Taluka Coordinators (Program)

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About the Organization

Maharashtra Village Social Transformation Foundation (MVSTF) is a Government of Maharashtra’s initiative to encourage private sectors participation to achieve sustainable development Goals in Maharashtra. MVSTF is implementing 1000 villages program across 25 districts of Maharashtra and program outcomes are prenominal and noted by across various development agencies.  The Foundation is also implementing thematic project in certain districts of the state of Maharashtra. The ethos of social transformation program is localisation of development goals at gram panchayat level and fostering partnerships to achieve it. 

Job Description

The Taluka Coordinators would be placed in the selected villages/Taluka/District of the project geography to work closely with the Bank Sakhi / Mitras and Kaushalya Sakhi/Mitras & field team in project villages and strive to bridge the gap between people’s needs and the system's provision.

Job Responsibilities

• Taluka Coordinators shall -Strengthen Community based organisations including women-led community institutions (self- help groups, farmer producer groups, water users’ groups, Education, Health, and Housing) to achieve objectives of the Mission MahaGram.
• Project Coordinators shall ensure and liaise with the local administrations and affiliate organizations to facilitate convergence and ensure Bank Sakhi/Mitra and Kaushlay Sakhi/Mitra & field team involvement for implementation.
• Taluka Coordinators shall prepare Village Development Plan, Agriculture and agriculture allied sectors, rural housing sector, Rural Health, Water Supply and Sanitation, Water Conservation Sector, Education sector, livelihood sector and Special Projects Area plans and other relevant development sectors with the help of Bank Sakhi/Mitra and Kaushlay Sakhi/Mitra, gram panchayat level stakeholders and local administration.
• Taluka Coordinators shall promote all development sectors and project activities as part of VSTF- Development Partner/Donor partner.
• Taluka Coordinators shall identify skill gaps and prepare capacity-building plans that could be implemented through government schemes and programs with the support of project components.
• Taluka Coordinators shall coordinate and monitor Improving key performance indicators (KPIs) of the project
• Taluka Coordinators shall coordinate with local administration to develop and implement integrated Village Development Plan on sectors i.e. Agriculture and agriculture allied sectors, Rural Housing sectors, Rural Health Sector, Education Sector, Livelihood Sector, and Special Sectors.
• Taluka Coordinators shall focus on Socio-economic and rural transformation to achieve the objective of the Mission MahaGram and working closely with block and district administration to ensure water-sufficient villages by improving water-use efficiency for and across sectors and promote sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater for domestic and productive economic activities (agriculture, irrigation, animal husbandry, health, environment and biodiversity, livelihood and skilling, community infrastructure).
• Taluka Coordinators shall promote livelihood intervention in close coordination with MSRLM, MAVIM and other livelihood initiatives of GoM and GOI.
• Taluka Coordinators shall ensure timely submit data, report and information on MIS platforms developed for the purpose of project implementation.
• Taluka Coordinators shall work closely with Development partner/Donor partners to promote social and financial inclusion schemes of the GoM and GOI, linking FPOs and SHGs for promoting entrepreneurship and livelihood activities to contribute local employment creation.
• Taluka Coordinators shall create, and maintain program documentation, best practices, lessons learnt, and success stories.
• Any other adhoc activity related to program implementation assigned by Mission Associate and State Program Manager.
• Work to achieve Socio-Economic and Rural Transformation (SERT) for all and contribute actions on following thematic areas

Agriculture and Agri allied sector:

• Promote formation of CBO i.e., Farmers Producer Companies, producer companies, Cluster level federations etc
• Promote and strengthen community-based organisations of Women and girls
• Financial inclusion and literacy of the Community based organisations
• Advancing gender equality across the sphere e.g., sustainable agriculture and agri allied sectors (animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries), soil and water conservation, livelihood, early childhood development; quality, equitable and inclusive education, good health for all, access to housing, skilling, WASH, employment opportunities through MGNREGA, protecting environment and biodiversity and access to market linkages.
• Improving access to services and livelihood opportunities
• Promoting access to small and micro entrepreneurship program and developing enterprises

Rural Housing Sector:

• Value addition the houses constructed under Centre and State supported Housing Schemes e.g. Prime Minister’s Rural Housing scheme, Ramai housing scheme, Shabari housing Scheme etc. with roof-top rain water harvesting, painting, kitchen gardens, internal electrification, solar energy and innovation etc.

Rural Health Sector:

• Setting Gaon tithe Dawakhana (using available community infrastructure),
• Promoting tele-medicine and generic medicine facilities,
• Setting up kitchen gardens, anemia free villages, Menstrual Hygiene Management, reducing child and mother mortality rate and various awareness program on vaccination.
• Social Behaviour and Change Communication strategy and interventions on knowledge sharing
• Drinking water, Sanitation, Environment and Water Conservation Sector:
• Intervention to ensure village water safety and security, access and management, o& M, Water quality monitoring, water resource management, waste water treatment and circular use of waste water, improving water use efficiency.
• Developing Panchayat Van- 100 native tree plantation in each Gram Panchayat

Education Sector:

• Setting up digital schools, minor repairs in school infrastructure, Building as Learning Aid (BaLa), and ensuring basic amenities including benches, safe drinking water, hand wash stations, kitchen shed, Mini Science centre, electricity connection, solar interventions, counselling, strengthening school management committees.
• Introducing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) interventions/labs for schools

Livelihood Sector:

• Setting Cooperative shops (CO-OP Shops) for Community based organisation and linking them to e-commerce platforms to ensure market access for their products
• Developing labour stops and mechanisms to ensure availability of labor and requirement for labour and farmers facility centre

Special Interventions:

• Building Capacities of the key stakeholder of Gram Panchayat, Taluka Panchayat and District Zilla Parishad on various profession skills that are required for the implementation of the project.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Economic, development studies, political science, public administration, statistics, evaluation, public policy studies, governance, management, Social Sciences, Water and Sanitation, organizational management or other closely related disciplines to rural development

Age Criteria:

• Not less than 25 years and not exceeding 35 years’ as on 1st February, 2025

Experience: -

• 03 years of experience working in the rural areas in Maharashtra, area of expertise capacity development, programme or strategy implementation, evaluation, localization of SDGS etc.
• Experience in working with government institutions, and/or NGOs is an asset
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with people from different backgrounds to deliver quality products within a short timeframe
• Demonstrates flexibility in the event adjustments are required based on the findings, both at the organizational and technical levels, for successful implementation of the assignment.

Language requirement:

• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Marathi is required. Candidates are required to submit writing sample for any assignment they have completed in their previous work experience (thesis or project work submitted as a part of academic assignment will not be considered).

• All interested candidates to submit their CV, writing sample and other accurate information https://forms.gle/AZSEVU4d1oDGyb2U9 on or before 11th March 2025.
• Qualified Female Candidates are encouraged to apply for the position.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be informed via email about further process
• Application that are incomplete and submitted after due date will not consider at any level.

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