Organization: Development Alternatives
Position: Manager (Skill Development Projects)
Job Code: DAD_847
No. of Position: 03
Location: Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
Educational Qualification: Master’s Degree or equivalent
Experience: 2-4 years; 1+ years of project management and implementation. Partner management and skill development centre management experience will be preferred
Skills required: Good written and oral communication skill, Good working knowledge of modern telecommunication system. IT- know-how (MS Office, Access or other database programmes).
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Programme management for new project: enabling linking girls & women with jobs or apprenticeship under DA-UNDP-NSDC PMU project.
- Managing demand & supply side (Trainees pools and Employers pools).
- Liaison with local stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.
- Development of knowledge products in the area of skill development, apprenticeship, placements, livelihoods, and related themes.
Remuneration: Commensurate with the background and experience of the candidate
Application Process: Interested candidates should send an up-to-date CV with/without a Cover Letter to careers@devalt.org or apply online ( Click Here to Apply )and mention position name in the subject line of the email.
Last date to apply: 09 February 2019
Note: Please upload PDF/word files for the cover letter, CV with the filename “DAD_847 _First Name_Last Name”
About Development Alternatives:
Development Alternatives (DA), the world’s first social enterprise dedicated to sustainable development, is a research and action organization striving to deliver socially equitable, environmentally sound and economically scalable development outcomes. DA’s green technology innovations for habitat, water, energy and waste management, which deliver basic needs and generate sustainable livelihoods, have reduced poverty and rejuvenated natural ecosystems in the most backward regions of India, creating some one million livelihoods and empowering over 6 million people.
DA’s Mission is to help eliminate poverty and regenerate the environmental resource base through methods that are highly scalable.
The corporate objectives are to innovate and disseminate the means for creating sustainable livelihoods on a large scale, and thus to mobilize widespread action to eradicate poverty and regenerate the environment. The corporate strategy is to -Innovation, through design, development and dissemination of Appropriate technologies Effective institutional systems Environmental and resource management methods -Sustainability, through commercially viable approaches -Scalability, through partner organizations and networks.
Thus, a conglomerate called Development Alternatives Group was set up, comprising five organizations. The non-profit Societies, such as the flagship entity Development Alternatives and TARA (Technology and Action for Rural Advancement) are responsible for research, innovation, policy, incubation of green businesses and technical support services.
Vision: A world where every citizen can live a secure, healthy and fulfilling life, in harmony with nature
Mission: To create models that generates sustainable livelihoods in large numbers.
Approach: Innovation, implementation and influence to create large scale impact.
The activities of Development Alternatives cover a broad array of development issues. And these issues are complex, requiring sophisticated, trans-disciplinary responses. To be able to provide such responses successfully, the Group has built up a strong capacity to identify the priority issues confronting the nation and devise effective ways to solve them. It has therefore brought together a cadre of professional staff members with a wide range of skills and backgrounds but a common, solid commitment to excellence and team work.
To attract and retain staff of this quality, Development Alternatives has a three pronged approach: an outstanding work environment, exciting career development programmes, and attractive terms of employment.
