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Job Title: |
Thematic Lead, Farm Livelihood, SEU– Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Project |
Location: |
Bhubaneswar, Bhopal and Ahmedabad |
Organization profile:
India is a nation of a billion dreams, a billion aspirations and above all great opportunities. To turn these dreams into reality, especially for the vulnerable section of the society, Reliance Foundation has taken the path of inclusive development to address their basic need. Reliance Foundation works with some of the most vulnerable and marginalized communities across India, with the objective of integrating them into mainstream development process of the country. The Foundation focuses its efforts on five core pillars of Rural Transformation, Education, Health, Urban Renewal and Arts, Culture & Heritage.
Position overview:
Reliance Foundation & Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched a project to empower aspiring women entrepreneurs, both individual as well as part of SHGs/SHG Federations, by creating a conducive environment for them to participate in local economic development proactively. The RF – BMGF collaboration will contribute to recently announced goal by MoRD, GoI to enable rural SHG women to earn at least Rs.1 lakh annual income. The project will drive women-led enterprise development in identified districts, supported by State Rural Livelihood Missions and field implementation agencies in three states over four years.
The State Execution Unit (SEU) will be responsible for the on-ground implementation in the respective states, ensuring that the project strategies are implemented on ground by the field implementation partners as per the devised protocols and problem-solve if necessary.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
· Customise project SOPs to the state specific situation
· Develop state specific thematic strategies in Farm Livelihoods, e.g. identifying relevant value chains, in collaboration with SRLMs
· Capacity building of SRLMs in Farm Livelihoods
· Capacity building in Farm Livelihoods of the Field Implementation Agencies and SRLMs
· Establish strategic linkages for key technical, financial and marketing support
· Develop relationships with relevant government officials, and maintain relations to access financial and technical resources
· Identifying and documenting the best practices for scale
· Knowledge management and advocacy in Farm Livelihoods
Personal Qualifications and experience:
Must haves / Essential:
· Should have an experience minimum of 10 years in agriculture, development sector with special focus on promoting farm livelihoods at large scale
· Should have a Post-Graduation degree in agriculture/Agronomy/ Pathology/ entomology/ Soil science etc.
· Should be specialized in producing and improving crop quality.
Preferred:
· Ability to train and nurture people at large scale
· Experience of working in large scale livelihood promotion and rural development programs at leadership position
· Experience of working with government agencies, leveraging resources
Key Competencies:
· Good communication skills and knowledge of regional languages would be an added advantage
· Should be a good team player with good interpersonal skills
· Requires experimentation, critical thinking and should have a scientific bent of mind
How to apply:
Interested candidates can send their updated CVs at jobs.shortlisting@gmail.com with the subject line “RF- Farm” latest by 20th June 2022