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
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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