Urban Habitat Coordinator

Job TitleProject/ Cluster Coordinator - Urban HabitatWe are seeking a skilled and experienced Project/ Cluster Coordinator to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to contribute to the success of our Urban Habitat Programme.The successful candidate will be responsible for leading field implementation of the programme across 15–20 slums, ensuring daily engagement with communities, Slum Dwellers Associations (SDAs), Urban Local Body (ULB) officials, and other stakeholders to drive inclusive development in informal settlements.Main Responsibilities:Field Engagement: Conduct daily visits to slum clusters to monitor progress and facilitate project activities.Community Mobilization: Strengthen SDAs and build trust with slum residents, elected representatives, and community leaders.Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with ULB officials, frontline workers, and partner organizations for seamless execution.Conflict Resolution: Address and manage local conflicts with sensitivity and tact.Progress Monitoring: Track implementation milestones and ensure adherence to timelines.Key Areas of InterventionThe Project/ Cluster Coordinator will focus on the following key areas:Unlocking Public Entitlements: Ensure saturation of government schemes at individual, household, and community levels. Address documentation gaps through Common Service Centers and Mo Seba Kendras. Build capacity of frontline facilitators in household profiling and scheme linkages. Prioritize inclusion of vulnerable groups-persons with disabilities, informal workers, elderly, and women-headed households-for equitable access to entitlements.Participatory Habitat Planning: Facilitate participatory spatial and vulnerability mapping of slums to co-create draft neighborhood development plans that reflect both community aspirations and technical feasibility. With support from Urban Local Bodies, implement these plans to ensure universal access to improved civic services and infrastructure.Strengthening Slum Institutions: Enhance the capacity of existing Slum Dweller Associations through leadership development, community asset mapping, and operational guidelines for infrastructure maintenance. These institutions will serve as platforms to integrate cross-cutting themes such as climate resilience, child protection, health-seeking behavior, and social inclusion.Requirements:Qualification: Graduate in any discipline (Additional weightage for candidates from Social Work, Engineering and allied fields, Management, Urban Development, Urban Governance/Planning, or related backgrounds)Work Experience: Minimum 2+ Years of Experience for Project Coordinator and 1+ Years of Experience for Cluster Coordinator.Skill Set:Behavioural Skill Sets: Aligned to TATA Values (Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Pioneering, Unity, and Respect), Ability to engage across stakeholder groups, peers, and communities, Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach, Self-motivated, result-oriented, sensitive to cultures and diversity, committed to timelines, Good written and verbal communication skills, Capable of managing and resolving community-level and institutional conflicts, Culturally sensitive and inclusive—especially towards gender, disability, and marginalized groups.Technical Skill Sets: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data management is a must, Strong record-keeping, documentation, and reporting abilities, Effective communication skills in English, Hindi, and Odia (reading, writing, speaking).