Position: Program Manager

Organization: Parinaam Foundation

Location: Bangalore

Program Details
The Urban Ultra Poor Program (UUPP) reaches out to the most destitute families in urban slum communities and is aimed at tackling urban poverty through holistic interventions in five areas: Livelihood Development, Healthcare Support, Financial Literacy & Financial Services, Childcare & Education Support and Social Support. Our ultimate goal is to tackle generational and familial poverty rather than provide isolated individual female support and help these families become independent and self-reliant. After 12 months, families have a stable level of income, can send their children to school regularly, know where to receive quality and affordable medical care, have proof of identity and address to prove their existence, access government benefits, and save regularly in a bank account.
The program has covered 8850 families in 135 communities in Bangalore
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Execution:
• Identify communities that qualify under the UUPP targeting criteria and conduct surveys to assess their potential
• Conduct the first “Awareness meeting” and “Program Orientation” for potential beneficiaries with the assistance of the Field Staff
• Frequently attend the centre meetings to oversee the Field Staff and address any concerns
• Visit all the communities frequently, to monitor that all field operations are following procedures
• Oversee initiation of livelihood program: mapping businesses with UUPP team and providing pre-livelihood counselling
• Monitor livelihood interventions: follow up regularly with members and their job placements and oversee final livelihood assessments for individual businesses.
• Monitor the administration of health education to all members. Ensure that the team properly executes the modules
• Organize multi-specialty Health Camps for our beneficiaries
• Provide assistance to Field staff when health problems with our beneficiaries arise by networking and coordinating with health care providers and organizing logistics for treatment.
• Supervise the Field staff to ensure that Financial Services interventions (i.e.: financial diary, habit of savings, and opening of bank accounts) are implemented correctly.
• Coordinate with the Field staff to help families to apply and obtain necessary IDs
• Initiate enrolment of children in schools and creating awareness on the importance of education
• Organize the implementation of tuition centres in every UUPP area (i.e: locating proper venue and suitable teachers each area and managing expenses) and closely monitor the progress
• Ensure that the team properly inputs data into the MIS database
• Organize Summer Camps for the children

Reporting and Management:
• Discuss field related issues with Programme Director/Executive Director and act as a liaison between them.
• Monitor expenditures against budgetary targets and manage the budgets cost effectively
• Create monthly plan with the field staff and provide the field staff with a detailed implementation plan for each weekly meeting
• Making monthly and quarterly reports for management reviews
• Create annual budgets and program plan to achieve agreed targets within the timeframe.
• Audit and monitor the effectiveness of the programmes

Desired Qualification --
Bachelor’s degree

Desired Experience --
• 3 to 5 year’s experience in Project Management
• Inclination and passion for the Social Sector – preferably working with ultra-poor community
• Excellent abilities to build and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Experience with managing a fairly large and dispersed team.
• Strong leadership qualities