Location: Darjeeling (North Bengal), West Bengal

Apply by: 08 May 2026

About the Position

Grade: C
Salary Range: Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Type: Project Based
Qualification: Master’s degree in Social Work, Rural Management, Development Studies, Gender Studies, or related field
Experience Required: 8–12 years of experience in development sector programs.
Strong experience in at least two of the following areas:
Women’s livelihoods and women-led enterprises
Gender equality and GBV prevention
Community institution strengthening
SRLM/SHG ecosystem
Demonstrated experience managing field teams and multi-location programs.

Skills and Attributes

Desired Attributes

Key Responsibilities

Program Implementation & team management

Lead the implementation of project activities across selected tea garden communities.
Develop detailed field-level operational plans, implementation calendars, and monitoring mechanisms.
Supervise field teams including community mobilizers, facilitators, and project coordinators
Ensure timely and quality implementation of community training, group sessions, and awareness campaigns.
Support operationalization of community-based platforms such as SHGs, adolescent groups, and leadership forums.
Drive integrated delivery of livelihoods, gender equality, and GBV interventions at the community level.
Strengthen women’s economic participation through enterprise development, financial literacy, and market linkages.
Lead interventions on gender norms transformation, rights awareness, and GBV prevention and response.

Capacity Building & Training Systems

Ensure community mobilizers deliver regular training sessions through SHG and group platforms as per the project training plan.
Support training of Gender Facilitation Centre staff and local leadership structures.
Ensure use of participatory tools and community learning methods.

District-Level Planning, Representation and Institutional Convergence

Build partnerships with key stakeholders.
Facilitate joint planning meetings,. district coordination meetings.
Strengthen engagement with SRLM district units and tea garden management, local administration and key stakeholders to ensure accessible services for women and adolescents.
Represent the project in district-level coordination forums with government departments, SRLM structures, and other relevant stakeholders.

Monitoring, Learning & Reporting

Track program progress through field monitoring systems.
Ensure quality data collection through project MIS and monitoring tools along with reviewing the data from field teams and support course correction.
Based on the data received and learnings, develop monthly field reports.
In addition to the documents above, prepare the following documents: case studies, community success stories, learning insights.
Contribute to donor specific reports, review meetings, and learning documentation.

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