Project Supervisor

Job Title : Project Supervisor (Social Schemes & Learning Centers)
Location : Bihta, Patna
Reporting To : Project Coordinator/Manager

Nari Gunjan (Women’s Voice), founded in 1987 under the leadership of Padmashree awardee Sudha Varghese, is a non-profit organization based in Patna, Bihar. The organization has been working extensively with the Musahar community, focusing on women’s economic empowerment, education, and health. In collaboration with an international agency, Nari Gunjan is implementing a project to mainstream out-of-school children across 5 blocks named Punpun, Bihta, Phulwarisharif, Danapur, (Patna) Nagra & Marhaura (Chhapra) covering. The Mobile Learning Resource Centre initiative is a unique intervention which is used to create mass scale awareness and reaching out to targeted groups and community. This programme aims to ensure girls are mainstreamed in government schools.

Purpose of the Role

The role aims to ensure the effective implementation of social schemes and social security initiatives by coordinating with Community Mobilizers, Block Coordinators, and ICTs. It also involves overseeing ‘Learning Centers’ to enhance academic quality, life skills, and community engagement. By providing guidance, monitoring outcomes, and preparing reports, the Project Supervisor supports field teams and fosters accountability. This ensures that marginalized families receive their entitlements and children benefit from improved learning opportunities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Oversight of Social Schemes & Social Security

• Lead coordination of social schemes and social security initiatives across ASK, KK, CHC, and skill development centers.
• Ensure Musahar/Mahadalit families are informed about and connected to Bihar government schemes (education, nutrition, health, livelihood, social security).
• Monitor documentation processes and track beneficiary access to entitlements.
• Provide technical support to CMs and BCs in mobilizing families for scheme enrolment.

2. Supervision of Enrichment Learning Centers

• Oversee planning and implementation of Learning Centers (LCs) to strengthen academic quality and life skills.
• Coordinate with ICTs and teachers to ensure enrichment modules complement classroom learning.
• Monitor attendance, retention, and learning outcomes in LCs.
• Document success stories and innovative practices from LCs for reporting and donor communication.

3. Coordination & Support to Field Teams

• Collaborate with Community Mobilizers, Block Coordinators, and ICTs to address community issues and ensure smooth project execution.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to CMs on mobilization strategies, health outreach, and livelihood initiatives.
• Facilitate coordination meetings between BCs, ICTs, and CMs to align activities with project objectives.
• Avoid duplication of responsibilities by clarifying role boundaries among staff.
• Collect and compile reports from academic quality, teacher coaching, alumni tracking) and community mobilisation, enrolments, entitlements.
• Submit consolidated block-level progress reports to the Project Manager, including data on beneficiaries, entitlements, nutrition, and impact indicators.
• Ensure reporting ownership is respected (ICT for academic facilitation, CM for mobilisation).

4. Monitoring & Reporting

• Consolidate reports from BCs, ICTs, and CMs on scheme enrolment, health outreach, and enrichment activities.
• Submit detailed supervisory reports to the Project Manager / Coordinator, highlighting progress, challenges, and recommendations.
• Track indicators related to social schemes, social security, and enrichment learning outcomes

5. Stakeholder & Community Engagement

• Organize block-level awareness campaigns on social schemes, health, and education.
• Strengthen parent-child relationships through structured parenting modules and enrichment activities.
• Build trust and collaboration between families, schools, clinics, and community stakeholders.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Number of families successfully accessing government schemes and social security.
• Improvement in attendance, retention, and learning outcomes in Learning Centers.
• Timeliness and quality of supervisory reports submitted.
• Number of coordination meetings conducted with BCs, ICTs, and CMs.
• Documented success stories and case studies from LCs and scheme beneficiaries.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s/Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, Public Health, or Management.
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in project supervision, community development, or social schemes implementation.
• Strong skills in monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in managing teams and working with marginalized communities.
• Familiarity with government schemes and entitlements in Bihar.
• Proficiency in MS Office, data analysis, and report preparation.
• Excellent communication skills in English, Hindi, and local dialects.

Remuneration
The position carries an honorarium of 15,000 per month
Travel allowance of 2,000 per month, responsibilities and the need for mobility in fulfilling project objectives.

Application Process

Note: Contract is purely temporary in nature. Initial contract is for one year with possibility of extension based on performance, track-record and funds availability.

Candidates meeting the above requirements may send their application including a cover letter, writing samples and updated CV (with at least two references) to hrjobnarigunjan@gmail.com in subject (Application for the Post ………………) at the. Please do mention the current and expected remuneration package in your CV clearly.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.