WITPHiring for Sr. Manager/Manager – Government Affairs at Delhi, Delhi Full Time

Job Overview:
Position Name: Sr. Manager/Manager- Government Affairs

Work Location: Delhi

Department: WITP

About Wadhwani Foundation (www.wfglobal.org):
Mission: Accelerating economic development in emerging economies through high-value job creation Objectives: Enabling the creation of 10M jobs and placement of 25M by 2030 across 20-25 emerging economies

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies by driving large-scale job creation through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, today the Foundation is scaling impact in 25 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America through various Initiatives. More details on the various programs at the end of the document.

Job Description:
The Role Context: The Sr. Manager/Manager of Government Affairs will interact with central and state government ministries/departments and/or bodies to represent the organizations business plans and interests of Wadhwani Foundation. He/She shall work with the WITP team as well as heads of all initiatives of the Foundation and shall report to Director Policy and Technology.

Key Responsibilities:
Builds and maintains professional relationships with central and state government entities/bodies and other relevant stakeholders in the ecosystem

Shall assist in identifying business opportunities with government and positioning Wadhwani Foundation as preferred organization for potential partnerships with central and state government agencies

Shall assist to reform existing public policies and shaping of new government policies, especially in the emerging technology, MSME, job creation and skilling sector

Facilitate operationalization of projects and implementation programs of the organization

Keep tracks of government activities that could affect the organizations business and clients.

Assists senior management by providing regular updates on progress, insights, opportunities and areas for course correction.

Work collaboratively and transparently with the business units to ensure alignment for core business objectives.

Collaborates with industry advocates to build areas of common interest.

Recommend, engage and manage with necessary third-party intermediaries including government affairs advisors, industry associations, broad-based and business trade associations, diplomatic missions and civil society organizations.

Performs other duties as required.

Skills & Experience:
Should be an MBA/MCA/Postgraduate with at least 10 years of experience of working with central and/or state government.

Demonstrated ability to effectively and comfortably interact at senior level in government.

Experience in consulting environment and project management experience will be given preference.

Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, establish priorities, meet deadlines, and solve problems.

Interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively as part of a larger team and with a variety of colleagues, external partners, and policy leaders.

Efficient time management and ability to multitask and prioritize competing priorities.

Sound judgment, good analytical and technical capabilities, good oral communication and writing skills, strong conceptual and strategic thinking skills.

Fluent in Hindi and English

Open to travel

Various Programs at Wadhwani Foundation:
1. Wadhwani Advantage: Accelerating the growth of tens of thousands of SMEs by providing personalized, on-demand knowledge and consulting resources through an AI-enabled mobile platform to create millions of new jobs.

2. Wadhwani Entrepreneur: Inspiring, educating, and enabling Startup entrepreneurs

Wadhwani Venture Fastrack: Maximizes success rates of early-stage startups with enhanced business traction and funding opportunities

Wadhwani NEN: Empowers students with knowledge and skills through Courses and Startup Labs to create high-potential startups

Wadhwani Inspire: Establishes a nationwide culture of entrepreneurship

3. Wadhwani Opportunity: Empowering millions of students with 21st century employability skills that drive family supporting wages.

4. Wadhwani AI (a partner program): A first-of-its-kind AI research institute in the world – a non-profit dedicated exclusively to applying AI for social good.

5. Wadhwani Catalyst: Invest in high quality entrepreneurs with scalable business models across emerging markets, with a focus in India. The fund will catalyse businesses across sectors, with the overall objective of accelerating economic development by creating livelihoods/ jobs.

6. Wadhwani Institute of Technology and Policy (WITP): Support government and civil society at large with the dual mission of – (1) Providing information, insights, and recommendations for the application of technology for policy making, policy implementation, and policy outcomes measurement. (2) Creating a Technology-focused Training Academy for upskilling policy makers, bureaucrats and technocrats with relevant technologies and the application of the same to their respective ministries and missions.

Wadhwani Corporate Profile:
Our Culture:
WF is a global not-for-profit, and works like a start-up, in a fast-moving, dynamic pace where change is the only constant and flexibility is the key to success.

Three mantras that we practice across job roles, levels, functions, programs and initiatives, are Quality, Speed, Scale, in that order.

We are an ambitious and inclusive organization, where everyone is encouraged to contribute and ideate. We are intensely and insanely focused on driving excellence in everything we do.

We want individuals with the drive for excellence, and passion to do whatever it takes to deliver world class outcomes to our beneficiaries. We set our own standards often more rigorous than what our beneficiaries demand, and we want individuals who love it this way.

We have a creative and highly energetic environment – one in which we look to each other to innovate new solutions not only for our beneficiaries but for ourselves too. Open to collaborate with a borderless mentality, often going beyond the hierarchy and siloed definitions of functional KRAs, are the individuals who will thrive in our environment.

This is a workplace where expertise is shared with colleagues around the globe. Individuals uncomfortable with change, constant innovation, and short learning cycles and those looking for stability and orderly working days may not find WF to be the right place for them.

Finally, we want individuals who want to do greater good for the society leveraging their area of expertise, skills and experience.

The foundation is an equal opportunity firm with no bias towards gender, race, colour, ethnicity, country, language, age and any other dimension that comes in the way of progress.

Join us and be a part of us!

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