Project Assistant-Community Engagement

 

Position:	Project Assistant Community Engagement	Program:	Livelihoods
Location:	Bangalore	Reporting Relationship:	Project Lead
Nature of Employment	Fixed term employee (31st March 2026)	Number of Positions:	Two

ABOUT AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST

The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji, and the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, AIF has impacted the lives of 21.01 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India.

Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and governance standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and responsible management of resources. As per statutory mandates, AIF is registered under 80G and 12A. These registrations and certifications are tangible evidence of the organization's existence, credibility, and compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks while demonstrating a firm commitment to its vision and mission. Learn more at www.aif-india.org

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

AIF’s Livelihoods program drives a unique market-relevant approach, harnessing the power of technology, to provide knowledge, skills, and opportunities to underprivileged youth, marginalized women, and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) to secure jobs, manage enterprises, and access dignified and sustainable livelihoods while building climate-resilient communities. With a keen focus on the areas of remote jobs, ecosystem support for enhanced female labor force participation, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities for PwDs, street vendors, and artisans around the country, AIF Livelihoods aims to lead nationwide, industry-led, collaborative skills and entrepreneur development initiatives, to meet India’s growing need for skilled workforce. Since 2006, the program has served 3.8 million underserved citizens across India.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

AIF’s ABLE Project is a Multidimensional Disability inclusion through Employability skills and Market aligned Learning and Employment Enablement for aspirants with disabilities is housed under our livelihoods vertical.

• To equip 120 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) with the necessary employability, life skills, and digital literacy skills to increase their job readiness and improve their chances of securing meaningful employment.
• To facilitate job placement for PwDs by connecting them with potential employers through organized job fairs and job drives, and by promoting inclusive hiring practices in the workforce.
• To ensure equal access to training by providing both online and offline training options, addressing barriers such as transportation and physical accessibility.
• To provide ongoing support to PwDs post-placement, including mentoring, counselling, and additional skills training to help them adapt to their new roles and sustain long-term employment.
• To raise awareness and educate employers about the value of hiring PwDs and the importance of creating inclusive and accessible work environments. “Engage to Empower” is beyond skilling, placement, and employment.
• It recommends a long-term intervention in an aspirant's career to ensure meaningful progression over years. The recruited candidates undergo long-term support on skilling, mentoring and training support in technical, behavioral, and professional areas. The areas of intervention are carefully chosen based on a need assessment of the job market and skilled resource demand-supply gap in the given sector.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• To identify the community needs, aspirations and abilities in line with the project vision
• To conduct baseline assessment of identified target group
• To ensure target group enrolment and onboarding in the project
• To enable continuous community liasioning (including families, community leaders etc.) during the project period to address concerns, resolve conflicts, and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
• To support project activities (training, capacity building, counselling sessions and livelihood drives) by aligning communities’ availability and aspirations
• Building rapport with local institutions and govt. departments (NULM/SRLM/ colleges etc.) to access the eligible candidates aligned with the project target group
• To maintain AIF specific documents aligned with candidate identification onboarding and engagement
• To communicate the communities’ regular feedback to the relevant project team member
• Any other task/responsibility assigned by the line manager

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Intermediate/12th std or above
• Preferably one year of experience in community engagement
• Basic computer knowledge (MS word and Excel)
• Handling group meetings in community/colleges/schools
• Good knowledge and network with the local community, influencers, govt. department
• Good interpersonal skills, public speaking and communication
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Excellent leadership, team building, and management skills
• Self-motivated

OTHERS:

• Salary shall be commensurate with experience.

POSITION AVAILABILITY:

Immediate

APPLICATION PROCESS:

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Only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

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