AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST
JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position:
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Project Assistant-Community Engagement
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Program:
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Livelihoods
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Role:
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Community mobilization and coordination
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Reporting
Relationship:
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Project Officer-Skilling & Livelihoods
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Location:
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Bengaluru
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Number of Positions:
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1
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Nature of
Employment
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Fixed term until 31st March 2027 (extendable as per individual’s performance and organization’s need).
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ABOUT AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST
The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji, and the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, AIF has impacted the lives of more than 19.63 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India. Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and governance standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and responsible management of resources. As per statutory mandates, AIF is registered under 80G, and 12A. These registrations and certifications are tangible evidence of the organization's existence, credibility, and compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks while demonstrating a firm commitment to its vision and mission. Learn more at www.aifindia.org
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
AIF’s Livelihoods program envisions a world where poor and vulnerable communities have access to dignified work opportunities, empowering them with sustainable livelihoods. Since 2006, the Livelihoods Program has directly and indirectly served 2.20 million people from vulnerable communities. Leveraging technology to provide financial and market linkages, knowledge, skills, and dignified work opportunities, the program helps the communities secure jobs, manage enterprises, and make a respectable living. Since its inception in 2006, through its flagship programs Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) and Ability Based Livelihood Empowerment (ABLE), AIF Livelihoods has provided program support to 825,960 disadvantaged youth, women and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and impacted 343,727 livelihoods.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Generational Urban Poverty Alleviation Program (GenUP) is conceived to address the persistent cycle of generational urban poverty affecting communities like street vendors, migrant workers, women, youth, and persons with disabilities. Decades of evidence from AIF’s on-ground work revealed that families engaged in low-income urban occupations for generations struggle to break the cycle due to limited skills, low financial access, and inadequate market opportunities. GenUP aims to disrupt this cycle by empowering households through a holistic 5E framework—Employment, Entrepreneurship, Entitlements, Environment, and Ecosystem Building.
The program’s core objective is to enable multi-income, resilient households by providing 21stcentury skills, entrepreneurial support, market linkages, digital inclusion, and access to government schemes.
KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- To identify the community needs, aspirations and abilities in line with the project vision.
- To conduct baseline assessment of identified target groups.
- To ensure target group enrolment and onboarding in the project.
- To enable continuous community liaisoning (including families, community leaders etc.) during the project period to address concerns, resolve conflicts, and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
- To support project activities (training, capacity building, counseling sessions and livelihood drives) by aligning communities’ availability and aspirations.
- Building rapport with local institutions and the government. departments (NULM/SRLM/ colleges etc.) to access the eligible candidates aligned with the project target group.
- To maintain AIF specific documents aligned with candidate identification onboarding and engagement.
- To communicate the communities’ regular feedback to the relevant project team member.
- Any other task/responsibility assigned by the line manager.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, Rural Development, Community Development, Humanities, or any related field.
- Preferably 2 years of experience in community engagement.
- Strong community mobilization and facilitation skills.
- Basic computer knowledge (MS word and Excel).
- Handling group meetings in community/colleges/schools.
- Good knowledge and network with the local community, influencers, govt. department.
- Good interpersonal skills, public speaking and communication.
- Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
- Excellent leadership, team building, and management skills.
- Self-motivated.
OTHERS: Salary shall commensurate with experience.
POSITION AVAILABILITY: Immediate
APPLICATION PROCESS: To apply for this position, please click here
Only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
AIFT is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and ensures equal opportunity for all, without discrimination.