Associate Director – Programmes in Multiple Locations | Mahila Housing Trust

Mahila Housing Trust

Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) is a women-led, grassroots non-profit that has spent over three decades building bridges between informal urban communities and the public and private institutions that can improve their lives. Working through community-based women's collectives, Community Action Groups (CAGs) and Vikasinis. MHT strengthens women's leadership at the ward level and supports them in engaging directly with municipal and state governments on housing, water and sanitation, and climate resilience.

Role

MHT is seeking an experienced Associate Director to lead the day-to-day implementation and operations of its programme portfolio across housing, habitat, climate resilience, and public health. Public health is a new flagship pillar within MHT's strategy, anchored in climate-and-health work, with MHT's role being preventive and community-facing rather than clinical, supporting government systems such as Heat Health Wards, ASHAs, and Urban Primary Health Centres. This senior leadership role will translate strategy into disciplined, well-governed execution across multiple states, teams, and delivery entities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end implementation of MHT's programme portfolio, ensuring consistent quality, timelines, and budget discipline across all workstreams
• Provide operational leadership across multiple state and city teams, ensuring effective coordination between field teams, technical leads, and central functions
• Translate organisational strategy including expansion into public health and climate-and-health programming into clear implementation and delivery plans
• Establish and strengthen systems for programme governance, budgeting, risk management, and internal controls
• Coordinate closely with MEL, fundraising, and finance functions to ensure programme delivery is evidence-based and reportable to funders
• Exercise line authority over programme teams as assigned by the Director
• Manage and mentor senior programme staff and cadre leads, building organisational capacity and succession depth
• Represent MHT in engagements with government departments and external stakeholders on operational matters
• Identify operational risks and bottlenecks early, driving timely resolution in collaboration with senior leadership
• Support preparation of internal and donor-facing reporting on programme progress

Requirements

• Willingness to travel approximately 30% of the time across MHT's operational geographies
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing complex, multi-site operations, with substantial experience in senior operational or programme leadership
• Demonstrated experience running large, multi-stakeholder programmes; non-profit, development sector, or public sector experience strongly preferred
• Strong track record of building and managing high-performing teams across multiple locations
• Sound understanding of programme budgeting, financial management, and donor compliance requirements
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working with or alongside government departments and community-based institutions an advantage
• Postgraduate degree in management, development studies, public policy, or a similar field preferred but not mandatory

Benefits

• Senior leadership role driving MHT's expansion into a new flagship public health pillar
• Direct reporting line to the Director - Programs, working closely with organisational leadership
• Opportunity to shape programme governance and operations at a nationally recognised, women-led organisation
• Exposure to multi-state, multi-stakeholder programme delivery across housing, climate resilience, and public health

Apply

Interested candidates should send their CV and a brief cover letter to the email below, mentioning the job title in the subject line

Email: [email protected]

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