National Mission Manager - Social Mobilisation and Institution Development (SM&ID)
About the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
Established in 1976, the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA, is a premier Institute of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India for research and capacity building for urban sector in India. NIUA’s broad objective is to bridge the gap between research and practice on issues related to urbanization. For more than 40 years now, NIUA has been the vanguard for contributing to and building the urban narrative for a fast-evolving Urban India.
The Institution has been actively working on bringing forth key areas of concern for urban India in order to build the urban discourse at various urban scales. It has utilized its competencies in research, knowledge management, policy advocacy and capacity building to address urban challenges and continuously striving to develop sustainable, inclusive, and productive urban ecosystems in the country. It has emerged as a thought leader and knowledge hub for urban development in India and is sought out by both Indian and International organizations for collaborations and partnerships in India’s urban transforming journey. NIUA is committed towards aligning its efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through all its initiatives and programs.
About the Project:
The National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It aims to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots level institutions of the poor. The important strategies followed by DAY-NULM are: building skills to enable access to growing market-based job opportunities offered by emerging urban economies; training and support for the establishment of micro-enterprises (including urban street vendors) by the urban poor - self and group; building capacity of the urban poor, their institutions (such as SHGs and their federations) and the machinery involved in the implementation of livelihoods development and poverty alleviation programmes; ensure availability and access of the urban homeless population to permanent 24-hour shelters; Support to Urban Street Vendors.
Key Responsibilities:
The person selected for the position will assist the Team Lead and Mission Director, DAY-NULM in conceptualizing and operationalizing the respective components of DAY-NULM. The position is a contractual engagement. Renewal of contract will be done based on performance appraisal. The incumbent will work closely with and support the teams at the state level responsible for respective component of DAY-NULM. The person will need to travel extensively to the states implementing DAY-NULM. The person should have good command on writing and speaking both English and Hindi languages. Knowing any other regional language will be additional advantage.
Educational Qualification:
Two-year full time Post Graduate diploma/degree in Management/ MBA or Masters in any other discipline (Social science, development studies, urban planning, public policy, etc) from reputed academic institution.
Experience and Skills:
- At least 3 to 6 years of experience in Social Mobilisation and Strengthening Community Institutions of poor.
- Experience in managing/ handling of state and national level large scale Poverty Alleviation/ Livelihoods programme will be given preference.
- The candidate should have acknowledged capabilities:
- In implementing social mobilisation strategies for poor in large scale poverty alleviation programme.
- Working with sustainable community institutions and their federations, developing Community Resource Person (CRP) strategy and led capacity building programmes.
- Project management skills would also be required with experience counted in terms of ability to navigate procurement of partners, manage partnership with them and lead a dispersed team of experienced professionals/ experts, etc.
- The person should have proven track record of:
- Working with state/ central government programmes of similar nature and size.
- Implementing livelihoods/ poverty alleviation programme at scale.
- Closely working with poor communities.
Competencies:
- The person should be proficient with MS office; should have acknowledged capabilities in partnership management; strong analytical, conceptual and strategic thinking skills; ability to handle large scale planning; handling MIS. Experience of working with government institutions will be given preference.
- Persons with experience on developing training programs/ specific course in related field will be given preference.
- Good command on writing and speaking both English and Hindi languages. Knowing any other regional language will be considered positively.
Location of the Position: New Delhi
Number of Positions: 01
Salary: As per industry standards
Type of Contract - Contractual
Application Process: Submit CV, cover letter and writing sample through NIUA portal
