About The Pincode Project: The Chennai 600018 Project is a unique action research project. The idea is to create a hyperlocal model of volunteering that will reach out to the entire local population within the pincode with thousands of opportunities to volunteer in social and civic activities over a year. The goal is to provide options across multiple causes, types of volunteering work, timings and days of the week combinations in a variety of volunteering activities throughout the year, directly and through community-based organisations. The project promises to be a revolutionary one for the volunteering ecosystem in India with massive scope for scaling and replicability across the country. Roles & Responsibility:- Bhumi is seeking to hire a dynamic Project Leader to strategize and implement the project. S/he will be instrumental in building the pilot initiative over the next 1-1.5 years, including all aspects of project planning, management, and execution required to make this happen. A successful leader should be able to manage the project, partnerships and raise the required support for the project. Primary Responsibilities: - Strategize and execute the project to maximise volunteering within the pincode - Lead the efforts to identify and create a large number of volunteering opportunities (approx. 200,000-300,000 opportunities in the pin code) - across cause area, time availability, skills needed, and accessibility - by engaging local organizations, civic groups, public institutions (schools, hospitals, police & fire station, etc). - Lead partnerships and managing relationships with all stakeholder groups including community-based organisations, the government and funding organisations. Ensure the necessary funds and support for the project is raised, - Support marketing communications in promoting these volunteering opportunities by using a variety of media aiming for high volunteer conversion, completion, and retention rates. - Ensuring volunteer pipelines across the pin code to source volunteers - school and college students, working professionals, homemakers, senior citizens, etc. - Manage and motivate a team of 3-5 full-time team members and oversee coordination with more than 50 volunteer leaders within the pin code. Other Responsibilities: - Creating a detailed, overall plan for the opportunity, organizational, and volunteer mapping across the pin code. - Responsible for building and documenting all processes, learning, and insights from the project. Create an open-source blueprint for the project to be replicated it in any other location. - Attend key meetings with important stakeholders across the pin code. - Provide inputs in building an online portal for volunteers to sign up for these volunteering opportunities as well as tracking and management. Why is it a great role/what's in it for you? - Great program and people management experience at a large scale. - Engage with various stakeholders - citizens, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, non-profit founders, policymakers, RWAs, etc. - Use your skills to catalyse significant social impact through volunteers. - Tremendous learning and growth opportunities - not only through the networks you build in the role, but hands-on learning working with the sharpest minds. - Chance to build a revolutionary model for large-scale volunteering and civic engagement in India with scope for replicability and scaling up! - Work in a dynamic, mission-driven work environment that thrives on being outcome-driven and is committed to large-scale social impact. Preferred Education Qualification / Experience: - Minimum 5-7 years of prior experience preferably in Project management - Fundraising experience would be an advantage - Prior volunteering experience is mandatory. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Passionate about volunteering and promoting volunteerism - Should be resident of Chennai pincode 600018, or willing to relocate - Good computer knowledge and MS office skills. Familiarity with using the Internet - doing online research, compiling and putting things together, Google Docs, Social Media, etc. - Strong conceptual, planning, operational and analytical skills. - Good interpersonal and persuasive skills to engage a wide variety of stakeholders - citizens, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, non-profit founders, policymakers, etc. - Ability to manage and implement programs and "get results" as the core focus - Very responsive - quick to get back to people, always available. - Fluent in English and Tamil communication (written & spoken). - Reliable& Dependable - punctual, good at meeting deadlines, and taking ownership of the project and its outcomes. Other Information: - Reporting to: Co-founder, Bhumi - Designation: Director - Senior Manager, based on the candidate's profile - Expected joining date: Immediate - Remuneration: Based on the candidate's profile - Minimum commitment: 2 years - Scope: Full-time, be willing to work on ALL the weekends - this project is likely to have greater engagement over the weekends (since that is when a large number of people will volunteer, meetings will get set up, etc). You will, however, have a weekly off.ave a weekly off.

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Bhumi -  Director - Pincode Project 

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