1. Field team management
- Supervise PRANA field staff (incl. six Assistant Field Ops Managers) at remote locations and be responsible for field team engagement, alignment with PRANA strategy and implementation plans, and staff development and retention
- Link Assistant Field Operations Manager to PRANA Implementation Team and other partners, escalating any issues highlighted by Assistant Field Operations Managers to the right stakeholders on time
- Provide guidance and technical, agricultural advice to Assistant Field Operations Managers for them to solve on-ground concerns
- Periodically review performance of Assistant Field Operations Managers and address their grievances
2. Supporting field implementation
- Support Project Director in managing field program operations and scaling strategies through technical, program and operational support, i.e., leading, supervising, and providing guidance to a local team and building strategic, scientific, and technical capacity in the field
- Planning
i. Establish and maintain optimal performance standards within budget
ii. Proactively share inputs on deliverables and plans suggested by implementation partners iii. Share inputs on design elements from the POV on applicability and effectiveness on ground, e.g., preferred CRM solutions on ground, potentially useful incentives for farmers and SPs/AEs, inputs on communication material and plan, potential watch outs with the Digital Technology rollout plan, etc. iv. Ensure safety during all the field activities by pre-emptively working on a safety and contingency plan
- Address issues raised by implementation partners
i. Be the face of TNC and PRANA for implementation partners working in Punjab
ii. Liaise with Implementation Partners and other contractors/partners for obtaining satisfactory and timely deliverables by addressing any challenges raised by IPs themselves or highlighted by Assistant Field Operations Managers
- Facilitate cross-stakeholder interactions
i. Act as a bridge between project field implementation, PRANA implementation team managers and other partners, along with any other relevant stakeholders
ii. Be primarily responsible for outreach and effective information flow between key stakeholders, local communities, farmers and the PRANA team
iii. Always maintain visibility on interactions between different PRANA partners, and facilitate interactions if any concerns are noticed on the field, e.g., issues between Digital, Comms and field partners (for training of IPs on app, sharing of feedback, upload of farmer data collected offline to the app, lack of availability of comms material etc.)
3. Monitoring effectiveness and changes
- Regularly seek and review relevant field data from Assistant Field Operations Managers and IPs to monitor field implementation by partners as per KPIs (e.g., progress on local activities, grievances, local organizations associated with PRANA, coordination issues among partners, performance of field resources)
- Analyze and report changes in conditions regarding agricultural practices, use of CRM machinery, new technologies being deployed, ex-situ programs being implemented, and other changes that may affect the project
4. External stakeholder management
- In coordination with the Policy and Partnership Manager, facilitate and build partnerships and relationships across various stakeholder groups in Punjab, including local government agencies, other conservation organizations, foundations, farmer associations, community-based organizations and other local stakeholders – be the face of PRANA and TNC
- Negotiate complex and innovative collaborations and agreements with local government agencies and other local stakeholders
- Scope and identify new partnerships and potential additional projects related to the overall no burn of crop residue and other PRANA project strategies
- Lead one-on-one interactions with local stakeholders like PAU, PAMETI and District Administration to highlight progress, discuss key bottlenecks, to get external advice and implementation support on a monthly basis
- Provide support for policy advocacy (share ground inputs for development of policy briefs/impact reports, share ground feedback during meetings with Govt. bodies)
- Depending on need, may provide inputs on requests for proposals for grants and contracts
5. Knowledge Management
- Maintain database of the work, including any information, reports, databases, contacts, letters collected at local level by Assistant Field Operations Managers and IPs
6. Interaction with other PRANA managers, e.g.,
- Provide input to the MEL Manager to ensure quality control and monitor the field implementation of key activities by different partners as per key performance indicators
- Involve PRANA Policy and Partnership Manager for policy guidance and support
- Involve PRANA implementation team members, e.g., Behavior Change expert and Agronomist, for support with farmer/SP outreach and capacity building activities, as and when request is raised by partners ? Work closely with the Project Director, the Policy and Partnerships Manager, and the MEL Manager in identifying and resolving technical, policy and programmatic issues and to create enabling conditions for the project success
- Support PRANA implementation team in ground rollout of efforts, e.g., support Policy and Partnership Manager in rollout of information on Govt. schemes for farmers by sharing inputs on relevant Schemes for farmers and ensuring IPs convey this information to farmers or provide relevant details to PRANA Communications Specialist for media interactions
7. PRANA Governance
- Responsible for producing periodic operational and project performance reports against the annual workplans, including overall progress made explaining significant variances against expected results, detailed necessary adjustments needed
? Drive process for PMU Meetings
i. Pre-meeting support: Lead collation of inputs from all meeting participants, review data and inputs for insights and add additional color to the update using own ground knowledge
- Facilitation of meetings: Guide meeting discussion, bringing inputs from own experience, follow up with relevant stakeholders on next steps aligned during the meeting and connect relevant stakeholders to ensure actions
