Job Opportunity for Project Officer – Data at Swaniti in Jamshedpur

About the Organization 

Swaniti Initiative is a non-partisan social enterprise that co-creates and delivers development solutions to governments and public representatives. It works with State Governments and Parliamentarians across the nation. Swaniti supports addressing the issues of climate change, sustainability, social protection, livelihood, and technical support to improve overall governance. We work through a three-pronged approach: provide research support on key policies and initiatives, on-ground implementation strategies for the delivery of public service, and technological intervention to improve the last mile of public service delivery.

About the role

As a Project Officer – Data, you will be at the forefront of leveraging data for informed decision-making, monitoring, and evaluation of projects undertaken by DMFT in collaboration with Swaniti Initiative. The role involves managing and analyzing data, ensuring data quality, and providing valuable insights to support evidence-based programmatic interventions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and regularly update of GJS based Management Information System (MIS) for all projects taken up under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF).
• Support all e-governance projects taken up under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF).
• Liaison with the district National Informatics Centre (NlC) and the nodal agency at the state level to regularly provide information regarding details of meetings held, proceedings finalized, notifications issued, etc for updating on the DMF website.
• Design, maintain, and periodically update the ‘Digital Dashboard’ containing all information regarding the mining-affected villages collected during the initial baseline surveys and subsequent mid-line surveys.
• Comply with all requirements under the Right to Information Act (RTI) with regard to the District Mineral Foundation (DMF).
• Procure and maintain all IT assets of the Planning and Monitoring Unit (PM U) including laptops, printers, scanners, etc.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Team Leader or DMF(T) administration.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships.
• Strong analytical skills. ability to think strategically, analyze diverse information and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues, and recommend solutions.
• Proven ability to identify innovations and translate them into implementable practices.
• Competency in usage of IT tools including proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Strong oral and writing skills in English with effective documentation skills.
• The ability to communicate in Hindi is desirable.

Competencies and Skills

• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to think strategically, analyze diverse information and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend solutions.
• Proven ability to identify innovations and translate them into implementable practices.
• Competency in usage of IT tools including proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Strong oral and writing skills in English with effective documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate in Hindi is desirable.

Benefit

At Swaniti, people remain the highest priority. The organization always prioritizes the well-being of the team members while providing new challenges to build professional caliber and most importantly create impact. All team members are provided with:

● A well-defined mechanism to map performance, work on individual growth, and be a leader

● 100% sponsorship of Health Insurance for each team member

● Opportunity to work with Senior Officials at federal and state levels

● Opportunity to operate at the intersection of policy, governance, and technology

● Competitive remuneration

● Freedom to experiment with ideas and thoughts

● Opportunity to bring impact to the community in a holistic and sustainable manner

● Supportive team members and experienced organizational leader