Enable - Project Manager - NGO/Social Service

Project Manager

Organization :

TRC OMPLIS is a National Resource Organization for implementing - Startup Village Entrepreneurship Program- across different states in the country. (Link - http://goo.gl/2mHCpe). The organization has been picked up as national best practice by National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The project has reached out to over 3500 enterprises in 300+ villages across Andhra Pradesh. (Website - www.enable.org.in).

TRC OMPLIS is a pioneering social enterprise seed funded by Ministry of Rural Development, GoI and World Bank. The initiative is supported by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The intervention holds a key spot in the overall strategy of flagship program of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India - National Rural Livelihoods Mission. This R&D intervention builds upon the past experiences of government and aims at experimenting with innovative ideas to create a sustainable model for strengthening of micro-enterprises, which can then be replicated in other states. The intervention, over a period of time, has reached out to thousands of micro-enterprises and aims to scale it up to more states in India. To scale up the intervention, a full-fledged Technical Resource Center, housed with best-in-class professionals, is set up. The micro-enterprise development initiative is an added feature to already existing SHG eco-system. The added feature serves a specific purpose of promoting and strengthening micro-enterprises of poorest of the poor.

Title : Project Manager

Role :

- Lead a 50+ member team of Barefoot Consultants, who act as top-tier MBAs to micro-enterprises

- Oversee implementation of pioneering financial technology products in unorganized sector

- Get one's hands dirty while solving key problems of rural unorganized enterprises in India

Requisite attitude & Experience :

- (Preferably) Rural development experience, with overall 1 - 3 years of full-time work experience

- Passion to lead a pioneering social enterprise in country

- Willingness to travel to interior rural areas and get hands dirty

- Entrepreneurial approach to problem solving and scale up of operations across Andhra Pradesh and other states

The candidate would be a humble, self-driven individual with passion towards working with youth in rural areas. Reading and communicating in Telugu is a pre-requisite. Candidate would preferably be from a premier educational institute from India or abroad.

Location :

Can either be based out of work locations in Andhra Pradesh (say, Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor etc) or operate from nearest metro to work locations, say, Bangalore. Extensive presence at work locations is expected (2-3 weeks per month).

Joining Date: Immediate or as early as possible

Remuneration : Up to INR 6 lakhs per annum

Interested candidates should apply with their resume with covering short essay on following topic by 10th of October, 2015

- What do you want to achieve in next few years- How does this job role fit in- (Max 100 words)

About Technical Resource Center

Context :

The key growth challenges of isolated rural enterprises are absence of - personalized- advisory services, lack of - exposure- to new business ideas and dearth of - need-based- finance. A productive eco-system, which is required for promotion, growth and expansion of a business, is found lacking in isolated rural set-up. In spite of numerous government initiatives, such an eco-system has remained evasive from rural enterprises and has, therefore, led to the micro-enterprises remaining devoid of their inherent growth potential. What is required is a mechanism to reduce the cost of transaction to do business with micro-enterprises. The key services, which professionals like Chartered Accountants and MBAs provide to urban corporate, need to be provided to micro-enterprises at a fraction of cost.

TRC has found that capacity of village youth can be built to an extent that they can deliver personalized business advisory services to micro-enterprises. Through use of advanced technology, they can also do due diligence and provide - Credit Rating- for facilitating finance to micro-enterprises. Through use of videos, the innovative ideas and best practices can be disseminated to potential entrepreneurs. The intervention has found that transaction cost of doing business with micro-enterprises can be reduced to an extent that it can become economical. The isolated rural enterprises, which till now have remained majorly unbanked, can now be targeted due to significant reduction in transaction cost.

Existing Team

Within short span of time, ENABLE has grown into a 50+ member team. The team comprises of professionals and local youth, bound together by strong organizational culture and a passion to work for rural development for long hours. Existing team comprises Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), MBA, engineers, videographers and village youth, apart from members of SHG women federation.