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Jobs and other Opportunities
Livolink Foundation invites applications for the post of Civil Engineer for its national Diversion Based Irrigation programme - Apply by January 31, 2013
Posted on 12 Jan, 2013 10:29 PM
Place of work
The position will be based in the office of Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar, with extensive travel to project locations of the partner organizations across the country. Candidates must be willing to stay in the project/rural locations on short term basis, as and when required.
About Livolink Foundation
Livolink is committed to enhance the socio-economic status of the vulnerable and marginal communities across the country through promoting appropriate prototypes, design technologies related to development and popularizing their application in the field and involved in monitoring and implementation of new and innovative developmental projects financed by government and donor agencies.
The organization assists development agencies at the grassroots by offering know-how, technical guidance, managerial and organizational development support in the areas of poverty alleviation, rural livelihoods, natural resource management, irrigation, habitat and environment and other intervention sectors for the purpose of promoting sustainable and self-reliant social, economic, ecological and human development.
For expanding initiatives of the DBI Secretariat, the organization wishes to appoint a Civil Engineer for its national DBI programme.
Gram Vaani invites applications for senior management positions in New Delhi; Directors - Business development, Programmes and Operations - Apply by January 31, 2013
Posted on 11 Jan, 2013 11:24 PM
Place of work
New Delhi (All positions are based out of New Delhi but will require travel to various parts of the country, including rural areas.)
About Gram Vaani
Gram Vaani meaning 'voice of the village', builds innovative technologies and sustainability processes to reverse the flow of information and make it bottom-up instead of top-down. We want to empower poor and marginalized communities to voice their opinions and demands. Starting in 2009, we built a pioneering radio automation system that now runs at 30+ community radio stations in India and 5 in Africa, enabling an aggregate population of 2 million people to create their own local media.
Gram Vaani is raising $0.5M in equity investment to build the equivalent of a Facebook for rural India! We want to rapidly expand our team and are looking for high energy individuals to join us and bring professional expertise to the company.
Arghyam is looking for a Project Manager – Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) for Sanitation - Apply by January 23, 2013
Posted on 08 Jan, 2013 09:20 PM
Arghyam is a not-for-profit foundation working in the water sector in India. Arghyam’s vision is “Safe sustainable water for all”. We take up focused programmes that address lack of equitable access to water, in a sustainable manner, amongst all citizens, through partnerships and grants across the country.
We are looking for a Project Manager for a Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) project for Sanitation. The Project Manager will lead the Sanitation-BCC project at Arghyam. The term of engagement could be either as a full time consultant or a full time employee. In either case, the person will work from Arghyam’s office in Bangalore.
Place of work
Bangalore
Hindustan Unilever Vitality Foundation invites proposals on thinking and action on the theme of 'water for public good' - Apply by January 31, 2013
Posted on 08 Jan, 2013 02:41 PMAbout Hindustan Unilever Vitality Foundation
Hindustan Unilever Vitality Foundation has been set up as a not-for-profit entity by Hindustan Unilever Limited with the intent to make a difference in the domain of water, specifically to further “water for public good” in India. In the first phase of the programme, the primary deliverable was to create significant water conservation potential. To this end, HUVF has partnered with reputed NGOs, pursuing projects in more than 150 villages across India.
In the second phase of the programme, HUVF wishes to support NGO partners who along with communities can proactively contribute to systemic and policy level change at the macro-level using the experiences and learnings from the micro-level projects, while furthering their execution.
Accordingly, the key deliverables in the second phase of the programme, would be interpreting and delivering on certain “Principles of water” through micro-action and contributions arising from these actions to leading to systemic and policy change on water, apart from benefits from water conservation and the allied micro-level project impacts. Considering the water nexus with the social landscape, environment and food security, a mix of actions, in different ecosystems and in a diverse socio-economic milieu would be needed.
Manipur state nature photography contest, North East Centre for Environmental Education and Research - Submit photos by March 20, 2013
Posted on 08 Jan, 2013 01:57 PM
Organizers
North East Centre for Environmental Education and Research
The initiative is part of NECEER, Imphal efforts to create mass awareness on nature conservation and environmental education.
Terms and conditions
1. Photos should be clicked in Manipur.
2. Photos should be clicked during 1st Jan. 2013 and 15th March 2013.
3. Last date of submitting the entries is 20th March 2013.
4. Participants should strictly avoid watermark.
5. Only 5 entries per participants can be submitted for the contest.
National Institute of Urban Affairs invites applications for the post of Research Associate for the Peer Experience and Reflective Learning project - Apply by January 20, 2013
Posted on 08 Jan, 2013 01:41 PM
The Peer Experience and Reflective Learning (PEARL) is a platform for networking among Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) cities under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD). This is “to create manageable networks between JNNURM cities for cross-learning and sharing knowledge on urban reforms and governance”. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is the National Coordinator for this programme. The ‘Knowledge Support’ component of PEARL is supported by Cities Alliance. This position is available within this component.
Arghyam is looking for a Data and Research Intern for 3 months - Apply by January 20, 2013
Posted on 01 Jan, 2013 11:01 PM
About Arghyam
Arghyam is an Indian public charitable foundation setup with an endowment from Rohini Nilekani, working in the water and sanitation sector since 2005 with the vision “Safe, sustainable water for all”. ‘Arghyam’ is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘Offering’.
Place of work
The intern can work from home.
Internship profile
Arghyam is looking for a Data and Research Intern for 3 months. Arghyam is embarking on several projects related to water data, specifically to do with groundwater and sanitation. One of the themes we want to explore under sanitation is its relationship with health. To do this, we want to identify relevant data sets from rural health and look for correlations between relevant health indicators and rural sanitation. Once we have this data and understand the correlations, we will also be working to make the data more accessible to different communities like designers, journalists and developers and WatSan professionals.
Swaniti offers fellowships on scaling up sanitation programmes in Balasore, Orissa and executing 'the ponds for livelihood project' in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand - Apply by January 7th, 2013
Posted on 27 Dec, 2012 10:09 PM
About Swaniti
Swaniti is an apolitical initiative that strives to build a better India by creating civically oriented opportunities for talented and passionate youth in governance and polity. The organization works with leaders across the political spectrum to identify issues in their constituency and recruits dynamic youth to design and implement solutions to overcome these challenges.
About the fellowship
Swaniti believes in a government by the people, people should be at the core. Hence the Swaniti Fellowships aims to engage the brightest youth in the country in governance by launching them in constituency development engagements, thereby involving them in development and governance.
Swaniti provides mentoring to the Fellows to enable them to successfully complete their fellowship. The mentoring is in the form of pre-fellowship training; setting expectations and supplying the Fellows with necessary resources such as research support, sector specific guidance and trouble-shooting during the Fellowship. Throughout the engagement, Fellows are expected to work with the support of the Swaniti team to meet the deliverables.
EIA Resource and Response Centre invites applications from interested individuals to work on Environment Impact Assessment and related issues in Kotagiri and Vishakapatnam
Posted on 21 Dec, 2012 09:55 PM
Location
1) ERC Western Ghats Field unit at the Keystone Foundation : Kotagiri, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu
2) ERC Eastern Ghats Office at Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
About eRc India
eRc is a Resource and Response Centre that keeps a watch on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) processes and ensures that the impact of developmental activities on India's Environment and Communities is properly accessed and accounted for. The Environment Impact Assessment Resources & Response Centre was established in the year 2007, in response to the felt need to keep a watch, as well as to challenge, Environment Impact Assessment-EIA reports which are based on inadequate and improper assessment of the impacts of proposed developmental activities on natural India including, wild flora and fauna, rivers, wetlands etc.
Chetna Organic invites applications for the post of Programme Officer in Hyderabad - Apply by January 5, 2013
Posted on 20 Dec, 2012 07:25 AM
Place of posting
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
About Chetna Organic
Chetna Organic Farmers’ Association works with small and marginal farmers to improve their livelihood options and make farming sustainable and profitable. It is based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and works with farmers in the rainfed regions of Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Chetna Organic is a project of the Forum for Integrated Development (FFID).
Revitalising Rainfed Soils
The project Revitalising Rainfed Soils (RRS) of the RRA Network is anchored by Chetna Organic and is designed to improve the productivity of soils in rainfed regions. The project aims to evolve the structure of a possible public investment programme on enhancing soil productivity using organic matter.