Job ID: 306135

Associate Program Director

SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Apply by: 18 Nov 2026

Relevant Sectors

Director, CEO, COP, President

Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

ABOUT SNEHA
SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action) is a Mumbai-based non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health, nutrition, and safety of women and children living in vulnerable urban informal settlements. Our mission is to empower urban women and children through integrated health and nutrition programs, education, and advocacy.
We work through a dual approach—engaging both care seekers and care providers. At the community level, we empower women and families to become agents of change, while simultaneously
collaborating with public health and safety systems to drive sustainable improvements in urban health outcomes.

SNEHA’s key programs include:
Maternal and Child Health
Public System Partnership
Empowerment, Health and Sexuality of Adolescent
Prevention of Violence against Women and Children
Palliative Care

Between 2016 and 2025, SNEHA directly reached over 620,555 women, children, and healthcare workers, and indirectly impacted a population of over 3.63 million across seven municipal corporations and three municipal councils in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
Today, SNEHA is a 500+ member organization with deep grassroots presence and a strong track record of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, child malnutrition, adolescent anemia, and violence against women and children—key determinants of health equity for families and communities.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
SNEHA’s Program on Prevention of Violence against Women and Children (PVWC) aims to develop high-impact strategies for primary prevention, ensure survivors’ access to protection and justice,
empower women to claim their rights, mobilize communities around ‘zero tolerance for violence’, and respond to the needs and rights of excluded and neglected groups. Using a socio-ecologic model as a framework for action at different levels to prevent violence, the program works on primary prevention, secondary intervention and tertiary prevention. Critical evaluation of 15 years of rich field experience prompted the realization that SNEHA's contribution would be adequate only once it could articulate its impact and share it in a form immediately usable for stakeholders. A five-year scientific effort led to the articulation of causal links between programme components and a sequence of outcomes and measurable impact indicators. This theory of change was tested in the TARA program. The program worked with the Global Health Research Group on exploring the support needs of mental health of survivors of domestic violence and modern slavery.

ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Community Stewardship
The program works on a community stewardship model in Wadala that aims to create a community that actively addresses and supports the prevention of gender-based violence through robust community ownership. The program works on exploring different ways to deepen the community stewardship model. It works with couples and first-time parents, deaddiction and integration of maternal and child health into primary and secondary interventions in informal communities of Wadala with an aim to build a model of collectivization and community ownership.

Health Systems Strengthening
The project focuses on making violence prevention and survivor support an integrated part of local health and public services. We work with municipal corporations to integrate specialized counselling and care into hospitals and community health groups, such as ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers and Mahila Arogya Samitis (MAS). The project aims to map out existing resources and develop referral pathways between police, legal services, and health facilities, so that women and children can access help easily and safely. Our team supports this by mentoring ASHAs and MAS members to get equipped to provide a response and referral to women and children survivors of violence with an aim to create a model for health system partnerships and communities.

SNEHA Knowledge Centre
SNEHA Knowledge Centre is an initiative to strengthen the health promotion and violence prevention ecosystem for women and children in India through the development, scaling and sharing of evidence-based solutions. It builds upon SNEHA’s expertise of over 25 years in health interventions (curative, preventive and promotive) and violence prevention and works in partnership with public systems, policy makers, community organizations, service providers, research and education within the ecosystem. Its objectives are to work on systems development, partnership and collaborations and capacity strengthening of civil society organizations to carry out systematic work.

“WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME” (WIIFM) - AT SNEHA
At SNEHA, our fundamental belief is that prioritizing people is key, demonstrating our strong dedication to nurturing a supportive and growth-driven atmosphere. We uphold an open-door policy that champions transparency and open dialogue. We actively invite employees to voice their ideas, feedback, and concerns, fostering a culture where innovation and teamwork can flourish.
If you value excellence and are passionate about nurturing individuals, SNEHA is the perfect place for you!!
For detailed Information visit our website: www.snehamumbai.org

PROFILE SNAPSHOT
Designation: Associate Program Director
Role: The Associate Program Director will provide strategic leadership for the development, implementation, institutionalization, model building and scale of SNEHA’s Prevention of Violence against Women and Children programmes
Educational Requirement: Master's degree in Public Health, Social Work, Psychology, Development Studies, Sociology, Social Sciences or a related field.
Experience: 10- 12+ years of relevant experience, including programme leadership.
Location: Across Mumbai
Reports to: Program Director
Apply: Applications are to be sent via email to recruitment@snehamumbai.org with the subject line: “Associate Program Director”.

COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION
The Associate Program Director will provide across three strategic pillars: Community Stewardship, Health, Safety and Legal Systems Strengthening and Strategic partnerships with government, academic institutions and civil society organizations.
The role will act as a strategic programme implementation leader, translating the programme vision into evidence- based practical strategies and systems while ensuring that the work remains community/ participant owned, evidence-informed, sustainable and scalable

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Work Package I
Community Stewardship & Model Building
Lead the development and continuous refinement of the Community Stewardship Model as a sustainable, community-owned approach to preventing and responding to violence against women and children.

Key responsibilities:
1. Contribute to the programme vision designed by the Program Director to translate into a clear strategy, structure and implementation plan.
2. Lead implementation guided by Program Director, test and continuously refine the model components to achieve the proposed impact i.e. couple intervention, deaddiction interventions and
mental health interventions based on research, monitoring and community feedback.
3. Introduce innovative and participatory ways of community partnership ownership and local leadership, based on published evidence and /or evidence from the field.
4. Monitor and guide the team in field implementation and all program activities with hands on mentoring, with guidance from Program Director
5. Ensure interventions are survivor-centred, child & women-safe, ethical, trauma-informed and aligned with safeguarding standards.
6. Protocolize systems, tools and processes that can be adapted or replicated across other PVWC project sites.
7. Create new evidence and learning required for institutionalization, replication and scaling with partners across the country
8. Ensure all public systems’ support through supportive, collaborative evidence-based interactions.
9. Ensure collaboration with other SNEHA programs and domains, funders, partners to achieve the SNEHA vision and mission.

Work Package II
Health Systems Strengthening
Build a partnership model on health system’s response with communities to address identification, response and referral of cases of violence against women and children in two corporations of Greater Mumbai.

Key responsibilities:
1. Strategize along with Program Director with the governing system such as a) Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, to strengthen counselling services in tertiary hospitals and Savitribai Phule
Gender Resource Centre.
2. Strategize along with Program Director Mira Bhayander (MBMC) and Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporations (VVCMC) to build a partnership model on integration of violence response and
prevention by ASHAs and Mahila Arogya Samitis.1c) district or state governing health system as applicable. ( In case we work with Palghar, Bhiwandi rural, Ambernath- Badlapur etc, Nasik,
3. Strengthen linkages between communities, public system frontline workers, women's counselling centres (WCCs), health facilities, police, legal services and other relevant support systems.
4. Oversee mapping of violence services in MBMC and VVCMC to build a coordinated ecosystem’s response to violence against women and children.
5. Ensure that the supportive public system team provides timely, safe and appropriate support to women and children survivors of violence.
6. Support the development of protocols and capacity-building systems that enable sustained change.
7. Use evidence and implementation learning to continuously strengthen health-system integration.

Work Package III
SNEHA Knowledge Centre

Key responsibilities:
1. Develop and manage partnerships with government departments, public institutions across health, women and child development, police, justice and social welfare systems and civil society
organizations that SNEHA partners with.
2. Work with partner organizations in contextualizing, adapting and replicating the program model with partner organizations, duly guided by Program Director.
3. Leverage SNEHA’s knowledge and experience to explore training platforms and service delivery mechanisms with police, legal and health care and such supportive systems to accelerate the work.
4. Identify opportunities for scale-up and support government-led adoption of evidence-based approaches across geographies and institutions.
5. Maintain strategic government relationships and facilitate coordination, approvals, MoUs, joint initiatives and long-term sustainability of programmes.
6. Represent SNEHA in strategic government, partnership and sectoral forums and such.

Work Package IV
4. Programme Leadership & Coordination

1. Finance, Compliance & Risk Management: Lead financial and compliance oversight for the
programme, guided by Program Director, ensuring effective resource allocation, budget discipline, donor and legal compliance, financial reporting, internal controls, and proactive management of
financial and contractual risks
2. Proposal Development & Resource Mobilization: Contribute to timely development - delivery of concept notes, donor proposals, budgets, reports and presentations to support programme
growth, resources and sustainability.
3. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning: Work closely with the M&E team to develop credible evidence by define programme indicators, track progress, review data and translate findings into programme improvements and learning.
4. Team work: Ensure a cohesive and effective team working. Capacity Building: Identify capacitybuilding needs and strengthen the skills, knowledge and leadership of programme teams through
mentoring, training and structured learning.
5. Programme Coordination: Ensure effective coordination across programme teams, partners, government stakeholders and internal functions to support timely and quality implementation.
6. Administration & Operational Oversight: Ensure programme-related administrative systems, documentation, approvals, compliance and operational processes are completed efficiently.
7. Reporting & Learning: Ensure timely programme reviews, documentation of learning, progress reports and communication of key achievements, challenges and recommendations to senior leadership.
8. Any other organizational, programmatic work required and expected.

CRITICAL TRAITS
• Achievement Mindset & Initiative: An eagerness to proactively take initiative and drive results.
• Ownership & Accountability: Deep sense of responsibility and commitment to take ownership of program outcomes.
• Sound Values & Work Ethics: High standard of personal integrity, professional ethics, and organizational values.
• Adaptability & Inclusivity: Natural ability to manage change and navigate diversity across teams and contexts.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
• Strategic & Programmatic Leadership: Demonstrated ability in designing programs, managing implementation, driving systems strengthening, and applying strategic thinking to problem-solving.
• Stakeholder Management & Strategic Partnerships: Proven capability in building, managing, and sustaining partnerships with government bodies and diverse institutional stakeholders.
• Community & Sectoral Engagement: Hands-on experience
• e executing community-level engagement across health systems, violence prevention, or related development sectors.
• Effective Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Clear, impactful written/verbal communication and strong interpersonal relationship-building capabilities.
• Team Leadership & Management: Capability to lead, align, and manage large multi-disciplinary teams effectively.
• Program Learning, Evidence Generation & Scaling: Ability to capture program learnings, synthesize evidence, and drive process institutionalization and program scaling.

“Come and be a catalyst for innovation and positive change—apply today to shape the future with us!”

Job Email ID:

recruitment(at)snehamumbai.org