Project Coordinator Placement Officer

**Location**: Agar Malwa Block, Madhya Pradesh
**Reporting To**: Project Lead
**Employment Type**: Full-time, Field-Based
**Project Areas**: Green Jobs (Solar PV), 21st Century Skills, Other Vocational Trades

**Role Overview**:
To coordinate and implement skilling programs in the rural communities of Agar Malwa, with a special focus on community mobilisation and training delivery in Green Jobs i.e. Solar & 21st Century Skills

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Community Mobilisation & Youth Engagement**
- Drive mobilisation efforts across villages to identify and motivate youth for training
- Build rapport with community leaders, SHGs, youth groups, and families,
- Create village-level youth profiles capturing dropout data, education status, gender dynamics, aspirations, and livelihood patterns
- Map village demographics, dropouts, and unemployed youth; identify clusters with high need.
- Organise regular awareness sessions and group meetings in villages to sensitise families about skilling, job opportunities, and especially the importance of girls' participation.
- Address barriers to participation like parental hesitation, migration, or lack of transport.

**Training Operations Management**
- Coordinate implementation of Green Jobs (Solar PV Helper, Installer, Lighting Assembler) and other vocational training programs.
- Lead the day-to-day operations of the project, ensuring timely execution of all planned activities.
- Ensure the centre is fully operational with trainers, equipment, course materials, and assessments aligned
- Monitor training delivery, session planning, and learner attendance and support trainers as needed.
- Evaluate the delivery of training

**Stakeholder & Partnership Engagement**
- Build strong relationships with local government bodies, village heads, youth influencers, and technical training partners.
- Organise exposure visits, guest lectures, and local job fairs with support from nearby industries or service providers if required
- Engage with potential employers and placement agencies for post-training opportunities.

**Assessment, Certification & Placement**
- Facilitate pre
- and post-assessments in coordination with the Sector Skill Council (e.g., SCGJ) and other knowledge partner
- Support certified youth in securing employment, internships, or entrepreneurship opportunities, including guidance on government schemes etc

**Monitoring, Reporting & Documentation**
- Maintain up-to-date data on mobilised youth, enrolment, training, certification, and placement.
- Submit monthly reports with qualitative stories and case studies from the field.
- Track the socio-economic progress of trained youth, especially girls and vulnerable groups.
- Ensure proper documentation and reporting to funders, management, and other stakeholders.

**Financial & Budget Management**:

- Manage centre budgets, including expense tracking and reporting.
- Ensure adherence to allocated budgets and maintain cost-effective operations

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Postgraduate in Social Work, Rural Development, or relevant fields.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in skill development or community-based projects.
- Experience working in rural and semi-urban areas with youth and women preferred.
- Familiarity with green skilling, renewable energy, will be an added advantage.
- Good communication skills in Hindi, English and local dialect.

**Key Competencies**:

- Strong community connect and ability to mobilise rural youth effectively.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Should have a good flair for writing in English - able to prepare reports, case studies, and project documentation independently.
- Comfort with data handling, reporting tools, and Microsoft Office.
- Willingness to travel extensively in rural areas.

Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 01/09/2025