Consultant- Capacity Building

About the Position

Job Title: Consultant - Capacity Building
Number of positions: 01
Location: Patna (Bihar)
Salary Range: Competitive fees commensurate with experience
Type: Consultancy (Duration is of 11 months with the possibility of extension based on project requirements and fund availability.)
Project: Bihar Urban Poor Graduation Program ( BUPGP)

Qualification required:

The ideal candidate shall have a graduate degree/ diploma in management (preferably rural management/ social work/ economics/ mass communication) from premier institutes.

Experience required:

1. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 8 years of experience in developmental projects with extensive experience in the training development of women.
2. The ideal candidate should have experience in imparting training to officials community.

Skills and Attributes:
1. Knowledge of developing manuals training frameworks.
2. Excellent oral and written command in Hindi.
3. Good analytical skills and an eye for detail.
4. Possessing training capacity building skills would be an advantage
5. Highly professional with a sense of accountability, problem-solving attitude and quick learner
6. Sound knowledge of database systems, and PowerPoint.

Application closure date: 15th February 2025

Key Roles Responsibilities:

a. Lead capacity-building deliverables of the project.
1. Support the team in drafting contextualised modules, manuals, facilitators guides and learning resources/job aids.
2. Assume accountability for timely training of all resource personnel master trainers, and MRPs nominated under the project.
3. Support the team in understanding and measuring the effectiveness of training.
4. Support in determining the key indicators of progress and impact of the project, specifically related to capacity building
5. Support in developing the QAS system for the Capacity Building component.
6. Support in maintaining cordial relations with stakeholders
7. Support the team in developing the project calendar adhere to the timelines for imparting training.

b. Handholding of the Master Resource Persons (MRPs) and Nodal Staff
1. Provide active on-the-job support and mentoring to MRPs for quality implementation of the project.
2. Provide technical support to the Urban Nodal Staff of JEEVIKA regularly.
3. Document the challenges faced by the MRPs and the SJY households and their probable solutions.

c. Documentation
1. Ensure timely identification and documentation of best practices, and lessons learnt.

d. Other responsibilities
1. To carry out any other relevant duties as required.

Reporting to: PMU Lead

About the Project:

Similar to the Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana (SJY) program in rural Bihar, there was a felt need for a graduation-focused program in urban areas of Bihar for the urban ultra-poor. Project Concern International, under the aegis of BRAC India, is therefore, working towards poverty alleviation of urban ultra-poor, in the two districts Gaya Patna. The Bihar Urban Poor Graduation Program (BUPGP) is envisaged to build on the knowledge of the SJY program and partner with key stakeholders in urban Bihar to pilot this Graduation program in an urban context. The BUPGP is being piloted in the aforementioned geographies. The BUPGP is envisaged to have four pillars -
(1) facilitating social protection to support basic income security and immediate needs, such as food consumption support, crisis relief, and access to health, and education.
(2) Livelihoods promotion consisting of an asset transfer and/or skills training, or cash transfer, to manage the asset or access (self)employment opportunities.
(3) Financial inclusion to ensure direct access to convenient, formal or informal financial services, accompanied by financial literacy training; and
(4) Social empowerment through regular check-ins with Graduation coaches and life-skills support that builds confidence and resilience.
To successfully execute, the above-mentioned program, PCI would embed a team of 5 officials under JEEVIKA (BRLPS) to set up a program management unit (PMU). The farsighted approach of the program is to enable the co-designing and implementation of the program in close coordination with the government department to attain program sustainability. For this the PMU is closely working with the following government departments; BSDM, the State Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), the Urban Development and Housing Department (UDHD), and JEEViKA for converging efforts of multiple departments towards the program. Over the period, the program is expected to develop urban graduation coaches, enabling access to government entitlements for the program participants, building an urban graduation ecosystem, establish linkages for financial inclusion through leveraging government programs, develop IEC capacity building products along with robust MIS, for systemic program adoption and upscaling.

What can you expect in PCI
A warm, inclusive and happy work environment.
Performance-driven reward mechanism.
Best-of-class benefits with competitive remunerations.
Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse Children.
Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for Self.
All other statutory benefits.
Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
An empowering organisation structure which values an individual s skills, competencies and potential.
Opportunities to operate in cross-functional roles.
Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit-based.
Young Talent Programs for developing future leaders. Leadership roles for women are encouraged and given preference in selection and training.

Recruitment Process

1. Applications will be shortlisted based on the specified criteria mentioned in the Job Description.
2. The process could also include presentation of the assignment.
3. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend one or more rounds of panel interview/s.

The complete process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks.Those moving to the final round of interviews will be hearing from the People Culture team. We prefer in-person meetings but in case of location distances, we are happy to meet you virtually.
After the final round, if you are not selected for the position advertised, we will inform you over mail. However, we invite you to apply to other open positions. We always look forward to engaging with talent that adds value to our endeavours in various capacities.

PCI is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct.