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Project Officer American India Foundation 2024

  • Deadline: Jun 23, 2024

  • Qualification (Education): Graduate

  • Experience Required: NA Year

About Job Profile

Project Management/Coordination

This project takes a holistic approach around Entrepreneurship, Entitlement and Environment to ensure Economic Empowerment of 800 rural women across 10 identified panchayats in target geography. The 2 year implementation starts with a detailed study of local aspirations and opportunities followed by a robust design to implement the project from a state of art training cum production Centre. Market linkage and Financial inclusion are the key drivers of the success of this rural development project. Project shall have regular monitoring, review and customization of activities to ensure meaningful utilization of project resources.

Primary Responsibilities include

 

  • Conduct community visits and engage with 2000-2500 project beneficiaries at the community level.
  • Identify and map out government and private financial institutions within the project area.
  • Create batch plans for women learners for introducing different concepts to ensure effective learning 
  • Connect project beneficiaries with relevant financial institutions for accessing capital, social security schemes, and various government loans. Assist them in opening bank accounts, ensuring compliance with KYC regulations, and providing guidance on tax compliance related to their entrepreneurial activities
  • Assist beneficiaries in opening bank accounts and ensure compliance with KYC regulations.
  • Facilitate the generation of QR codes for beneficiaries to streamline transactions and record-keeping.
  • Provide guidance to beneficiaries on tax compliance related to their entrepreneurial activities and link them with relevant institutions for accessing capital (entrepreneurship) and social security and welfare (entitlements) schemes.
  • Monitor the proper utilization of credit by beneficiaries to enhance income and facilitate timely repayment to financial institutions
  • Organize and arrange technical support for beneficiaries to ensure the continuity and success of their enterprises.
  • Assist in maintaining and updating the AIF MIS (Management Information System) database in coordination with the Project Manager.
  • Facilitate stakeholder and donor visits to the field as and when required. 
  • To be involved in any operational activity as and when instructed by the Project Manager.
  • Any other task assigned by line manager that might emerge depending upon the need and opportunity decided by AIF.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

  • An understanding of the market with forward and backward integration. 
  • Ability to develop relationships and engage with multiple stakeholders including Government.
  • Documentation and report writing skills with good proficiency in computer. 
  • Consistently approaches work with positive energy and a can-do attitude. 
  • Possesses a variety of skill sets including time management, multi-tasking, inter-personal and problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to develop a local level network of useful resources to support project implementation.
  • A team player who is supportive, flexible and ready to take on additional tasks.
  • Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal excellent and confident communicator.

 

Other Information:

Job Functions

  • Salary Range: NA LPA

  • Employment Type: Full Time

  • Work Mode: Work from Office

How to Apply

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American India Foundation

  • State:

  • City: Ashoknagar

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:

  • City: Ashoknagar

Contact Details:

Contact Phone: 1169137777

Contact Email:

Date of Posting/Posted On: May 24, 2024