Update – The requirement is now closed
Job Definition:
‘The job incumbent will spearhead and manage all activities for Lister foundation. The activities encompass project management at the strategic and operational level, growth and expansion of the foundation activities, liaison with all parties (external and internal) involved in and impacted by the foundation activities. The role also involves creating awareness, enhancing knowledge, interest and subsequently increasing the involvement of the target population.’
Essential Qualification and Skills:
- Postgraduate degree in Business Administration/Social Work and related fields
- 3+ years of work experience in the corporate sector
- Excellent understanding and innate passion to work in the social sector
- Excellent communication skills
- Good negotiation and influencing skills
- Good analytical & problem solving skills
- Willingness to adapt to change
- Ability to multitask and deliver within timelines
- To have spearheaded project activities and events that involve excellent coordination, effective/timely communication etc…
Desirable Qualification and Skills (not essential)
- Exposure in the social sector (hands on experience at the ground level)
- Exposure in various facets of business administration – project management, operations, budgeting, business development etc…
Roles and Responsibilities
- To evaluate and execute the foundation plan – take it from the business plan stage to actual roll out of operations as per the plan
- To spearhead and own all operations of the foundation
- To scale-up/expand the reach of the foundation activities to a larger population (to meet defined target numbers)
- To ensure that the foundation is self-sustaining within 2-3 years (income from the activities to cover operational expenses)
- Owning the budget and executing all the activities in the given budget
- To be the liaison with all parties involved with the foundation – Leadership team, vendors, government officials etc….
- To ensure legal and statutory compliance
- To create and enhance knowledge of the foundation to a larger population
- To involve the participation of the target audience in the foundation activities
- Ongoing reporting and presentations to the Management
- Role maybe required to effectively lead a small team
About Lister Technologies & Lister Foundation
Lister Technologies provides creative, cutting-edge technology solutions. Lister’s service offerings include Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, E-Business, Customer Relationship Management, KPO including Revenue Cycle Management and E-Publishing. Lister’s major clients are based out of US and Europe. The company was started in 2001 and presently has 3 development centers in Chennai.
Lister Foundation has been set up as a separate entity, and is a stakeholder in Lister Technologies. The promoters have yielded over 28% of their holdings to this Foundation.These funds will be deployed for the betterment of our communities – ranging from primary education to clean drinking water to rural child welfare, health centers, and more.
For further details contact [email protected]