AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST
JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position:
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Project Officer-Skilling & Livelihoods
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Program:
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Livelihoods
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Role:
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Centre Manager/ City Level employment officer
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Reporting
Relationship:
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Program Manager-
Skilling & Livelihoods
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Location:
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Bengaluru & Bhopal
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Number of Positions:
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1 ( Each Location)
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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
The role of a Project Officer is to act as the ultimate accountable person for the Skilling Center/City Level projects across planning, implementation/execution/delivery, reporting, donor driven requirements, financial & other statutory compliances. They will be required to plan, manage, supervise, and organize activities and ensure that project goals align with the program objectives & organization’s mission.
Project Planning and Implementation (50%)
- Manage and coordinate the day-to-day affairs related to the implementation of projects aimed at benefiting the target group.
- Oversee the hiring and orientation of project team members in alignment with project goals.
- Ensure adherence to project timelines and efficient utilization of budget to fulfill project commitments.
- Supervise mobilization and community engagement activities to ensure project deliverables.
- Coordinate with the project team to achieve project targets.
- Assess and evaluate aptitude of the target group after mobilization.
- Assess target group aptitude and facilitate enrollment on the LMS platform.
- Regular interaction with the Target Group to share information about existing programs and schemes that can benefit them.
- Facilitate the target group in onboarding the digital platforms and access govt. and non govt. digital services.
- Develop the training plan with the team and ensure adherence to achieve targets.
- Ensure smooth delivery of training on different modules along with soft skills.
- Ensure regular follow up and connect with the target group during and after the training engagement and gather feedback.
- Respond to target group’s queries regarding training/ capacity building, placement, self employment in a timely manner.
- Ensure proper guidance for the target group through job readiness / self – employment/income enhancement workshops.
- Collaborate with employers/vendors/ businesses to ensure adequate placement/ market linkage/ expansion opportunities for program participants.
- Regular visits to the respective communities/ stakeholders/Govt bodies to ensure project deliverables.
- Ensure placement and self-employment deliverables are achieved.
Documentation (20%)
- Consistently provide excellent quality data and documentation that meet the quality standards of the organization.
- Produce accurate and timely reporting of project status throughout its life cycle.
- Develop reports and manage project documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
- Document and share success stories periodically for program communication.
- Conduct timely and effective baseline and endline communities need assessments and mapping exercises of stakeholders to mobilize and enroll eligible candidates.
Financial Management (20%)
- Monthly monitor and report budget utilization, project expenses internally & externally.
- Local expense management incl. approvals, expense approvals, management of advances & reimbursements, local procurements.
- Optimal utilization of funds as per the donor budget.
Reporting (10%)
- Proactively seek approvals from the reporting manager for project operations.
- Ensure timely and accurate documentations related to project implementation activities, including but not limited to contracts, budgets, expenses, fund utilization, manpower, administrative expenses etc.
Qualification & Experience:
- Graduate but preferably post-graduation in any stream.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the skilling and livelihood space.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Strong personal demonstrable commitment to “serve” those who are underprivileged.
- High personal Integrity.
- Strong PowerPoint presentation design & delivery skills.
- Excellent English skills –written and verbal.
- Demonstrated excellence in time management, multi-tasking and problem-solving ability.
- Adaptability, flexibility, and openness to feedback.
- Ability to deliver under pressure and work on tight deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast-changing environment and continuously evolving needs.
- Strong team playing skills.
- “Can do” attitude.
- Ability to work independently with large volumes of data with initiative.
- Ability to work across teams and supervisors.
- Ability to respond positively to feedback.
- Ability to respect diverse points of view.
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.
