Position: Project Associate (Entrepreneurship – Training & Capacity Building)
Job Location: Tikiri, Kashipur Block, Rayagada District
Age: 25-45 years
CTC: Rs. 4.80 Lakh (Annually)
Required Qualification and Experience:
- Relevant University qualification in a Management discipline (Business Administration/Rural Development / Development Studies/ Entrepreneurship Development or equivalent) with at least three (03) years of professional working experience in Rural/Urban development/ Start-ups/ Incubation centres/ MSME sector / Micro entrepreneurship / Livelihoods etc.
- At least 3-4 years of experience in Training & capacity building for enterprise promotion (Micro/Agro/Village Industries/others) or working with community Institutions or promoting collectives/producers’ companies is an added advantage.
- The candidate should possess good documentation, reporting and advance presentation skills.
- Language proficiency in Odia (must), Hindi and English
Job description:
- Coordinate the overall training and capacity building of entrepreneurs, stakeholders, community institutions for effective implementation of the project.
- Support in project implementation and operational management of rural incubation centre at project location.
- Preparing capacity building strategy & developing SOPs, Training Modules and repository of training for enterprise promotion through rural area incubation centre.
- Assist in training & capacity building of Udyog Mitras at grassroots level.
- Documentation of best practices, case studies, videos and photos and process related audio visuals for specific business functions.
- Provide handholding support to Udyog Mitras to drive project at ground level.
- Ensure time-bound completion of training capacity building programmes.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports for the clients and internal records.
- Coordinates and monitors schedule updates, invoices, and submittals.
- Any other task as assigned by the Project lead and Regional & Head office.
- Training facilitation for enterprises promoted under this program
- Organize and coordinate fairs and exhibitions for trained entrepreneurs
- Travelling to field is required
- Timely reporting to Centre lead and sponsor agency on all activities and developments of the Project.
- Designing and fostering linkages with local financial institutions.
- Building project image among Government, civil society organization, PRIs, NGOs and other support institutions in their respective blocks.
- Coordinating block enterprise promotion plan and facilitate functioning of service providers at block level.
- Provide handholding support to Udyog Mitras to drive project at ground level.
- Implement partnership plan with local institutions in the block.
- Planning and ensuring implementation of capacity building activities for community institutions and project stakeholders at block level.
Type of Employment: On a Contractual basis.
EDII takes pride in its top-quality product portfolio, the details of which are available on its website www.ediindia.org. Candidates are advised to go through it. Selected candidates must be prepared to work in one or more programmes/activities, depending on the requirements of the institute.
EDII reserves the right to accept or reject any/all application(s) without assigning any reason(s) thereof. Forward your resume to hrsro@ediindia.org on or before 30thJune 2025 with the subject line ‘Application for Project Associate-UAIL’. Please mention your specialization, experience, current organization name, designation, salary drawn and expected salary in resume.