Job Title: Manager – SHG

Department: Community Development Division (CDD)

No. of Vacancies: 1 (One)

Duty Station: Anupshahr, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh

Date of Posting: 23^rd September 2024

Reporting Line: Head- CDD

Last Date for Application: 15^th October June 2024

Start Date: Immediate

Salary: Commensurate with experience

About PPES

Founded in the year 2000, by Virendra (Sam) Singh, former President and Managing Director of DuPont South Asia. PPES is presently working with around 3500 girls and about 10,400 women in across 120 villages in and around Anupshahr town in Western Uttar Pradesh. The objective is the social upliftment and economic empowerment of the girls and women in this region. PPES’ interventions are in the fields of Education (Formal School & Higher Education), Health & Hygiene, Community Development Division and Economic Empowerment.

With the ultimate aim of ensuring financial independence for these girls and women, PPES also ensures that they are equal and contributing members of their families and communities. Education is the cornerstone of the organization’s goal to alleviate poverty and create a fair and gender-just society.

Website: www.pardadapardadi.org

The Opportunity

PPES seeks to scale its reach and impact over the next few years. We are now entering the next phase of growth and looking at strengthening our Higher Education Program. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic individual to join our team who could contribute meaningfully to the growth of the organization.

About You

You have passion for working with underprivileged communities. PPES is looking for an experienced and dynamic individual join our team based at Anupshahr, adding value to the team’s capacity and be in line with our values as an organization. We work with several high-profile organizations, international donors and HNI’s across the globe.  You are eager to understand the organization’s work and vision and can articulate and communicate in simple way to the stakeholders/villagers. Find ways to how enhance our member’s income through SHG.  You are adaptable and self-motivated and ready to take initiative.

The Role

This position will report to the Manager, Community Development Division (CDD) and will work closely the wider team and will play a key role in enabling PPES’s future growth by enhancing the functioning of the Community Development Division and building greater transparency and stronger adherence with all Self Help Group members those who are with our Women Empowerment Program.

Overall responsibilities

              Ø  Coordinate with the NRLM & avail the benefits to the SHG.

              Ø  Strengthening the SHGs,

              Ø  Bank linkages

              Ø  Supporting the VC in the SHG strengthening,

              Ø  Providing training to team & community leaders on bookkeeping, MCLP, bank files, etc,

              Ø   Develop the Annual Action Plan (AAP) to avail the benefits of Government schemes to the SHG community and set the goals with the Team members.

Ø  Building good reports with the government line departments- Agriculture, livestock, NAREGA

Ø  Development of livelihood clusters to enhance the annual income of the community

Ø  Regular visits to the clusters

Ø   Identification of the community cadre for livelihood clusters

Ø  Facilitate the training of Community Cadre & Community institutions regarding livelihood enhancement

Ø  Identification of the beneficiaries from the community and facilitating them to get employment under MGNREGA

Ø  Maintaining the MIS database

Ø   Preparing the report

Ø  Coordinate with the Central team

Experience and Qualifications

·       Master’s in social work or any other related field and required minimum of 5 – 7 years of experience working with SHGs.

·       Basic Computer Knowledge with MS Office

·      Experience of working with an NGO

·      Thorough understanding of rural village families / village culture

·       Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.

·       Meticulous attention to detail with superb organizational skills.

·       Ability to work under pressure and strong counselling skills.

·       Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

·      Good oral and written communication

·      Strong presentation and good negotiation skills

·      Excellent interpersonal skills- Persuasive and self-confident

·      Strong work ethics, flexible, adaptable and positive attitude with ability to handle multiple tasks

·      Collaborative, resourceful with a passion to drive excellence

·       Fluency in Hindi & English

·      Willing to travel within the communities and project related travel as per work requirement

Recruitment process:

Interested candidates are requested to submit a covering letter stating, “Why you are interested in this position?”, updated resume, your current and expected CTC and notice period with the subject line “Application for Manager – SHG” to [email protected]. This is an urgent position; hence the applications will be considered on a rolling basis.