About Jana Urban Services for Transformation Pvt. Ltd. (JUST)
JUST offers management, technical and advisory support to governments, development agencies, and financial institutions in the urban sector, aimed to improving the quality of life in India’s cities and towns. JUST is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jana Urban Foundation (JUF), a non-profit Section 8 entity. The Jana Group is one of India’s best-known groups of social enterprises working towards systemic reform in urban India. Other than JUST, the group presently works across citizen participation and city governance reforms (through Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy), city planning and design (through Jana Urban Space Foundation), banking and financial services for the urban poor (through Jana Small Finance Bank) and affordable housing for the urban poor (through Janaadhar).
About the position: Head-Projects
JUST is looking for a self-motivated person to lead the entity into its next phase of consolidation and growth. Since 2014, JUST has completed several projects within the Jana Group and for several external clients, national and international. More details on www.janaservices.com. JUST now has a Business Plan with define domains, sectors and services in the Municipal Consulting services space. The aim is to grow business with a firm focus on systemic change and scope for reform in the project intent itself.
Role & Responsibilities:
- To work as Business head, with P&L responsibility for JUST
- To grow the consulting work through various strategies, viz
- active bidding of tenders (alone, with partners, JV’s, etc.)
- empanelment with govt. depts (generic where exist for domain-services, or case-to-case), and
- single-source work through discussions with larger clients such as DFIs and others
- To grow the strong networking/coordinating/liaison with local and state government bodies to deploy projects as well as ensure smooth execution of services
- To proactively explore the partners for different calls, and maintain roster of experts and potential partners for set domain-services meeting eligibility criteria as per usual tenders
- Take charge of the business plan as proposed, making suggestion for changes as per market regularly to Director, Projects and Executive Director
Reporting: To Director-Projects or any other person so designated from time to time
Location: New Delhi/Bangalore
Qualifications, Experience & Desirable qualities
- Overall experience should be 12+ years having PG in Urban planning / Urban designing / Urban Management / Infrastructure Planning or Engineering / Environment Planning or Engineering
- 5+ years worked as Program lead handling multiple bids, and Team Lead in at least 2-3 projects, having overseen entire project cycle from bidding to closure
- Consulting experience in urban development / government advisory is mandatory. Work with organizations is preferable, while individual subject matter experts / proprietary firm heads may apply
- Having a network of consultants and SMEs in urban governance to participate in bids is an advantage
- Particular areas of expertise in any one sector within urban development (e.g. waste, water, energy, planning, design/buildings, institutional capacity, municipal finance, etc.) is preferable
- Experience with policy/research in the development sector will be an asset but optional
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience, past delivery and market rates in the not-for-profit sector
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This is a critical position, and will remain open till a suitable candidate is selected. Queries / requests, email info@janaservices.com