Project Officer Community Outreach

3 weeks ago

Kolkata, India Barefoot College International Full time

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Barefoot College International is a grassroots, hybrid social enterprise that creates pathways to build
more sustainable, self-sufficient and resilient rural communities while valuing and respecting the
knowledge and wisdom they already possess. It supports rural communities in achieving sustainable
self-sufficiency.
With a keen belief in the endless potential of rural wisdom, Barefoot College International forges a
first-of-its-kind, women-centered, global network dedicated to sustainable development in every
community where poverty exists. Designing new ways to nurture and support a journey to
empowerment, one village at a time, one woman at a time. We demystify and decentralize
technology and put new tools in the hands of the underserved, with the objective to spread self
- sufficiency and sustainability. With a geographic focus on the Least Developed Countries, we train
women worldwide as solar engineers, entrepreneurs and educators, who then return to their
villages to bring light and learning to their community.

JOB PROFILE

Barefoot College International is expanding its community support and outreach division. We are
seeking a committed professional who is passionate about working with communities at the
grassroots level and experienced in CBOs and NGO partnership management. The Community
Outreach Coordinator will monitor and mentor partners with our network of non-profit
organizations, the role will be focused on building and sustaining relationships that result in
increased utilization of our services by rural beneficiaries (especially women) as change agents.
The Community Outreach Coordinator will support project implementers at the partners’ end to
disseminate information and monitor projects within various “Barefoot Solutions” programs in
targeted communities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Liaison between project teams (Solar) and partners to streamline communication to facilitate
effective implementation and evaluation of project activities.
- Execute quarterly work plans to accomplish deliverables as established by the team. The CO
(project) team members will support mutually to execute the project.
- Will be responsible for directly coordinating with a few ground partners in some states on a
regional basis. Will also render support in coordination for other projects for the same ground
partners.
- Ability to work and deal with people from diverse backgrounds and communities.
- Must be open to travel at the national, regional and local levels at a short notice( at least 10
- 12 days per month).
- Ability to understand community dynamics, available resources, future opportunities and
foresee challenges.
- Ability to facilitate sessions with individual or groups of beneficiaries, their families and other
stakeholder in the community.
- Able to complement team members in other projects.
- Create systems and protocols through proper debriefs & evaluation to ensure that lessons
learnt from each visit are applied in the next through best practices, templates etc.
- Create simple tech‐based frameworks and tools to ensure regular coordination and
communication within the community to provide the requisite support
- Maintain and utilize a working knowledge of significant developments, trends, and best
practices in the field of public engagement/organizing.
- Exposure to conducting PRA exercises and baseline surveys would be an advantage
- Collect data and insights for detailed documentation and report writing related to community
meetings and workshops/engagements
- Assist in developing content, presentations and displays to be used in partner meetings and
community outreach efforts
- Carry out any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned
SKILLS
- Excellent communicator with good persuasion skills and ability to connect with different

cultural and situational realities
- Fluent spoken and written Hindi and English language skills essential. Given our pan-India

presence, competencies in additional languages would be preferred.
- Command over local language will be proffered.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- 3-5 years’ work experience with Indian or International social sector organizations working in

areas of self‐sufficiency and sustainability.
- Strong experience and knowledge of community mobilization, grassroots organizing and

working with grassroots partners, coalitions and individuals.
- Experience and interest in internal and external communications, partnership development,

and fundraising.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, and

Social Media web platforms.

COMPENSATION

the success of the organisation and is prepared to offer an attractive compensation package for the
non-profit sector, commensurate with experience.
The remuneration for the position is 25,000 -35000 Rs per month.

LOCATION

The position will be based from his/her home location. Ext

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