Assistant Manager - Community Resiliency

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Job Overview:

Job Responsibilities

• Manage advocacy activities, deliverables of United Way Mumbai's community resiliency-related programmes.
• Identify sector expert organizations/ agencies and firm up partnerships with relevant stakeholders (from government, private agencies, NGOs, etc.) for the execution of the project components.
• Create a plan for the execution of projects on weekly basis in alignment with the overall project timelines.
• Manage the project team in terms of division of responsibilities, development, and monitoring of their key result/ performance areas.
• Liaise, communicate, interact effectively and manage partnerships with the internal and external stakeholders of the project such as; Government agencies (MCGM, School authorities etc.), private players (various expert agencies working on the project), civil society groups (NGOs, citizens groups, etc.).
• Develop/ possess detailed knowledge of the project causes and be able to guide the project team and give inputs to all the project partners, train partner NGO's & coordinate with them for successful & timely completion of the project.
• Document the project activities and outcomes on regular basis and submit the project status reports to the donor as per the committed timelines.
• Financial reconciliation and reporting of the project activities.
• Help department head in writing proposal & project budget.
  

Profile Requisites

• Master's degree in Mass Media/Public Policy/Journalism
• Minimum of 3 - 5years of work experience - especially in project design, on-ground implementation of the project, etc.
• Any background or experience of working in the field of education will be preferred.
• A dynamic and versatile person who can easily connect and effectively work with internal and external stakeholders of the project Excellent written and oral communication skills and presentation skills
• Efficient in handling the government agencies effectively Efficient in community outreach and mobilization
• Proficient in communicating in English and Hindi (proficiency in Marathi will be an added preference)
• The candidate must be a team player and should be willing to travel for implementing programme activities
  

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