Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation: Complete information on Eligibility Criteria and How to Apply

Introduction:  Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation has announced vacancy for their project Saheli located in Dugadda, Pauri Gharwal, Uttarakhnd on consultancy basis. Interested candidate can apply by 9^th September 2023.

Last Date to Apply: 9^th September 2023

About Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation

The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Through its unique value proposition, working closely with local communities, the Foundation partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji and Bill Clinton, American India Foundation Trust (AIF) has impacted the lives of 16.51 million of India’s poor across 36 States and Union Territories of India.

Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and governance standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and responsible management of resources. As per statutory mandates, AIF is registered under FCRA, CSR, 80G, and 12A. These registrations and certifications are tangible evidence of the organization’s existence, credibility, and compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks while demonstrating a firm commitment to its vision and mission. As one of our largest donors since inception, we have a contractual agreement with AIF to share the logo and brand identity.

Learn more at https://aifindia.org/

Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation

About the Project SAHELI and Livelihood Projects

SAHELI is an integrated project of AIF supported by Vandana and Vivek Sharma Family Foundation, to bring about an impact in health, education, and livelihood on the lives of 8,000 adolescent girls (10-19 yrs.) through an integrated program approach over 7 (2+5) years.

AIF SAHELI project aims to influence the skilling and employment ecosystem for inclusion and empowerment of women from the marginalized and economically weaker section of the society through a project over a period of 5 years in Yamkeshwar (Uttarakhand). This project endeavours to benefit at least 100 individuals per year through interventions in Employment (placement-linked training) and Entrepreneurship with the ultimate objective of enhancing income

About Livelihoods

AIF’s Livelihoods program envisions a world where poor and vulnerable communities have access to dignified work opportunities, empowering them with sustainable livelihoods. Since 2006, our Livelihoods program has, directly and indirectly, reached more than 1.2 million beneficiaries. To enable a razor-sharp focus on the country’s livelihood issues, AIF has also initiated the Market Aligned Skills Foundation (MASF), a Section-8 company envisioned as a social start-up. Closely aligned to the Global Sustainable Development Goals, the program’s ‘Vision 2030’ focuses on seven “Pathways to Impact” with the goal of creating two million livelihoods and overall reaching out to ten million lives.

Pathways to Impact

• MAST 2.0: Provide Market Aligned Skills Training and Employment as per need of the geography
• ABLE 2.0: Create Career Pathways for Persons with Disabilities
• Entreprerana: Create Sustainable Income for Street Vendors
• Engage to Empower: Create Aspirational Career Pathways for Youth and Women
• HaritJeevika: Create Sustainable Green Livelihoods
• Aatmnirbhar: Create Sustainable Rural Livelihoods for Migrant Families or Women
• Grameen Jobs: Create remote/multi skills jobs for rural youth within their local areas

Project SAHELI and Livelihood Projects Job Description

Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation Roles & Responsibilities:

• Contribute insights in market research/scoping study and partnerships with the senior management team for organizational strategy and planning;
• Conduct market research for identifying prospective market linkage partners;
• Contact, negotiate and create partnership opportunities with prospects;
• Coordinate with the harvest managing operations team to update the harvest projections;
• Build relations with market partners to strike better deals – 100% digital money transactions, more volume buyout commitment, etc;
• Develop and manage market linkage partnerships.
• Initiate and liaise between buyers and importers and manage relationships with them
• Organize and support the self-help groups, in participating in international trade shows and targeted buyer meetings.
• Support regional and sector promotion through brand development.
• Conduct targeted research on new markets, potential buyers and investors, product trends, marketing strategy, etc.
• To maintain and update necessary periodic reports and documentation as required in the project
• Any other task/responsibility assigned by the line manager

Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation Qualifications and Experience:

• Graduate/Post Graduate in any discipline with specialization in Marketing or Social Work would be preferred or a similar discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working in rural entrepreneurship development
• Strong writing and speaking skills in English and in Hindi
• Direct experience in marketing, import/export and relationship management.
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills and a team player; able to work independently.
• Sound knowledge and experience in using Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other Microsoft office software programs.
• Experience in website management and graphics programs is desirable.
• Product design, both design and graphic design experiences a plus.
• Willingness to travel 50-75% of the time.
• Organized and able to create multiple timelines, budgets, and schedules
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Ability to work under pressure and disciplined

Market Linkage Officer Job in American India Foundation How to apply:

Application Process: To apply for this position, click on link

Last day to apply: 15 Sep 2023

Only applications of short-listed candidates will be acknowledged.

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