Senior Director - Govt Partnerships in Bangalore | Reap Benefit

Reap Benefit

Reap Benefit works to build skills and agency in young people so they can solve real climate and civic issues in their own communities. Through its Solve Ninja Movement, the organization creates first mile changemakers, young people who take action on the problems they see rather than waiting for someone else to fix them. Reap Benefit's mission is to activate 10 million citizens by 2030 to solve civic and environmental problems locally, strengthen self governance and reshape citizen participation. So far, the organization has activated over 1.2 lakh Solve Ninjas, with 80 percent continuing on as civic intermediaries, enabled over 1 lakh civic actions, 3,413 campaigns and 552 innovations, built hyperlocal Solve Ninja communities across 18 states, and partnered with 5 government bodies across 4 states.

Role

The Senior Director, Government Partnerships anchors and executes Reap Benefit's engagement with government systems at every level, from MLAs and panchayats to municipal corporations and state departments. This is a build and execute role focused on embedding youth led problem solving inside governance structures in ways that are implementable, produce visible outcomes, strengthen institutional trust and create repeatable models. The role sits at the intersection of grassroots action and institutional systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify and build strategic partnerships across education departments, panchayats and councils, municipal corporations, MLAs and elected representatives, disaster management authorities, climate and environmental departments, and departments such as water, sanitation and urban development
• Understand what each government stakeholder is ready for and integrate Reap Benefit's changemaking work at that level without diluting its core approach
• Design partnership roadmaps, align multiple stakeholders, coordinate with internal teams and drive implementation on the ground
• Track outcomes across all government partnerships
• Build the loop between youth action, data, government response and improved community outcomes
• Connect Solve Ninjas to local governance systems and ensure citizen led issues are acknowledged and acted upon
• Build institutional trust through demonstrated improvements and translate ground realities into structured engagement pathways
• Engage with SamaajData, Reap Benefit's bottom up data platform, ensuring it meaningfully informs government partnerships as a decision making tool rather than just a dashboard

Requirements

• 10 to 15 years of experience in a Project Management role
• Ability to move between detail orientation and strategic thinking
• Experience leading and developing teams
• Deep values alignment with impact driven work
• Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable building partnerships and processes from scratch
• Strong understanding of how government works, with patience for institutional processes
• Ability to operate in ambiguity without losing direction
• Strong operational skills across stakeholder management, planning, execution and measurement
• Comfortable moving between community spaces and government offices
• Deep care for decentralised governance and youth agency
• Experience in high growth non-profits or social enterprises is a bonus
• Strong commitment to Reap Benefit's mission of solving local issues, and a good sense of humor, is a bonus

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