Job ID: 296260

Manager Programs – Gender

Azim Premji Foundation

Location: Bangalore, Bhopal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh

Apply by: 11 Jul 2026

Relevant Sectors

Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy

Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice

Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

Manager Programs – Gender

About the Philanthropy at Azim Premji Foundation

At the Philanthropy, we make multi-year grants to not-for-profit organisations that work with the most vulnerable in our society. Through such support, people who are deeply disadvantaged and marginalised are offered immediate care, access to essential services, and the possibility of a dignified future.

About the role

Our work on gender justice looks to support organizations that aim at qualitative and substantial changes in lives of women and girls and help them take control of their future. We partner with large, mid-sized and small organizations to support work that looks to:
Strengthen mechanisms to ensure girls & women come together and can assert themselves.
Capacitate women and girls’ collectives to claim their rights, collectively fight safety concerns, discrimination & abuse.
Support girls and women in building critical knowledge, skills and attitude needed to navigate lives within families and community.
Improve girls and women’s access to public spaces, public good and services. ?

Responsibilities

Identify potential partners within the specific geography.
Ensure compliance with specific grant proposals so that they meet the Foundation’s guidelines and requirements, and are a well-drafted request, complete in all aspects
Review all completed proposals to ensure that required information has been provided. Ensure that the story of the grantee organisation comes through clearly.
Lead the efforts on the due diligence process and partner engagement from both programme and finance lens.
Post approval, provide support to the partners to ensure that the financial resources reach them in time.
Ensure compliance with the grant making system through the entire lifecycle of a grant.
Supplement the research and development of frameworks, models, and theories around the operating area.
Initiate relationships with civil society organisations in order to further the organisation’s understanding of an area.

What we are looking for

Candidates who have around 10 - 15 years of deep engagement with issues of gender justice and worked with adolescent girls/ young women in areas of gender based violence, child marriage, violence, leadership and livelihoods etc.
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree desirable
Should have made significant and long-lasting contributions in his/her area of specialisation
High level of self-motivation, initiative, and creativity
Willingness to travel extensively for work
Substantial knowledge of organisational and project management
Ability to work with minimal supervision, and solve problems independently or collaboratively a needed

Interested candidates can apply on https://bit.ly/4fE3ntX