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Job Title: Project Coordinator– Agriculture & Allied Innovation

Location: Bengaluru

Employment Type: Full Time

Qualification:

Experience: Min 1-3 years

Languages Mandatory: English

Gender: no gender preference

Salary: Rs. 4.5 -5 LPA

Job Summary:

As a Senior Project Coordinator for Agriculture and allied innovation team, the candidate should have strong sectoral knowledge and understanding of agriculture-based livelihood systems and proven experience in the developmental sector preferably, Agriculture, Agri engineering, Food science, and allied activities. The coordinator is expected to design, implement and execute impact-driven projects across priority agriculture value chains.
• Agriculture/Horticulture/Food science/Dairy science graduate/masters with Minimum 1-3 years of experience in development sector livelihoods/Agriculture/Forestry, with domain knowledge of sustainable energy driven livelihoods and Agri & allied is preferred with a specific interest in technology, energy access, livelihood, and ecosystem building.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• To support the Agri & allied innovation team in research, identification of viable agriculture commodities to innovation (both tech and financial), and implement Decentralized Renewable Energy based technologies for value chains specific and generic solutions.
• To map and profile the end user typologies, technology providers/manufacturers for identification of technology nodal points and coordinate for smooth implementation of projects.
• Keep abreast with govt schemes, policies, trends, narratives and sustainable practices emerging in innovative – across the vast agriculture/animal husbandry sector.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with relevant stakeholders (NGO partners, Govt. Institutes, etc.) related to all the nodal points within Agri & allied value chain.
• To visit sites/ partner organizations to identify different end user/ commodity typologies to develop prototypes and test new technologies relevant to the value chains. And, to develop different business & financial models for these typologies.
• To coordinate with the other geography teams of SELCO and support them in developing and implementing programs to create cross-learning platforms for the specified value chain.
• To coordinate and help in collecting data and sharing it with the knowledge team to develop the knowledge deliverables (case studies, presentations, reports, etc.).
• Conduct site surveys and prepare pre- and post-implementation assessments, and financial profitability for all implementations.
• Support the team in conducting the training and capacity-building requirements from the implementations and create training modules with relevant stakeholders.
• To coordinate with end users for maintenance and troubleshooting support for implementations at each site by coordinating with the technology providers to resolve the same.
• Support the team in bringing out the newsletters including case studies, learnings, new typologies, etc. which will be shared with the partners, and geographies monthly.

Skills:

• Strong management, project designing and operation skills, along with stakeholder management and relationship building capabilities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong networking capabilities and demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills suitable for collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to process information and create compelling documentation—reports, impact analysis and case studies analysis for the sector.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office—Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to perform field-assessments, on-site evaluations and producing comprehensive reports.
• Willingness to learn, grow and develop at personal and professional front, at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.
• Willingness to travel for at least 10 days in a month.

Qualifications & Experience:

Agriculture/Horticulture/Food science/Dairy science graduate/masters with Minimum 4-5 years of experience in development sector livelihoods/Agriculture/Forestry, with domain knowledge of sustainable energy driven livelihoods and Agri & allied is preferred with a specific interest in technology, energy access, livelihood, and ecosystem building.

Interview Process:

Virtual / direct / offline

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