Programme Officer (Marketing & Capacity Building)

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA (EDII) INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE POST OF PROJECT OFFICER (MARKETING & CAPACITY BUILDING) FOR TIKIRI, KASHIPUR BLOCK, RAYAGADA DISTRICT, ODISHA:

Position:   

Job Location: Tikiri, Kashipur Block, Rayagada District

Age: 25-45 years

CTC: Rs. 5.82 Lakh (Annually)

Required Qualification and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in Rural Management/social work/ Economics/ MBA/MSW and interest in working with rural women, skilled youths and SHG community at the Tribal Location.
• Experience in Developing and managing EAP project plans, budgets, and M&E frameworks to achieve defined rural development targets
• Should have knowledge of designing participatory strategies for forming and strengthening CIG and coordinate field operations to deliver livelihood interventions, Facilitate convergence between institutions, Partner organisations and line departments for integrated convergence.
• The candidate should have good linkage with State Government departments as State Rural Livelihood Mission, knowledge on their structure, Youth Empowerment and other related Dept’s concerning to skill development & entrepreneurship.
• The candidate should have experience in handling training for women, formulating Project reports, knowledge of support schemes of Govt. for women led enterprises, and facilitating Market linkages for micro enterprises.
• The candidate should possess good documentation and reporting skills, high degree of computer literacy, data analysis ability and good communication ability with fluency in English, Hindi and Odia.
• Knowledge and conversational ability of Odia language is a must

• Must have more than 6 years of experience in Sustainable & Integrated development projects, Micro enterprise/ Entrepreneurship Development/ Self Employment/ Livelihood/ Women’s related schemes and projects in Government of Odisha. 

Job description:

Programme Officer will be involved in Marketing & Convergence. She/he will be supported with a team of professional, mentor & community persons.

Coordinators, Centre lead will be steering the effective implementation of the project activities. Key result areas of his/her performance will be

Responsible for

• Coordinate with Project Director and Project Coordinators for implementation of the project.
• Must have in-depth knowledge of mobilization, implementing training, bank linkages, market linkages, credit facilitation, funding schemes, Govt. subsidiary schemes and registration procedures.
• Post Skill-based Entrepreneurship training follow-up and handholding, motivating, capacity building of the entrepreneurs to set up sustainable enterprises.
• Preparation of training manuals and SOP’s as per training program needs
• Conducting research to identify business opportunities and potential markets.
• Ability to manage multiple enterprises concurrently and meet deadlines as per the project plan.
• Understanding the right ideas and best practices and technological solutions for business
• Facilitate Business Plan Formulation, funding and infra set-up for enterprises
• Should have strong executive presence and excellent convincing skills ability to hold own point of view in tough conversations.
• Provide guidance, mentoring, training & delegate responsibilities to entrepreneurs enabling their economic growth & development.
• Continuously look for better, efficient & cost-effective solutions to improve productivity, scalability & demand-supply as required.
• Organize and coordinate fairs and exhibitions for trained entrepreneurs
• Travelling to field is required
• Timely reporting to Centre lead and sponsor agency on all activities and developments of the Project.
•  Designing and fostering linkages with local financial institutions.
•  Building project image among Government, civil society organization, PRIs, NGOs and other support institution in their respective blocks.
• Coordinating block enterprise promotion plan and facilitate functioning of service providers at block level.
• Provide handhold support to Udyog Mitras to drive project at ground zero.
• Implement partnership plan with local institutions in the block.
• Planning and ensuring implementation of capacity building activities for community institutions and project stakeholders at block level.
• Any other task as assigned by the Sponsor and Regional & Head office.

Type of Employment: On a Contractual basis.

EDII takes pride in its top-quality product portfolio, the details of which are available on its website www.ediindia.org. Candidates are advised to go through it. Selected candidates must be prepared to work in one or more programmes/activities, depending on the requirements of the Institute.

EDII reserves the right to accept or reject any/all application(s) without assigning any reason(s) thereof.

Forward your resume to hrsro@ediindia.org on or before 30^th June 2025 with the subject line ‘Application for Programme Officer -UAIL’. Please mention your specialization, experience, current organization name, designation, salary drawn and expected salary in the resume.

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