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Consultant Skilling and Livelihoods American India Foundation 2024

  • Deadline: Jun 17, 2024

  • Qualification (Education): Graduate

  • Experience Required: 3-6 Year

About Job Profile

Development consulting

AIF’s Livelihoods program envisions a world where poor and vulnerable communities have access to dignified work opportunities, empower them with sustainable livelihoods. Since 2006, the Livelihoods Program has directly and indirectly served 2.20 million people from vulnerable communities. Leveraging technology to provide financial and market linkages, knowledge, skills, and dignified work opportunities, the program helps the communities secure jobs, manage enterprises, and make a respectable living.

Since its inception in 2006, through its flagship programs Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) and Ability Based Livelihood Empowerment (ABLE), AIF Livelihoods has provided program support to 825,960 disadvantaged youth, women and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and impacted 343,727 livelihoods.

Primary Responsibilities include

Project Planning and Implementation

  • Manage and coordinate the day-to-day affairs related to the implementation of projects aimed at benefiting the target group.
  • Oversee the hiring and orientation of project team members in alignment with project goals.
  • Ensure adherence to project timelines and efficient utilization of budget to fulfill project commitments 
  • Supervise mobilization and community engagement activities to ensure project deliverables.
  • Coordinate with the project team to achieve project targets.
  • Assess and evaluate aptitude of the target group after mobilization
  • Assess target group aptitude and facilitate enrollment on the LMS platform.
  • Regular interaction with the Target Group to share information about existing programs and schemes that can benefit them
  • Facilitate the target group in onboarding the digital platforms and access govt and non govt.  digital services 
  • Develop the training plan with the team and ensure adherence to achieve targets.
  • Ensure smooth delivery of training on different modules along with soft skills.
  • Ensure regular follow up and connect with the target group during and after the training engagement and gather feedback
  • Respond to target group’s queries regarding training/ capacity building, placement, self-employment in a timely manner.
  • Ensure proper guidance for the target group through job readiness / self – employment/income enhancement workshops.
  • Collaborate with employers/vendors/ businesses to ensure adequate placement/ market linkage/ expansion opportunities for program participants.
  • Regular visits to the respective communities/ stakeholders/Govt bodies to ensure project deliverables.
  • Ensure placement and self-employment deliverables are achieved.

 

Documentation

  • Consistently provide excellent quality data and documentation that meet the quality standards of the organization;
  • Produce accurate and timely reporting of project status throughout its life cycle.  
  • Develop reports and manage project documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Document and share success stories periodically for program communication.
  • Conduct timely and effective baseline and endline community need assessments and mapping exercises of stakeholders to mobilize and enroll eligible candidates.

 

Financial Management

  • Monthly monitor and report budget utilization, project expenses internally & externally;
  • Local expense management incl. approvals, expense approvals, management of advances & reimbursements, local procurements
  • Optimal utilization of funds as per the donor budget.

 

Reporting

  • Proactively seek approvals from reporting manager for project operations 
  • Ensure timely and accurate documentations related to project implementation activities, including but not limited to contracts, budgets, expenses, fund utilization, manpower, administrative expenses etc.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

  • Strong personal demonstrable commitment to “serve” those who are underprivileged.
  • High personal Integrity. 
  • Strong PowerPoint presentation design & delivery skills.
  • Excellent English skills –written and verbal.
  • Demonstrated excellence in time management, multi-tasking and problem-solving ability.
  • Adaptability, flexibility, and openness to feedback.
  • Ability to deliver under pressure and work on tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work in a fast changing environment and continuously evolving needs.
  • Strong team playing skills. 
  • “Can do” attitude. 
  • Ability to work independently with large volumes of data with initiative. 
  • Ability to work across teams and supervisors.
  • Ability to respond positively to feedback. 
  • Ability to respect diverse points of views.

 

Other Information:

Job Functions

  • Salary Range: NA LPA

  • Employment Type: Full Time

  • Work Mode: Work from Office

How to Apply

If you rae interested in taking up the role, please apply through this link.

If you qualify and are interested in taking up the role, please apply through this link.

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American India Foundation

  • State: Uttar Pradesh

  • City: Gorakhpur

About Organisation

The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Through its unique value proposition, working closely with local communities, the Foundation partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact.

Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji and Bill Clinton, AIFT has impacted the lives of 18.88 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India.

  • State: Uttar Pradesh

  • City: Gorakhpur


Contact Details:

Contact Phone: 1169137777

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Date of Posting/Posted On: May 18, 2024