Job Opportunity for Program Coordinator, Gender (Two Years) at Digital Green in Andhra Pradesh

Company Overview

Digital Green is a development organization that empowers smallholder farmers to lift themselves out of poverty by harnessing the collective power of technology and grassroots-level partnerships. We join forces with governments, private agencies, and, most importantly, rural communities themselves to co-create digital solutions that are of the community and for the community. When farmers have the tools they need to connect with one another, they’re far more likely to apply what they’ve learned on their farms and in their households–improving their own livelihoods and those of others in their community, in a manner that’s nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient, and inclusive. For more information, please visit Digital Green’s website: www.

Job Summary

The Program Coordinator, Gender will be responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring the program activities. The Coordinator will ensure the program activities are delivered keeping in focus the challenges and solutions for women farmers on time with high quality and impact. S/he will be responsible for managing the program implementation in the state along with handling the Gender portfolio in the project. The role will require understanding of the agriculture sector, FPOs/SHGs, and challenges of women farmers, along with training and mentoring skills. The role will require prior experience of conducting gender training and developing modules on gender. Liasoning with Government/private partners to implement the program activities in time. Flexible to twist the role based on the organization’s requirements at any given point of time.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Implement the strategies to reach women farmers; and address the key challenges of women farmers within the scope of the project in the select value chains
• Implement strategies to benefit women farmers leading to their enhanced well-being and income
• Conduct gender orientation workshops and trainings at regular intervals with key stakeholders at various levels which includes public extension system agents; women and men farmers, data officers, VEs, and AEs
• Identify lead women farmers as VEs and provide them with close handholding and mentoring support
• Build leadership and entrepreneurship capacities of women farmers to benefit from the project
• Facilitate adoption of services and practices amongst women farmers and work with the team to identify barriers in adoption and finding effective solutions
• Work closely with FPOs, data officers, and other key stakeholder to build a gender-intentional approach to the project
• Provide support during gender analysis
• Support in building gender-inclusive content for the video extension system
• Building the capacities of women extension officers/lead farmers.
• Building the skills of women front-line workers on the use of data and technologies in farming.
• Support in Developing the need-based gender training modules to strengthen the skills of women farmers.
• Developing the work plans, budget management, activities tracking, and coordinating the program with Government/private partners.
• Documenting the project results, case studies, donor reports etc.
• They would need to travel extensively based on the program requirements in the state to execute the program activities.

Qualifications And Skills

• Master’s degree with the specialization in gender studies OR development studies| Sociology| Social Work with specialization in women studies
• Minimum 6 to 8 years of relevant work experience
• Have prior experience of working in programs/interventions to enhance the well-being and income of women farmers and women led FPOs
• Prior experience of working with women farmers and building support to enhance their access to markets and other key services
• Prior experience of working with women farmers to mentor and enhance their leadership
• Prior experience of building content and undertaking training on gender (preference for training on gender and agriculture)
• Managing the Govt partners, NGOs, FPOs, and extension workers.

Additional Skills:

• Prior experience of building content for women farmers
• Understanding of the barriers and role women farmers play in the selected agri value chain
• Prior experience of working with FPOs and agriculture value chain where women are prioritized

Competencies

All Digital Green employees will be expected to demonstrate some degree of proficiency in our competencies while performing their job duties. The levels for these competencies will be based on the scope and impact of that particular role on the overall organization.

• Adaptability & Collaboration: Is open to adapting to alternative ideas for the successful implementation of the program objectives, collaborates well with others to seek and offer help, respects the views of others, and cooperates very well during the implementation of change management processes of the organization.
• Result Orientation: Highly focused on meeting program deliverables – quality as well as within timelines, regular progress reviews, and making course corrections as required; takes complete accountability for self and team actions for meeting program objectives.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Collaborative skills are essential because the role involves working closely with FPO members, colleagues, and various stakeholders. Being a team player and fostering positive working relationships is crucial.
• Quality Assurance: Ensures that all the communication material and reports of the organisation follow global standards and contains updated information at all times.
  Innovation and Creativity: Continuously challenges conventional methods/ approaches, seeks out new ideas /approaches/solutions in the fast moving social media space by keeping DG India relevant and visible.