District Lead– Programmes, Kolkata

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Onsite - District Lead– Programmes, Kolkata

District Lead-Programmes will oversee the implementation of Azad’s key programmes in South Kolkata including Women with Wheels, Feminist Leadership, Azad Kishori, and Men for Gender Justice, ensuring quality, impact, and alignment with organizational goals.

Location: South Kolkata

Role Title: District Lead– Programmes

Experience Required: 5 years and above

Salary: 45,000- 50,000 per month

Applicant

• Female candidates only (cis/trans)
• Candidates from all marginalized communities are encouraged to apply for the position
  
  

About Azad Foundation

Azad is a professional feminist organization working across social and religious divides to enable resource-poor women to empower themselves by engaging them in viable non-traditional livelihood options. Azad is committed to breaking patriarchal boundaries and structures so that women can exercise control over their lives and live with dignity. This is done through transformative capacity-building programs based on adult learning principles around the self and the skills needed for non-traditional livelihoods. Azad also engages with both men and women in their communities to create a safe and supportive space for development. The organization operates directly in Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata and partners with other organizations in Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow.

Role Description – Key Responsibilities

• Implement and manage Azad’s all programs in South Kolkata.
• Facilitating all four programmes and respective teams (Women with Wheels, Feminist Leadership Program, Azad Kishori, & Men for Gender Justice) in planning and execution of their programmes as per the objective and approved plan and budgets & ensure programme quality is maintained.
• Managing, analyzing and optimasing the utilization of budget.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen programme execution.
• Identify capacity building needs of team & ensure required interventions.
• Plan and organize campaigns for gender equality that encourages women to join NTL in communities. Participate in campaigns organized by other organisations on similar issues
• Ensure the development of related IEC, required for programme implementation.
• Facilitate monthly meetings, quarterly programme reviews of the implementation of all programme and present learning analysis to the leadership.
• Ensure that all training programmes in the centre are consulted in professional & learning oriented atmosphere
• Holding teams of diverse people with flexibility and openness to new learning
• Responsibility includes from enrollment to employment in WWW, which includes engagement with marginalized communities, holding transformative training programme and interact with market to place the women.
• Ensure placement targets for the location are met in both 2-wheeler and 4-wheeler.
• Ensure women sustain in job in both 2-wheeler and 4-wheeler
• Ensure marketing activities are carried out to develop new business opportunities to ensure women are placed in jobs as drivers.
• Coordinating with placement team to ensure retention of existing clients, and onboarding new clients.
• Responsible for bringing in new customers/clients to ensure placement targets are met. Develop new business to deliver on plan targets for the year
• Follow up with drivers, chauffers and riders on job and see if there is need for refresher course and organize that to ensure retention in job
  
  

Professional & Educational Qualifications

• Graduate/Post Graduate degree social work/sociology/gender studies/political science/Development studies
• Good Knowledge of Hindi & English and Bangla
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  
  

Note

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to [email protected] mentioning the name of the position in the subject line.

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