Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Assistant

• Provide strategic advice and support to the CEO and senior leadership on government and multilateral relations, political dynamics and advocacy positioning; and lead preparation of high-quality briefings, talking points, speeches and background notes.
• Monitor and analyse political, policy and regulatory developments relevant to CIFF's priority geographies and thematic areas; provide forward-looking analysis on risks and opportunities; and synthesise complex external dynamics into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Develop and manage strategic relationships with key government stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials and advisers; coordinate and deliver high-quality government engagement plans aligned to CIFF CEO priorities; and support senior leadership engagement, including preparation, follow-up and relationship stewardship.
• Support the design and implementation of advocacy strategies and tactics to influence change, coordinating across CIFF teams including the CEO Office, Partnerships and Development Finance Centre of Excellence, External Affairs, and programme teams.
• Work closely with External Affairs to ensure alignment between government engagement and wider external affairs and communications strategy, including in particular CEO communications outputs; and act as a key interface between the CEO Office, External Affairs, partnerships and programme teams.

Special Assistant

Director

• Lead the development and execution of innovative, evidence-based strategies and investments that address structural drivers of vulnerability.
• Strengthen household resilience, and reduce risks faced by children and adolescents.
• Drive sustainable systems change and measurable improvements in outcomes for vulnerable children and families in India.
• Identify and reframe challenges, uncover root causes, and translate insights into clear strategic priorities and actionable plans.
• Ensure that CIFF adopts a long-term, systemic approach to addressing child vulnerability.
• Build and strengthen a high-impact ecosystem of partners capable of delivering sustainable change at scale.
• Design practical, scalable solutions and drive delivery with pace, rigour, and accountability.
• Bring together government, civil society, philanthropy, and other stakeholders around a shared vision, fostering collaboration across sectors.
• Identify opportunities to shift existing interventions from fragmented, delivery-focused approaches towards scalable, system-led models capable of delivering population-level impact.
• Shape and deliver a credible and impactful Child protection and Social resilience strategy for India; develop a strong pipeline of high-quality investments; influence government systems and ecosystem actors to adopt and scale effective approaches; and demonstrate measurable improvements in economic resilience, child protection, and long-term outcomes for vulnerable children and adolescents.
• Lead an ecosystem level engagement within India with a wide range of government and non-government stakeholders, building deep, aligned partnerships, and leveraging resources to achieve the Mission.
• Oversee a high-quality portfolio of investment proposals and active programs that deliver CIFF’s India priorities and meet the corporate objectives of the CIFF Board.

Special Assistant

Director – Child Protection and Social Resilience