Junior Associate, Operations, Asha Kiran

Cayzen Technologies; Uttar Pradesh; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The/Nudge Institute is hiring for the Asha Kiran program to catalyze impact at scale by partnering with private sector and government to implement livelihood interventions for women in poor households.

As a Program Manager at the block level you will collaborate with the District Manager, mobilize communities, coordinate with SRLM and government agencies, and ensure data collection and reporting while building capacity of village entrepreneurs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in program management or livelihood interventions.
• Experience with rural communities and collaborations with SRLM/government agencies.
• Graduate from any subject.
• Preference for training rural SHG women/communities and goat program experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure program quality at block level in close collaboration with the District Manager.
• Data collection, processing and reporting; verify program data.
• Coordinate with Block SRLM ecosystem and government departments; support pilots and studies.
• Engage with HHs through facilitation and capacity building of village entrepreneurs.

Skills

Program management

Rural community engagement

Training delivery

Education

Graduate degree

Job description

Job Summary

The Asha Kiran program aims to catalyze impact at scale by partnering with private sector and government, to implement livelihood interventions for women in poor households.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the quality of programs at the block level in the close collaboration with the District Manager.
• Programmatic Outcomes:
  • Having a better understanding and practice of the Spirits of The/Nudge Institute.
  • Having good communication skills of community facilitation for program level deliverables like - GP scoping-Selection, GM Selection-PS Selection etc.
  • Community Mobilization skills with a perspective of program expansion with higher coverage of HHs.
  • Selection, placement and capacity building of GM & Pashu Sakhi (Village Entrepreneurs) from villages/ gram panchayats to provide handholding and facilitation support to the targeted goat HHs.
  • Nurturing and hand-holding support to Pashu sakhi to build them as Village Entrepreneurs.
  • Function as a Trainer to impart training to Goat Mobilizers and Pashu Sakhi.
  • Engaging with PS for frequent Refreshers training-internal motivational facilitation also to have a better performance and clear visioning to be an Entrepreneur.
  • Engaging with HHs through FGD, Group facilitation and impact visioning at the goat health and overall improvement.
  • Having a qualitative skill of proper planning and better execution at field level.
• Data Collection & Reporting:
  • Timely collection/ entry, processing and reporting of data.
  • Data verification for the program from various methods.
  • Document case studies, video testimonials, and HH Experience sharing to check the impact of the program.
• Coordination & Collaboration:
  • Coordination with Block SRLM Ecosystem and better stakeholder management with DAHD- block veterinary department.
  • Support for any experiments, pilots and study at the block level.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in program management or any livelihood related interventions.
• Experience working with rural communities and collaborating with SRLM/any government agencies.
• Minimum Academic qualification- graduate from any subject.
• Preferences to having a training skill to the rural SHG women/communities on any livelihood related interventions.
• Preferences to having a goat program implementation experience.

What's in it for you

• Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
• Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasizes intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organization is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
• Take big bets: Organizational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India s largest social sector convening forum.
• Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.

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