Position Summary: In a few sentences or less, describe the purpose of the role. Avoid the use of gender-specific pronouns (i.e., use the title in place of he/she). Reporting to the Manager of Housing Market Systems (India), the Senior Specialist will deliver and support programming that expands organisation’s work with housing market systems across India. The position entails working with the full range of market actors private companies, public officials, civil society, consumers and households – to change attitudes, behaviors, policies, business models, and products and services in ways that lead to scalable affordable housing solutions. This is the essence of TCIS’s contribution to the organisation mission of ensuring that everyone has a decent place to live. As an innovation hub within organisation, the Terwilliger Center is seeking an initiative-taker who is results-oriented, adaptive, and passionate about impact and organizational performance. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and can navigate a complex organizational structure with patience, respect, and a good sense of humor. We are seeking an individual who can safeguard and improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the

Terwilliger Center’s capacity and capability to facilitate accelerated growth and long-term success in advancing affordable housing solutions. With ambitious targets for further growth, this an exciting time to be joining a dynamic and forward-thinking team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Briefly state the duties of the role in 5-8 broad statements in order of importance. If possible, provide approximate % of time commitment required for each.

DUTIES/AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

1. Leads the housing market systems work in India, identifying and soliciting initiatives from various market actors in the housing value chain, building relationships and supporting facilitation activities.
2. Provides project management on the delivery of market research and facilitation activities with private sector firms.

1. Liaise with potential partners such as financial institutions, government agencies, construction companies, materials suppliers, etc. provides technical inputs on various products and services in the housing value chain. Assists in technical/commercial feasibility of various proposals and in structuring agreements with market actors.
2. Leads monitoring and evaluation of the initiatives. Ensures data is periodically captured and analyzed, prepares reports. Facilitates internal learning activities based on feedback from the programs.
3. Assists the country lead and sector lead in the research, strategy and planning of housing market systems program in India.
4. Represents Habitat and TCIS as needed in industry gatherings and conferences as needed.

Typical Training & Experience

(Education, and Experience - briefly describe the minimum education and/or experience required)

Required Knowledge & Expertise (Competencies and other specifics related to this role and level required)

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field. MBA is a plus.

Or equivalent experience (if applicable)

• Years of Related Experience: Ten (10) years relevant experience in business, social entrepreneurship, international development, housing markets, or similar fields with progressively increasing responsibility
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (please list top 5-7): Competencies/Capabilities:
• Entrepreneurial: works well in dynamic environments with limited resources.
• Persuasive: demonstrates ability to influence others, to work with outside actors and create collaborative projects.
• Agile: Prioritizes tasks and redirects work effort in response to new opportunities and changes in priorities.
• Strong inter-personal skills with the ability to develop and manage good relationships between the project, private sector, government and stakeholders.
• Quality and results-oriented: demonstrated attention to detail, highly organized and able to coordinate multiple activities simultaneously and within deadline.

Technical Competencies:

• Technical proposal development: Capacity to write technical proposals for lead firms and/or contracts.
• Monitoring projects: understands projects monitoring and evaluation considerations and adds value to data received to make project improvements. Ability to monitor project implementation and manage project budgets.
• Communication and presentation skills in English (written and oral).
• Ability to converse in one or more South Indian languages, Tamil preferred.

Preferred Requirements (in addition to minimum):

• Housing Construction/Engineering with an understanding of affordable housing products, and services for low-income groups particularly in disaster-prone areas.
• Strong networking skills including the demonstrated ability to engage with a range of different stakeholders from the private, public, and civil society sectors.
• Innovative, growth mindset with a demonstrated sense of curiosity
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to approach a problem from multiple perspectives

• Active support of organisation Values:
  • Humility – We are part of something bigger than ourselves
  • Courage – We do what’s right, even when it is difficult or unpopular
  • Accountability – We take personal responsibility for organisation’s mission
• Safeguarding: organisation requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguarding our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of organisation’s code of conduct.