Job Opportunity for Theme Lead at Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Ahmedabad

Location: Ahmedabad with substantial travel to field areas

Education: Postgraduate in any discipline preferably in management, economics, development studies or social sciences

Experience: Minimum 12 years of experience in functions related to rural governance, community-based institutions, inclusive programs, and financial inclusion. At least 5 years of experience is desirable at a leadership level

Skills & Competencies required

• Experience and in-depth understanding of the rural governance institutions and processes.
• Experience of working with Panchayats and government line departments is a must for this position. 
• In depth understanding of women’s self-help groups, micro-finance, and women empowerment related aspects.
• In depth understanding of monitoring, evaluations, and reporting functions particularly in development sector programmes
• Basic understanding of community health programs particularly focused on nutrition
• Good training skills
• Good communications skills including writing skills 
• Willingness to travel in remote areas 
• Willingness to liaison with government, banks, donors etc
• English language proficiency is must to execute this function. Working knowledge of Hindi is desirable. 

Job Profile

• This is a senior management position. Selected candidate is expected to lead AKRSP(I)’s programs on community-based organisations, rural governance, community health, and women self-help groups. 
• Leading a multi-state team engaged in rural governance and community collectives’ program of the organization. It requires intensive capacity building of PRIs, activating gram sabhas and facilitating entitlements for the poorest. 
• Leading and establishing a program on community health and nutrition. 
• Promoting large scale livelihood activities among SHG members using savings or bank credit.
• Leading the expansion of programs for the poorest households across all geographies. 
• Preparing and operationalizing strategy for inclusive programs across all verticals of the organization.
• Preparing and operationalizing strategy for large scale leverage of resources from flagship government schemes such as MGNREGA, NRLM etc.  
• Liaison with donor agencies, SRLMs, government agencies, and other related agencies for fund mobilization and policy related partnerships. 
• Capacity building of field teams on various aspects of rural governance, community collectives and inclusiveness. 
• Preparing regular progress reports along with regular evaluation of major projects related to rural governance and community collectives.