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Head / Lead – Programs and Community Engagement

Position Status

Contact of Project – 1

Position Summary

The incumbent is based out of Bengaluru Office of GRAAM. Responsible for the community consultation activities that includes program / project management (action research) and community engagement. Th responsibilities in nutshell includes sourcing and leading the implementation / action research projects, planning and coordinating the data collection activities building a strong network with partner organizations across the country.

Positions directly Supervised by incumbent

Community Engagement Team Members, Program Staff

Skill / Competence Requirements

  • Leading the team as enabler and motivator
  • Overall project management and survey management
  • Program Reporting and Documentation
  • Flair for field work and working with community
  • Community consultation and Field based Activity planning and monitoring
  • Should be willing to travel extensively within and across different districts and states of India.
  • Substantial understanding about the community processes
  • Expertise to document lessons learnt and best practices from the grassroots
  • Analytical, written and oral communication skills required to translate local/vernaculars/dialects
  • Good English (written and verbal) and Hindi (written desirable and verbal is a must) and Kannada is advantageous

Description of Duties / Responsibilities

  • Developing project proposals and presenting it effectively to the clients / partners
  • Project plan development, budgeting and management
  • Building network with NGO at state and national level to establish a dependable grassroots partnership for GRAAM
  • Team Communication and Management: Allocating necessary activities and plans to team / partner organizations as required by the project, preparing and negotiating contracts, budgets and survey plans
  • Conceptualizing and Executing, Supervise and monitor the activities/programs/projects as part of the team
  • Actively engaging in development of operational plan for implementation of Community consultation plan
  • Taking responsibilities for quality implementation and execution of activities under CC Team.
  • Planning and managing data collection activity including field validation / field checks for ensuring data sanctity / quality
  • Periodically recruit and train field short term surveyors / enumerators for various research and study related activities
  • Manage logistical coordination for field surveyors training and survey activity
  • Development / Translation / Contextualization of research tools in coordination with the research team and community consultation team
  • Conducting Participatory Research and Rural Appraisals Activities
  • Coordinating with Govt Departments and other stakeholders to seek permissions and with CBOs, PRIs, People representatives for obtaining necessary cooperations for conducting field surveys
  • Developing budgets for data collection activities in coordination as required by the study
  • Contribute towards website updating, news letter from community engagement
  • Any other related assignments may be entrusted by the reporting authority

Secondary:

  • Participate in developing field survey capacity building resource materials, tools etc
  • Participate in training programs organized by the organization as a resource person
  • Logistical coordination during organizational event
  • Facilitating field visits to the visitors and team

Review Meeting: Fortnightly with the team
Activity Report/s: Monthly with Immediate Supervisor

KPI:

  • Source Action Research / Implementation Projects for the organization
  • Source Data Collection Assignments
  • Build a strong network of 60 Grassroots NGOs in Karnataka (02 for each district)
  • Build a network of 40 Grassroots NGOs in India (one from each state / UT) for undertaking field research
  • Successful Completion of Assigned Project responsibility within stipulated time and quality