Program Name- Swayamshree (SHG & Women Entrepreneurship)
Position Name- Regional Coordinator (Gujarat and Odisha)
Please drop in your resume at - careers.rf@reliancefoundation.org
Position Brief
We want Regional Coordinators who will play a dual role of supporting certain specific enterprises as well as government coordination and monitoring in the districts they are responsible for.
The RCs will primarily be responsible for a particular enterprise in their area but they will be expected to offer support to other RCs as per their expertise and also receive same from others.
Specialization areas required
Considering the number of potential of the enterprises and geographies, following are the specializations required
Homemade Food products like pickles, namkeen, condiments etc– Tapi, Gujarat
NTFP like honey, lemon grass etc – Odisha
Geography and Language
Between the RCs (as a team) we would like to cover at least three languages Oriya, Hindi and Gujarati.
Regional Coordinator – Homemade food products (Gujarat)
Identify the potential areas for promoting enterprises in homemade food products such as namkeen, aachaar, pickles, jams, condiments etc
Work with the women on the product development, improvement – quality raw material use from own sources or procurement, products design and development, diversification of the products portfolio etc
Introduce technology to improve the quality, efficiencies in production
Support women in obtaining necessary licenses – GST, FASSAI etc
Support in enterprises in developing marketing channels – wholesale, retail, online, intermediation etc
Regional Coordinator - NTFP (Odisha)
Mapping of the availability of Non-Timber Forest Produce in the area with the support from SRLM and FIAs and estimating the people dependent on the NTFP
Understand the value chain from production/availability, development and sustainability, harvesting, value addition and marketing to identify the gaps
Providing support in value addition, processing and marketing of the NTFP
Establishing and strengthening collective enterprises in the NTFP
Explore the possibilities of introducing technology for processing and value addition
Identify better markets/private sector players for marketing
Specific Skills and Competencies for Gujarat
Experience of working in homemade food products business
Academic background in food processing or food technology
Specific Skills and Competencies for Odisha
Non-Timber Forest Produce
Experience of working in 2-3 Non-Timber Forest Produce with community
Experience of facilitating market linkage of NTFP with market players or managing a NTFP based community enterprise or private company/business engaged in NTFP
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Mapping of existing enterprises, women engaged in the specific activities and also identify potential geographies for promotion of enterprises in their respective field
Identity critical gaps in the existing enterprises at different levels (raw material sourcing, product development, packaging, branding, orders from the market etc) to provide necessary solutions for business growth
Work closely with the Field Implementation Agencies to develop prototypes for wider replication
Promote enterprises with end to end support in the new areas as per the prototype
Documentation of the prototype models, business plans for replication
Apart from the specialist functions, candidates are expected support State Program Manager in coordination with the FIA teams in the districts, convergence between district administration and district teams of FIAs and documentation
Qualifications and experience:
mhaves / Essential:
Professional qualification in the areas or PG in any relevant area
At least 5 years of experience in the relevant enterprise sector- it is important that the candidate should have hands on experience of working on a similar enterprise in personal or private business or non-profit. We don’t necessarily need a person with NGO background, but even someone who has run a poultry business or dal mill is a good candidate. Or someone who has worked in a garment industry is essential for stitching centres and having design sense in that person is an additional achievement.
Proven track record and accomplishments in the relevant enterprises
Experience in developing marketing channels (direct, retail, wholesalers, online, reselling, franchising etc) is a must in all the enterprise areas
Preferred:
Experience of working in the rural development projects
Experience of working with women SHGs and SHG federations
Key Competencies:
Adequate computer skills and proficiency in English
Willingness to travel extensively in rural areas and stay in remote villages
Ability to interact easily with Rural Communities
Business (business planning, product knowledge, technology etc) and marketing skills
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