Job Description

Department
DSI
Job posted on
Jul 04, 2025
Employment type
Full Time

Associate - Cohorts & Training

About

Dasra

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Dasra's bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India's leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra was founded on the simple premise that supporting non-profits in their growth will scale their impact on the vulnerable lives they serve. Beginning with incubating NGOs like MagicBus and Villgro and enabling them to scale, two decades later this theory of change continues to thrive at Dasra. It now encompasses strengthening leading NGOs, magnifying philanthropists' impact and enabling government to better serve communities.
Dasra embraces diversity across people and communities through multiplicity in composition integrated with structures, culture and policies, enhancing inclusion and belonging for all in letter and spirit. We envision a team that includes people across caste, religion, gender, economic status, geography, disability and other underrepresented communities, supported by organizational structures that enable collective, transparent and fair decision making, guided by policies that facilitate growth and authenticity within an environment of openness and listening.
We believe that GEDI in our institutional and programmatic endeavours will enhance, drive and accelerate social impact and social change through an integration of the worldviews of the most marginalized, recognition of their vulnerabilities, rights and potentials and through prioritization of their needs.

About Cohorts & Training:

The Dasra Cohorts and Training team serves as a hub for learning, designing, and delivering cohort based programs that empower non-profit leaders, funders, and ecosystem enablers with the skills, networks, and insights needed to drive scalable, impactful change. By fostering leadership, peer learning, and cross-sector collaboration, these programs help organizations strengthen their institutional foundations--people, processes, and systems--ensuring they are equipped to grow sustainably and contribute to Dasra's vision of impacting a billion lives by 2030. Over the years, the Cohorts and Training team has piloted and refined a diverse range of capacity building offerings ensuring our programs and curricula have continually evolved to keep the programs relevant and each cohort gains the maximum value from their learning experience.

About the Role:

Associates at Dasra are responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing the design and execution of various projects. With 3-5 years of experience and strong management skills, you will be responsible for ensuring effective project planning and delivery, driving impactful decision-making and nurturing talent within the organization.

Job Title:

Associate, Cohorts & Training

Experience Required:

3-5 years

Type of Role:

Full-time; Residential cohort engagement programs

Location:

Dasra Office, Mumbai, India

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support the team in co-designing cohort-based capacity building programs for different stakeholders primarily non-profits leaders around topics of leadership, talent, communications/narrative building, data, systems change, collaboration, fundraising and resilience
2. Under minimal supervision perform complex assignments involving working with multiple stakeholders and fulfil broad responsibilities where outcomes are defined, but methods and procedures may vary based on professional judgement/ precedent
3. Independently create project plans and manage delivery for timely and quality program implementation; consisting of key activities such as outreach & cohort selection, participant onboarding, workshop planning and delivery, and donor reporting
4. Liaison with key stakeholders both internal and external including participants, sector experts, knowledge and venue partners and building trust based relationships for continued partnerships
5. Brainstorm and contribute towards content creation and session design as well as facilitate smaller cohort discussions. Also, support in business development activities including grant writing and budget creation/ planning
6. Contribute to team- and organization-level management activities such as staffing, reporting, internal taskforces. Translate insights into team level learnings and efficiencies to nurture talent and build internal capabilities

Skills Required:

3-5 years of in the Indian development sector with demonstrated skills in project management, stakeholder management, capacity building, research, communications, and multi-stakeholder engagement. Sharp written and communication skills, and able to build frameworks to communicate a compelling narrative with some, but minimal guidance Strong project management skills, including the ability to define project scopes, plan with some support and guidance, manage the project team and ensure work efficiency and quality while managing budgets, and adhering to deadlines. Able to engage stakeholders including senior nonprofit leaders, intermediaries and funders with trust and confidence Ability to make things happen, while dealing with ambiguity in a dynamic environment Openness to learn and flexibility to work in team collaboratively to develop a culture of learning and strong commitment to nurture talent Entrepreneurial attitude with a willingness and ability to build systems and processes, work independently, bring structure, as well as think and act creatively in a resource-constrained environment

Think you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Apply to the role anyway. We'd love the opportunity to get to know you better. Whether you've worked with grass-root non-profits or foundations, we would love to explore synergies with our work and yours.

Remuneration:

Competitive as per development sector benchmarks in India

To apply:

Write to cohorts@dasra.org with a cover letter and CV.