Job Description

Society for Labour and Development (SLD)

Position: Field Organizer

Base Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Positions: One

Who are we looking for?

A smart go getter, who really wants to work in a field that makes a positive difference to people’s lives. But most importantly, the candidate should be a people’s person with good communications skills (written and verbal) in English and Hindi with the ability to work cross functionally.

About Us:

Established in 2006, Society for Labour and Development (SLD) strives to uphold the rights of workers (labour), extending unconditional support to them. With a pan India presence through a strong partner network and with our own footprint in Delhi-NCR, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, SLD steps in with robust advocacy and capacity building interventions, that bring about sensitisation and raising awareness amongst workers about their rights. Thereby helping build dialogue with industries, to ensure that workers welfare is paramount. For more, visit: www.sld-india.org

Our Intervention Areas:

Society for Labour and Development focuses in the following areas;

Labour Education & Women Workers’ Voice

Inter-State Migration

Global Production Network 

Seafood Processing Industries

Garment & Leather industry

Domestic work

Scope of work

The Field Investigator will be responsible for developing field strategies and conducting field analysis, research on the local Industry workers associations, Liaison with the local bodies and networking. The Field Investigator will report to the Program Manager.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Conduct Social, Civic and Labour Rights awareness programs

Conduct meetings with women workers

Providing data to SLD for research purposes

Designing and using pamphlets

Conduct research as and when required for SLD

Provide trainings to women workers

Organize women workers for training, workshop and research related activities

Produce reports of training, workshops and field visits 

Engagement with multiple stakeholders at the grassroots level

Identify and support documentation of best practices and lessons learned and share with program managers and relevant stakeholders to maximize impact of the projects

Establish a strong network with local agencies, government bodies, and other civil society organizations to strengthen the implementation of program of the organization

Build relations with workers collectives in the field and facilitate their capacity building

Engage with women workers for building workers’ collectives, SHG’s, and/or associations

Work Experience:

Minimum 2 years demonstrable experience of development and field work

Proven experience as Field Researcher/ Investigator/Organizer

Experience with Garment and Leather Industry will be an added advantage.

Qualification & Core Competencies:

Education: Post Graduate in Social Work, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Labour studies or any other equivalent discipline

Fluency in Hindi and English.

Good interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate at all levels with tact, diplomacy, and cultural sensitivity, to a wide range of stakeholders at different levels

Willingness to travel and undertake field work

Knowledge of Labour Laws, Industrial practices and norms.

Ability to coordinate and work with small to mid-size team(s)

Ability to prioritize and multi-task, meeting reporting deadlines

Basic IT skills (Microsoft Office 360)

The position will be initially based out of Ludhiana; and later involve Kanpur.

Type of Appointment

Contractual appointment with fixed term of 12 months. Renewal thereafter on basis of performance and requirements of project/SLD.

Remuneration: 2.4 LPA. Compensation will commensurate with experience/caliber and in line with the organizational structure.

Profiles will be reviewed and selected on a rolling basis. SLD is an equal opportunity employer

Send your resume and cover letter with below mentioned information at sld.recruitments@gmail.com by 20th May 2024.

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