Job Responsibilities:
Project Planning including managing budget and Strategy
- Develop a comprehensive project plan, timelines and resource requirements adherence to agreed proposals.
- Develop and manage project budget in coordination with team to ensure the efficient utilization of budget.
- Formulate strategies to support partner institution to integrate key aspects of the project such as Good Agronomic Practices and Better Water Management into WWF priority in state of Gujarat.
Collaboration with Implementing partner and Project Team
- Collaboration with the partners and provide guidance wherever necessary to ensure timely delivery of the project activities by fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Participate in team meetings and inform team members about the project progress from time to time.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Oversee the execution of data collection including setting up a baseline and regular monitoring of baseline to see the changes on agreed KPI’s such as Chemical, Water Use and Livelihood.
- Helping the team in analysis of the results from the data collection and guiding the team to make changes in implementation strategy to achieve project KPI’s if needed.
- Reporting the project progress as per the agreed WWF International format.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Identify the key stakeholders in Government Departments including Agriculture and Forest or figuring out the opportunity to leverage government scheme to scale up project objectives.
- Identify the private companies to establish the supply chain with the projects.
Requirements
- Bachelors with management or Masters degree in Agriculture, or a related field.
- 7-10 years’ experience in project management, with a focus on sustainable agriculture, sustainable cotton farming, and agricultural best practices.
- Demonstrated experience in relevant areas such as ecosystem services, agriculture, sustainable production and biodiversity.
- Demonstrated experience of having held leadership positions and managed teams.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and in a multi-cultural environment.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Strong communication skills (spoken and written) in English language
- Knowledge of wetland ecosystems and environmental conservation is desirable.
- Communication skills (spoken and written) in Gujarati