Project Manager

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR PROJECT MANAGER, NUTRITON ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, SRICITY, TELANGANA ABOUT SMILE: Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation promoted by a group of young corporate professionals with the idea of catalyzing civic driven change. They believed that development is not only the responsibility of the Government but the corporate sector has to share the responsibility of ensuring development of a country. The mission of Smile is to empower children, their families and communities through improved access to education, nutrition, healthcare and livelihoods. Currently Smile is working in 27 states of the country with its projects under the four areas: Mission Education, Healthcare, STeP An Employability Enhancement Program and Women Empowerment Program (Swabhiman) . THE PROGRAM: The Nutrition Enhancement Program: Improving the nutritional status of Children and Pregnant & Lactating Women will be implemented in 12 villages of Sri City SEZ Area in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. This project aims to improve the nutritional status of the target population in 12 villages in Sri City of District Chittoor, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The project area has widespread prevalence of anemia, malnutrition, discontinuation of schooling and lack of opportunities for Children, Pregnant & Lactating women as established through our baseline survey carried out last year. The strategic approach of the project comprises BCC strategy for awareness building of School children, Pregnant & Lactating women and identified stakeholders on nutrition including regularity of IFA intake, strengthening relevant sectoral program and strengthening AWCs. The intervention is in its design phase. JOB TITLE: Project Manager to be based in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh NUMBER OF POSITIONS: 01 DURATION: 36 months (full time) renewal depending upon project continuation ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Project Manager will have overall responsibility for managing the project on the ground, support in finalizing the NGO partner, coordination with the local stakeholders including Government (Concerned line departments such as ICDS, Health, and Education) , NGO partner, Community Leaders etc. The specific areas of responsibility include project implementation; technical as well as financial and administrative oversight, training and handholding of village level staff placed with the local NGO partner. He/ she will also be responsible for day- to- day monitoring of the project and reporting to the next level. The Project Officer will report to the Director- Projects and will maintain day- to- day contact with training staff and grassroots worker and administrative staff to ensure timely delivery and quality control of the educational sessions for life- skills, nutrition and health and vocational training and ensure quality control. EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION A dynamic self- motivated and committed development professional in her later 20s or early 30s A Post Graduate Degree or Diploma preferably in development studies, social work, rural development/ management or nutrition etc. At least three years experience in implementation of program for women and/ Children with reasonable exposure to Social Behavior Change Communication & Nutrition Command of MS packages including Word, Excel and Power Point Command over Telugu (both written and spoken) ; good knowledge of English and Hindi (both written and spoken) DESIRABLE Experience in nutrition and health project Understanding of social behavioral change communication (SBCC) and facilitation skills Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting Skills Good people oriented skills, should enjoy interactions with people in the community and other stakeholders Understanding of the government system, programs and schemes Understanding of social and gender contexts and frameworks PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES Self- driven and willingness to take initiative Excellent documentation skills Ability to address issues and problems in a timely manner and seek solutions in consultation with the NGO partner and the Project Director Enthusiasm for community engagement and networking Sound values and work ethics ,

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