Project Assistant

 Save the Children

Project Assistant - (210000R3)

Job Title         Project Assistant  – TESCO

Grade             I

Department    Programme

Reporting to   Assistant Manager

Location         Field Office, Bangalore

No. of Positions          01

Job Purpose:
Project Assistant will support Assistant Manager to bring an efficiency in the provision of scholarship to employee’s children in working sites of TESCO Sourcing Pvt. Ltd. This project is having multiple phases and Save the Children will work in multiple phases: the inception phase will comprise of assess the situation and design the scholarship programme, the subsequent phases will comprise of implementation and tracking & phasing out from the programme. Overall responsible for data management on students and scholarship distribution. Maintaining college data base, fee structures, time to time alert for the payments and data analyst for the project. Project Assistant will monitor and coordinate with colleges, students and other key stakeholders at the field to support to most marginalized families from the supply chain will provide quality education to the children of people working in TESCO’s supply chain. This will help in mainstreaming their academic cycle to gain potential employment and enhance their quality of life.   Responsible for Field Operations to implement the project and its activities as per the project design. Facilitating activities, building networks and strong relationship with field functionaries, College Management, students and other project stakeholder.  Overall responsible for taking up all field level activities from planning to implementation with quality.
Role & responsibilities:
Type of work	Responsibilities
Strategy	Project Assistant is the focal for the field operations at project geography for successful implementation of the project.  The Project Assistant is responsible for conducting meetings with different stakeholders, building rapport with key stakeholders, college management, Government Officials based on the needs of the project.  Project Assistant will be focal person for undertake all project activities in collaboration with relevant stakeholders at grass roots at respective villages.   Project Assistant will create a healthy and supportive environment in which all activities can be delivered by supporting and coordinating with local communities and appropriate stakeholders to meet the project objectives with quality with timely deliverables.   Support the Assistant Manager – Be the focal person to plan and implement project activities at the area wise/Cluster level as per the project design and time frame. Contribute his/her actions for strengthening of a project strategy to fulfill the overall project objective and its quality parameters Monitor progress of project objectives and help in capturing the information/data for feeding the MIS. Facilitate the Trainings and build capacities of different stakeholders at various levels. Support the Facilitator- Mobile Resource center to reach all schools and to make access the reading materials. Facilitate and Involve in all assessment including Baseline and end line studies, Capacity building programs  for key stakeholders as per the project requirements Undertake frequent visits and facilitate meetings with all stakeholders and to undertake activities with quality as per the specifications given the project design Maintain records, MIS and field documents to support the monthly and quarterly reports Coordinate & seek necessary support from various department officials at the ground to undertake project activities including screening the students for scholarships, documentation and coordination with college managements and SPO. Support the Assistant Manager/Project Coordinator for timely and quality project/donor reporting as per the time line Documentation of best practices, case studies for sharing with donor and to publish in internal journals Establishing student alumina for supporting other students in future Abide the local office administrative procedures including the terms of timings, code of conduct, child safe guarding policy as per the Save the Children’s staff charter Preparation and sharing of Monthly and Quarterly field reports to State Office with accurate information for support MIS at state level Adhering to all financial norms and procedures of Save the Children Undertake appropriate additional responsibilities as assigned by the line manager
Process:	Be the focal person at the field for implementation of the project day-to-day community activities as per the project strategic design Be the focal for awareness building, establishment of linkages and building capacities of at village and cluster level. To be able to provide on ground support to community and leaders as and when required in the best interests of protecting children and women Play a support role to PC in day to day execution of project activities as per the Save the Children standards. Ensure timely submission of internal field reports (monthly, quarterly, and annual) to the field office as mandated Ensure compliance with SC BR’s policies and practices, including the Child Safeguarding Policy. Contribute to create an innovative models and good practices under the projects  Create evidence base of the processes, activities, changes and impact of the project interventions on regular basis in coordination with Knowledge Management team of Save the Children. Quality timely compliance on periodic reporting to the state office, donor and local government department. Support the field visits of Donor or teams from SPO and NSO
Others:	Coordinate with Assistant Manager/Project Coordinator for cross sharing, learning and improving the quality of the project Support SC Info/BRISK data collection and collation as and when required Ability to operate and promote cost-effective approaches to maximize resources for children Undertake additional responsibilities as and when assigned in the best interests of the children Contribute to a positive working environment. Promote the work of Save the Children – communicating, both internally and externally, in an accurate, sensitive and motivating fashion Understand and be an advocate, internally and externally, for the values of Save the Children Ensure that all activities comply with applicable law at all times, including compliance with data protection legislation Adhering to financial norms and procedures of Save the Children Other ad hoc duties as required in line with your skills, experience and role

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