Position: Consultant- Documentation and Knowledge Management
Location: Patna
Vacancies: One
Reporting To: Program Manager-RECOVER
Duration: 2 Months
About Project Concern International/India (PCI):
PCI, a Global Communities Partner has been working in India since 1998 with the Mission to empower people to enhance health, end hunger, overcome hardship and advance women and girls. PCI, a Global Communities Partner, envisions a world in which the most vulnerable people will have the power to lift themselves out of poverty and to create vital, healthy lives for their families and communities now and for the future.
PCI works with the government as well as social actors to create an enabling environment to improv eand activate the social position of marginalized populations, especially women and girls, as well as strengthen convergent actions on the ground. Knowledge and evidence-based decision making, and data-driven management have been a trademark of our programs in India. For over two decades, PCI has maintained a diverse portfolio in India, with a presence in more than one-fifth of all districts in the country, reaching over 10 million people in 2019 alone. PCI’s health, gender, and community development programming focuses on low-income, vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations, especially adolescent girls, women of reproductive ages and children. By integrating its community mobilization and empowerment approaches into the government strategies and systems, PCI is helping to ensure that millions of vulnerable women, children, families, and communities throughout India have the ability to advocate for, access and utilize quality health, nutrition, and empowerment services and information for generations to come.
Please visit our website www.pciglobal.in to learn more about our work in India.
Project Background:
PCI with funding support from The David & Lucile Packard foundation is planning to implement the RECOVER-Bihar project to improve the COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the rural population of Bihar.The main objective of this project is to strengthen the Supply-Demand gap in COVID-19 Vaccination. The RECOVER-Bihar project is focusing on two distinct sets of problem (supply-demand gap and equity issue) impeding COVID-19 vaccination coverage in rural Bihar. The project will introduce innovative solutions which will – strengthen vaccination session planning and boost the community mobilization activities to reinforce positive behaviours by leveraging several existing platforms and channels like State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs), Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Front-Line Workers (FLWs), schools, Civil Society Organization (CSO) networks, etc.
Job Summary:
The Consultant-Documentation and Knowledge Management is expected to support Program Manager-RECOVER Bihar in coordinating with the field team in capturing the field experiences and documenting the best practices and case stories for wider dissemination. S/He will be responsible for documentation of process document and strategy note of the project. S/He is also expected to support the team in developing testimonials and short videos of field activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Implementation & Management
RECOVER Diaries: Coordinate with the field team to capture field insights and develop them in form of case stories highlighting the challenges and achievements from the field. The case stories will focus on different aspects of our program and document the real experiences of the field team.
Beneficiary testimonials and Videos- Support the team in script writing for short videos and testimonials focused on real stories from the field.
Knowledge Management Products- Process documentation of RECOVER Bihar to capture the whole RECOVER model for wider dissemination, replication in similar conditions and cross learning of successful strategies and implementation techniques.
Any assignment given by the supervisor or State Lead-HN.
Academic Qualifications:
The ideal candidate shall have a post-graduate degree/ diploma in Management (preferably in Communications, Journalism, Mass Communication, Social Development)
Professional Experience:
Minimum 5 years’ experience of working in the sector of development communication, documentation/journalism, content writing.
Demonstrated experience of documentation and corporate communications.
Skills and Attributes:
Good analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent oral and written English and Hindi skills
Ability to work on M.S.office and PowerPoint
Duration of Appointment:
This position is for 2 months. The appointment is extendable for exceptional performers.