Regional Lead, PJAA - Jharkhand, Economic Inclusion Program

The/Nudge Foundation

The/Nudge Foundation

Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Posted 6+ months ago

About The/Nudge

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.

Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.

Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

About the Program

Economic Inclusion Program (EIP) is solving for households in extremely vulnerable state through a targeted, multi-faceted and sequenced model involving cash transfer and care, which has demonstrated that poverty can be conquered..

The/Nudge is working in a strategic partnership with the Palash (Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society), Government of Jharkhand, to bring the rural women, involved in the manufacturing and sale of country liquor (Hadiya), into the mainstream by providing them alternate means of respectable livelihood. This initiative of the state is named Phulo Jhano Ashirwad Abhiyan (PJAA). As part of this effort, a State Project Management Unit (SPMU) has been set up at State office of JSLPS, Jharkhand, to help the Palash (JSLPS) to design and implement this special program. This position is for the Regional Coordinator who will be positioned at identified districts within the state and will be responsible to look after 3/4 districts, and will report to the Program Lead-PJAA.

About the Role:

  1. To understand and practice the Spirits of The/Nudge Institute and Palash (JSLPS)

  2. Ensure all project activities are implemented on time with utmost quality as per approved Project Implementation Plan (PIP)/ Standard Operating Procedure (SoP)/ Package of Practice (PoP)/ Community Operational Manual (COM) in the respective districts.

  3. Coordinate with DMMU and BMMU to ensure smooth implementation of the project.

  4. Coordinate and facilitate in organizing capacity building training of project team and community.

  5. Coordinate and lead in organizing any project related event at regional and district.

  6. Coordinate and support in any field visits of dignitaries and officials.

  7. Ensure timely planning and implementation of project activities.

  8. Ensure proper documentation and reporting related to the project to respective offices.

  9. Facilitate the Timely collection/ entry, processing and reporting of data.

  10. Support and practice Monitoring & Evaluation of project.

  11. Good stakeholder management at the grassroots level.

Qualifications:

  1. Candidate must be graduate/post-graduate will be preferred, in relevant streams like rural development, rural management, Agriculture, Forestry, social work, anthropology etc.

  2. Candidate must have 5-8 years of relevant experience in the development sector/ rural development projects/ poverty eradication projects/ livelihood promotion projects/ tribal development projects.

  3. Candidates with work experience working in district-level positions in National Rural Livelihood Mission/ State Rural Livelihood Missions in Institution Building, Capacity Building, Social Inclusion, Social Development, and Livelihood promotion will be preferred.

  4. The candidate must have her/his own bike with a valid driving license as it is a field

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