SayTrees
About SayTrees:
SayTrees Environmental Trust is dedicated to building climate-resilient communities in both urban and rural areas through a set of contextualized solutions. Since its inception in 2007, SayTrees has implemented large-scale afforestation, water conservation, and clean energy initiatives spread across 15 States and UTs.
In rural areas, SayTrees supports rural livelihoods by promoting climate-resilient agroforestry initiatives, social forestry, water conservation, and introducing clean energy solutions like solar-powered cold storage and biogas units. Through these efforts, SayTrees fosters existing farm livelihoods, builds climate adaptation and mitigation tools and addresses deeper challenges including climate-induced crisis, socio-economic resilience, contributing to carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and sustainable development. Over the next decade, SayTrees envisions impacting 10 million hectares of land masses and livelihoods, directly or indirectly.
About Position
The Manager – Rural Programs, Central & North India will be responsible for supporting in implementation and monitoring of the Climate-resilient Communities initiative of SayTrees through the implementation of Agroforestry, Social Forestry, Water Conservation and Clean Energy initiatives in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
The Individual will be responsible for -
- Support the Regional Manager in the implementation of rural programs across the designated region, ensuring alignment with overall project goals and objectives.
- will oversee the day-to-day implementation of rural programs, ensuring adherence to project plans and timelines.
- will support the development of program-specific action plans, breaking them down into Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual plans.
- will coordinate with field teams to ensure smooth execution of program activities on the ground.
- will be responsible for monitoring program progress, identifying challenges, and recommending corrective actions.
- Support the Regional Manager in developing and executing the regional strategy and action plans in coordination with the Programs Team.
- Support in the identification, appraisal, and onboarding of local partners (NGOs, CBOs, FPOs, etc.,) and ensure their alignment with the program's objectives.
- Support in alignment with the various standards/registry (Gold Standard, Verra, Plan Vivo etc) guidelines set for the intervention type.
- Support in monitoring and evaluating program activities, ensuring they meet the set targets and outcomes.
- Support in preparing and managing the regional budget and ensure effective use of resources in compliance with financial policies.
- will ensure the timely collection, analysis, and reporting of program data, providing regular updates to the regional manager and central team.
- facilitate capacity-building initiatives for the regional team and partners to ensure effective program delivery.
- will work closely with local partners to ensure their engagement and effective participation in program activities.
- will lead the identification and incorporation of best practices into program implementation.
- will support the regional manager in building and maintaining relationships with local government, civil society, and community leaders.
- will coordinate with other program managers to align rural programs with broader organizational objectives and strategies.
Qualifications and Skills
- Master's degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Development, Environmental Sciences, or any other relevant fields
- Minimum of 02 to 05 years of experience in program management and partner (corporates, governments, field partners) engagement
- Experience/Exposure to working with Agroforestry, Water Conservation or any other Nature-Based offset solutions projects
- Experience in writing proposals, reports, documents, case studies etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Strong interpersonal, communication (oral and written) and team management skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
- Proficiency in the regional language is a mandatory requirement.
Travel - The role shall involve at least 07 to 10 days of travel to the field locations per month
Location: Jhansi/Gwalior-based full-time opportunity
