Position Title: Senior State Program Manager- (SSPM)
Organization: Village Social Transformation Foundation
No. of Positions: 1 (One)
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Salary: Upto Rs. 90,000/- Per Month
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Term of Reference: Senior State Program Manager- (SSPM)
Maharashtra Village Social Transformation Foundation (MVSTF) is a Government of Maharashtra’s initiative to encourage private sector participation to achieve sustainable development Goals in Maharashtra. MVSTF is implementing a 1000 villages program across 25 districts of Maharashtra and program outcomes are prenominal and noted by various development agencies. The Foundation is also implementing thematic project in certain districts of the state of Maharashtra. The ethos of social transformation program is localization of development goals at gram panchayat level and fostering partnerships to achieve it.
The Government of Maharashtra alongside India’s leading private and social sector organizations envisaged a uniform and collaborative vehicle for socio-economic rural transformation. The Foundation will unite Government efforts with activities undertaken by corporates under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Act.
As a first of its kind convergence, the Foundation’s objective is to bring about the total reform of rural Maharashtra by providing hard & soft infrastructure and quality last mile service delivery. All initiatives under the foundation will center on empowering villages to practice self-sustainable development.
The Village Social Transformation Foundation in collaboration with the development partners is implementing Mission MahaGram across the selected districts i.e. Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Ch. Sambhajinagar, Latur, Parbhani, Dharashiv (Osmanabad), Solapur, Pune, Jalgaon and Nagpur.
The Foundation intends to engage the professionals for the implementation “Strengthen Rural Livelihood in Aspirational and Farmer Suicide prone districts” project in 1 years from 2026, the engagement of the professionals will be purely on the contractual basis initially for 11 months and subject to renewal based on performance and availability of funding.
Key roles and responsibilities to be performed by Senior State Program Manager- (SSPM) are:
- The Senior State Program Manager (SSPM) will monitor Regional Coordinators, district/field teams to undertake various project interventions:
- Lead to Regional Coordinators, district/field level teams to prepare annual capacity building plan and initiate actions to build capacities of the project stakeholders with help of Government Departments, research institute and other relevant stakeholders
- Program Design and interventions: Strategizing and designing interventions across key thematic areas, including Agriculture and Allied sectors, Water Security, and Government Convergence with various sectors.
- Impact Documentation: Creating baseline data and site-specific micro-plans to monitor intervention impacts on local communities.
- Administrative Responsibilities: Maintaining regular correspondence and preparing comprehensive reports for the VSTF Executive Council and Governing Council, chaired by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
- Compliance: Ensuring statutory and legal compliance across project sites, particularly regarding sustainability and environmental standards and CSR Compliance.
- Livelihood, Market Linkages & Enterprise Development: Ability to develop operating plans, micro-plans, and annual budgets, extensive skills in market assessment, identifying non-farm livelihood opportunities, and building value chains.
- Community Mobilization, Institution Building & Stakeholder Engagement: Expertise in strengthening Self-Help Groups (SHGs), producer collectives, and community-based organizations, skilled in managing relationships with donors, government, FPOs, SHGs, and the private sector, Working closely with high-level corporate leaders, philanthropic organizations (e.g., Tata Trusts, Mahindra Group), and government departments.
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL): Ability to design and Management Information Systems (MIS) dashboards to track program performance against key milestones, track KPIs, and manage M&E systems, managing digital initiatives.
- Documentation & Reporting: Excellent report writing skills, including documenting success stories and preparing financial utilization reports,providing technical expertise and insights to incorporate corporate best practices into government administrative machinery, Strong analytical and report-writing skills, including the submission of work samples.
- Technical Guidance, Knowledge & Extension: Understanding of regenerative agriculture, climate-resilient farming, water security, or skill development frameworks, Provide technical support for enhancing water use efficiency (solar irrigation, micro-irrigation) and soil health. Organize training, demonstrations, and farmer field days.
- Strategic Planning: Ability to align project goals with organizational mission and state development goals.
- Team Leadership: Experience in managing large, cross-functional teams, hiring, and conducting performance management, Support and direction to the Regional Coordinator and also coordination with field team for monitoring and problem-solving purpose and
- Financial & Risk Management: Ability to identify challenges, analyze risks, and implement corrective actions, Proficient in budget forecasting, monitoring expenditures, and ensuring audit compliance.
- Project Planning & Strategy: Formulate, design, and implement technical strategies ensure timely project planning and effective execution for sustainable practices in agriculture, including cropping pattern diversification, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) Ai- Agriculture and other relevant initiatives with the help of Regional Coordinators and District/Field teams.
- Implementation & Coordination: Oversee project activities at the state, district, and block levels, ensuring timely delivery of targets in collaboration with line departments (e.g., AH&V, Horticulture, Soil Conservation).
- Capacity Building: Develop training modules, facilitate Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), and strengthen the capacity of field-level staff,preparing annual capacity building plans and initiating actions to up skill project stakeholders, including government departments and research institutes.
- Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E): Monitor project progress through field visits, develop dashboards, analyze data for decision-making, and prepare periodic progress reports (weekly/monthly/annual). Ability to develop and implement M&E frameworks to track project outcomes.
- Convergence & Planning: Ability to create annual convergence plans with line departments for livelihood strengthening.
- Model Building: Experience in creating, scaling, and replicating sustainable rural livelihood models.
- Reporting: Submit progress reports and, where applicable, support the development of research papers on project outcomes.
- Any other tasks assigned by the Senior Management of the Foundation.
Thematic areas under Mission MahaGram:
Agriculture and Agri allied sector:
- Promote formation of CBO i.e., Farmers Producer Companies, producer companies, Cluster level federations etc
- Promote and strengthen community-based organizations of Women and girls
- Financial inclusion and literacy of the Community based organizations
- Advancing gender equality across the sphere e.g., sustainable agriculture and agri allied sectors (animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries), soil and water conservation, livelihood, early childhood development; quality, equitable and inclusive education, good health for all, access to housing, skilling, WASH, employment opportunities through MGNREGA, protecting environment and biodiversity and access to market linkages.
- Improving access to services and livelihood opportunities
- Promoting access to small and micro entrepreneurship program and developing enterprises
Rural Housing Sector:
- Value addition the houses constructed under Centre and State supported Housing Schemes e.g. Prime Minister’s Rural Housing scheme, Ramai housing scheme, Shabari housing Scheme etc. with roof-top rain water harvesting, painting, kitchen gardens, internal electrification, solar energy and innovation etc.
Rural Health Sector:
- Setting Gaon tithe Dawakhana (using available community infrastructure),
- Promoting tele-medicine and generic medicine facilities,
- Setting up kitchen gardens, anemia free villages, Menstrual Hygiene Management, reducing child and mother mortality rate and various awareness program on vaccination.
- Social Behaviour and Change Communication strategy and interventions on knowledge sharing
- Drinking water, Sanitation, Environment and Water Conservation Sector:
- Intervention to ensure village water safety and security, access and management, o& M, Water quality monitoring, water resource management, waste water treatment and circular use of waste water, improving water use efficiency.
- Developing Panchayat Van- 100 native tree plantation in each Gram Panchayat
Education Sector:
- Setting up digital schools, minor repairs in school infrastructure, Building as Learning Aid (BaLa), and ensuring basic amenities including benches, safe drinking water, hand wash stations, kitchen shed, Mini Science centre, electricity connection, solar interventions, counselling, strengthening school management committees.
- Introducing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) interventions/labs for schools
Livelihood Sector:
- Setting Cooperative shops (CO-OP Shops) for Community based organisation and linking them to e-commerce platforms to ensure market access for their products
- Developing labour stops and mechanisms to ensure availability of labor and requirement for labour and farmers facility centre
Higher Education Sector:
- To encourage the development of employment-oriented education programs for young men and women in collaboration with colleges and universities in the included districts and with the help of private sector entrepreneurs, thereby increasing the participation of youth from the villages covered by the initiative and creating employment opportunities both domestically and internationally.
- This includes establishing employment counseling centers on college and university campuses with the help of industry groups to support the local economy, and providing counseling, technical guidance, and assistance with the selection process to candidates interested in securing employment opportunities abroad.
Urbanization and Infrastructure Sector:
- Assisting private companies that are interested to work with the municipal corporation and municipal council areas for districts that are included under Mission MahaGram. The aim is to develop partnerships for climate action and promoting dense tree plantation using the Miyawaki/ Atal Anand Dense Forest method in urban areas, and undertaking various initiatives to increase green cover in urban areas.
- Assist private sector companies interested in working in the areas of wastewater management, solid waste management, and infrastructure development within the municipal corporation and municipal council areas of the included districts, in developing partnerships with the respective municipal corporations.
Skill and Innovation Sector:
- To create a state-level Maha-database by collecting information on youth in various districts that are included in the mission, regarding the skills required for working in different sectors; to inform rural youth about available employment opportunities through the National Skill Development Corporation and the State Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, and to create awareness about employment.
- To provide assistance and guidance to rural youth to avail employment opportunities in India and abroad.
Special Interventions:
- Building Capacities of the key stakeholder of Gram Panchayat, Taluka Panchayat and District Zilla Parishad on various profession skills that are required for the implementation of the project.
Age Criteria:
- Not less than 30 years and not exceeding 50 years’ as on 28th, February, 2026
Experience:
- At least 07 years of specific experience in designing, implementing, and monitoring livelihoods projects, particularly focusing on interventions in Aspirational districts, poverty reduction and rural development.
- Out of total work experience minimum 3 years’ experience working in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) proposal writing, evaluation and CSR project implementation, report writing
Education:
- Graduate in Rural Development, Social Sciences, Social Work, Agriculture, Agribusiness Management, or Business Administration (MBA). Preferred: Candidates with specialized knowledge in livelihood strengthening, value chain development, or rural entrepreneurship with higher education and work experience shall be given.
Language:
- Excellent command of written and spoken English and Marathi is required. Candidates will go through a written test before final selection.
Duty Location:
- Mumbai, Maharashtra with frequent travel to project villages.
Required skills
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written command of English and the local language (e.g., Hindi, Marathi).
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical abilities, particularly with social processes and data.
- Flexibility & Innovation: Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and adopt innovative approaches to livelihood challenges.
- Tech Savvy: Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data-enabled, real-time monitoring tools.
- Field Orientation: Willingness to travel frequently to rural areas for monitoring and capacity building.
- Rural Development Expertise: Deep knowledge of thematic areas such as agriculture and allied sectors, water security, rural livelihoods and digital literacy.
- Program & Project Management: Proficiency in methodologies to handle complex interdependencies between multiple projects.
- Financial & Budgetary Management: Experience in overseeing large program budgets, ensuring expenditures align with Annual Work Plans and Rural Village Development Plans.
- Digital Literacy: Mastery of Management Information Systems (MIS and data analysis tools to track performance indicators.
- Experience in providing policy advisory services, research documentation, to governments related to sustainable development and rural development planning with authority and credibility;
- Experience with the design and/or implementation of development projects to promote sustainable development goals.
- All interested candidates can submit their CV with accurate information via Google link: https://forms.gle/RnTDeDVmkHQEkVMA7on or before 07th April, 2026.
- Qualified Female Candidates are encouraged to apply for the position.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be informed via email about further process
- Applications that are incomplete not submitted on Google Form and submitted after the due date will not be considered at any level.