Présentation de l'entreprise
Mission proposée
EduCARE India, is an Indian non-profit organization working to facilitate the empowerment, education and environmental sustainability of rural communities. Through applied research and grass-root level development work, we seek to find innovative solutions to some of the complex social and environmental issues faced in these communities.
Our projects operate through several ViKAS centres located across rural areas in north India working with different marginalized individuals and communities towards their life skills development, livelihood sustainability, health and sanitation and education and awareness. EduCARE India has several affiliate programs that specialize in different fields such as education, empowerment, environmental conservation, microfinance/ micro-empowerment and health.
The current Programs affiliated under EduCARE India are:
MicroEmpowerED – microfinance and marginalised community development
Rural Health Care India – health care for rural areas and urban slums
ConservEN – Environmental conservation and sustainable development
ECRC – Education and Career Resource Centre
Young Women’s IDEA – Women’s Empowerment
These programs and projects often overlap and some interns work under several program areas. Additionally, our environmental conservation projects work on waste management, organic farming, recycling and the promotion and sales of environmentally friendly products. We invite international interns, looking for a non-profit volunteer work intern program to join our team of international interns for the following role:
PROJECT MANAGER _ ReStore :
Due to the lack of environmental friendly and alternative energies products in the rural areas that we are working in, EduCARE is starting a new project to promote different alternatives that can be used by the population of the villages. Currently, we have a small shop where we can introduce techniques such as:
- Organic farming
- Solar products
- Biomass fuels
- Smoke free stoves
- Bamboo workshops
- Local products not wrapped by plastic
- Products made with reusable waste
The project manager position will involve research and a needs assessment of the community as well as a market research to determine the sustainability of these possibilities.
Preferred Internship Duration: Minimum 4 months
Overall Purpose of Job: As a Project Manager, you are responsible for one or more social projects relevant to your program, such as Girls Club, Organic farming, After School Program, etc (see descriptions of VIKAS Centre’s Social Projects in the following pages in this section). Needless to say, a passion and preferably background in relevant areas is required. The Social Project Manager works closely together with the Social Project Officers and monitors the progress of the project. A project manager’s role is to supervise and support all of the various projects within the program, from conception through to execution and management, in one of our EduCARE clusters in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan or Punjab.
Projects:
•Coordinate the planning and implementation of on-ground projects and make sure that they align with the overall mission and objectives of EduCARE India.
•Monitor and evaluate all projects through weekly reports and monthly one on one meetings
•Write and maintain quarterly and yearly reports on program progress, and update Program Manuals regularly.
•Institute new projects and develop innovative management, educational and/or on ground techniques.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Research, plan and implement project activities;
Together with the other team members, ensure the quality and variety of project activities;
Together with the VIKAS Centre Manager and Coordinator, assess and meet any human resource, financial or logistic needs for the project;
Monitor, evaluate and report on the project activities;
Liaise with people from the local community, fostering good relations;
When possible, integrate the project with other social projects.
Profil recherché et exigences du poste
Skills and qualities:
Studies and/or experience or strong interest and motivation in project related fields highly desirable;
Good management skills, including financial, logistic and human resource management;
Good communication skills including interpersonal and computing skills;
The capacity to initiate and maintain a project with little resources.
• Ability to plan workload and managed time effectively
• Ability to plan and manage projects simultaneously
• Flexibility in working hours
• Ability to work in difficult settings
• Work without daily direct on ground supervision
• Have a positive attitude that looks for creative solutions to challenges
• Personally seek guidance, direction and support when needed from others
• Be in alignment with the vision, mission and goals of EduCARE India
• Adhere to the organisation's Code of Conduct
Respect the values, attitudes and beliefs of other international volunteers-interns, as well as the communities you live and work in rural India rarely goes exactly as planned; projects often move slowly, and encounter many obstructions, so the Project Manager will need to draw on their creativity and problem solving skills to find alternative solutions.There is a large amount of flexibility in our organization and we believe that creative and new approaches to problems are needed to cause a real and sustainable impact, and the Project Manager is in an ideal position to innovate new projects and techniques where they see fit.
