Overview
Looking for a founder CEO for the Barefoot Portal with an interest and passion to contribute to positive social change.
Third Sector Partners (TSP) was founded in 2005 as a “Section 25” Non Profit Company, (“TSP”) and is a pioneer in Executive Search, exclusively, for social impact organizations focused primarily at the top/senior management and Board levels. Third Sector Partners has decided to incubate and launch the Barefoot Portal.
This would be a membership based interactive web-portal, which aims at providing both member institutions and individuals a platform to connect with, network and exchange ideas and information within the social impact sector across different domains and geographies. The endeavor will be to deliver a wide array of IT and mobile enabled services with the objective of becoming India’s first high impact networking platform for the social sector. This is an outstanding opportunity for the right individual to make a profound and meaningful impact in the Third Sector.
The initiative is looking for a founder CEO for the Barefoot Portal with an interest and passion to contribute to positive social change. He/she will have to strategize and finalize the business plan, launch, establish and grow this new entity , build a sustainable operational model, network extensively and lead all stakeholder engagement and recruit and mentor a team of high caliber professionals. This is an exciting opportunity and will give the individual a chance to create and develop an entrepreneurial venture and help shape the future of networking for the social sector in India.
Roles and Responsibilities: To outlay the vision, plan a sustainable revenue generating model and be responsible for the P&L of the organization, explore the full potential of digital marketing both through non internet as well as internet channels like social media, e- mail ads, banner ads etc. , to ideate and develop other innovative strategies to attract new users/members to the network and at the same time maintain relationship with existing members through sustained proactive outreach, Monitor the industry and competitors to identify gaps and opportunities which will help the organization’s expansion plans through new product development, geographical extension, new customer target segment, adoption of better relevant technology etc., Recruit, mentor and manage teams and drive them to deliver effectively, Would also be responsible for financial management of the organization, among the other responsibilities.
Must Haves: Graduate of Post Graduate from one of the top academic institutions in the world, S/He should have prior experience of working independently and have a high level of affinity with technology based solutions, Excellent networking skills, an ardent communicator and passionate about growing businesses or enterprises, Prior experience and knowledge of various brand building activities, harnessing social media platforms and digital marketing will be an asset, Excellent team management, negotiation, problem solving, and interpersonal skills and advanced financial management skills, Excellent communication and influencing skills.
Preferable : Someone who has either worked in a start up or established a vertical/unit from scratch and taken it to scale or been an entrepreneur himself
Position: CEO
Location: Delhi /Mumbai (India)
Reporting to: Management Advisory committee
Qualifications: graduate or a post graduate form one of the topmost global or national institutions.
Experience: minimum 6 years
Type of employment: full time
Interested candidates can send in their CVs along with three references and a cover note to barefoot.ceo1@gmail.com with the subject line indicating “BAREFOOT – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER” or call on 022-43493333. PLEASE NOTE: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted