MSRLM, Government of Maharashtra invites applications for post of District Manager – Financial Inclusion, Job Placement and Skill Development

Mumbai : The Government of India has launched The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) under the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The Mission aims at creating efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural poor enabling them to increase their household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial and public services. The agenda is to mobilize the rural BPL households into self- managed, federated institutions and support them for livelihoods collectives. In addition, the poor would be facilitated to achieve increased access to their rights, entitlements and public services, diversified risk and better social indicators of empowerment.

Further to these objectives, the Government of Maharashtra has constituted the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission, registered under the Societies Act 1860. A State Mission Management Unit has been constituted as a dedicated support structure to deliver the mission in the State. The MSRLM aims to build a team of high quality professionals for providing technical assistance to the districts in various thematic areas such as social inclusion, rural livelihoods human resource management, creating human and social capital, Environment Management, financial inclusion, monitoring and evaluation, MIS etc.

Financial inclusion, as defined by the Reserve Bank of India, is providing access to appropriate financial products and services to the most vulnerable group of the society in a fair, transparent and cost-effective manner by the mainstream financial institutions. Making poor the preferred clients of the banking system is core to the MSRLM financial inclusion strategy. Mobilizing bank credit is crucial for accomplishing investment goals under NRLM. The role of banks commences right from the inception of the program. The banks shall open savings accounts for all program beneficiaries, SHGs and their federations (unregistered/registered) and facilitate a full range of banking services including savings, credit and remittances. State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) in each State would facilitate consensus on the Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and procedures to be adopted by the banks for smooth opening of bank accounts.

The persons recruited and performing successfully could expect to be associated with the mission on a long term basis. For administrative policy reasons, the contract of this position will be for 11 months and renewed further based on performance and requirement.

Posting : Anywhere in Maharashtra State
Reporting : The person recruited will be reporting to the District Mission Manager or any other delegated authority.

Duties and Responsibilities : The following are the indicative Duties and responsibilities of District Manager – Financial Inclusion, Job Placement and Skill Development

• Take leadership in designing and development of annual work plans, perspective plans for the district under Financial Inclusion component.
• Develop innovative strategies to sensitize stakeholders in spreading awareness on importance of Financial Inclusion
• Liaison with Banks and other financial institutions at the district level specifically with commercial banks for fostering and pushing the SHG bank linkage program to ensure greater financial inclusion.
• Roll Out Micro Plan process for community institutions
• Render technical assistance and advice the BMMU on how to solve day to day implementation problems specifically related to financial inclusion;
• Monitor the performance of Block Manager – Financial Inclusion, Job placement and Skill Development.
• Guide project staff in improving the service delivery of government insurance and pension related schemes to the local community.
• Promote enabling work environment in-order to maximise intra thematic and cross thematic exchange of ideas, co-operation, plans and strategies for implementation.
• Leadership in designing and development of annual work plans, perspective plans for the district under Jobs placement and skills development component.
• Identify stakeholders to be included for Skill development training paying special emphasis to social inclusion and gender issues
• Maintain a database of target beneficiaries of job sector and rolling out/updating of Jobs MIS at District level.
• Plan and Conduct Job fairs at District level with support from DMMU so as to ensure placement of trained stakeholders.
• Play a lead role in cross regional knowledge sharing including learning and exposure visits, workshops and seminars and in producing knowledge products on Jobs and Skill development.
• Report regularly to SMMU in form of generating MPR’s, QPR’s and other relevant reports.
• Any other task as allocated by competent authority at SMMU

Minimum Qualification and Experience:

• Master of Commerce or Masters of Economics or Master of Business Administration in Finance or Master of Business Management in Finance, Master of Management Studies in Finance or Post Graduate Diploma in Agri-Business Management (Two Years) from recognized University /Institute with minimum 6 years in working in Rural Development/Social Mobilisation/Poverty alleviation/Financial Inclusion programmes out of which minimum 3 years relevant experience in financial inclusion, Bank linkage programme domain through Banks/ NBFCs/ Government / NGOs/ MFIs, Skill development
• Age Limit for open market candidates would not be more than 40 years as on 1st April 2018 and up to 5 years of age relaxation for reservation category and Persons with disabilities (PwD) candidates.
• Retired Bankers may also apply upto 63 years; above 55 years physical fitness certificate is necessary and above educational criteria not mandatory for retired banker.
• Knowledge of Marathi and MS Office is essential.

Desired Domain Knowledge and Experience:

• Knowledge on entire process of forming SHGs to establishing Bank linkage and the necessary documentation involved.
• Familiarity with RBI rules and guidelines concerning financial inclusion.
• Experience of having working with PSU Banks and Financial institutions in the field of Bank Linkage
• Familiarity in dealing with Training institutes/resource persons who impart training on financial inclusion.

Desired Competency and Attributes:

• Ability to recognize complexity, analyze and act – Proactive in identifying issues and bottlenecks with ability to think Out of Box for innovative solutions.
• Intensity, Integrity and Intelligence – Willingness to travel ‘extra mile’ in order to work for communities with the ability to translate knowledge into purposeful action
• Inclusive Approach – Sensitive to needs to vulnerable and marginalized communities and including them in the development process
• Team Player- Thrives working in a large team with the ability to demonstrate leadership skills wherever required.
• Integrative Skills – Understands relevant cross-sectoral areas how they are interrelated;
• Articulate and demonstrate clear results – Possesses effective communication skills to deal with different stakeholders with ability to achieving objectives in challenging situations
  Salary : Monthly CTC Rs. 30,000/-
  How to apply : Interested candidates can send their online application on www.Umed.in ( Click Here )  Last date of online application submission is 10th May 2018 till 11.59pm.