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SLMC – Central Indian Landscape Coordinator

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Central Indian Landscape

About the Job

IORA Ecological Solutions (“IORA”), a leading climate and conservation-focused organization, is looking for a passionate and diligent “Central Indian Landscape Coordinator” to assist in our landscape activities as part of its SLMC program. The position will be based in the field office of IORA/SLMC program in the Central Indian Landscape (Umaria or Tala).

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate and assist in IORA’s SLMC field surveys in the landscape
  • Develop working relations with various stakeholders and coordinate with the forest department, committees, village panchayat, locals and other relevant stakeholders to conduct SLMC activities in the landscape
  • Gather information on existing value chains of the forest-based/agriculture produce and identify issues or challenges in the existing chains and identify local enterprises involved in purchase, value addition and sales of these products
  • Organise household surveys, FGDs, community consultations, stakeholder meetings and workshops
  • Mobilizing community for participation in community of practice for ecosystem services, Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes and other project activities
  • Design and assist in Socio-economic and livelihood surveys
  • Identify opportunities for enhancement of existing livelihoods, or alternate livelihoods
  • Undertake travel related to work
  • Develop data formats for field data collection and execution of primary data collection
  • Assist in dissemination of project related information to stakeholders
  • Identifying market linkages for the forest-based/agriculture products and work with local industries to scale up local production and sales in coordination with Partnerships Manager
  • Assist Partnerships Manager in setting up growth centres at regional level
  • Provide support to the project management team(s), support senior team members in meetings, sessions, and follow-ups, and prepare notes, achieving project deliverables

Desired Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

  • Master’s in Sociology/Social Works or equivalent, with minimum, 5-7 years of work experience in building partnerships and stakeholder engagement
  • Background in forestry/agriculture based livelihoods related projects, preferably in environment/ecology space
  • Strong interpersonal skills to coordinate with various level of stakeholders, with special focus on communities
  • Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods and analysis for sociological surveys etc.
  • Project management skills, strong communication skills for effective, efficient, and adaptive verbal and written communication, and attention to detail
  • Experience in organising stakeholder consultations
  • Experience working in the field (community interaction, data collection etc.)
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work in challenging circumstances
  • Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite

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