Cluster Coordinator - Livelihoods, Chhatisgarh

The Cluster Coordinators will be responsible for the team and all our livelihoods work in a cluster. A cluster would include some panchayats, and each panchayat would include a few villages. The cluster coordinator would need to:

1. Understand and identify the needs and scope of required livelihoods interventions in the area.
2. Nurturing the community-based organizations like SHGs, Farmer collectives, common interest groups, forest protection committees, and so on.
3. Provide enabling support to the Frontline functionaries in the public - systems, Panchayats, and community resource persons in the villages.
4. Be responsible for plan preparation and effective implementation of various livelihoods programs in the villages of a cluster- monitoring day-to-day operations and direct engagement with the community for mobilisation.
5. Enable better access to the community to the welfare schemes and development programs of the govt.
6. Orchestrate collaboration action with the team, partners, PRIs, associated government departments, and the community.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Ability to build, manage and enable a team to work with various stakeholders for livelihood promotion.
2. Ability to empathize and dialogue with the vulnerable communities and facilitate small and large group settings towards a social change action.
3. Mobilize partnership action to effectively implement the program in the area.
4. Strong understanding of the community, geography, and the economic sectors, actors, and policies.
5. Effective communication skills with the community, PRI members, partners, and relevant govt. depts.
6. Program implementation skills - for the various livelihoods programmes in the cluster.
7. Conduct data collection/surveys related to the program and maintain records /documentation.
8. Mastery over at least one livelihood theme- livelihood institutions, natural resource mgmt., agriculture/ livestock promotion, forest mgmt., micro-enterprise, rights & entitlements, local governance, financial inclusion, economic independence of, women or similar livelihood themes.
9. Travel within cluster and in/around block.
10. Interest and passion to work in the social sector, with commitment and perseverance.
11. Computer skills, proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word).

Qualification & Experience

1. More than 3 years relevant experience in community work - ideally livelihoods/rural development/watershed.
2. Post-Graduation in agriculture/rural management/ rural development/social work.
3. Fluent in Hindi, English.