Project Director
- Company
AHEAD Initiatives
- Location
Kolkata
- Employment Type
Full-Time
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Functional Category
Programme Management & Implementation
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Experience
7 - 9 years
- Date Posted
24-Jun-2025
- Application Deadline
02-Jul-2025
About AHEAD Initiatives
AHEAD Initiatives is a non-profit company established in 2009. Based out of Kolkata we work in currently in West Bengal and Odisha. The company’s focus is on empowering village communities to enable them to be collective custodians of their own development and well-being. AHEAD’s key focus areas are Local Governance Food Sovereignty Eco Local Livelihoods and Intergenerational Life long Learning.
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Overview of the Role
The Project Director will have to manage a team and be responsible for building community rapport in villages to enable them to practice ecological farming and adopt local livelihoods. This will primarily require abilities to strategize plan and manage rural initiatives and necessitate skills in data knowledge and budget management besides human relationship development. The role includes: Understanding of and belief in ecological farming ideologies and practices Developing local ecological livelihoods livelihood collectives and market channels Engaging with local government as well as stakeholders
Job Description
- Enable development of village community rapport understanding and practices
- Facilitate local partnering CSOs in driving the community dialogues and initiatives
- Develop local leadership among community especially youth and women to sustain interventions
- Build project team capacity in operations planning and monitoring
- Support data acquisition management and analysis
- Develop video case studies for advocacy and promotion
Required & Preferred Qualifications
Skill
- Demonstrated experience in team leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong analytical documentation and communication skills.
- Good verbal written and analytical skills.
- Willingness to travel to across locations as required.
Education
Preferably a postgraduate degree in relevant subjects
Experience
Minimum 7 years’ senior-level experience in rural development especially in on-farm off-farm and non-farm livelihood management. Experience with ecological farming will be an added advantage.
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