Senior Manager - Programs (Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building)

Senior Manager – Climate Asia

Location New Delhi

Reports To Associate Director, Programs

Type Full-time

Experience 8+ years

Joining Immediate /early joining preferred

About Climate Asia

Climate Asia is an ecosystem builder working to accelerate locally led climate action across Asia.

We work with frontline civil society organisations, philanthropic funders, technical experts and government partners to strengthen the organisations, leaders and systems closest to the climate frontline. Our work is anchored in the belief that Asia's climate response must be built, led and sustained by the people and institutions closest to both the risks and the solutions.

Across our portfolio, we work on three connected areas: strengthening frontline civil society organisations, building the workforce needed for Asia's clean energy transition, and advancing women's leadership in climate. Across these areas, we design programmes, build partnerships, convene actors, generate evidence and support organisations to carry climate work with greater capability, confidence and resilience.

The Opportunity

Climate Asia is looking for a Senior Manager to join the Programmes team at an important stage of growth. Over the last few years, Climate Asia has built a portfolio that works across organisations, leaders and ecosystems. The next phase is about strengthening how this work travels: from individual engagements to stronger models, from programme learning to sharper practice, and from partner relationships to deeper ecosystem value.

The Senior Manager will help carry this next phase.

This is a role for someone who can move between strategy, delivery and learning with equal rigour.

You will work across programme design, partner relationships, implementation, organisation development, facilitation, writing, evidence and MEL. You will need to be comfortable with complexity, but also able to create clarity for yourself, the team and the partners we work with.

The role requires strong execution, but it also requires judgement. We are looking for someone who can think with the work, diagnose what is needed, hold high standards, and help build programmes that are rigorous, grounded and impactful.

1. Shaping and delivering a high-quality program portfolio

You will lead active engagements across Climate Asia's programs, ensuring that each piece of work is well-designed, well-run and responsive to partner realities. You will be expected to understand the intent behind each programme, translate it into a strong operating plan, and hold the quality of delivery across partners, timelines and outputs.

You will be responsible for:

Leading delivery across multiple active engagements, with accountability for workplans, timelines, partner coordination, quality of outputs and overall programme coherence

Translating program strategy into delivery systems, partner journeys, learning processes and internal rhythms that allow the work to move with clarity

Shaping curricula, tools, frameworks, workshops and partner-facing resources so they are practical, rigorous and aligned with the purpose of the program

Carrying program-related research, including desk reviews, landscape scans, stakeholder mapping and synthesis, so design decisions are grounded in evidence and context

Identifying where implementation is slowing down, diagnosing the underlying issue, and working with partners and internal teams to adapt the approach

2. Leading organisation development and institutional strengthening work

A central part of Climate Asia's work is helping organisations strengthen the systems, structures and leadership practices that allow climate work to sustain and grow. This requires someone who can understand how organisations function beneath the surface, and translate that understanding into useful support.

You will be responsible for:

Leading organisational diagnostics that examine governance, team structures, decision-making, operating systems, leadership practices and sustainability needs

Turning interviews, data, observation and partner conversations into clear recommendations that organisations can act on

Designing capacity-building and organisation development interventions that respond to the specific stage, context and constraints of each partner organisation

Supporting partner leadership teams to strengthen internal systems, clarify priorities and build the conditions for their work to grow with greater stability

Developing tools, templates and ways of working that help partner organisations continue the work beyond the period of direct engagement

3. Designing and facilitating learning processes

Climate Asia's programs rely on learning spaces that are thoughtful, practical and grounded in the experience of participants. The Senior Manager will help design and facilitate these spaces across capacity-building, leadership development, institutional strengthening and ecosystem programs.

You will be responsible for:

Designing learning journeys, cohort processes, workshops, reflection spaces and peer-learning formats that help participants move from discussion to application

Facilitating sessions with senior leaders, practitioners and partner teams in ways that surface useful insight, honest reflection and practical next steps

Translating participant experience, field learning and programme evidence into tools, notes, frameworks and resources that can strengthen future cohorts and engagements

Ensuring that learning processes are connected to the larger change each programme is trying to support, rather than treated as standalone events

Building feedback loops so that participant learning, partner experience and implementation realities inform how programmes evolve

4. Stewarding partner relationships and ecosystem engagement

Climate Asia's work depends on high-trust relationships across civil society, philanthropy, government, technical partners and market actors. The Senior Manager will play an important role in holding these relationships with clarity, consistency and care.

You will be responsible for:

Stewarding day-to-day relationships with partner organisations, ensuring that expectations, communication and decision-making remain clear across the engagement

Preparing for and leading partner conversations that require judgement, synthesis, follow-through and sensitivity to context

Supporting engagement with funders, government agencies, technical experts, CSO partners and wider ecosystem actors in ways that strengthen Climate Asia's role in the field

Mapping ecosystem actors, opportunities and gaps to inform programme strategy, partnerships and future areas of work

Representing Climate Asia in meetings, working groups and convenings with a clear understanding of the organisation's position, contribution and standards

5. Strengthening evidence, writing and learning across the portfolio

The Senior Manager will help ensure that Climate Asia's program learning is captured, used and communicated well. This means turning what we are seeing through the work into sharper decisions, stronger partner support and clearer external communication.

You will be responsible for:

Producing high-quality concept notes, proposals, strategy documents, diagnostic reports, evidence briefs, case studies, programme reports and partner-facing materials

Synthesising programme learning, partner conversations, field insights and MEL data into clear analysis that can guide decisions

Working with the Research and MEL team to track shifts in organisational practice, test programme assumptions and identify where course correction is needed

Turning evidence and implementation learning into reusable knowledge for future programmes, cohorts and partnerships

Maintaining a high bar for clarity, structure and usefulness in all written outputs

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone with 8+ years of experience across program management, implementation, consulting, philanthropy, organisation development, climate, gender, livelihoods, public systems or adjacent development sector work.

You may have worked in a nonprofit, foundation, consulting firm, CSR program, government-facing initiative or social impact organisation. Climate experience would be valuable, but it is not the only relevant pathway into this role.

You will be a strong fit if you bring:

Experience managing complex programs or workstreams with multiple stakeholders and clear accountability for quality and delivery

Strong judgement on program design, implementation challenges, partner engagement and organisational change

Excellent writing skills, especially for concept notes, proposals, reports, strategy documents and external communication

Experience with facilitation, learning design, capacity-building or cohort-based programmes

Comfort with programme research, synthesis, diagnostics, landscape analysis, interviews and evidence-building

Experience working with civil society organisations, funders, government systems, communities or field-facing teams

The ability to create structure in ambiguous situations without making the work unnecessarily heavy

A serious interest in how organisations become stronger, more adaptive and more effective over time

Experience in any of the following would be especially useful:

Organisation development or institutional strengthening

Capacity-building and leadership development programmes

Gender and inclusion in program design

Climate adaptation, environmental governance or clean energy transition

Foundation-funded, bilateral or CSR-funded engagements

Multi-country or regional programs

Strategy consulting or management advisory in the social impact sector

What you can expect

This role offers breadth, responsibility and close exposure to work that is still growing.

You will work across program design, partner management, organisation development, facilitation, field engagement, writing, evidence-building and MEL.

You will be part of a small team where the work moves quickly, the standards are high and people are expected to take ownership.

You can expect:

A role that gives you meaningful responsibility across a growing climate portfolio

Direct engagement with frontline organisations, funders, government partners and

practitioners across India and the region

The opportunity to help shape Climate Asia's own growth as an ecosystem-building organisation

How to apply

Please send your CV and a short note explaining why this role interests you, what you would bring

to Climate Asia, and optionally a piece of work that reflects how you think and deliver.