The Government of Uttarakhand has to reduce poverty by building strong institutions of the poor particularly the women under the DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission) the flagship program of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The current Technical Support project to the Department of Rural Development, Government of Uttarakhand is conceived to provide Sustainable Livelihood Approach that focusses on securing adequate and decent livelihoods that contribute to the wellbeing of people not only through income security but also by creating strong coping mechanisms that mitigate the vulnerabilities that the poor face. The programme consists of a comprehensive set of capacity building initiatives to strengthen the community institutions coupled with a range of support services to ensure the viability of the economic activities undertaken by the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations to include access to credit and financial services, business incubation and productivity enhancement services, business and financial management skills, livelihood or enterprise support, market linkage, etc.

The state governments are mandated to set up dedicated Mission Management Units at the state, district and village/community level for the effective implementation of the NRLM scheme.The mission provides regular hand-holding support to SHG/federations for a period of 5-7 years.At the end of a fully implementation cycle the SHGs/federations are well prepared to become resource institutions at the community level for providing evidence and support to other social initiatives.The programme focuses on agenda of inclusion of the poorest of the poor through transformation of the groups of rural women into empowered, self-reliant community organizations consisting of four stages of development (i) social mobilization, community institution and capacity building; (ii) financial inclusion; (iii) livelihood promotion/skill building; and (iv) convergence as clearly defined in the NRLM scheme document.

In order to operationalize the Project, UNDP is currently in the process of recruiting Mission Manager- Knowledge Management & Communications (MM-KMC) to support the nodal agency (State Government). The MM-KMC would be placed with the State Rural Livelihood Mission.

The MM-KMC will work under the guidance of the CEO, State Rural Livelihood Mission who will provide overall project implementation guidance.  

Summary of Key Functions: The key results have an impact on the success of country programme within specific areas of cooperation. In particular, the key results will have an impact on poor and marginalized sections of the community and help in reducing poverty.

• Entire work related to documentation of USRLM
• Responsible for all communication related to the implementation of the USRLM
• Preparation of IEC material and formulating awareness generation strategies
• All other such works related to NRLM which shall be assigned by appropriate authority from time to time
• Identifying data requirements and data sources for monitoring of the rural livelihood programmes
• Developing Integrated workflow-based systems that provide end to end monitoring and performance against key performance indicators of the rural livelihood programmes
• Help development of the Annual Work Plan through provision or relevant data. trends analysis. etc.
• Develop the overall framework for the physical and process monitoring of project activities
• Guide the process for Identifying the key performance questions and parameters for monitoring project performance and comparing It to targets. Design the format for such performance reports
• Coordination of data entry and file uploads into systems to be used by the Department on a regular basis.
• Based on the work plans and budgets, guide staff and Implementing partners in preparing their progress reports.
• Review monitoring reports, analyze these reports terms of problems and actions needed as well as for impact evaluation and to Identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project Implementation.
• Prepare consolidated progress reports for project management to submit to the relevant bodies, in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing
• Review the existing approaches and management Information systems and agree on any required changes. support and resources
• Prepare reports on Monitoring & Evaluation findings, as required. working closely with financial staff technical staff and Implementing partners.
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support Implementation of MIS and to Identify where adaptations might be needed
• Regular Reporting as per the set protocols to CEO/COO
• Any other tasks assigned the CEO/COO

The position is located in Dehradun; however, the incumbent will be required to travel extensively in the State

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Should have exposure to Knowledge Management and Learning tools financial and administration tools

Development and Operational Effectiveness

• Excellent analytical skills particularly with social processes.
• Good communication and drafting skills

Management and Leadership

• Ability to work in a team and train staff on the job on social mobilization tools

Corporate Competencies:

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards.

Essential Competencies:

• Demonstrated willingness to work on poverty issues and the affected community
• Suitable orientation to work with the deprived sections in the rural areas, vulnerability and livelihoods
• Specific domain understanding

Desirable Skills

• Management &Leadership skills
• Mentoring &Mobilization skills
• Communication, Training, Presentation &Language skills

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