Thematic Manager (Mobilization, Counselling & Job fairs)

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About the Organization

NABARD is India’s apex development bank, established in 1982 under an Act of Parliament to promote sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural development. In its journey of more than four decades, the premier development financial institution has transformed lives in Indian villages through agri-finance, infrastructure development, banking technology, promotion of microfinance and rural entrepreneurship through SHGs & JLGs and more. It continues to aid in nation building through participative financial and non-financial interventions, innovations, technology and institutional development in rural areas.

Job Description

Thematic Manager (Mobilization, Counselling & Job fairs) shall be responsible to put in place a systematic mobilization and career counselling system under the programme and ensure job referral services by establishing linkages with employers.

• Creation of database of Unemployed rural youth from NGHs/ NFSA, SECC data and coordinating with other poverty reduction projects/ educational department etc.
• Identify the priority locations and groups in the state for saturation of coverage based on evidence-based data.
• Capacitate the call centre team to reach out the unemployed youth from the database and provide career counselling for selection of courses based on their choices.
• Develop course handbooks for the use of counsellors at call center to ease the process of counselling and admission facilitation.
• Maintain and update the admission information system and publish the same on Kudumbashree website.
• Ensure registration of all prospective candidates in Kaushal panjee or any other MoRD/MoSDE portals by facilitating Project Implementing agencies.
• Organize Job fairs and facilitate enrolment of candidates in RTD mode after job role wise listing of prospective candidates based on their aspirations and aptitude in different trades.
• Capacity building of PIA mobilizers/Centre heads on enrolment process.
• Coordination with District Mission and NRLM Division to ensure data flow from NHGs/CRPs.
• Prepare district wise annual mobilization plan and strategy.
• Tracking of conversion of mobilization into admissions and take course correction action in case of lower conversion rates.
• Tracking batch commencement as per PPWs and collect feedback from candidates on training quality and facilities.
• Establish a rating system for training centres through systematic candidate’s feedback mechanism.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• MBA/Postgraduate in Rural Development/ MSW/Master’s degree in any related technical/business streams.

 Experience

• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience in Mobilisation/ Counselling/ Job Fairs etc.
• Working experience in government projects/skills or rural development assignment would be given preference.
• Should have managed capacity-building initiatives preferably in skills and livelihood programs
• Experience in DDUGKY program would be an added advantage

Other Requirements

• Good command in written, spoken English and Should be proficient in local languages. Proficiency in MS Word /Excel and PowerPoint with excellent communication and data management skills.

Interested candidatesmay apply online in the prescribed format within 10 days from the dates of publication of the advertisement (from 11th December 2025 till 21st December midnight) by clicking on the following links and filling the details therein.

Thematic Manager (Mobilization, Counselling & Job fairs) https://forms.office.com/r/tiG3dS3uiC

Last date for submission of online applications 21.12.2025 Midnight

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