Project Manager

NIIT Foundation (NF); Mumbai, Malda; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

NIIT Foundation (NF) seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead the CSR Financial Literacy program in Mumbai's Malad West. You will oversee end-to-end project delivery, coordinating trainers, MIS executives, and partners to meet timelines and targets.

Your role focuses on stakeholder engagement, detailed planning, and rigorous monitoring of outputs and impact, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and government schemes while scaling activities across Mumbai districts.

Qualifications

• Minimum graduate with relevant work experience.
• Strong project planning, execution, and monitoring skills.
• Experience in managing field teams, trainers, and MIS executives.
• Good communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of financial literacy and government welfare schemes.
• Experience in community mobilization and beneficiary engagement.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MIS, data analysis, and reporting.
• Target-oriented approach with strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Team Management: Lead trainers and MIS executives with clear responsibilities and targets.
• Financial Literacy Training: Deliver sessions to underserved and informal workers.
• Government Scheme Enrollment: Educate and facilitate enrollment in schemes.
• Training Planning and Scheduling: Create monthly/weekly plans and allocate beneficiaries.
• Trainer Performance Monitoring: Track field activities, attendance, and enrollment.
• Beneficiary Mobilization: Engage residential societies and local networks to reach beneficiaries.
• Government Scheme Awareness: Inform on eligibility, documents, procedures, and benefits.
• MIS and Data Management: Maintain accurate beneficiary and enrollment records.
• Target Achievement and Reporting: Monitor KPIs and report progress to stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance and Impact Assessment: Review training effectiveness and outcomes.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work with CSR partners, government, and financial institutions.
• Field Monitoring and Issue Resolution: Conduct field visits and resolve operational challenges.
• Documentation and Compliance: Prepare reports, stories, and required documentation.

Skills

Project planning

Team leadership

Field team management

MS Excel

Data analysis

Reporting

Communication skills

Stakeholder coordination

Beneficiary engagement

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MIS

Job description

Job Title

Project Manager

Job Details

• Industry: Education
• Location: Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Experience: 5-7 years
• Job Type: Full time

Job Summary

Project Implementation: Lead the end-to-end implementation of the CSR Financial Literacy Program in Mumbai, ensuring activities are executed as per the approved project plan, timelines, and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Team Management: Manage, guide, and supervise a team of trainers and MIS executives, ensuring clear allocation of responsibilities, effective coordination, and achievement of individual and team targets.
• Financial Literacy Training: Ensure the delivery of financial literacy sessions for underserved and informal workforce groups, including domestic workers, personal car drivers, gardeners, and other household support staff.
• Government Scheme Enrollment: Ensure eligible beneficiaries are educated about and facilitated in enrolling in at least one suitable government welfare or financial inclusion scheme, subject to eligibility and applicable requirements.
• Training Planning and Scheduling: Develop monthly and weekly training plans, allocate beneficiaries to trainers, and ensure timely execution of training sessions across designated locations in Mumbai.
• Trainer Performance Monitoring: Monitor trainers field activities, attendance, training quality, beneficiary outreach, and enrollment performance through regular reviews and field visits.
• Beneficiary Mobilization: Develop strategies with the trainer team to identify, mobilize, and engage target beneficiaries through residential societies, community networks, local organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Government Scheme Awareness and Facilitation: Ensure beneficiaries receive accurate information on relevant government schemes, including eligibility criteria, required documentation, application procedures, and benefits, while maintaining compliance with applicable guidelines.
• MIS and Data Management: Supervise MIS executives in maintaining accurate, updated, and verifiable records of beneficiary registrations, training attendance, assessments, scheme applications, and successful enrollments.
• Target Achievement and Reporting: Track project KPIs, including beneficiary mobilization, financial literacy training completion, learning outcomes, and government scheme enrollment, ensuring targets are achieved within the stipulated timelines.
• Quality Assurance and Impact Assessment: Conduct periodic reviews of training effectiveness, beneficiary understanding, and scheme enrollment outcomes; implement corrective actions wherever gaps are identified.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with the CSR team, implementing partners, government departments, financial institutions, banking correspondents, and community stakeholders to facilitate smooth project execution.
• Field Monitoring and Problem Resolution: Undertake regular field visits across Mumbai to verify project activities, identify implementation challenges, resolve operational issues, and ensure work is progressing effectively through the team.
• Documentation and Compliance: Prepare and submit timely progress reports, monthly MIS reports, success stories, case studies, photographs, and supporting documentation as required by the CSR donor; ensure adherence to project protocols, data confidentiality, and reporting standards.

Requirements

• Minimum Graduate with relevant work experience
• Strong project planning, execution, and monitoring skills.
• Team management and leadership abilities.
• Experience in managing field teams, trainers, and MIS executives.
• Good communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of financial literacy and government welfare schemes.
• Experience in community mobilization and beneficiary engagement.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MIS, data analysis, and reporting.
• Target-oriented approach with strong problem-solving skills.

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