Project Officer-Self Employment

AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position:	Project Officer-Self Employment	Program:	Livelihoods
Role:	Self Employment	Reporting Relationship:	Project Officer-Skilling & Livelihoods
Location:	Pune,Mumbai, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Patna,Chennai & Hyderabad	Number of Positions:	Seven
Nature of Employment:	Fixed term staff (one years)

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. Through its unique value proposition, working closely with local communities, the Foundation partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji and Bill Clinton, AIFT has impacted the lives of 18.88 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India. Learn more at https://aif-india.org

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

AIF’s Livelihoods program envisions a world where poor and vulnerable communities have access to dignified work opportunities, empower them with sustainable livelihoods. Since 2006, the Livelihoods Program has directly and indirectly served 2.20 million people from vulnerable communities. Leveraging technology to provide financial and market linkages, knowledge, skills, and dignified work opportunities, the program helps the communities secure jobs, manage enterprises, and make a respectable living. Since its inception in 2006, through its flagship programs Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) and Ability Based Livelihood Empowerment (ABLE), AIF Livelihoods has provided program support to 825,960 disadvantaged youth, women and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and impacted 343,727 livelihoods.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Generational poverty affects millions of families worldwide. It refers to when poverty has become a familiar pattern for at least two generations, although it typically involves multiple generations. Many communities in urban areas have been suffering from generational poverty by doing the same or similar work from generation to generation for their livelihoods, often in the requirement of more support, both financially and socially. According to the “Global Social Mobility Report 2020: Equality, Opportunity and a New Economic Imperative”, released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), - “Indians born in a low-income family would take seven generations to even approach the country's mean income.”

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Participate in youth enrolment process to understand the employment need of the candidate
2. Conduct weekly sessions with the youth to ensure the alignment and preparedness from placement point of view 
3. Ensure placement & retention of the project candidates beyond the project target
4. Generate employment opportunities for candidates by establishing and maintaining productive employer partnerships across local
5. To ensure each trained student has appeared in a minimum 3 relevant interviews 
6. Map potential employers and secure placement MOUs with them to support placements
7. Assist candidates in all aspects of the job search, including resume writing, interviewing techniques, mock interviews and job readiness.
8. Collaborate closely with mobilizers and trainers to assess the progress of trained youth and identify any areas requiring further attention or improvement.
9. Coordinate and oversee candidate interviews with prospective employers, ensuring thorough scheduling and follow-up, and providing support throughout the entire process from inception to completion.
10. Take the lead in organizing job fairs and other placement-driven activities as per the project need
11. Maintain employer database and candidates’ profiles as needed.
12. Maintain a comprehensive repository of resumes for each batch, facilitating easy access for employers in need of potential candidates.
13. Provide targeted career information and resources for specific majors and interest groups to candidates, alumni, trainers, and staff as needed.
14. Ensure 100% tracking, post-placements and retention of candidates.
15. Furnish a comprehensive set of documentation and placement evidence necessary for placement consideration, ensuring all required materials are uploaded accurately into the Management Information System (MIS).
16. Explore new opportunities for candidates who left their jobs or did not join for any reason.
17. Travel to the field as and when required.
18. Support in mobilization as and when required
19. Undertake any other task assigned by the line manager that might emerge depending upon the need and opportunity decided by AIF.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

1. Bachelor’s degree in communication/Business management/Human resources/information technology, or related field
2. 3-4 years’ previous experience as Placement Officer/ Human Resource Officer/ or related positions
3. Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel), and instructional software
4. Well, informed of labor market trends, employer needs and best practices in career services.
5. Experience on employment of PWDs and women is desirable.
6. Strong presentation skills
7. Possesses a variety of skill sets including time management, multi-tasking, inter-personal and problem-solving ability.
8. Possesses passion to work for and with youth including persons with disability.
9. Consistently approaches work with positive energy and a constructive attitude.
10. A team player who is supportive, flexible and ready to take on additional tasks.
11. Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
12. Ability to work independently with large volumes of data with initiative.
13. Ability to work with across teams and supervisors
14. Responds positively to feedback and respects diverse point of views.
15. Demonstrates accountability and possesses outstanding proficiency in data analysis.

OTHERS:

Salary shall commensurate with experience.

POSITION AVAILABILITY:

Immediate

APPLICATION PROCESS:

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Only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

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