Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 17 hours ago

Community Manager – Community Program

The Antara Foundation10 open roles

Where
Delhi
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowCommunity Manager – Community ProgramThe Antara Foundation · Delhi

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on The Antara Foundation's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

13.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. The Antara Foundation postings stay open a median of 8 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.2%1 day
  2. 4.7%3 days
  3. 13.9%7 days
  4. 22.4%14 days
  5. 38.1%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
This job: posted 17 hours ago

The Antara Foundation median: 8 days open

The posting

About the organisation

The Antara Foundation (TAF) envisions a world where women and children do not suffer from preventable health conditions. We believe that every mother and each child deserves an equal start to a healthy life. We support the public health system to deliver solutions at scale and improve maternal and child health outcomes, by partnering with government and communities.

Our work follows two closely integrated paths: helping the government system deliver better quality health care to the community, and supporting the community to mobilise and seek better health outcomes.

We are a young, energetic and passionate team, working across eight districts, 38 blocks and 5,700 villages, with 20,000 Frontline Health Workers (FLWs), and reaching 379,000 women and 650,000 children in central India. Over the next few years, we see ourselves expanding across multiple locations in India to create impact at scale. For more information, visit antarafoundation.org.

Position summary

The Community Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership in designing, strengthening and implementing TAF’s community-driven programmes to improve Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) outcomes. The role provides strategic and technical support to state teams, guides and mentors district-level Programme Officers, strengthens the capacities of teams and partners, and is accountable for programme quality, performance and the achievement of intended outcomes.

The Community Manager will work closely with government departments, development partners, civil society organisations and community institutions, including PRIs, SHGs and federations, teachers and frontline workers, to strengthen community engagement, ownership and action around MNCHN.

Reporting to the Director – Community Programmes, the Community Manager is the link between the field and leadership, and contributes to programme strategy and organisational decision-making. The role also oversees programme documentation, data management, monitoring and evaluation, evidence generation and proposal development, to strengthen programme effectiveness, accountability and resource mobilisation. It needs someone who is comfortable managing both upward and downward, and who is willing to travel extensively across programme states.

Key responsibilities

1. Programme leadership and implementation

  • Lead and guide TAF’s community-driven MNCHN programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and strategic priorities.
  • Translate TAF’s community strategy into practical, context-specific plans for each programme state and district.
  • Oversee community mobilisation and participation activities, so they are carried out with quality, consistency and fidelity to programme design.
  • Promote participatory approaches that put communities, especially women and marginalised groups, at the centre of planning and action.

2. State-level support and team leadership

  • Provide strategic and technical support to state teams in planning, implementation, review and strengthening of community-based interventions.
  • Provide hands-on guidance, mentoring and supportive supervision to district-level Programme Officers; set clear expectations, review progress regularly and help teams prioritise their workload.
  • Encourage peer learning and sharing of good practices among teams across states and districts.

3. Capacity building

  • Strengthen the capacities of state teams, implementing partners and community institutions through mentoring, technical guidance and structured learning initiatives.
  • Identify capacity gaps and plan training and capacity building for field teams and community cadres.

4. Programme quality and outcomes

  • Ensure quality of programme implementation, track progress against intended outcomes and facilitate continuous improvement.
  • Bring together field insights, data and learnings across states to find what works, what does not, and why, and make timely course corrections.

5. Stakeholder engagement and partnerships

  • Work closely with government departments, development partners, civil society organisations and community institutions to strengthen collaborative efforts around community-led MNCHN interventions.
  • Build and strengthen partnerships with PRIs, teachers, frontline workers (ASHAs, ANMs, AWWs), SHGs and federations, and other local institutions, and help teams use existing government and community platforms for health action.
  • Make sure community voices are heard and reflected in programme decisions.

6. Monitoring, evaluation and data management

  • Support the development and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, data management systems and review mechanisms, with the M&E team, to track programme progress, assess outcomes and inform decision-making.
  • Prepare consolidated progress updates for the Director – Community Programmes and leadership.

7. Documentation and knowledge management

  • Lead and support documentation of programme experiences, good practices, innovations, learnings and evidence, to facilitate knowledge sharing and replication.
  • Make sure field documentation, reporting and case studies are timely and of good quality.

8. Proposal development and resource mobilisation

  • Contribute to the development of concept notes, programme proposals and technical documents, drawing on field experience, evidence and emerging priorities.

9. Field engagement and programme monitoring

  • Travel extensively, with regular visits to programme sites across states, to provide hands-on support, assess programme progress and quality, and engage with state teams and community stakeholders.
  • Work alongside Programme Officers in the field, demonstrating approaches, solving problems together and building their confidence.

10. Strategic contribution

  • Work closely with the Director – Community Programmes to inform strategic priorities, programme design, organisational planning and key decisions.
  • Feed cross-state learnings into programme strategy and design.

Knowledge and experience required

  • Master’s degree in Social Work, Rural Development, Development Studies, Public Health or a related field.
  • [7–10] years of experience in community-based programmes, preferably in MNCHN or public health, including at least [2–3] years leading or supporting teams across multiple districts or states.
  • Must have: worked in one or more of these areas: community health or MNCHN, rural development and livelihoods, early childhood development, or SHG-based women’s empowerment.
  • Experience of working with government departments, development partners and civil society organisations.
  • Experience in monitoring and evaluation, programme documentation, and contributing to concept notes and proposals.
  • Strong understanding of participatory development approaches and community participation methods.
  • Working knowledge of PRIs, SHG structures and NRLM, and of government health, nutrition and education platforms.
  • Understanding of gender, caste and social inclusion issues in rural communities.
  • Fluency in Hindi and strong written English; knowledge of other regional languages is an advantage.
  • Willingness to travel extensively across programme states.

Key competencies

  • Strategic thinking: Connects field realities with programme strategy and organisational priorities.
  • Community mobilisation: Knows how to build trust, bring communities together and keep them engaged.
  • Programme planning: Turns strategy into practical field plans and sees them through.
  • Team leadership and mentoring: Guides, supports and develops field teams, and leads by example in the field.
  • Upward and downward management: Balances support and accountability for teams while keeping leadership informed and aligned.
  • Stakeholder coordination: Works effectively with communities, local institutions, government and development partners.
  • Monitoring and evaluation: Uses data to track progress, assess outcomes and drive decisions.
  • Training and capacity building: Designs and facilitates practical, engaging learning sessions.
  • Social inclusion: Committed to equity, and sensitive to gender and to the needs of marginalised groups.
  • Simplifying concepts: Explains ideas so that communities and field teams can easily understand and act on them.
  • Communication and listening: Listens actively, respects different voices, and communicates clearly.
  • Problem solving: Handles field challenges and conflicts calmly and practically.
  • Synthesis, documentation and proposal writing: Draws learnings out of different contexts and turns them into clear documentation, evidence and proposals.
  • Digital skills: Comfortable with MS Office, data dashboards and mobile data collection tools.
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against The Antara Foundation's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on The Antara Foundation's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    The Antara Foundation's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.