Position: Programme Associate

Organization: Under The Mango Tree Society

Location: Jawhar, Palghar, Maharashtra

Role Responsibilities
• To conduct preliminary assessments of villages/location
• To plan and conduct awareness programs in the selected villages
• To identify potential beneficiaries with the Senior Programme Staff’s inputs
• To organize and conduct training programs. Ensure that all the approved IEC material is printed and distributed during the training sessions.
• To ensure that vendor orders of bee boxes and other equipment are completed and delivered correctly
• To help technical staff in planning their follow-up visits and monitoring the same.
• To identify potential beekeepers and sites for apiaries for implementation of the apiary plan and assist in monitoring the development.
• To ensure timely execution of the bee flora program which includes bee flora planning, distribution, and monitoring the harvest data collection.
• To supervise the Beekeeping Resource Center Maintenance
• To identify and ensure the development of local capacities like Master trainer & Potential technical assistants
• To execute the honey and wax collection plan with appropriate quality parameters
• To plan and participate actively in M&E activities on the field – Planning & coordination with the field team, timely data collection, and resolving challenges if any.
• To monitor and check the log books and accounts of the field staff.
• To document project progresses regularly as per internal and external formats.
• Active engagement in team meetings and record keeping of the same
• Assist the Sr. PS in program management, office management, networking, admin-related work like HR data collection, etc.

Educational Qualifications

Masters in Social Work / Masters in Agriculture or above

Preference
• Minimum 0 - 2 years of work experience in the development sector.
• Local person or nearby location

Other Skills / Competencies
• Ability to think and take decisions about matters on the field.
• Ability to manage relationships.
• Basic financial management.
• Basic reporting writing skills will be good.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to communicate in Marathi and Hindi is a must.
• Person should be flexible, willing to work in a startup environment, and have good problem-solving abilities.
• Basic knowledge about the social sector is preferred