Household Lead, SVM

Role: Household Lead, SVM.
Project Location: Shillong, Meghalaya.

Job description: Smart Village Movement is looking for a go-getter resource to lead its Household vertical in Meghalaya to spearhead projects with a spirit to collaborate with Government, Corporations and Startups with University research capabilities. Candidates must be solution centric to approach daily challenges with a flair to initiate enterprise led solutions for village level pain points and audiences.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Household vertical to rationalise the opportunities to fill in the gaps identified in the SVM journey for a region.
• Identify projects in water, energy, waste management, 3D Printing, connectivity and transportation.
• Engage with multiple stakeholders for SVM’s operational areas for project implementation.
• Work with the officers from Government of Meghalaya
  (State/District/Blocks/Villages) for project work.
• Understand the region holistically in terms of geography, natural resources, energy sources, employability, economic growth, potential small scale industries and other necessary facets to support the vertical.
• Make field visits, conduct meetings with village and local level stakeholders, conduct focussed group discussions or interviews to collect and understand critical ground data.
• Identify and document the pain points for potential solutions with multiple stakeholders/agencies/grassroot level organisations to establish the demand principle.
• Building awareness campaigns and implementing it on the ground to create employment opportunities.
• Identify ground resources to work within multiple capacities with SVM village ambassadors, vendors, influencers etc. for independent projects or ones facilitated through interventions of partner organisations.
• Identify and build relationships with relevant agencies and departments of the Government of Meghalaya for timely coordination & validation of project deliverables.
• Ideate and work towards projects with partner organisations, provide inputs and facilitate stakeholder relationships for operations.
• Ensure to work with companies/startups/organisations to establish sustainable and scalable business models.
• Encourage local entrepreneurs and connect with relevant solution providers and markets.
• Monitoring and evaluation of projects, timely submission of updates and reports for assessment and to measure impact.
• Track the tasks and project deliverables, work with deadlines: Companies/ Startups/ POCs, Project Coordinators, Village Ambassadors.
• Project Report writing to assess and measure impact.
• Prepare business models and iterations, in collaboration with the participating companies, in consultation with institutional stakeholders for validation of the need of the solution.
• Mentor academic projects with courses anchored with UC Berkeley and others.
• Additional new roles and responsibilities may be added to your profile as per need.

Minimum Qualification:

• Non negotiable requirement: Minimum of two years work experience in projects related to water/energy/waste management/3D Printing/connectivity and payments /transportation.
• Preferred educational qualification: B. Tech with MBA/Tech or Masters in Sustainable Development, Specialisation in Project Management,