EAII Advisors Senior Manager Program Learning Strategy

This position is with EAII Advisors, Evidence Action's technical partner in India. 

Position Overview 

Job Title: Senior Manager, Program Learning Strategy 

Employment Status: Full-time

Position Location: New Delhi

About the Position

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Manager, Program Learning Strategy to enhance the scalability and effectiveness of the  India Safe Water (ISW) team by optimizing internal processes, systems and staff capabilities.  

This individual will be in charge of defining the ISW learning agenda across workstreams in close collaboration with the ISW Strategy and Operations Teams, setting up learning goals and agendas, and managing a team to achieve those goals and mainstream them into our programming. The Senior Manager will support all of Evidence Action global water programs with initial focus on India. 

The ideal candidate has a strong background in managing highly technical projects and a commitment to programmatic system strengthening and optimization, with emphasis on learning and development. They must understand how to lead indirectly and maintain strong relationships with a range of stakeholders across the organization. This candidate should have over 10 years of experience, and with a successful track record in managing teams and collaborating with peers.

Responsibilities

Development of Learning Strategies

●      Create strategies to identify and prioritize learning needs across different workstreams and regions, such as technology improvement, community engagement, market shaping and procurement.

●      Develop learning agendas and goals based on programmatic needs, risks and priorities, with the support of the respective workstream owners

●      Coordinate a team of workstream owners in charge of following the learning agendas and allocate resources appropriately, including team’s bandwidth of indirect reportees

Learning and Development Management

●      Together with Managers in charge of the implementation of the different workstreams, define work plans and establish milestones to meet learning needs and ensure these cover the needs across workstreams and regions.

●      Work closely with the Safe Water Now leadership and the People and Culture team for designing and implementing successful learning and training programs.

●      Ensure that goals are effectively met and collaborate with SWN Strategy and Operations teams to embed those lessons into implementation work plans.

●      Support development of team capacity to establish systems that incorporate lessons learned and standardize processes for rapid scale-up.

●      Assess the effectiveness of training programs and make necessary adjustments to improve outcomes. 

Collaboration with Stakeholders

●      Work with department heads and senior management to identify learning and training priorities while ensuring priorities alignments across workstreams and regions. Indirectly lead and manage initiatives across stakeholders

●      Coordinate with the P&C team to align the SWN team’s learning strategies to the overall learning and development strategy of Evidence Action.

●      Foster a culture of continuous learning and development across the SWN team.

Requirements

Essentials

●      Bachelor’s degree in public administration, product development,  organizational development, or a related field.

●      Minimum of 10 years of experience in managing highly technical projects with a focus on strategy and programmatic growth, training, or a related field. Exposure to program design and implementation is highly desirable.

●      Ability to use data to guide decision-making and continuous improvement.

●      Proven track record in designing and implementing successful learning and training programs.

●      Effectively collaborate with employees at all levels.

●      Team management and leadership abilities to inspire and motivate others.

●      Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and internationally. 

Desirable

●      3+ years of experience in adult learning principles and instructional design.

●      Analytical skills to assess training needs, evaluate program effectiveness, and develop strategic plans.

●      Experience implementing, evaluating or designing projects  in water or WASH. 

Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time.

Benefits

EAII provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees worldwide. Benefits include:

• comprehensive health insurance,
• retirement savings options,
• life insurance,
• generous leave,
• avenues for engagement and recognition.

Compensation:  Competitive and commensurate with the individual's credentials, experience, and previous pay scale. 

About EAII Advisors

EAII Advisors, Evidence Action’s technical partner in India, supports the implementation of the school and Anganwadi-based National Deworming Day program, as well as iron and folic acid supplementation programs, across 11 states by providing technical assistance to applicable state ministries of health, education, and women and child development. Moving forward, EAII Advisors aims to expand its impact by collaborating with more state governments on these existing programs, as well as supporting new public health, water, & nutrition programming. 

About Evidence Action

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development – we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Since our founding in 2013, we have reached over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator. 

We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Program has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.8 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Safe Water Now provides sustained safe water access to over 10 million people in Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.  

We drive innovation. Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.  

We are global. Across nine countries in Africa and Asia, our 700+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background – with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.  

We have big ambitions. Over the next decade, we’re setting our sights higher: We aim to reach over 600 million people globally to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action – because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.  

We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us. 

About the India Safe Water Team

Evidence Action’s India Safe Water program aims to provide safe drinking water to over 17 million people across multiple states. Through its technical partner in India, EAII Advisors, it is launching the ISW program through a major technical assistance program to help the government of India reach millions of people across multiple states with safe water. This complements the Indian government’s effort to bring water access to every household in the country. 

Recent evidence highlights that water treatment may be among the most cost-effective interventions available to save young children's lives, reducing all-cause child mortality by about 25%. The In-Line Chlorination (ILC) program, based on research by a Nobel-winning economist, utilizes an innovative and cost-effective solution to deliver clean water at the household level in rural settings, achieving usage rates which are 5x that of comparable interventions. 

EAII Advisors ran a pilot to test the operations, cost-effectiveness and scalability of the ILC program in the states of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP), and is scaling up in the states of AP and MP. While implementing the ILC program scale up, EAII Advisors will support the government on capacity building to effectively implement the program and further scale it up.

All contracting arrangements will be made through EAII Advisors Private Limited.  EAII is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at EAII is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. EAII does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, caste, creed, colour, religion, gender, origin, disability, marital status, or any other basis protected by law. 

All candidates applying for the position should upload a resume along with cover letter mentioning current and expected salary.

We may end this search process earlier than the specified close date in case of exceptional candidates. Due to resource constraints, we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates.