
Website Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission
Job Description
The Government of India has launched The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) under the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The Mission aims at creating efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural poor enabling them to increase their household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial and public services. The agenda is to mobilize the rural poor and vulnerable people into self- managed, federated institutions and support them for livelihood collectives. In addition, the poor would be facilitated to achieve increased access to their rights, entitlements and public services, diversified risk and better social indicators of empowerment
Job Requirements
- Experience of drafting strategy and chapter on livelihoods ;
- Pilots on some livelihoods sectors planned and activities initiated on the ground;
- Experience of finalizing of livelihoods training module for mission staff; and
- Diverse experience on non- farm livelihoods models in the state along with knowledge of issues, opportunities and challenges with implementation of large scale livelihoods promotion and poverty alleviation projects
- Experience in identifying and hand holding best practices in livelihoods based projects.
Jobs Responsibilities
- Leadership role in designing and developing the annual work plans, perspective plans for the district covering the Livelihoods portfolio in the non-Farm sector
- Responsible for preparing cost estimate and budgets for livelihoods vertical
- Render technical assistance and advice to district on how to solve day to day implementation problems specifically related to livelihoods
- Development and creation of the team for delivering results and outcomes related to livelihoods in the State and review and verify project documents.
- Develop comprehensive plan for livelihoods enhancement through establishment of value chain, market linkages, producer companies, etc
- Facilitate the efforts of field staff to promote the livelihoods interventions and provide handholding regularly
Write case studies and generate content related to livelihoods in the district for replication
Job Details
Company: Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission
Vacancy Type: Full-time
Job Functions: Manager
Job Location: CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai
Application Deadline: N/A