Coordinator- Livelihood

**JOB DESCRIPTION**: We are looking for passionate and highly skilled individuals who can help us make a difference in the lives of people in India who make a living collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that someone else has thrown away. We are looking for people who share our values and are driven to create a positive change in the community. **JOB TITLE**:_ _**Coordinator-Livelihood **REPORTS TO**: Director - Social Additionality **LOCATION**: Bengaluru/Chennai **Duties & Key Responsibilities**: **Project Operations and Learning** - Provide support to the project leads/teams for effective implementation of activities with regard to Livelihoods in line with the project design, project activity plan and as per quality standards - Strengthen and enhance the technical quality of Project intervention through continuous and close coordination with Director-SA - Work towards developing detailed implementation plan, budget and support project team in achieving the set objectives and targets - Ensures issuance of appropriate directives and guidelines for effective and timely implementation of program interventions / activities. - Pro-actively, identify operational challenges and ensure timely interventions and support to overcome the same in close coordination with project team and Director-SA. - Work for knowledge management product development such as Case Studies, Success Stories, Technical Manuals and booklets with regard to project achievements - Initiate processes of reflective practice to enable adjustment of strategies, plans and approaches of the project to ensure impact at scale in line with project goals and objectives **Enterprise Development** - Develop partnerships with Government/private sector/technical institutions on various aspects like capacity building of various stakeholder’s market support, technical assistance, technology support, enterprise management etc. - Create a strong linkage and networking with all the relevant stakeholders and build partnership to effectively implement the project. - Coordinate with government departments including State Urban/ rural livelihood missions etc. - Build institutional linkages at district level with banks, incubator/accelerator programs, retail stores, e-commerce platforms etc. for financial and marketing linkages to microenterprises. **Capacity Building** - Facilitate to conduct entrepreneurship awareness and development programs for the beneficiaries. - Coordination and implementation of multi stakeholder workshops on enterprise development. - Facilitate to conduct EAP, EDP, mentorship programs to support entrepreneurs and Potential entrepreneurs.. - Facilitate to conduct sessions and programs to provide Business Support services for continued support and mentorship to women microentrepreneurs. - Lead capacity needs assessment of other institutional actors, as per project requirements - Lead development of relevant IEC materials, demonstration and extension designs, capacity building tools, methodologies and modules. **Reporting and Documentation**: - Ensure all documentation, reports, information, and accurate data flow through the PFC technology platform. - Managing, monitoring, and reviewing the foundation policies & SoPs periodically with required documentation. - Submit timely financial income & expenditure reports. - Manage all MIS related to area of work. - Responsible for analysis of all MIS data related to area of work. - Provide analysis of project activities to Director - SA and colleagues as per requirement and reporting schedule. **HR Compliance and Documentation** - Manage and maintain HR Database and Documentation - Face HR audits - Conduct Internal HR audits **KN**OWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**: - Postgraduate / Master’s degree in social sciences/ Entrepreneur Development - 6+ years’ experience in livelihood/income generation program management in the social sector. - Experience in the field of social business development will be preferred. - Experience in managing the informal sector & workforce. - Good understanding of social and environmental concepts and methods. - Fluency in English, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu languages. **SKILLS**: - Innovative and collaborative - Good analytical, financial, and negotiation skills - Capable of working independently with mínimal supervision - Strategic, decisive and action oriented - Results-driven - Understanding of issues related to the social, economic and political context of poverty, Governance and advocacy - Coordination, rapport building with stakeholders and networking skills - Strong documentation skill - Ability to manage work assignments with minimum supervision - Effective Communication and Information management. - Fluency in Telgu and English is essential, and knowledge of Hindi is desirable - Good computer skills and adeptness with ICT tools **Operational excellence (Project Implementation / Management)**: - Able to succes