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Lead/Associate Manager - Operations (50% Field Work)

Plastics for Change

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3-8 years

Kolkata

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Lead/Associate Manager - Operations (50% Field Work)

Buoyancy Plastics For Change Recycling

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Lead Operations - Kolkata | Plastics For Change LEAD/ASSOCIATE MANAGER - OPERATIONS (Kolkata)

Plastics For Change has developed an ethical sourcing platform to create sustainable livelihoods for the urban poor, while transitioning the industry towards a circular economy. Our deal process and mobile platform provides waste pickers with access to fair and consistent income opportunities.

Job Description

We are looking for a highly committed and passionate individual who believes in bringing change in the informal recycling sector through community relations and capacity building. This individual should be passionate about grass-root field work. We are looking for people who share our values and are driven to create social and economic inclusion.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

Identifying, networking, mobilising and engaging key stakeholders across the informal sector in plastic recycling industry to formal supply chain. Our key stakeholders are Home Based Workers (HBW), Waste Pickers (WP), Itinerant Buyers (IB), Van Units (VU), Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC), Waste Pickers Community Leaders, Scrap Shops (SS), Wholesaler etc.
Enrolling and managing stakeholders on PFC platform.
Building trust with stakeholders to maintain strong working relationships.
Increasing plastic sourcing and supply from stakeholders by ensuring ethical sourcing and fair price.
Facilitating management and client visits with stakeholders.

Conducting one-to-one capacity building to strengthen stakeholders working capacity w.r.t PFC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
Conducting one-to-one CRM (mobile technology) training for stakeholders.
Creating awareness and sensitising stakeholders on various social/govt. schemes and services, statutory compliances and policies with the help of NGO/Franchise partners.
Facilitating stakeholder formalisation in the sector by enabling opening bank accounts, PAN, ensuring statutory compliances, policies etc.
Intervention with scrapshop for behavioural change and implementing the social additionality projects.

Work with the facility supervisor and workers to ensure on time delivery of consignments as per schedules.
Implement SoPs for the aggregation, segregation, QA and QC of plastic waste stream.
Continuously improve SoP s to optimize performance based on the Lean manufacturing principle.
Increase throughput per day per worker and yield rates by bringing individual performance based models for workers.
Increasing plastic sourcing and supply from stakeholders by ensuring ethical sourcing and fair price working closely with the sourcing associate.
Facilitate during audits, assessments, client visits and visits by HQ team.
To ensure site hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times as per required standards.
Work closely with the Regional teams / other verticals to find new markets / solutions for the rest of the stream.
Comply with requirements of deployment and sustaining sourcing charters from clients and certification bodies

Maintaining various due-diligence and other required documentation at stakeholder level, managing, monitoring and reviewing it periodically.
Ensuring timely, concise and accurate reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis on prescribed formats.
Ensuring timely, concise and accurate CRM updates and also ensuring stakeholders are updating it regularly.
Maintain case work and community work documents of stakeholders.
Help managers and teams to capture information from the field as and when required.

General responsibilities :

Ensure professionalism at all times and demonstrate exemplary prioritisation of workload skills.
Ensure that the PFC policies, SOPs and protocols are being adhered to at all levels of the company.
Ensure strict adherence to data confidentiality and security.
Willingness to travel frequently, sometimes at short notice, including other places as per need of project or company.
Work closely with PFC team and Partners.

Graduate with 3+ years of field work experience in informal sector.
Good understanding of social and environmental concepts and methods.
Experience of being part of any program/project management or field work would be an added advantage.
Past Experience of working in the fields of Urban or Rural Development, Environment, Community Relations / Interventions / Engagement, Plastics Recycling, Waste Management will be helpful.
Fluency in local language and moderate English working Knowledge.
Sound understanding of informal sector and vulnerable communities

Skills

Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in field alone.

Good data management, documentation and reporting skills.

Good computer skills MS Office and Working on CRM.

Ability to work under pressure and prioritise tasks.

Able to learn new systems, methods, processes and procedures.

Able to meet deadlines and produce quality outputs.

Humility, honesty, transparency, integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.

Competitive as per industry standards, including performance bonus, medical insurance, and a fixed travel allowance.

TO APPLY: Please send us a cover letter along with your CV in PDF format to

PFC is an equal employment opportunity for all employees and provides employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at PFC are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. PFC will not tolerate any kind of discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PFC encourages applicants of all ages.

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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