The Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Govt of Haryana is looking for young professionals to work under Atal Bhujal Yojana Haryana.

About the Program

Atal Bhujal Yojana (or Atal Jal) is a groundwater management scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 95th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on 25 December 2019. The purpose of the scheme is to improve groundwater management in seven states of India.

About the Position:

The Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Govt of Haryana is looking for a self-driven, motivated and passionate person to engage with the Atal Bhujal Yojana Haryana.

S/he will have to work closely with the SPMU and respective DPMU on handling the multiple responsibility as IEC expert. That includes designing, developing, planning, facilitating and monitoring implementation of IEC activities, capacity building as well as other relevant components of Atal Bhujal Yojana in the project area. Also, the IEC expert will provide the support to State and District program management units of Atal Bhujal Yojana in planning, review and implementation of Atal Bhujal Yojana in the project area.

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Location

  • The base location for the given positions will be either at the SPMU office i.e. Panchkula or at the DPMU offices i.e. any of the 14 project districts covered under Atal Bhujal Yojana.

No. of Vacancies

  • 7 IEC experts

Compensation

  • The IEC expert will be paid 40,000 INR per month

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Master’s degree in Social Work/ Rural Development/ Water Policy and Governance/ Communication/ Sociology/ Social Sciences/ Agriculture/ Geography or any other relevant field from a recognized university.
  • Minimum 2 years relevant experience in handling IEC/ capacity building/ Programme management/ community mobilization/ communication/ social or interdisciplinary research/ documentation in water/ WASH/ agriculture/ rural development or related relevant projects. Wherever, the dissertation and/or project work was part of the mandatory curriculum of post graduation will be considered as experience.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Hindi.
  • Experience in CB module/IEC material development in Water/ Rural development/ community mobilization/Agriculture/etc. will be preferred.
  • Experience in state or district level management will be preferred.
  • Experience in working with NGOs and Government officials is desirable.
  • Excellent knowledge of Office365, Google workspace
  • Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
  • Ability to work comprehensively on multiple assignments simultaneously
  • Familiarity with the Participatory Groundwater Management/ working experience in Haryana will be preferred.
  • Extensive travel to project areas is mandatory.

How to Apply

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