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Job Title:

Thematic Lead, Entrepreneurship and Market Linkages, 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 Entrepreneurship and Market Linkages

·         Capacity building in Entrepreneurship and Market Linkages 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 Entrepreneurship and Market Linkages

 

Personal Qualifications and experience:

Must haves / Essential:

       ·         Postgraduate in Management/ Economics/ Agriculture or other relevant study stream

       ·         At least 15 years of relevant sectoral experience.

       ·         Demonstrated experience of having held leadership positions as well as managing profit and loss responsibilities.

       ·         Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and in a multi-cultural environment.

       ·         Strong communication skills (spoken and written) in English and Hindi

 

Preferred:

       ·         Experience in working in the rural development projects with multi-stakeholders collaborations and understanding on government programs

       ·         Experience in working with large scale rural development programs particularly in promoting women entrepreneurship

 

Key Competencies:

·         Good communication skills

·         Manage multi-stakeholder partnerships

·         Knowledge of communicating in local language is must. Proficiency in MS office and report writing.

·         Leadership skills and multi-stakeholder partnerships at state level

·      Working with government at state, district level is an added advantage

 

How to apply:

 Interested candidates can send their updated CVs at jobs.shortlisting@gmail.com with the subject line “RF- Marketing” latest by 20th June 2022 

 

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