Programme Manager
About the Organization: Vrutti's vision is to enhance the well-being of individuals through the power of knowledge, innovation, and transformative actions. Our mission is to build the wealth and resilience of small producers through transformative livelihood solutions. We work through an ecosystem approach integrating and delivering services that empower small producers and marginalized populations to grow their way out of poverty.
About the Role
The role focuses on leading initiatives that bridge evidence and practice by working closely with both the evidence team (research, evaluation, systems mapping) and the implementation team (community engagement, program delivery). The objective is to ensure programs are designed, managed, and delivered with rigour, adaptability, and measurable impact.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Strategy & Design: Lead strategy development, program design, and work planning using Participatory Action Research (PAR) and social-ecological systems (SES) approaches.
- Learning, Knowledge & Adaptation: Capture key learnings through after-action reviews, develop research-backed reports and knowledge products, and ensure insights are integrated into project design, scale-up, and policy pathways.
- Stakeholder & Team Leadership: Facilitate collaboration and alignment across researchers, field teams, funders, and partners, while mentoring internal teams and navigating stakeholder dynamics with sensitivity.
- Delivery, Quality & Risk Management: Ensure disciplined execution through effective budgeting, resource forecasting, adaptive management, and quality assurance, while maintaining compliance with donor, legal, ethical, and safeguarding standards.