Program Coordinator-Gender & Livelihoods, Project Concern International India (PCI India)

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

• Strong understanding of gender, GBV, and women’s empowerment frameworks

• Experience working with SHGs, federations, and community institutions

• Program management and team leadership

• Stakeholder engagement and government convergence

• Strong facilitation and capacity-building skills

• Monitoring and adaptive program management

• Fluency in Hindi, English and working knowledge in Nepali.

Desired Attributes

• Strong commitment to gender equity and social justice

• Ability to work in remote and complex community contexts

• Solution-oriented leadership with strong field presence

• Ability to translate strategy into ground-level action

• Strong commitment to gender equality and social justice

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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