About us

Development Sector Partners is a boutique firm focused on offering strategic & operational research & consulting and talent acquisition requirements of the not-for-profit sector predominantly comprising National & International NGOs; Funding Agencies & Institutions engaged in Social and Economic Development and Corporates managing/implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs.

Our founding team comes with extensive experience both in the NGO and the Corporate sectors and our collective career trajectory has taken us to well-recognized organizations such as CRY, CARE, KPMG, McKinsey and Ernst & Young.

Due to our strong understanding of client requirements and given our inherent focus on quality, in a short span of time, we have been able to engage meaningfully with numerous entities/institutions in the CSR domain as well as forged strong national level tie-ups/partnerships with reputed National & International NGO‘s including Azim Premji Foundation, Aga Khan Development Network, Bharti Foundation, CRY, CARE, Charities Aid Foundation, Naandi Foundation etc among others.

The range of services offered to our clients can broadly be categorized into Recruitment & Selection and Research & Consulting.

We have successfully developed & executed Sustainability Plans; Organizational Transition Plans/Documents; Organization Manuals & Employee Handbooks; Competency mapping and Job Analysis for various institutions across the social sector. Further, we serve as an ongoing partner to reputed National & International NGOs for their talent acquisition requirements and we regularly Undertake end-to-end recruitment and selection mandates across levels and functional domains; Design selection tools and methodologies; Manage national print/online advertisements as well as Document key processes.

Key Differentiators

Experienced Leadership: Founding team possesses collective and diverse experience of 30+ years across the Corporate & Social sector having worked with world class organizations like McKinsey & Co., Child Rights & You, CARE, Mobile Creches, KPMG, Ernst & Young etc

Client First: Our constant endeavor is to offer a holistic solution to our clients which is demonstrated through a strong & adept understanding of their strategic & operational requirements across different functions/domains.

Fostering Strong relationships: We believe in developing strong long term partnerships while working as a virtual extended arm of our clients thereby ensuring a seamless and transparent engagement backed by a high degree of customer service orientation and strong morals & ethics.

Knowledge base: Our extensive experience & knowledge base gives us access to tools & frameworks, analytical information and benchmarks on organizations and best practices, salaries and human resource management structures and a talent pool across a large number of social/corporate functions.