Programme Officer

As CIFF's ambition for improving children's lives in India moves from a programmatic to an ecosystem focused Mission mode, the Programme Officer, India is an organised professional with interests in one or more of CIFF's priority areas for children. Working with people at all levels, both within and outside the organisation, the role is fast paced, requires working flexibly across teams as per business needs, building and maintaining strong relationships. The Programme Officer, India will provide comprehensive and proactive programme support across the key CIFF priorities/teams on its Children Portfolio– Violence Against Children (VAC) including education and child protection, Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE), Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR) and Child Health and Development (CHD). This position requires a combination of strong analytical and programme management skills, research experience (data and budget analysis, advanced knowledge of Excel), excellent communication skills (verbal and written English, Power Point presentations), mandatory experience of working on gender, and domain expertise in any one or more of the following areas – Education, Vocational Skilling and Livelihoods, Child Protection, social protection, SRHR, nutrition and CHD.

CIFF is an independent philanthropic organisation, working with a range of partners seeking to transform the lives of children and adolescents. Our programmes are designed to support bold ideas to solve seemingly intractable problems.