Job Description

The Lead will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of Bhumi’s scholarships programme.

The goal of the programme is to provide financial assistance, mentoring and skill development support to children who are part of Bhumi’s Ignite programme, towards achieving the programme vision: Bhumi will work towards providing holistic education and enabling sustainable livelihoods for 5,000 children by 2028. Click here to know more about Bhumi’s Bring Smiles Programme.

Primary Responsibilities include:

Ensuring timely completion of lead verification of scholarship applications on the application management system.
Collaborate with CSR partners/foundations to understand their requirements and implement their scholarship programme vision.
Ensuring scholarships are disbursed and periodic feedback/reports to the donors/partners is shared on time.
Engaging and managing volunteers at various stages of the scholarship disbursement process to increase scale and reach of the programme.
Driving automation of the verification and reporting for the programme, and to make the process more scalable, efficient and accurate.

Additional responsibilities:

Adapting and updating the existing lead verification process as per new requirements and guidelines from CSR partners or foundation.
Curating mentoring and skill-development programmes for the students directly and through collaborations.
Engage with recipients and alumni of the scholarships programme, and build a community of beneficiaries.
Monitoring the quality of program implementation, providing feedback to team members and partners

Preferred Education Qualification / Experience:

Minimum two years of project management experience.
Graduate or postgraduate degree.
MBA, MSW, fellowship or volunteering experience in a non-profit preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Ability to invest in stakeholders and build partnerships
Good written and verbal communication skills in English
Data analysis and interpretation. Competent to proficient level command over MS Excel.
Resourcefulness in identifying ways to increase efficiency and scale through automation.
Emotional maturity to make rational decisions
Ability to balance multiple priorities
Highly resourceful team player, who is also self-driven
Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions

Other Information:

Scope: Full time

Remuneration: Rs.3-6 LPA based on the candidate’s profile

Expected Joining Date: Immediate

Location: Chennai

To apply for this job please visit bhumi.zohorecruit.in.