About the Organisation
Azim Premji Foundation is a not-for-profit organization working towards making a deep, large scale and institutionalized impact on the quality and equity of education in India.
Position
- Panchayat-Coordinators, Livelihoods
Location:
- Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh and Gumla, Jharkhand
Responsibilities
The Panchayat coordinators will be responsible for the team and all our livelihood work in a Panchayat. A Panchayat will include a few villages. There will be a community resource person in each of these villages. The panchayat coordinator would
- Provide programmatic support to all the community resource persons within a Panchayat.
- Act as group facilitator and trainer of various livelihood programs launched by the Foundation in the community
- Direct engagement with the community in day-to-day operations of livelihood interventions and community mobilization.
- Work with community and PRI to enable better access to livelihood and welfare schemes and development programs of the government
- Institutionalize development planning, implementation, and tracking in CBOs and PRI bodies.
- Work with local partner/community resource persons to establish community connect in the villages within the Panchayat.
- Nurture relationship with stakeholders and trigger civic engagement between community institutions and the wider systems-block, banks, markets, etc.
- They will work under the overall leadership of the Cluster Coordinator.
Skills and Attributes
- Effective communication with the community, PRI members, partners, and relevant government departments.
- Program implementation skills for effective implementation of various livelihood programmes in the Panchayat.
- Travel within cluster and in/around block.
- Interest and passion to work in the social sector, with commitment and perseverance.
- Computer skills and proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word) would be an advantage.
Qualification & Experience:
- 1 year relevant experience in community work – ideally livelihood/rural development/watershed/agriculture/social work and similar themes
- Graduation in any discipline with work experience in relevant area.
- Fluent in Hindi, Local language/dialect will be an added advantage.
Application Procedure:
- CLICK HERE, for Official Notification
- Send us your application with the following documents to livelihoods.raigarh@azimpremjifoundation.org.
- Please mention the role you are applying for in the subject line.
- Your Curriculum Vitae.
- The completed Application Form.
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