Training Coordinator

Position: Training Coordinator
Status: Initially 3 months and subjected to extend
Location: West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam and Krishna)
Date: Immediate
About GFSI: Grameen Foundation for Social Impact (GFSI) is a not-for-profit organization registered under Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act 2023. GFSI is a leading organization working in the areas of financial inclusion, women's economic empowerment and enterprise development. For more information about the organization, please visit the website: www.gfsi.in.

About the Opportunity: Grameen is implementing a program titled Generating Rural Opportunities for Women to Win in Agri-entrepreneurship (GROW) in four districts of Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, and Visakhapatnam). The program will create self-employment with a sustainable and regular income for at least 5,000 women, working as Agri-entrepreneurs (AE) who, in turn, will contribute to the livelihood enhancement of a million smallholder farmers (SHFs).


About the Opportunity: GFSI is going to implement a project on rural women agri entrepreneurship in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The project will create 100 women agri-entrepreneurs (AE), and enhance the livelihoods and incomes of over 5,000 smallholder farmers (SHFs) in West Godavari district over a period of 12 month. Through this intervention, the 100 AEs will have a sustainable livelihood with an income of INR 5,000 per month from the month of November25 onwards. These women AEs will be mobilized and trained to offer a wide range of agricultural services to SHFs and will have stronger agency and financial independence through decision-making ability, confidence, and digital skills. Key expected outcomes of the project are :

• Mobilize and train women AEs for building stronger agency and financial independence in order to taking up wide range of agricultural services to SHFs
• Promote a sustainable livelihood for the Women AEs with an increase in their income by adopting preferred entrepreneurship option.
• Enhance the net resultant income of SHFs through increased yields, revenue and reduced cost of production
• Increase in access and uptake of digitally enabled solutions by the AEs

Reporting and relationships: The position will report to the Senior Project District Manager (SPMDM)).

Job Summary: A Traininger coordinator will have the requisite experience and qualifications to deliver in-person or online training in a relevant subject. S/he will be responsible for training the AEs and other stakeholders and ensuring that they stay competent and contemporarily skilled in their profiles.
Essential Job Functions

• Key Responsibilities
• To design training modules and tools with support from various experts like Enterprise Development Expert, Financial Linkage & Market Linkage Expert, Capacity Building Expert, Agronomist, etc., keeping the auditory, visual, and aesthetic learning styles of learners into consideration
• To conduct and report on training needs assessment in consultation with the capacity building expert and program team
• To develop a roster and plan for imparting training
• To deliver training to the AEs on existing modules of Grameen like Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), digital data management, agro-advisory, digital financial services, enterprise management, gender sensitization, etc.
• To equip the AEs with problem solving skills to handle challenges related to weather, market fluctuations, supply chain disruptions, etc.
• To equip the AEs with soft skills to enable them to interact effectively and build cohesive relationship with the SHFs and the communities
• To prepare and present the training report to the required stakeholders
• To make use of Grameens proprietary digital assets and apps like Grameen Guru and G-LEAP for delivering quality programs in established cadence
• To conduct pre-/post- learning and application assessments of trainees; conduct follow ups and organise need-based refreshers for trainees

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• He/ she should have at least 5 years of experience in the agriculture/rural development domain, of which three years should be in the area of farmers and/or entrepreneur capacity building. Demonstrated experience in delivering capacity building programs aimed at women trainees will be a definite plus.
• The minimum qualification would be a Graduate in Agriculture /Rural Development/Social science from a reputed institute; additional certification in INstructional Designingb training content / Training of Trainers / Training and Development etc. will be preferable.
• Basic Hindi speaking skills; basic English reading and writing skills; and excellent Telugu speaking, reading and writing proficiency are a must

Additional Comment: The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Reasonable accommodations may be provided in appropriate circumstances. GFSI offers a competitive compensation package.
How to apply: GFSI is an equal opportunities employer. Interested candidates may apply by sending their updated resumes and letter of motivation to ssrivastava@grameenfoundation.in mentioning Training Coordinator er - GROW project in the subject line and confirming the current and expected compensation and earliest joining date.


Grameen Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages female candidates to apply.