Job Opportunity for Executive – Farm Prosperity at Transform Rural India in Multiple Locations in UP

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Organisation Information

Since its inception in 2016, Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRI) has been deeply focused on an integrated approach to village development to accelerate mobility across all generations. We believe in bringing solutions through multi-sector changes through engaging community-based institutes like Self Help Groups (SHGs), Panchayati Raj Institutes (PRIs) and FrontLine Workers (FLWs) together to closely work with the government.

TRI works directly with more than one million people in 2000 villages across India’s poorest states and impacts close to over 60 million rural Indians through its formal engagement with governments at different levels.

Aimed at improving the rural livelihoods of women farmers in Uttar Pradesh to increase
their average base income by 30%, TRI has started a special project. The two-year project is primarily focused on creating selfsustainable women-led FPOs (Farmer Producer Organization) and a platform for
women farmers to strengthen and diversify their livelihoods.

Leveraging Self Help Groups (SHGs) promoted by the Deendayal Antodaya Yojna-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), a government program, TRI will support women in productive roles within the FPOs, offering robust institutional aggregation to enhance market connections and boost earnings. The project will also work with community representatives on building soil organic carbon through various methods of composting, ensuring soil vitality through precise testing and nutrient recommendations. It will further foster adaptive crop choices, encourage intercropping, and establish real-time agroadvisory from experts thereby bolstering a dynamic and resilient agricultural ecosystem.

For more information you may visit https://www.trif.in

Primary Role of the Position: This position will work towards strengthening women led Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) promoted by UPSRLM in selected block to enable them
plan/implement/review various activities under 10000 FPO program, and in line with the deliverables under the special project of developing model FPOs.

POSITION INFORMATION

Job Position: Executive – Farm Prosperity

Locations: Naraini (Banda), Muskara (Hamirpur), Tappal (Aligarh), Dubepur (Sultanpur), Koraon (Prayagraj), Chhanbe (Mirzapur,) Araji line (Varanasi), Bankati (Basti), Mihinpurwa (Bahraich), and Nighasan (Lakhimpur Kheri)

Appointment : On a Consultancy basis with immediate joining

Duration: 2 years (subject to performance)

Key Accountabilities

  • Support block team in planning and roll out of an effective FPO strategy for its members around expansion and strengthening of livelihoods, especially through farm and allied activities
  • Support in identifying, planning, designing and rolling out of training and capacity building opportunity with SHG/VO/CLF/PG/FPO
  • Intensive engagement with block team to capitalize already mobilized CIs for effective implementation and monitoring of livelihood plans
  • Develop and roll out strategy to saturate the key livelihood asset creation and entitlements identified under VPRP-GPDP process as Livelihood Action Plans
  • Training and capacity building support to FPO board members, and staffs as identified under the project
  • Identification and documentation of best practices
  • Any other task which falls within the scope and purpose of the assignment

Qualification / Work Experience:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in professional fields such as in Agriculture, Rural Development, Forest Management, or any other closely related field

2. At least 2 years’ experience working with similar projects of livelihoods and farm prosperity.

3. Experience in developing and implementation of Training and capacity building programs for women farmers and women collectives specifically FPOs/PEs.

4. Knowledge of key central/state sponsored schemes, intended to increase income of farmers and focused towards creation of individual assets such as Kusum Nalkoop, MGNREGS, PMMSY, NRLM etc., social security and poverty alleviation;

5. Experience of working with Govt-entities, reputed NGOs, Bilateral/Multilateral organizations is desirable;

6. Language: Sound knowledge of written and spoken Hindi and English;

7. Willingness to stay and travel in rural areas of UP

06. Experience in developing and implementation of Training and capacity

*The above key accountabilities are indicative and not exhaustive

To apply for this job please visit www.trif.in.

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