SEWA Cooperative Federation Hiring for Sr Coordinator (Female Preferred) at Ahmedabad Full Time

Vacancy : Senior Coordinator

Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Cooperative Federation

Introduction

Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a movement of women workers in the informal economy, working towards the economic empowerment of these workers. Over 50 years, 2.1 million women in India across 18 states have become members of this decentralized, grassroots movement.

SEWA Cooperative Federation, works to support women’s collective enterprises (WCEs), across sectors, enabling them to become viable, to innovate and to scale. Over 30 years, we have promoted 100+ women’s cooperatives, reaching 300,000 informal women workers, across sectors of work: agriculture and allied activities, handicrafts, services, social security, finance and vending.

We offer specialized services, such as capacity building, governance, working capital, finance and compliance, research, marketing and communications to these WCEs, and work with them closely, as mentors, to enable growth. This package of services and handholding is offered as a Women’s Enterprise Support System(WESS).

To achieve these goals, SEWA Cooperative Federation comprises of a team of experts, both for organizational guidance and for sector-specific knowledge in:

• Business development and strategy
• Marketing and PR
• Capacity building
• HR and Administration
• Research and advocacy
• Finance
• Compliance to Regulations
• Communications

Designation:

Senior Coordinator (Women only)

Experience:

• 5-6 years of working experience in the development sector, particularly with women’s groups and collective enterprises

Qualification:

• Post Graduate Degree in Economics / Development Studies / Gender Studies or any other relevant degree

Skills:

• Knowledge of MIS & MS Office
• Fluent in English, Gujarati and Hindi. (Oral and Written communication)
• Interest in Working with Women at the grassroots level, capacity building and entrepreneurship.
• Incubation work (Skill Development)

Responsibilities:

• Leading SEWA Cooperative Federation’s WESS
• Strategies the work of WESS with each cohort enterprise and lead the development of the WESS Model
• Responsible for leading the WESS team and their deliveries to each enterprise and to the organisation
• Accountable for ensuring sustainability of WESS via various channels, including fundraising
• Creating tools and templates for the WESS and enterprises, that lead to systems and processes being streamlined
• Project Management for running the ESS
• Managing reporting requirement and compliance of funding in the WESS to funders and / or SEWA sister organisations
• Fulfilling investor/donor requirement for reports – qualitative and quantitative
• Developing Collaborations with more Enterprise support system (SEWA and non SEWA)
• Identify and develop useful partnerships for the WESS (individual, government, private, philanthropic and others)
• Document and showcase impact of WESS for grassroots enterprise
• Engaging with local, national and international stakeholders in various capacities meetings, webinars, round table discussions, to present the work of the Federation and other / or enterprise

Job Types: Full-time, Regular / Permanent

Salary: Up to ₹650,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Morning shift