Program Associate

**About the Organization**

Youth Dreamers Foundation (YDF) is a not-for-profit organization registered under Sec 8 (1) of the Companies Act 2015. YDF intends to realize an equal-opportunity approach to accessing higher education, making higher education more inclusive, accessible, and affordable for marginalized sections of society.

One of the most important ways to improve access to higher education is by providing scholarships to needy students. YDF works with all of the stakeholders who have a role to play in the scholarship's delivery to bring in higher efficiency and efficacy in the system. YDF also supports our scholar alumni to make their higher education journey more relevant to their aspirations.

**About the Position**

The Program Associate will ensure equal access to secondary & higher education to the socio-economically weaker sections of society. S/he should set up a good liaison and rapport with all the officials involved in the fieldwork for the implementation of all activities relating to the Scholarship Support program. S/he should be able to lead operations providing end-to-end scholarship support to underprivileged students.

**Overview**
- **Job Type**: Full-time
- **Salary**: ₹ 20,000 to ₹ 22,000 per month, commensurate with experience and skills
- **Probation**: Three months
- **Office Working Days**: Monday to Saturday
- **Reporting To**: Program Leader
- **Location**: Dindori (Nashik)
- **Travel**: Field visits to schools/colleges and communities

**Key Responsibilities**

They are expected to take up the following responsibilities:

- _**Scholarship Engagement: Ensure the maximum number of scholarships for eligible students in the Private Scholarship Schemes.**_
- Identify students’ needs and financial hindrances to continuing higher education, provide hand-holding support, and make a case study.
- Maintain & regularly update the student’s profile in the database for various scholarships.
- Match different scholarships and their eligible applicant based on the prepared database and scholarship criteria.
- Work in the field extensively to support Program Leader and Associates.
- Identify and partner with institutions for public scholarship schemes.
- Conduct an awareness drive about the financial aid available via public scholarships.
- Maintain & regularly update the student’s profile in the database for various public scholarship schemes.
- _**Mentoring and Career Guidance**:_
- Build relationships with institutions and finalize a timeline for career guidance sessions.
- Conduct career guidance, life skills, scholarship engagement, etc., sessions with students.
- Build relationships with students through sessions and help them to find career pathways, courses, colleges, etc.
- Conduct psychometric tests with students and provide test reports.
- _**Data Management**:_
- Maintain online/offline Excel databases of the student’s profile and journey in the scholarship and career guidance sessions.
- Prepare a dashboard of program status, scholarship process, and career guidance sessions.
- _**Branding and Promotion**:_
- Distribute leaflets and paste posters & banners in the communities and institutions.
- Publish news in the online/offline media about the programs.
- Organize scholarship distribution events in communities and institutions.
- Capture, collect, and upload activities pictures on google drive and share them with program leaders.
- _**Reporting**:_
- Prepare a plan for mobilization and data collection from the institutions and communities with the support of the Program Leader.
- Support the Program leader in preparing monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual reports and PowerPoint presentations.
- Prepare detailed activity reports performed by them.
- Record and write success/case stories of scholars.
- Support the Program team in conducting various surveys with stakeholders.
- _**Additional Explorations**:_
- Create a healthy learning environment in the team.
- Support team members in building a scholarship cell/center for community students.
- Keep up to date about various public and private scholarship schemes.
- Explore online/offline events, programs, and opportunities relevant to students, like guest sessions and debates in the scholarship cell/center.

**Desired Profile**
- Excellent computer skills (MS Excel, MS PPT, Google Spreadsheets, etc.)
- Have experience in data management of the project.
- 0-2 years of experience in youth empowerment and/or community-based operations
- Proven ability to independently handle multiple diverse assignments simultaneously, successfully complete assigned tasks and meet deadlines while conducting high-quality work.
- Excellent verbal & written communication in Hindi, English (and any local language) and rapport-building skills with stakeholders.
- Have a personal bike/vehicle for commuting.
- Ready to stay on ground/base location Dindori (Nashik)

**How to Apply**

**Salary**: ₹20,000.00 - ₹22,000.00 per mont