Sr. Coordinator/ Assistant Manager- Fundraising

Swades Foundation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Swades Foundation is seeking a Coordinator/Sr. Coordinator for the 360 Degree department to drive community empowerment initiatives in rural Maharashtra. You will lead field surveys, engage with Gram Sabhas, and coordinate with partners and government linkages to implement multi-sector programs.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, program execution, and knowledge sharing to achieve sustainable village development. Graduation or higher and 3+ years in the social sector are preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate with social sector experience.
• 3+ years experience in Social Sector.
• Willingness to engage communities and field work.

Responsibilities

• Create Awareness about Swades through group meetings.
• Build connect and generate interest among villagers/community to align with Swades Mission.
• Create Gram Vikas Samiti and 2-3 year Village Development Plan with community.
• Conduct surveys/HH profiling of high priority HH for water, irrigation, employment, dairy, health etc.
• Profile villages at least once in six months.
• Enhance income levels of HH and villages through sustainable activities.
• Identify Health interventions and implement programs.
• Education interventions: identify schools, visit Anganwadis, coordinate with partners and assessments.
• Water, Sanitation & Green Initiatives: identify needs and implement schemes.
• Create sustainable community institutions through VDC; engage stakeholders, develop SHGs/Youth groups; attend Gram Sabha.
• Coordinate with Swades technical team, partners, vendors, officials.
• Government Linkages: coordinate with Sarpanch, Sevak, Talathi, Medical Officer, ASHA, ANM, teachers.
• Knowledge Management & Learnings: share insights, failures, conduct exposure visits, write case studies.
• Execution: implement strategies, monitor, support Manager.
• MIS: collate program information, track progress, maintain records.

Skills

Communication & Public Speaking

Problem Solving

Basic Computer Skills

Public Engagement

Community Mobilization

Strong rural community knowledge

Education

Any Graduate or Post Graduate

Job description

Swades Foundation is a not for profit organization founded by Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala. It operates with the single-minded focus of empowering rural India. Our vision is rural empowerment through best practices, modern technology and values.

We seeking to hire Coordinator/Sr. Coordinator in our 360 Degree department.

Reporting to: Trainee Assistant Manager/Manager- 360 Degree

A) Roles & Responsibilities

• Help the team to successfully accomplish the Mission and Vision of the Foundation
  • Create Awareness about Swades through group meetings.
  • Build connect and generate interest among villagers/community to align with Swades Mission.
  • Create Gram Vikas Samiti and make Village Development Plan with community with 2 to 3 years roadmap.
• Knowing the community and the existing eco-system
  • Conduct surveys/HH profiling of high priority HH for water, irrigation, employment, dairy, health etc.
  • Village profiling at least once in six months.
• Enhancing income levels of HH and Villages through sustainable activities
  • Water for irrigation, livelihood, enterprise development, orchards, animal husbandry etc.
• Identify Health interventions and implement programs
• Education interventions
  • Identify schools requiring interventions.
  • Visit schools and Anganwadis.
  • Coordinate with partners and carry out assessments.
• Water, Sanitation & Green Initiatives
  • Identify drinking Water, Sanitation & Green Initiatives needs.
  • Implement schemes with Gram Vikas Samiti.
• Creating sustainable community institutions through VDC
  • Engage and manage village-level stakeholders.
  • Develop groups: SHGs, Farmers Groups, Youth groups etc.
  • Capacity building for groups.
  • Attend Gram Sabha.
• Coordination with Swades technical team, partners, vendors, officials.
• Government Linkages
  • Coordinate with Sarpanch, Sevak, Talathi, Medical Officer, ASHA, ANM, Teachers etc.
• Knowledge Management & Learnings
  • Share insights, successes, failures.
  • Conduct exposure visits.
  • Write case studies.
• Execution
  • Implement strategies as per standards & timelines.
  • Regular monitoring.
  • Support Manager in identifying challenges.
• MIS
  • Collate all program information.
  • Track progress against goals.
  • Maintain accurate records.

B) Additional Skills

• Communication & Public Speaking
• Problem Solving
• Basic Computer Skills
• Public Engagement
• Community Mobilization
• Strong rural community knowledge

C) Eligibility

• Any Graduate or Post Graduate
• 3+ years experience in Social Sector