Location:
Bidar (Aurad block)
Nature of engagement:
Full-time role. Contractual engagement- initially for 3 (three) years. Intense fieldwork in remote locations
:
The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.
Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.
Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and LOreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".
Eligibility:
- Must be a graduate (min. 3 years of education - 10+2+3 in regular mode of education) or graduate in animal husbandry/ agriculture/ fishery or 10+2 with a technical course (Diploma/ ITI/ Nursing/ Livestock certification/ Agriculture certification) -
- Must have minimum 3 years of full-time on-field experience in agriculture/ animal husbandry/ poultry/ enterprise development - Preference shall be given to candidates with training and capacity-building experience -
- Must have her/his own two-wheeler - Must have her/his own smartphone with an internet connection - Must belong to the intervention/ targeted Block and be willing to relocate to any other Block or Panchayat -
- The candidate should preferably stay within a 20km radius of the intervention cluster/ location/ allocated ultra-poor families
- Must be ready to spend 70% of the time on the field with women from vulnerable communities - Must know how to read, write and speak Kannada
Roles and responsibilities:
- Responsible for meeting all targets as prescribed by the program team. Efficiently manage day-to-day office work that includes administrative work Responsible for timely planning and quality implementation of all project-related activities on the ground.
- Responsible for the capacity building and management of a field team of the size of 10-20 Community Development Officers.
- Responsible for the overall development of 500-1000 ultra-poor families against the monitoring indicators set up by the program team.
- Develop relationships with Block Govt. officers to create a benefit net for ultra-poor family. Facilitate ultra-poor families to access Government entitlements and schemes like Didi s AADHAR, Didi s personal Bank Account, PDS, MGNREGA, PMAY-G, Social Security Pensions (old-age pension, widow pension, disability pension), low-cost insurance like PMJJY, PMSBY, Ayushman Health Card etc.
- Develop, implement, and monitor household-level livelihood planning and ensure productive asset transfer to ultra-poor families.
- Develop a training calendar and training materials and provide regular training to the team (mainly CDOs)
- Develop monitoring indicators to measure the quality of training conducted on the ground by the CDOs and its adoption by ultra-poor families.
- Monitor the timely collection of authentic data of ultra-poor families through the mobile application.
- Attend regular review and training sessions conducted by the program team
We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organisation and encourage qualified individuals to apply irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity.