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Drishtee
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Operations Manager, Noida, India
Drishtee is India’s leading rural development organization that provides essential services like health care, education, livelihood opportunities and microfinance to people in rural India. Its double-bottom line approach enables it to implement financially sustainable solutions, which create a strong, positive social impact in rural India.
Drishtee leverages its wide network of over 4,000 rural telecenters run by village entrepreneurs to disseminate these critical services that have impacted the lives of over 2 million people thus far. During the last 8 years, Drishtee has been trusted by several reputable organizations like Acumen Fund and has been felicitated with several major accolades like the World Economic Forum’s “Tech Pioneer Award” in 2007.
The Operations Manager for Health will be responsible for managing the operations and implementation of Drishtee's rural health services. This position will involve coordination with a wide variety of activities including budgeting, planning, training, research, and supply chain. In this role, you will further develop processes, and focus on streamlining all operations of the current pilot in preparation for a large-scale expansion of Drishtee's health service across its kiosk network. As roll out begins, the focus of this role will shift to monitor and evaluate field activities.
Your work will be supporting the Drishtee franchisee network – a corp of village entrepreneurs delivering a range of products and services to their community. Specifically, you would be developing the operations of female-run micro-businesses delivering basic diagnostics and hygiene products to their community. The outcome of such a business would be the opportunity for livelihood generation of the entrepreneur while the community would benefit from savings of doorstep health services.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with an appetite for social enterprise development seeking hands-on experience with a reputable organization in India promoting rural development. In your full-time capacity, you will:
- Work closely with the Senior Manager - Health, to enhance and implement the business model, and the business development strategy with external funding and technical partners
- Oversee expansion and budgeting; and coordinate activities with teams related to training, supply chain and research
- Monitoring field contact with district and bi-monthly village visits
- Set expansion targets for upcoming months and quarters.
- Provide weekly and monthly status reports to senior management.
- Forecast obstacles and pitfalls and implement mitigation strategies to meet project objectives.
- Remuneration – Commensurate with experience
Qualifications
- Passionate about making a lasting, positive social impact in the lives of others.
- Preferable, though not required - Management degree from a top ranking university.
- Be sensitive to skills, efficiency level, educational qualifications possessed by rural entrepreneurs, especially in a multi-cultural context.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to be organized and flexible in an unstructured environment
- Self-directed individual who possesses a problem-solving approach and ability to develop both solutions and processes
To Apply
Send CV/resume and cover letter to Ann Rogan.
Drishtee leverages its wide network of over 4,000 rural telecenters run by village entrepreneurs to disseminate these critical services that have impacted the lives of over 2 million people thus far. During the last 8 years, Drishtee has been trusted by several reputable organizations like Acumen Fund and has been felicitated with several major accolades like the World Economic Forum’s “Tech Pioneer Award” in 2007.
The Operations Manager for Health will be responsible for managing the operations and implementation of Drishtee's rural health services. This position will involve coordination with a wide variety of activities including budgeting, planning, training, research, and supply chain. In this role, you will further develop processes, and focus on streamlining all operations of the current pilot in preparation for a large-scale expansion of Drishtee's health service across its kiosk network. As roll out begins, the focus of this role will shift to monitor and evaluate field activities.
Your work will be supporting the Drishtee franchisee network – a corp of village entrepreneurs delivering a range of products and services to their community. Specifically, you would be developing the operations of female-run micro-businesses delivering basic diagnostics and hygiene products to their community. The outcome of such a business would be the opportunity for livelihood generation of the entrepreneur while the community would benefit from savings of doorstep health services.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with an appetite for social enterprise development seeking hands-on experience with a reputable organization in India promoting rural development. In your full-time capacity, you will:
- Work closely with the Senior Manager - Health, to enhance and implement the business model, and the business development strategy with external funding and technical partners
- Oversee expansion and budgeting; and coordinate activities with teams related to training, supply chain and research
- Monitoring field contact with district and bi-monthly village visits
- Set expansion targets for upcoming months and quarters.
- Provide weekly and monthly status reports to senior management.
- Forecast obstacles and pitfalls and implement mitigation strategies to meet project objectives.
- Remuneration – Commensurate with experience
Qualifications
- Passionate about making a lasting, positive social impact in the lives of others.
- Preferable, though not required - Management degree from a top ranking university.
- Be sensitive to skills, efficiency level, educational qualifications possessed by rural entrepreneurs, especially in a multi-cultural context.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to be organized and flexible in an unstructured environment
- Self-directed individual who possesses a problem-solving approach and ability to develop both solutions and processes
To Apply
Send CV/resume and cover letter to Ann Rogan.
