Program Leader/Sr. Program Leader - Climate and Sustainability (C & S)

Designation	Program Leader/Sr. Program Leader - Climate and Sustainability (C & S)
Location	Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand or Madhya Pradesh
No. of Vacancies	3

Piramal Foundation’s vision is to transform Health, Education, Water and social sector ecosystems through partnerships, high impact solutions and thought leadership. We have a presence in 27 Indian states and 2 Union Territories. 

Our approach to address these deep-rooted barriers:

• Partnerships approach to draw additional resources, a vast pool of diverse expertise, and innovations to tackle a social sector problem at scale 
• Platform approach to influence systemic transformation through an alliance of partners for "scalable learning" by leveraging a pool of diverse resources to address a single problem with speed

JOB SUMMARY:

We are looking for a self-motivated, high energy and a quick learner who is open to work in a team with diverse expertise and demonstrate extraordinary rigor in completing the assignments/ projects related to climate and sustainability. This role gives the opportunity to build relationships and work closely with the Department of Rural Sanitation/ Drinking Water and Sanitation Department/ Department of Jal Shakti/ PHED (Public Health Engineering Department). The role requires providing technical support to the State Department in implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission- Grameen.

THIS ROLE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

Develop State Level Initiatives

• Build relationships and work closely with the state department to explore opportunities for our Climate/Water work in the following additional departments: Department of Rural Development, Department of Soil Conservation, Forest Department, and Department of Panchayati Raj.
• Initiate mapping of institutions, stakeholders, social welfare schemes, etc to understand the gaps and identify opportunities.
• Experience of designing technical/leadership trainings/workshops for the middle managers along with developing modules and facilitating sessions is desirable.
• Understands the following flagship programs of Govt. of India - Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) & MNREGA, etc. Applicants that have worked in any of these schemes would be preferred, but this is not a prerequisite.
• Must be proactive in building & managing good relations with stakeholders & govt officials at State, District & Block Levels.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders on understanding needs and co-creating pilot initiatives and innovate scaled implementation models
• Become a catalyst for the departments at state / district and support initiatives around JJM, SBM, other climate change areas
• Design and Facilitate capacity building sessions for govt officials, village communities on various allied topics

Capacity Building and Collaboration-

• Identify domain-specific learning needs of the team and plan learning interventions
• Utilize technology & tools to continually learn and innovate, share knowledge with team members and enhance service delivery

Manage Partnerships-

• Build and sustain strong partner relationships with state level Govt. officials & Partner Organizations for achieving Project Goals within defined timelines
• Ensure timely Approval of Budget, guideline, SOPs etc. from Govt. for Project Initiatives
• Collect insights from the field through regular field visits and provide inputs to government bodies, design solutions to address existing gaps in the C&S field.

Desirable Qualification & Experience

 

• Bachelor’s degree in subjects like Environmental Sciences, climate Management, water management, Forest Management, Agroforestry/ Farm Forestry, Ecology, Botany, etc.
• Master’s degree in subjects like Environmental Sciences, climate Management, water management, Forest Management, Agroforestry/ Farm Forestry, Ecology, Botany, etc. is desirable
• Minimum 2 years of experience in the development sector: preferably in water, rural development or education
• Developed or implemented projects related to water management, grey water management, plastic recycling, etc. will be added advantage

Essential Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills (In English and Hindi)
• Excellent MS office Competency (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word)
• Ready to travel 25 to 50% of the time across field locations and offices of STP PU.
• Proficient in documentation & writing skills in English.
• Good conversational skills in both Hindi & English.
• Knowledge of local language would be desirable: Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Marathi, etc.
• Good knowledge of MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint.
• Should have a passion towards nation building & solving issues in Climate Change.
• Should have the ability to develop people in the team and work collaboratively.
• Able to take initiative and work with minimum supervision.
• Applicants that have worked previously with government officials would have an advantage.

Application process:

• If you find yourself the right fit, please send us your resume at: pslrecruitment@gandhifellowship.org when submitting the application please put “Program Leader (C&S)” in the subject line.      
• Last date to apply: 12^th July 2024

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