Job Opportunity for Assistant Manager/ Manager (ME programme) at Smile Foundation in Delhi

Position: Assistant Manager/ Manager (ME programme)
Functional Area: Programme (Mission Education)
Location: Delhi
Experience: 5 – 6 Years

About Smile Foundation

Sustainability, social equality and the environment are now business problems. And corporate leaders can’t depend on governments to solve them. Inspired by this philosophy of Peter Senge, a group of young corporate professionals came together in 2002 to set up Smile Foundation to work with grassroots initiatives for effecting positive changes in the lives of underprivileged children, their families and communities.

Today, Smile Foundation is directly benefiting over 1.5 million children and families through more than 400 welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood, and women empowerment spread across 2,000 villages and urban slums in 25 states, every year.

Job Description

• Responsible to manage the education project operations in north region
• To consolidate the education projects with focus on nutrition, pan India
• To assist the reporting line managers in achieving targets/activities as per annual Goal and Work Plan
• Management of multiple donor supported projects at both the partner and donor level for smooth project execution
• Prepare monthly/quarterly/yearly activity progress reports for donor supported projects and assist with ME quarterly and annual reports
• Work on project renewal/ new approval of partners on the specific projects by ensuring proper due diligence, budgeting and approvals, preparation of MoU.
• Assist in organizing capacity building workshops, training and review meetings for CBOS/NGOs
• Coordination with partners and regional offices for updating of ME partner records like Partner Division List, Partner Information List, students case studies, activity report and pictures, quotes etc for smooth and efficient functioning of Mission Education.
• Monitoring and supervision visits to Partners (existing partners and to select new partners) for ensuring that projects are implemented as per the guidelines across various locations pan India.
• Maintenance of MIS – documentation of proposals, partners activity and financial reports.
• To perform all other tasks as assigned from time to time by reporting manager and other senior persons/ colleagues of Smile Foundation.

Qualifications

Education:

• Post-graduate (master’s degree) in the Social Sciences, MSW, Sociology or other relevant discipline with the willingness to learn and use innovative techniques.

Minimum Experience:

• 5 – 6 years of experience showing progressive responsibility

Skills

• Strong understanding of social/development sector issues and various policies and guidelines in Education
• Strong writing skills with attention to detail and the ability to document fast, accurately and comprehensively.
• Proficiency in M.S. Office (Excel, Power Point and Word) with demonstrably strong skills in these.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral) to effectively correspond with a diverse audience.
• This would require proficiency in English and Hindi, preferably. Any other regional language would be an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel to various project locations in India
• Able to handle work pressures and deliver under tight schedules and the ability to work well in teams

If you would like to apply to this position, kindly send your latest resume at: jobs@smilefoundationindia.org with the Subject: Job Application – Position name – City

Please attach your CVs with the naming convention: PositionName_FirstName_LastName

To learn more about Smile Foundation, kindly visit: www.smilefoundationindia.org