India: Project Manager - India

The Project Manager in India has responsibility for coordinating livelihoods, counselling and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) related projects on the ground. You will recruit, train, supervise and lead a team under the guidance of senior leaders at Seefar. You will be the local face of the project, manage field implementation, as well as engage with various stakeholders and enjoy being a valued member of the Seefar team. You will have demonstrated project management experience, preferably in the development sector; have thematic experience on, and a strong interest in, CSE or livelihoods; have management experience; be a natural communicator and always responsive; be results and quality-driven, and have complete fluency in English. This consultancy is based in India, ideally in Mumbai or Kolkata and is for an initial 12-month contract.

Job Description

We are a social enterprise with a vision for a world where vulnerable people have more opportunities to advance themselves. We specialise in justice, migration and social inclusion. Our expertise is in strategic communications, counselling, consulting, monitoring and evaluation, and research. We work in East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, North Africa, the Sahel and Europe. For more information about us, please visit http://seefar.org/about-us

To get a sense of the services we specialise in at Seefar, please visit http://seefar.org/services.

For examples of projects relevant to the Migration Program, please visit

https://seefar.org/themes/migration/

https://seefar.org/themes/displaced-people/

https://seefar.org/themes/human-trafficking-and-modern-slavery/

Seefar continues to grow and this role will be responsible for coordinating a new project on the ground in India. It requires someone with five years of professional experience in managing teams and implementing projects in the developing world. The role also requires someone who is smart, intrinsically motivated, worldly, interested in hard challenges, highly flexible and efficient and who represent and demonstrate the Enterprise’s values.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The following are the primary responsibilities of the role, with estimated allocations of time and attention.

Deliver: Project and Mission Implementation

Approximately 90% of your time and attention:

• Recruit, train, supervise, develop and lead local teams and team leaders in India.
• Liaise with stakeholders and the broader community of interest.
• Provide pastoral care to team members.
• Responsive to taskings and requests from Seefar’s Project Board members.
• Fulfilling project management and project financial responsibilities using our internal project systems and processes.
• Provide regular and ad-hoc reports.
• Provide regional inputs to programs relating to migration, displaced people, human trafficking and modern slavery.
• Other tasks as directed.

Develop: Capabilities and Program Portfolio

Approximately 10% of your time and attention:

• Develop project teams. For example, this would include mentoring teams and leading recruitment.
• Learning, growing and developing professionally and personally.
• Strengthen the Enterprise’s reputation and profile in our areas of expertise.

Travel

You will work as a Project Manager in India and you will be required to undertake local travel to project implementation sites around Mumbai and Kolkata.

Working with Seefar

Current and former personnel have noted the points below as positive features of Seefar’s work environment and culture:

• The Enterprise combines entrepreneurialism with a focus on social impact.
• You work with highly diverse people and across a diversity of contexts.
• There is a high level of trust that supports you to work autonomously.
• The people in the Enterprise encourage innovation and experimentation.
• Achieving results is prioritised over rigid structures and workflows.
• You are never bored and always challenged.

Current and former personnel have noted the points below as negative features of Seefar’s work environment and culture:

• Collaborating with geographically dispersed teams requires flexibility and patience.
• Working remotely can make you feel isolated and so requires you to invest time in communication.
• Travel schedules can sometimes be heavy.
• A high-growth phase means problem-solving as the Enterprise’s systems evolve quickly.

An Excellent Candidate

To excel in this role, you will have the following experience and capacities:

• Five years of professional project and personnel management experience in India.
• You have complete fluency in written and spoken English.
• You have an undergraduate degree.
• You are highly organised, communicate regularly and effectively, have the ability to prioritise and are highly productive.
• You are naturally responsive and are client focussed, while also able to work autonomously.
• You are motivated by an Enterprise performance framework focused on social impact.

Please apply on or before 26th November 2019, by completing our online application form. Please, do not include your name or your photo in your CV or letter. This is because we review your application based purely on your previous experiences and introductory letter.

Before you start, you should do the following:

1. Confirm you meet these minimum requirements:
   1. A minimum of five years of professional experience
   2. Experience managing and developing teams in developing countries
   3. Experience in project coordination
   4. Complete fluency in oral and written English, including clear and succinct English writing skills.
   5. An undergraduate degree.
   6. Be based in India
2. Prepare a CV in Word or PDF format. You will upload this in our online application form.
3. In Word or PDF format, prepare an introductory letter that includes only the points below. You will upload this in our online application form.
   1. 1-2 paragraphs explaining a CSE or livelihoods-related project you have implemented. What was the project? What was your role? What were the project’s achievements? If it wasn’t successful, why?
   2. 1-2 paragraphs explaining what you have learned is a necessary attitude or approach when delivering successful projects in developing countries. What experiences taught you this?