About Pincode Project:

The Pin Code Project is a unique action research project implemented in the 600018 Pin Code of Chennai. The idea is to create a hyperlocal model of volunteering that will reach out to the entire local population within a specific pin code or designated geographical area, with opportunities to volunteer in social and civic activities over a year. The goal is to provide options across multiple causes, types of volunteering work, timings and days of the week combinations in a variety of volunteering activities throughout the year, directly and through community based organisations, and then see how many people actually volunteer. To read more about the concept, click here

Job Description:

Bhumi is seeking to hire a dynamic Project Lead to lead the planning as well as the implementation of the Pin code project. S/he will be instrumental in building the pilot initiative over the next 1-1.5 years, including all aspects of project planning, management, and execution required to make this happen. The project promises to be a revolutionary one for the volunteering ecosystem in India with massive scope for scaling and replicability across the country

Primary Responsibilities:

Creating a detailed, overall plan for the opportunity, organizational, and volunteer mapping across the pin code.
Lead the efforts to identify and create a large number of volunteering opportunities (approx 200,000-300,000 opportunities in the pin code) – across cause area, time availability, skills needed, and accessibility – by engaging local organizations, civic groups, public institutions (schools, hospitals, police & fire station, etc).
Building volunteer pipelines across the pin code to source volunteers – school and college students, working professionals, homemakers, senior citizens, etc.
Promoting these volunteering opportunities by using a variety of media – website, social media, but more importantly, flyers, citizen networks, organizing local meetups, and door-to-door campaigns – and aiming for high volunteer conversion, completion, and retention (ongoing volunteering) rates.
Responsible for building and documenting all processes, learning, and insights from the project.
Attend key meetings with important stakeholders across the pin code.
Help the team in coordinating and managing relationships between different stakeholder groups.
Undertake daily, weekly and monthly tracking of the projects.
Manage and motivate a team of 2-3 full-time team members and oversee coordination with more than 50 volunteer leaders within the pin code.
Provide inputs in building an online portal for volunteers to sign up for these volunteering opportunities as well as tracking and management.
Assisting the Bhumi leadership team in identifying funding sources and building pitches for potential funders.

Why is it a great role/what’s in it for you?

Great program and people management experience at a large scale.
Engage with various stakeholders – citizens, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders, policymakers, RWAs, etc.
Use your skills to catalyse significant social impact through volunteers.
Tremendous learning and growth opportunities – not only through the networks you build in the role, but hands-on learning working with the sharpest minds.
Chance to build a revolutionary model for large-scale volunteering and civic engagement in India with scope for replicability and scaling up!
Work in a dynamic, mission-driven work environment that thrives on being outcome-driven and is committed to large-scale social impact.

Preferred Education Qualification / Experience:

Minimum 5-7 years of prior experience preferably in Project management
Prior volunteering experience is mandatory.
Any graduate

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Passionate about volunteering and promoting volunteerism
Should be resident of Chennai pincode 600018, or willing to relocate
Good computer knowledge and MS office skills.Familiarity with using the Internet – doing online research, compiling and putting things together, Google Docs, Social Media, etc.
Strong conceptual, planning, operational and analytical skills.
Good interpersonal and persuasive skills to engage a wide variety of stakeholders – citizens, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders, policymakers, etc.
Ability to manage and implement programs and “get results” as the core focus
Very responsive – quick to get back to people, always available.
Fluent in English and Tamil communication (written & spoken).
Reliable& Dependable – punctual, good at meeting deadlines, and taking ownership of the project and its outcomes.

Other Information:

Reporting to : Co-founder, Bhumi

Expected joining date: Immediate

Remuneration : Based on the candidate’s profile

Minimum commitment: 2 years

Scope: Full-time, be willing to work on ALL the weekends – this project is likely to have greater engagement over the weekends (since that is when a large number of people will volunteer, meetings will get set up, etc). You will, however, have a weekly off.

If you qualify and are interested to take up the role, please fill up the form below

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