Resource Person - Urban Initiatives in Varanasi | Azim Premji Foundation

Azim Premji Foundation

Azim Premji Foundation works to build a fair, humane and sustainable society in India. It does this in two ways: by running its own programmes with government schools and public systems, and by making grants to civil society organisations doing serious work on the ground. Its grants support partners across many themes, from education and livelihoods to health and the rights of vulnerable communities. The Foundation has recently begun focused work in Mumbai and Pune and is setting up a team based out of Mumbai. This role sits within the Foundation's Grants unit, which assesses organisations, makes grants, and supports partners until the work reaches the people it is meant to reach.

Role

The Resource Person is overall in charge of programme implementation in the urban areas of Varanasi. The person holds the day-to-day link between the centres, the implementing partners and the wider Urban Initiatives team, spending most of the week in the field and turning what is seen and recorded there into clear decisions and action plans.

Responsibilities

• Take overall charge of programme implementation across the urban areas of Varanasi.
• Provide regular supportive supervision to the project implementation team.
• Visit each centre every week to support operations, give feedback and address challenges.
• Interact with the community during centre visits and carry their concerns back to the team.
• Support capacity building for partner staff and the implementation team on identified topics.
• Identify capacity gaps and build structured capacity building plans for each project area.
• Coordinate and review regularly with the implementing team and partner organisations.
• Facilitate cluster level meetings with coordinators from the implementation team.
• Facilitate monthly review meetings with partners using data insights and field observations to shape decisions and action plans.
• Coordinate internally with the teams working on the Urban Initiative programme.
• Ensure all staff use the MIS system properly, and support its roll out and stabilisation in the field.
• Prepare reports and documentation as the project requires, including process documentation and key learnings and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in a programme role with a civil society organisation.
• That experience must be at block, district, divisional or city level.
• Experience leading and managing a community level team.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Comfort using digital and software based systems and tools.
• Working knowledge of basic budgeting.
• Ability to read and interpret utilisation certificates and similar documents.
• Language proficiency in English, Hindi, including local dialects of Uttar Pradesh.
• Ownership of a two-wheeler.
• Willingness to travel widely within Varanasi city every day.

Benefits

• Ownership of a full city programme, with responsibility for how it runs across every centre in urban Varanasi.
• Growth in supervision, capacity building, data use and partner review, all in one role.

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