Position: Coordinator, Skill Development Programme

Organization: Sewa Bharat

Location: Delhi

Job Description:

SEWA Bharat’s Skill Development programme aims to provide need-based, market-driven skill training and upskilling courses (both trade and soft skills) to women from marginalized communities. Post-training, this programme helps women by enabling market linkages and exposure to facilitate employment and income growth. This programme is currently active in low income districts (rural and urban) across over 8 states under SEWA Bharat.

As Coordinator of the Skill Development Programme, your primary responsibility will be to develop and lead activities, projects, teams, fundraising, and strategy related to skill development of marginalized women across SEWA Bharat states.

Roles and responsibilities will include:

Programme Strategy and Project Management

● Monitoring, execution and reporting of existing Skill Development programme activities and projects across states for marginalized women

● Researching and identifying trends, shifting skill training and employment dynamics for women and young girls in India to apply in SEWA Bharat’s programme

● Creating and executing an organizational strategy for SEWA Bharat’s Skill Development programme, including new additions, analysis of on-going work etc

● Maintaining monthly reports and using this data to drive decision making

Partner Relations and Fundraising

● Reporting and managing funder relationships for existing Skill Development projects across states

● Identifying, and developing new fundraising relationships in close collaboration with top leadership, and bringing in new funds/projects

● Designing monitoring metrics and outcome evaluation mechanisms to analyze impact, and preparing reports to funders

Team Management and Growth

● Training key programme staff to maintain smaller funding relationships

● Collaborating closely with staff to identify and attract donors best suited to SEWA Bharat’s needs, values,and philosophy

● Guiding, monitoring and facilitating capacity building of Skill Development district teams

This role will also involve overall management, development and strategizing of SEWA Bharat’s Skill Development Programme. We seek a big-picture thinker, ideally with management experience, with interest in growing this high-capacity vertical within a well-established organization.

Suggested Candidate Profile

● 5-8 years’ work experience, preferably in the Indian nonprofit/policy/development space

● Completion of undergraduate Bachelor’s degree, preferably in related field of study

● A creative and flexible self-starter, skilled at handling multiple projects and tasks in an entrepreneurial environment

● Ability to work in an organized and efficient manner within a relatively mixed (grassroot + official

● Ability to take initiative and leadership even with minimal supervision

● Passion for bringing about real, sustainable, large-scale change for women in India’s most marginalized communities

● Willingness to travel to offices across India as required

● Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, in both English and Hindi

Location :

Delhi, with regular travel

Remuneration : 

8.4L to 10.8L per Annum