partnerships

Job ID: 36530

Location: Mumbai, IN

Area of interest: Business Support, Management & Efficiency

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 6 Aug 2025

**Job Summary**
- Strategic sourcing of partnerships
- To source unique partnerships to broaden the Banks Sustainability portfolio in India and to meet the annual target of over 100 crores every year.

**Summary of key functions**:

- Project Assurance and Oversight:

- Communication & Documentation
- Programme Development Services
- Support in Portfolio Governance
- Regulatory and business conduct

**Key Responsibilities**

**Project Assurance and Oversight**
- Ensure 100% delivery against project deliverables and financial targets in annual work plan. Closely monitoring the work plan and recommending corrective actions as and when required.
- Ensure organizational set-up and project management systems are fully functional and create an enabling environment for successful execution of the project by the implementation partners.
- Support the implementing partners in preparation of the annual work plans and result framework as endorsed by the management.
- Ensure timely submission of monthly, quarterly and half yearly progress reports by the development partners. Conduct monthly, quarterly and half yearly progress evaluations and reviews for keeping the internal management abreast of the project/portfolio progress.
- Conduct periodic monitoring, reviews, and evaluation to measure the impact of the projects. Continuous monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme.
- Ensure that lessons learnt feed into the analytical and project work (i.e. results used to make decisions).
- Conduct accompanied visits with implementing partner to the project location to review the progress and to provide handholding support.
- Monitor the quality and efficacy of the project interventions - to achieve the target indicators in a cost effective, timely and sustainable manner.
- Manage the monitoring and evaluation of the SiB & Washe portfolio with the external M&E partner (TBD).

**Documentation & Communication**
- Develop internal communications to promote the bank sustainability investment among employees in association with the implementing partners.
- Manage the social media and external communications of the Sustainability portfolio with internal communication team & implementing partners.
- Manage and enhance the Sustainability Bridge page & share case studies.
- Prepare sustainability progress report, briefs, and supervision notes as and when required for the group’s senior management and for the CSR committee.
- Provide technical advice and direction in strengthening bank sustainability communication for internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop a plan for the development and dissemination of lessons learnt.
- Conduct regular supervisory/technical assistance visits to the field.
- Coordinate with the M&E Coordinator for portfolio specific reports, and data for documenting success stories.

**Governance and funding**
- Develop partner contracts under guidance of Head of Strategic Partnerships to and support in due diligence of the partners to ensure compliance with the Bank’s Donation Policy.
- Support in timely processing of payments to NGO partners and preparing portfolio payment packs as per disbursement timeline.
- Identify and assess sources of regulatory risks related to 2% portfolio.
- Be updated of the changes in the 2% guidelines and ensure that the portfolio remains in sync to the changes.
- Support in reporting of the overall 2% portfolio for the CSR Committee.

**Programme Development Services**
- Onboard of new sustainability programme partners
- Provide oversight to ensure that the activities being undertaken are in congruence with the project goal and the overall goal of the portfolio.
- Provide feedback to the implementing partner on program activities such as adopt innovative & problem-solving ways of project management, enhancing project future sustainability and convergence with government schemes under the thematic areas.
- Explore thought leadership around the future of SiB & Washe

**Regulatory & Business Conduct**
- Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
- Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matter

**Key stakeholders**
- CEO India
Global Head of Community Impact
Head CABM India & SA
Head of Sustainability India & GBS**Skills and Experience**
- Minimum 8- 10 years’ experience in CSR/philanthropy/ international development/ grant making.
- Relevant experience/knowledge in