Assistant Coordinator- Agriculture/Livelihood

Role: Cluster Manager

Location of Job: Nagpur

Duration of the contract: 2 years as Full Time Consultant

Brief About Foundation for MSME Clusters

Established in June 2005, the Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC) www.fmc.org.in specializes in the promotion of MSMEs through cluster and value chain led development. FMC was promoted as a Registered Public Charitable Trust with the technical support of a then UNIDO Cluster Development Programme, in June 2005. It is governed by a very eminent Board of Trustees from the Government, Banks, Academia, Donor institutions and NGOs, ably led Mr. Ajay Shankar, IAS (ex-Secretary Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Govt. of India). FMC undertakes all its operations in line with its vision and mission that are given as under:

In India, FMC has worked with around 200 MSME clusters, undertaken studies/research in another 150 MSME clusters and worked with 250 Business Membership Organizations (BMOs) thus benefiting more than 100,000 MSMEs across different sectors and sizes. FMC and its experts have also provided training, handholding, and research on cluster development in 16 other countries across the globe.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plan, implement, and monitor development projects within the assigned cluster.
• Ensure projects align with organizational goals, objectives, and donor requirements.
• Selection of relevant BDSPs in consultation with anchor Institutions for each activity and entering MoUs/ contracts with them
• Responsible for inviting and ensuring participation of relevant support/ development institutions for each activity.
• Regularly report on progress, emerging trends, and challenges through weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
• Build and maintain relationships with client, local communities, government agencies and other stakeholders.
• Represent the organization at cluster-level meetings and forums.
• Conduct regular site visits and assessments to ensure compliance with project objectives.
• Prepare regular and ad-hoc reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Preparation of case studies, success stories
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation.

Qualification Required:

• B. Tech / B.E.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in consulting including at least 3 years of work experience in clusters (at field level) or enterprise development

Salary Offered: Rs 70,000/- per month inclusive of all applicable taxes.
Interested candidates can send in their CVs at hr@msmefoundation.org with a subject line indicating “Cluster Manager- Nagpur”.

Only candidates with relevant qualification and experience would be shortlisted. The ones who do not qualify in the short-listing won’t be intimated due to expected high number of CVs.

FMC is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply. FMC does not discriminate qualified candidates based on age, caste, class, sex, gender, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, health and disability.