Website Friends of Women's World Banking, India (FWWB)
π₯ RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: PROGRAMME OFFICER π’
The Program Officer will manage and implement initiatives focused on women’s livelihoods and entrepreneurship support. This dynamic role requires expertise in program execution, stakeholder engagement, and training delivery. The officer will work collaboratively to ensure that programs are efficiently executed, monitored, and continually improved.
- Coordination & Execution: Oversee and execute initiatives in livelihoods, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy targeting women from low-income households.
- Team Coordination: Coordinate activities across multiple locations and teams to ensure seamless program delivery.
- Monitoring & Evaluation: Conduct regular program monitoring, review meetings, and assessments to evaluate effectiveness.
- Reporting: Prepare and submit timely monthly progress reports to the Program Manager.
- Training Delivery: Facilitate training sessions to enhance beneficiaries’ skills and track their performance.
- Curriculum Development: Develop, customize, and refine training programs and capacity-building modules based on identified needs.
- Workshop Facilitation: Deliver workshops and provide ongoing handholding support to strengthen team capabilities.
- Impact Assessment: Establish evaluation methods and tools to assess the impact of training initiatives.
- Partnership Development: Establish and nurture partnerships with local agencies, financial institutions, and marketing channels to ensure program sustainability.
- Stakeholder Linkages: Facilitate connections with local markets, banks, government schemes, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Needs Assessment: Conduct assessments and scoping studies to identify gaps and opportunities in entrepreneurial activities.
- M&E Frameworks: Implement robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the impact of training and enterprise promotion activities.
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive records, including training feedback and assessment tools, for continuous learning and improvement.
- Stakeholder Communication: Manage all written and verbal communications with project funders to ensure timely, accurate reporting.
- External Liaison: Liaise with government agencies, NGOs, and community representatives to maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
- Representation: Represent FWWB at meetings, workshops, and forums to highlight program progress and achievements.
- Strategic Partnerships: Lead the development and strengthening of strategic partnerships with diverse stakeholders to enhance program reach and impact.
- Cross-Sector Coordination: Coordinate with multi-sectoral teams and external partners to align program objectives and leverage resources.
- Resource Optimization: Facilitate convergence across initiatives to create synergies and promote integrated solutions.
- Staff Supervision: Supervise, mentor, and support program staff and field teams to ensure high performance and professional growth.
- Team Collaboration: Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment that encourages accountability, continuous learning, and innovation.
- Internal Coordination: Ensure effective communication and alignment of team efforts with organizational goals.
- Budget Planning: Develop and manage program budgets in collaboration with the finance team, ensuring optimal allocation of resources.
- Expenditure Monitoring: Track program expenditures and prepare regular financial reports to ensure compliance with donor guidelines and organizational policies.
- Financial Forecasting: Work closely with management to forecast budget needs and adjust spending in line with program objectives.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure high-quality processes and final outputs in enterprise promotion.
- Need Based Support: Support additional tasks and projects as assigned by management.
- Strong knowledge of micro-enterprises, women’s livelihoods, and entrepreneurship initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting training and capacity-building programs.
- Understanding of financial literacy concepts and enterprise promotion strategies.
- Proficiency in program monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment tools.
- Ability to develop and customize training modules to meet diverse needs.
- Proven experience in stakeholder management and partnership building.
- Excellent documentation, reporting, and presentation skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Adaptability and a willingness to travel for fieldwork.
- A proactive mindset with a deep commitment to social impact.
βΉοΈ About Company: Friends of Women’s World Banking, India (FWWB)
Friends of Women’s World Banking, India (FWWB) was promoted in 1981 by Smt Ela Bhatt (Founder of SEWA and SEWA Bank) as an affiliate of Women’s World Banking, a global network based in the USA. Over a journey spanning more than 40 years, FWWB has been a pioneer and system-builder in strengthening the financial inclusion ecosystem in India. Its core objective is to work towards women’s empowerment and extend direct access to financial and credit services to poor and underprivileged women across low-income households, rural landscapes, and grassroot institutions.
FWWB creates an equitable and just society through its various impact-driven, flagship programs that operate with a national footprint across more than 20-21 states, partnering with over 370-440 grassroot institutions and reaching cumulatively more than 10-12 million women. FWWB combines its catalytic lending and revolving loan fundsβserving as an essential first lenderβwith comprehensive technical assistance and training to ensure long-term sustainability.
Primary Core Strategic Intervention Areas:
- Women’s Livelihood & Entrepreneurship Promotion: Fostering economic empowerment and providing accessible credit, mentoring, and financial/digital literacy modules tailored for women micro-entrepreneurs.
- Agriculture Finance & Capacity Building: Supporting smallholder farmers and collectivization models, professionalizing and strengthening the governance of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), cooperatives, and producer companies.
- Water & Sanitation Program: Leveraging a micro-credit model to enable marginalized communities to access affordable and reliable water and sanitation infrastructure.
- Renewable Energy & Solar Energy Program: Enhancing the adoption of affordable and reliable solar product
To apply for this job email your details to careers@fwwbindia.org
