Project Manager – Livelihoods

HelpAge Group.; Delhi; In loco; INR 900.000 - 1.200.000; Tempo pieno

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HelpAge India is seeking a Programme Manager to lead DBS-supported livelihood projects across West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. You will oversee coordination, monitoring, and reporting, ensuring timely achievement of objectives and providing technical guidance to state teams.

The role strengthens elder self-help groups, links with government schemes and financial institutions, and ensures donor compliance while documenting learnings. Travel to field sites is expected.

Competenze

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Rural Development, Agriculture, or management.
• 2–3 years of experience in rural livelihoods, SHG promotion, or community development.
• Understanding of rural livelihoods, financial inclusion, and govt convergence mechanisms.
• Experience in programme coordination, monitoring, and donor reporting is advantageous.
• Knowledge of elderly inclusion in NRLM/SRLM architecture is desirable.
• Strong planning, coordination, and implementation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, reporting, and documentation.
• Proficiency in MS Office; MIS familiarity is a plus.
• Willingness to travel regularly across states.

Mansioni

• Lead and coordinate project implementation across West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, ensuring achievement of project objectives and timely delivery of key outputs.
• Provide technical guidance to state teams and ensure effective coordination with internal teams, partners, and stakeholders.
• Strengthen Elder Self-Help Groups (eSHGs), federations, and community institutions to enhance sustainability and impact.
• Support age-friendly livelihood interventions and facilitate linkages with government schemes, financial institutions, and market opportunities.
• Monitor programme performance through MIS, field visits, and periodic reviews, ensuring timely course correction where required.
• Consolidate project data and prepare donor reports, case studies, success stories, and learning documents.
• Monitor project budgets and expenditure in coordination with state teams and the Finance Department.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements, organisational policies, and audit and reporting standards.
• Build and maintain partnerships with government agencies, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders.
• Promote cross-learning, knowledge sharing, and dissemination of best practices across project locations.

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Qutab Institutional Area, India | Posted on 11/06/2026

Project Duration

Asper project period (annual contract, renewable based on performance andavailability of funds)

HelpAge India is a secular, not-for-profitorganisation in India, registered under the Societies’ Registration Act of1860. Set up in 1978, the organisation works for the cause and care ofdisadvantaged older persons to improve their quality of life. It runshealthcare, agecare, livelihood, disaster response and awareness initiativesthroughout the country & advocates strongly for the elder cause. It becamethe first and only Indian organization to be honoured with the ‘UN PopulationAward 2020’ for its exemplary work in the field of ageing and populationissues, and earlier in 2014, has been the recipient of VayoshreshthaSamman by Government of India, as an institution working for seniorcitizens. We have been awarded highest CRISIL VO 1A grading for excellence inoperations and high credibility. We have been recognized as a Great Place toWork.

The position will lead thecoordination, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the DBS-supportedlivelihood project across West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The role will ensuretimely achievement of project objectives, provide technical guidance to stateteams, oversee quality implementation of livelihood andinstitution-strengthening interventions, and ensure compliance with donor andorganisational requirements while documenting key learnings and best practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Planning & Coordination

• Lead and coordinate project implementationacross West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, ensuring achievement of projectobjectives and timely delivery of key outputs.
• Provide technical guidance to state teamsand ensure effective coordination with internal teams, partners, andstakeholders.

Livelihoods & Institutional Strengthening

• Strengthen Elder Self-Help Groups (eSHGs),federations, and community institutions to enhance sustainability andimpact.
• Support age-friendly livelihoodinterventions and facilitate linkages with government schemes, financialinstitutions, and market opportunities.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

• Monitor programme performance through MIS,field visits, and periodic reviews, ensuring timely course correctionwhere required.
• Consolidate project data and prepare donorreports, case studies, success stories, and learning documents.

Financial & Compliance Management

• Monitor project budgets and expenditure incoordination with state teams and the Finance Department.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements,organisational policies, and audit and reporting standards.

Stakeholder Engagement & KnowledgeManagement

• Build and maintain partnerships withgovernment agencies, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders.
• Promote cross-learning, knowledge sharing,and dissemination of best practices across project locations.

Requirements

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES &EXPERIENCE

• Master'sdegree in Social Work, Rural Development, Agriculture, Management or otherrelevant disciplines.
• 2–3years of relevant experience in rural livelihoods, SHG promotion,community development or related development programmes.
• Understandingof rural livelihoods, community institutions, financial inclusion andgovernment convergence mechanisms.
• Experiencein programme coordination, monitoring, capacity building and donorreporting will be an advantage.
• Understandingof elderly inclusion in NRLM/SRLM architecture will be desirable.
• Goodprogramme planning, coordination and implementation skills.
• Strongcommunication, analytical, reporting and documentation abilities.
• Proficiencyin MS Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint; familiarity withMIS is desirable.
• Abilityto coordinate with teams across multiple states and undertake regularfield visits.
• Abilityto work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Disclaimer: The Job Description above is not anexhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, and responsibilities associatedwith the position.

HelpAge India is an EqualOpportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions withoutprejudice to caste, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, disability or anyother characteristics protected by applicable laws.