America India Foundation is seeking talented and experienced candidates for the post of Placement Manager for Livelihoods Program. This job is for the location Delhi NCR.
About America India Foundation Trust
The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Through its unique value proposition, working closely with local communities, the Foundation partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact.
About the Program
AIF’s Livelihoods program envisions a world where poor and vulnerable communities have access to dignified work opportunities, empower them with sustainable livelihoods. Since 2006, the Livelihoods Program has directly and indirectly served 2.20 million people from vulnerable communities. Leveraging technology to provide financial and market linkages, knowledge, skills, and dignified work opportunities, the program helps the communities secure jobs, manage enterprises, and make a respectable living. Since its inception in 2006, through its flagship programs Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) and Ability Based Livelihood Empowerment (ABLE), AIF Livelihoods has provided program support to 825,960 disadvantaged youth, women and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and impacted 343,727 livelihoods.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Converting new clientele/accounts through structured market research & outreach.
- Understand the talent requirements of different corporates / organizations and evaluate their suitability to the company including the move towards inclusion of PWDs in their workforce
- Identify and visit companies/ organizations for potential placement opportunities
- To coordinate and ensure tie-up with key employers and generate placement opportunities for the beneficiaries across programs on a regular basis
- To spearhead pre-placement activities, career guidance sessions and other related activities
- Organizing job fairs/job mela/ special recruitment drives and alumni meet
- Organize online job fairs/ placement drives
- Mandate generation from employers – mandates (Demand Letters) develop placement MOUs and/or receive placement
- Develop industry collaboration to promote internships, apprenticeships, On-The Job Training opportunities, etc. for program beneficiaries
- To establish industry collaborations and understand their human resource needs on regular basis
- Placement and retention tracking as per load
- To support placement coordinators and promote Career Planning services through in-class presentations, student organizations outreach
- Coordination & relationship building with regional teams
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a relevant field (Environmental Science, Environment Management, Environment Engineering, Climate Change/Sustainability or Bachelor’s degree in Business management/human resources with experience in Environment & Climate Change sectors especially Green livelihoods or related fields.
- 5-7 years of experience in program management, with a focus on job placement, preferably in the green livelihoods/environment sector.
- Strong understanding of the green job landscape, sustainable livelihoods, and the intersection of skills and employment opportunities.
- Proven ability to build and maintain partnerships with government agencies, businesses, and NGOs.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Effective communication and negotiation skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
- Excellent understanding of the climate action landscape in India.
- Willingness to travel for at least 30% of time all over India
Salary
Salary shall commensurate with experience
