Tata Steel Foundation Hiring for Manager – Community Development at Jharkhand, India Full Time

WHO ARE WE: Tata Steel Foundation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited and was instituted on August 16, 2016. With over 1500 members spread over ten units and six states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, and Punjab, the Foundation is a CSR implementing organization focused upon co-creating solutions, with tribal and excluded communities, to address their development challenges. The organization is committed to playing a larger role in India’s sustainable development by embedding wider economic, social, and environmental objectives through its programmes and is underscored by a vision to create an enlightened and equitable society.

Location of Posting: Jharkhand / Odisha

Employment Type: Contractual

Purpose of the Role:

Manage community development initiatives through the implementation & monitoring of programmes & projects pertaining to Education, Livelihood (Agri & Allied), Skill Development, Gender & Equity, Entrepreneurship development and others targeting all sections of society.

Key Deliverables:

• Need Based Analysis of all the operational areas (villages plus municipal areas) for finding the Issues and problems prevailing in the area.
• Identify required training and exposure to be imparted to different; facilitate the beneficiaries to implement the learnings and get employed.
• Develop & nurture trainees, entrepreneurs, group-based as well as individuals, and facilitate them for forward-backward linkage. Focus on Women’s SHGs that are already functional in the operational area.
• Coordinate with specialists and thematic managers of Tata Steel Foundation on the above to implement the projects/activities.
• Network with non-profit organizations, state agencies, civil societies, etc., to mobilize resources that enhance the outcomes & the organizational learnings from the development activities planned for execution.
• Recognizing meritorious students/ super30 girls from the community by providing teaching learning materials, conduct workshops, competitions, prizes etc. and sponsoring poor & eligible students for continuing their study and achieve career aspirations.
• Organizing regular cultural & sports events for students of all grades and promoting sports among different categories of beneficiaries for rapport building with the community.

Minimum Qualification: Post-Graduation in Rural Development / Master’s in Social Work / Development Studies or equivalent.

Work experience in years: Minimum 3 years

Technical Skill Sets

• Project Planning, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Digital ability is a must; Adept in computer literacy, dexterous with MS-Office
• Financial Management in relation to CSR guidelines and constitutional framework
• Good documentation, reporting skills in relation to community development related project proposals
• Should be able to guide project teams based on core deliverables expected.
• Desired skills in building synergies, partnership with relevant organization/ agencies.
• Strong communication (English, Hindi, Odia, Bengali) and interpersonal skills are also essential, as you will be working closely with marginalized community and other stakeholders

Behavioral Skill Sets:

• Aligned to TATA Values (Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Pioneering, Unity & Respect)
• Ability to work in a cross functional team, engage across stakeholder groups, peers and communities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative approach
• Self-Motivated, Result oriented, Sensitive to cultures & diversity.
• Capable of being composed in crisis, conflicting & critical scenarios.