Project Manager

Swasti Health Resource Center; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Swasti Health Resource Center in Bengaluru seeks a Programs Manager to lead end-to-end planning, coordination, and delivery of heat-resilience projects across multiple workstreams. You will develop schedules, risk registers, and reports, while aligning activities with donor requirements and partner expectations.

The role requires strong planning, stakeholder management, and documentation skills, with experience in public health or safety-focused programs and the ability to travel to project

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of relevant experience in programme management, project coordination, or implementation roles.
• Experience in public health, worker wellbeing, occupational health and safety, climate resilience, community-based programmes, livelihoods, or development sector projects will be preferred.
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders, including field teams, government departments, private-sector partners, technical experts, and internal support teams, will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of all project workstreams.
• Develop and maintain project plans, activity trackers, timelines, deliverable schedules, and risk registers.
• Coordinate with cluster teams to support factory onboarding and effective implementation of heat-resilience interventions.
• Oversee key components, including Heat Action Plans, early-warning dashboards, trainings, Climate Care Hubs, worker feedback mechanisms, and occupational health and safety strengthening.
• Coordinate with internal teams, factories, government departments, industry associations, brands, and technical partners.
• Track project progress, support quality assurance, consolidate field updates, and prepare donor reports, review decks, and management updates.
• Supervise the Program Associate, support project documentation and administrative processes, and represent the project in relevant meetings and forums.

Skills

Program management

Planning

Stakeholder management

Documentation

English communication

Tools

MS Office

Google Workspace

Job description

• Lead day-to-day planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of all project workstreams.
• Develop and maintain project plans, activity trackers, timelines, deliverable schedules, and risk registers.
• Coordinate with cluster teams to support factory onboarding and effective implementation of heat-resilience interventions.
• Oversee key components, including Heat Action Plans, early-warning dashboards, trainings, Climate Care Hubs, worker feedback mechanisms, and occupational health and safety strengthening.
• Coordinate with internal teams, factories, government departments, industry associations, brands, and technical partners.
• Track project progress, support quality assurance, consolidate field updates, and prepare donor reports, review decks, and management updates.
• Supervise the Program Associate, support project documentation and administrative processes, and represent the project in relevant meetings and forums.

Role: Program Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of all project workstreams.
• Develop and maintain project plans, activity trackers, timelines, deliverable schedules, and risk registers.
• Coordinate with cluster teams to support factory onboarding and effective implementation of heat-resilience interventions.
• Oversee key components, including Heat Action Plans, early-warning dashboards, trainings, Climate Care Hubs, worker feedback mechanisms, and occupational health and safety strengthening.
• Coordinate with internal teams, factories, government departments, industry associations, brands, and technical partners.
• Track project progress, support quality assurance, consolidate field updates, and prepare donor reports, review decks, and management updates.
• Supervise the Program Associate, support project documentation and administrative processes, and represent the project in relevant meetings and forums.

Qualification

• 3-4 years of relevant experience in programme management, project coordination, or implementation roles.
• Experience in public health, worker wellbeing, occupational health and safety, climate resilience, community-based programmes, livelihoods, or development sector projects will be preferred.
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders, including field teams, government departments, private-sector partners, technical experts, and internal support teams, will be an advantage.

Skills And Competencies Required

• Strong programme management, planning, coordination, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills, with the ability to prepare clear progress updates, trackers, meeting notes, presentations, and donor reports.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office and Google Workspace, including spreadsheets, presentations, and basic project management tools.
• Ability to analyse project progress, identify gaps, and develop practical solutions.
• Comfort working closely with field teams and travelling to project locations when required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Understanding of public health, worker vulnerabilities, factory systems, climate risks, or occupational health and safety will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of Telugu and/or Tamil will be an advantage but is not mandatory.