Block Coordinator - Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - The Hans Foundation

The Hans Foundation

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

1 week ago

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Deepika Kaur

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Description

BACKGROUND

The Hans Foundation (THF), established in 2009, is a Public Charitable Trust that works towards creating an equitable society to enhance quality of life for all through the empowerment of marginalized and underprivileged communities in India.

The Hans Foundation works for the Health and Wellbeing of remote and under-served groups, with an additional focus on children, persons with disabilities and women.

THF also works for holistic Education and Livelihood development of our communities.

Our Two-Fold Strategy involves identifying and working within Aspirational Districts and high poverty index in the North, North-East and East regions within specific states, as well as catering to lower-income and migratory populations in cities, through urban programs.

Over its 15 years of existence, THF has reached more than 35 million beneficiaries through its programs.

THF works with communities through direct implementation of projects on the ground in addition to providing local management and monitoring support to not-for-profit organisations in India funded through THF USA and RIST.

GENERAL

Location:
Uttarakhand

Position: 2

Type of Employment:
Contractual for 1 year, renewable on project requirements

Education:
Graduate in Forestry or MSW

Reporting to:
Project manager

1. JOB PURPOSE**The Block Coordinator is responsible for the successful implementation of block-level activities and will report to the Project manager.

Roles & Responsibility
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a. Project management and coordination

Management of project at Block level Under Project Manager guidance and THF's officials.
Guiding fieldlevel staff to achieve intended objectives.
Develop action plans to achieve the physical and financial targets of the project.
Network, liaise and develop relationships with state, district/block level government departments and technical institutions.
Work closely with the forest department and community during forest fire season.
Masslevel awareness drive on forest fire and content development.
Implementation of Information, education, and Communication (IEC) and behavior Change Communication approaches in the project.
Ensuring stakeholder engagement for smooth implementation.
Periodic meetings with the project staff, government department and THF's officials.
Data, case study/anecdotes collection from the field with highquality photographs.

b. Capacity Building of the project staff and community**- Helping the Project Manager to develop training manuals for van panchayats, firefighting response groups and volunteers.

Capacity building of filed level staff and community institutions.
Providing support to fieldlevel staff for imparting training to the community.

c. Team Management and Coordination

Assist fieldlevel staff for optimum use of their productivity.
Facilitates the field teams in biweekly or monthly meetings to review progress against plans, deliverables and find solutions to problems, share lessons learned etc.
Helping the Project Manager in managing team attendance, keeping the leave records and submitting leaves and attendance records to the Dehradun office in a timely manner.

d. Community Mobilization

Mobilization of communitybased institutions like gram panchayats, van panchayats, Mahila mangal dals etc for Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery at block and village levels.
Supporting project staff in promoting firefighting response groups, and identifying villagelevel volunteers.
Community mobilization for awareness generation and increase involvement of the community at each stage of the project.

e

Monitoring and Evaluation:

Ensures monitoring of the project through various mediums and submits a report to Project Manager.
Collect and present information/reports for the project as and when needed.
Receiving periodic reports from fieldlevel staff and submitting them to the District Coordinator.
Regular field visits to the project area for monitoring project deliverables and sharing progress with the District Coordinator.
Any other tasks and assignments as given by Project Manager and THF officials.