HCL Foundation Hiring for Project Coordinator/Associate Project coordinator/Project Associate at Hardoi Full Time

Under the leadership of the Director – HCL Foundation and the assigned personnel, the incumbent’s primary responsibilities will include planning, strategizing and implementation of Education, Skill Development, Health, Environment related projects of HCL Foundation’s rural flagship Program – HCL Samuday in Hardoi.

HCL Foundation is looking for Project Associate, Associate Project Coordinators and Project Coordinators to help scale our growing organization and interventions in different areas of rural development including livelihood; agriculture; water and sanitation; infrastructure; health and education. The Strategy & Operations team is responsible for setting and driving key initiatives across the interventions and functional teams and is tasked with identifying and tackling difficult operation challenges. Strategy & Operations operates much like an internal consulting team, working on a broad range of mission-critical projects. As part of this team, the candidate will be required to immerse themselves in data collection, draw insight from analyses, and then step back to develop compelling, structured recommendations. Beyond strategy, the candidate will also be required to communicate recommendations to the project management team, and to help drive real, sustainable implementation. The candidates will work on a wide range of projects and strategic initiatives linked to rural development and operational strategies, including those in functional domains of finance, operations, supply chain management, analytics, planning, marketing, etc. This is a great role for a motivated self-starter looking to gain a deep understanding of a social development organization.

Specific sectoral requirements

Sector – WASH

Areas of experience –

Prior Experience in working with environment/ waste management/ water conservation/ rural development projects/ climate change/ quantification of environment of implemented social programs. (ex – Carbon Credit estimation)

Education –

Masters in Social work/ Environment/ MBA from a reputed institute

Sector – Agriculture

Areas of experience –

Prior Experience in working with agriculture extension/ institutional buyers/ crop disease and pest identification/ crop advisory/ soil and water conservation/ farm mechanization/ marketing and sales of processed food/ food processing sector/ marketing or trading of agro produce/ rural development projects

Education –

Masters in Agriculture (Specialization in Plant Pathology/Entomologist, Vegetable Science/ Horticulture/ Agronomy, Soil Science, farm mechanization, soil and water conservation and agro food processing) / MBA in agribusiness management / MSc or MBA in Food Technology

Sector – Environment and Infrastructure

Areas of experience –

Prior experience of working with electrical infrastructure and electrical revamp works/ electrical infra facility/ electrical BOQ estimation & finalization/SLD & Layouts design finalization/ Wiring diagrams/ electrical calculations & installations/ Environment, ESG and SDG reporting

Education –

MBA/ Masters in Social Work/ Masters in Environment/ B. Tech (Electrical or Solar experience will be an additional benefit)

Sector – Livelihood

Areas of experience –

Prior experience of working with enterprise development (individual and group based)/ MSME projects/ Cluster-level federations/ NRLM-partnered projects/ designing and production of garments/ designing and production of handicrafts/ craft cluster promotion and production supervision / handicraft marketing and portfolio sales, value chain, cluster development

Education –

MBA in Rural management or Rural development/ Master in Textile designing/ Bachelors in designing/ Masters in Social Work

Sector – Education

Areas of experience –

Prior experience of working with Adult literacy/ Financial literacy/ Girls’ education/ Digital content creation/ Open educational resources/ Government schools/ Government education system (government schools, officials, teachers, etc.)/ Teachers’ capacity building/ Designing and conducting assessments/ Rural development projects

Education –

MBA/ Masters in Social Work/ Masters in Development/ Masters in Education

Core Competencies –

• Excellent documentation and report writing abilities
• Creative thinking and ability to design frameworks and proposals
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Sound understanding of finances and audit
• Well-versed with MS-Office
• Effectively analyse and present information
• Ability to multitask and work in challenging environments