Recognising the need to raise awareness and maximise participation from rural communities in the electoral process, the Election Commission of India has initiated ‘Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation’(SVEEP) programme. The initiative is being supported by Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) amongst poor & marginalised indigenous communities of Khunti district in Jharkhand. The Lok Sabha Election in Khunti district of Jharkhand is scheduled on 6th May 2019. The ambition is to ensure at least 80% voter turnout on election day 6th May 2019.
“Our entire team at Khunti comprising of eight professionals and two support staff have been involved in the campaign. This is not a funded initiative, however, at PRADAN we are committed towards all the 47,600 families of Khunti whom we work with through 3,000 SHGs. PRADAN has been working on awareness and education programmes with local communities for over 25 years.” said Prem Shankar, Team Coordinator, PRADAN. The entire initiative will reach around 4,000 people from about 35 villages. PRADAN has conducted awareness campaigns in Gopla, Gufu, Jaria and Husir villages with participation from the local women SHG members. The campaign seeks to educate voters about accepted identification at polling booths; impressing the importance of the right to choose freely and creating awareness about checking and adding one's name to the voting list.
The local district administration is working with various stakeholders including NGOs, local federations, banks, and media to organize voter awareness campaigns under SVEEP. As a key partner on various government flagship programmes in the past, PRADAN was an obvious choice for the district administration for outreach to the remote areas. PRADAN believes that not only it is important for people to vote so as to become more visible to government bodies as an active voting area but also that exercising adult franchise is an essential part of their work related to rights and entitlement.
PRADAN was founded with the idea that young people, with compassion and competence, must work with the most marginalised sections to shape a just and equitable society. PRADAN has been spearheading ‘Just and Equitable Society’ - empowering communities to take charge of their own development. PRADAN works in seven states of Central and Eastern India, which have significant number of rural poor, empowering them to shape their own lives. PRADAN’s 36 year engagement at the grassroots has seen PRADAN grow to be regarded as India’s foremost NGO working on rural transformation. PRADAN has been a path breaker in adoption of gender diversity for development, and are regarded as the leaders in innovation in the social sector.
Towards, this PRADAN worked with 764,539 households through 58,316 SHGs and their Federations to deepen their engagement at the village, Gram Panchayat and block levels. PRADAN facilitated these women’s collectives increasingly to be the drivers of change in their area. These collectives led actions on livelihoods, addressing gender inequities and participatory governance, improving access to education and health services and nutrition to women.
To realise the vision of a just and equitable society, PRADAN seeks to expand its reach three-fold to 10 million by 2022, which is 15% of poorest families in the poorest 52 districts of India. Change at this scale will substantially impact the conception and delivery of public programmes and create multiple ‘impact nuclei’ that will trigger economic vibrancy locally, allowing many more to merge out of poverty as a consequence.
Organization: Professional Assistance for Development Action
Designation: Employment Facilitator
Number of Positions: 1
Locations: 1)Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
PRADAN aims at providing relevant employability skills to young women from its states of operation – Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh- and help them get linked to appropriate employment opportunities. A major destination of employment is in the four southern states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi NCR Region in potential sectors such as manufacturing, automotive, e-commerce, garments, textiles, hospitality, healthcare and retail industry. PRADAN is looking for a person to liaison with employers and young women who are engaged so that they work in a dignified work environment, able to retain themselves and build a long-term career for themselves. The person would be reporting to Integrator, PRADAN.
Key Deliverables:
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:
Education
Applicants must have Degree/Post Graduate Degree/ Diploma preferably in Social Sciences, Rural Development/ Management or equivalent, from a reputed institute.
Experience
(1) Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in rural / urban development / skilling / employability programmes.
(2) Experience of working with employment generation programs is preferable, and not mandatory.
Skills and Competencies:
(1) Good written and oral communication skills in English and functional communication in Hindi and Tamil is preferable
(2) Excellent interpersonal skills
(3) Excellent team skills
(4) Willing to travel
COMPENSATION OFFERED
Compensation offered to the selected candidate shall be commensurate with qualifications, experience, and past salary history.
LOCATION
The job requires the person to be on the go; can operate from Coimbatore but should be willing to visit the employment facilities on a regular basis.
Founded in 1983, PRADAN has been at the forefront of innovations in rural development and has played a significant role in the design and implementation improvement of major rural development programmes. Given the deep deprivation in rural pockets, particularly among tribal and vulnerable groups, we promote sustainable livelihoods, integrated with work on issues of Gender, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Climate Change, Skilling and Governance. We currently work across 8 states, reaching out to 2.8 million households in collaboration with more than 100 NGO partners. PRADAN is an equal opportunity organisation. To learn more, please visit us at: www.pradan.net.
As an Executive (Communications), the incumbent is supposed to be a knowledgeable, self-motivated and passionate individual with a creative bent of mind. The major focus area would be to promote and help flourish the practice of reflective writing and process documentation. The role involves content generation, curation, presentation and publication of articles for internal forums and external agencies including mainstream media. The person will also be responsible for organising training events for the same. Creating and implementing the media strategy to showcase PRADAN’s successes and challenges will be another key aspect of the position.
The qualifying degree is a minimum of 16 years of education (A Master’s degree in English literature, or any other social science stream).
A degree or diploma in Mass Communication from a reputed institute is preferred
Nature of Engagement: Regular position with a probation period of six months.
Remuneration: Based on qualification and experience the CTC would be in the range of INR 8 to 10 lakhs per annum. The CTC includes basic pay and other allowances. Apart from this, provision of deferred benefits such as PF, Gratuity, NPS, Insurance (Term life insurance, hospitalization insurance for self and dependents and accident insurance policy) are provided.
Place of posting: In PRADAN locations (possibly district town or state capital)
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Those shortlisted will be invited to a selection process in Noida, tentatively in the first week of September 2024.
PRADAN is an equal opportunity employer. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates with the relevant background and fulfilling the eligibility criteria are visit our website https://www.pradan.net/join-us/#careers and fill the ‘Application for Executive (Communications)’.Applications close by August 31, 2024.