Assistant Manager Programme
Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) is a non-profit organization. Established in 1960, IGSSS works for development, capacity building and enlightenment of the vulnerable communities across India for their effective participation in development. IGSSS works in 639 villages, 73 districts and 25 states and 2 union territories of India.I worked with the programme team at the Head Office based out of Delhi. I supported the Head of Programmes in designing and ensuring effective implementation of different thematic programmes. The role required me to be in touch with regional project teams and support them by bringing them together for regular learning, reflection, and planning and course correction. My position had some priority responsibilities but it allowed me to be creative, experiment and jump into teams for specific tasks as per the need. During my term, I majorly supported the projects of gender, youth and livelihood development. My work purview included donor reporting, proposal development, supervising gender projects, capacity enhancement of teams and support Head of Programmes in standardizing programme procedures and guidelines. I also took lead in organising different social media gender campaigns, designing and developing content and tools for maximising impact. While working in IGSSS, I also had the opportunity to attend workshops on psychosocial caregiving practices during Disasters, POSH in the workplace, effective facilitation and planning for team meetups and workshops. I also got the opportunity to travel to diverse, remote and excessively marginalized communities in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Kashmir, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. My field experience helped me in enhancing my community mobilization and planning skills, made me more aware of grassroots realities which helped me in developing more community-friendly proposals and programme strategies with a people-first approach.