About the Organization:
Accion International is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to building a financially inclusive world, with access to economic opportunity for all, by giving people the financial tools they need to improve their lives. It is a world pioneer in microfinance and over the last 50 years it has helped build 62 MFIs in 31 countries on four continents.
About the Job:
Accion is looking for a Project Manager to be based out of Cochin or Trivandrum, Kerala for entrepreneurial training initiative. S/he will be responsible for identification of group formation, support design development and all other linkages to support producer group company. S/he will be responsible for preparing weekly schedule for entrepreneurial training and provide ongoing training support and follow-up for entrepreneurial training with trainers on the ground.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Group formation (mobilization with partner organization):
- Identify entrepreneurs with common trades/skills for group formation;
- Assist groups and support them in all day-to-day activities;
- Serve as a liaison to all market orders and support all actions;
- Schedule/manage meetings for the formation of new groups and follow-up with the existing groups as a regular feature of the program.
- Support design development (material development, customization to suit local culture):
- Identify product/skill of group for the trade to be selected in skill training initiatives;
- Support skill training and manage resource agencies, designers, etc.;
- Maintain a database of designers and resource agencies;
- Support customization of the modules to be delivered by the facilitators;
- Customize the case studies to local culture.
- Training schedule and monitoring:
- Ensure that sequential trainings are delivered to all entrepreneurs for 3 to 4 days;
- Ensure all facilitators have fair training schedules. Provide solutions to the challenges faced by facilitators;
- Monitor training to ensure high quality delivery;
- Support in financial literacy programs of Accion, content development and training;
- Conduct Training of Trainers for all facilitators.
- Working capital linkages (financial linkages):
- Identify sources for working capital of the group;
- Arrange and support the process for applying for working capital.
- Market linkages (resource linkages):
- Identify local market for the producer group products;
- Identify exhibition, trade fair, and mela for group participation.
- Other:
- Prepare the budget for the training and all direct support;
- Create and submit required weekly and monthly reports.
Qualifications:
- Graduate degree/Post Graduate in Rural Management, Social Work, Commerce or related fields;
- Minimum 4 to 10 years of experience in livelihood, financial literacy, MFI’s or rural program management, plus experience at the master trainer level;
- Required – excellent spoken and written English and Malayalam. Any other regional language a plus (Kannada, Tamil);
- Excellent presentation and writing skills;
- Must be based in Trivandrum or Cochin. Willingness to travel to project locations within state on short notice;
- Good leadership skills.
Closing Date: 31 Jan 2013
How to Apply:
Apply Online
Contact:
Sachin Hirani
shirani@accion.org
Kerala
India
