Job Opportunity for Program Officer – Operations at Shiksha Initiative – Shiv Nadar Foundation in Dadri

Project Summary:

Shiv Nadar University (SNU), recognized as Institution of Eminence by Govt of India is located in Dadri Tehsil. Dadri Development Project (DDP) is initiated with prime intention to uplift the landscape and empower the community living in the neighborhood of SNU. The interventions planned cover the themes like Education, Health, Environment, Infrastructure, Skill Building, etc.

Position Summary:

Program officer (Ops) will oversee the teams on-ground on a day-to-day basis, allocate resources for effective program implementation, interact with implementation partners and beneficiaries, gather data, and financial process like invoicing. Work closely with Monitoring and evaluation officer and project manager.

Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for effective and timely on-ground implementation of the projects
• Prepare program implementation plan in collaboration with internal team and implementation partner
• Allocation of Human, material and monetary resources for effective execution.
• Design, develop and monitor work plans, milestones and indicators
• Work on strategy for new launch sites, and induction of implementation partner and its personnel
• Provide inputs for planning and implementing of new projects, as need arises
• Undertake regular field visit to intervention sites
• Assist the internal team in conducting on-ground work
• Engage with partners to review opportunities, challenges and advances and encourage collaboration, learning, exchange and strategic partnerships
• Identify lessons learned and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project.
• Provide advice to the project manager on planning for effective implementation
• Document success stories and lessons learnt, produce reports from on-site observations and present it to the project team, as required
• Organize and undertake training with collaborating partners on implementation strategy

Knowledge, Skills and experience:

• Bachelors/Masters’ degree with at least 4-6 years of experience in the community projects implementation.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and operating project from project initiation to exit stages.
• Good Communication skills
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player. Ability to learn and work independently
• Project management skills with an ability to work with the team in a challenging and fast paced environment, and manage multiple priorities, projects and deadlines
• Travel: 15 to 20 days in a month in and around Dadri, stay not required at the visiting location
• Languages : English and Hindi (read/write/speak)

Remuneration:

• Salary commensurate with experience.