Position: Self Help Group Operations Associate

Organization: RoundGlass Foundation

Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/roundglass/3d1f0c69-3ada-4e5b-a085-5486766dd8e1/apply

What you’ll do:

• • Extensive on-field presence at the villages, Block level government offices, other relevant organizations, for facilitating setup of the Foundation’s women’s initiatives focused on financial self-reliance, health and awareness
  • Identify and implement solutions for sustainable livelihoods for women’s collectives/ SHGs in line with local demand and skill inventory at village level
  • Formulate new SHGs basis viability assessment and regularly be in the field to handhold and guide SHG members in their day-to-day tasks and long term approach till they become independent and self-sustaining
  • Assess the on-ground activities of existing SHGs and identify areas for improvement by enhancing output and reducing waste (effort, material, time)
  • Assess village requirements and level of skills and identify cost effective avenues to upskill target groups / beneficiaries with relevant skills to generate employment and enable entrepreneurship
  • Collaborate with vendors and internal departments to ensure results including but not limited to timely release of POs, timely delivery of raw materials, installation of machines, training of SHG
  • Carry out extensive research about other NGOs and recommend replicable best practices in line with RGF’s scope and approach
  • Monitor and review SHG operations at grassroot level to improve the efficiency and efficacy of SHGs’ business models, operations, and output
  • Identify Government programs, district administration budgets that will help scale our solutions
  • Extend support to put together proposals, budgets etc. as needed on ad hoc basis
  • Recommend and implement measures to implement standardization across various categories of SHGs and refine the SOP to make it easily replicable and scalable 

• Who we’re looking for:

• • Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in related field like Social Welfare (preferred) with at least 3 years of experience
  • Understands the culture and systems of Punjab well to provide contextualized programs
  • Strong experience of working in rural India focused on developmental work, preferably women’s initiatives
  • Good management and coordination skills, with experience in implementation of development programs at state or district level
  • Successful track record of designing, developing and/or supporting implementation of financial inclusion initiatives in rural areas, including NRLM/SRLM programs
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently; and ability to work with remote teams
  • Excellent communications and documentation (MS Word, Excel) skills in English and strong command over Punjabi or Hindi; should have eye for detail
  • Demonstrated ability to execute and successfully achieve objectives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with aggressive timelines
  • Proven collaborative, negotiation, and persuasion skills.
  • Skilled in building trusted relationships and effective in removing barriers to success
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a hunger to learn, and a highly motivated self-starter
  • Able to effectively communicate with varying sets of internal and external stakeholders to create mutual wins
  • Able and ready to commute and/or stay in villages