Designation: Program Manager, Outreach
Duration: Full Time, with 6 months of initial probationary period
Location: Bengaluru
Starting date: Immediate

About SELCO Foundation

SELCO Foundation is an open source, not for profit organization that engages in field-based R&D and ecosystem building for deployment of clean energy solutions that alleviate poverty in tribal, rural and urban poor areas. The organization works in collaboration with practitioners in the social sector, energy entrepreneurs, NGOs from various developmental sectors and educational institutions to link the benefits of sustainable energy to poverty eradication. The organization works across verticals such as energy access, health, livelihoods with practitioners in the social sector, energy entrepreneurs and partners from various developmental sectors.

You can find more information about SELCO Foundation on our organization website.

Background on SELCO's EnergyForHealth program

The goal of this program is to strengthen delivery of healthcare for over 170 million people by reliably and sustainably powering 25,000 public health facilities in remote, rural, climate and socio-economically vulnerable regions across 11 states in India by 2026.

Healthcare today, without considering the potential services to the un-catered populations in the world, is the 5th most polluting industry. The proposed program can help improve the quality of health services in a decentralized manner, while also making it a less carbon intensive sector. This program can prove to be the low hanging fruit for achieving SDG13 and SDG3 via SDG7. We believe that provision of 100% renewable energy and green building infrastructure for healthcare facilities, will democratize the much needed health services in the remote regions within India and account for future pandemic preparedness.

The Role

The Program Manager, Outreach, will be responsible for developing, managing and executing a robust and focused outreach plan for the disseminating learnings of the EnergyForHealth to relevant external audiences, such as National and State Health Departments, National and State Energy Departments, international and national organizations and institutions, funders, and other relevant stakeholders. Apart from key multimedia and outreach skills, the candidate must be creative in approach, have strong interpersonal communication skills, and managerial expertise. The candidate is expected to be entrepreneurial, and adapt to varying situations and organizational requirements. In this role, the candidate would play a key role in ensuring that the values, philosophy and key approaches of the organization are demonstrated in a consistent manner across the work portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

  • Leading the development and execution of an outreach plan for the dissemination of various knowledge and research outputs of the EnergyForHealth program to key stakeholder audiences.
  • Managing social media accounts such as Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, websites, etc., and their content (e.g. videos, articles, social media posts, newsletters, case studies, reports, etc.) and coordination support to the overall development of the Global Hubs Website/platform with the web development partner.
  • Identifying, connecting with, and maintaining relations with key partners and stakeholders (individual and institutional) for outreach and dissemination and maintaining a database of the same for regular interaction.
  • Developing audience-driven outreach outputs in different formats such as short and long form written documents, interactive content such as photographs, illustrations, animated video, etc., and case studies from implementations of the EnergyForHealth program across various geographies.
  • Coordinate with relevant internal teams, such as Learning and Documentation, MnE, and Program teams for content finalization and publication.
  • Support in organising outreach events such as webinars, conferences, round tables, travel, podcasts, live demos, for the EnergyForHealth program across geographies.

Qualification & Experience

  • A Master's Degree in Media and Communication with a minimum of 4 years of experience in related field. Experience in the public health sector field is advantageous.
  • Familiarity with research methodologies, tools and analysis for qualitative and quantitative studies
  • Understanding of global social development, livelihood sector, health sector, and sustainable energy is desirable and an experience of working at a global scale will be an added advantage
  • Efficient use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visual software skills (e.g. Canva, Adobe Suite or Affinity Suite) are desirable
  • Good analytical skills e.g. the ability to derive meaningful relationships in the data to draw meaningful insights using statistical software packages
  • Good communication skills with an excellent written command to work with international team members from various countries
  • Willingness and ability to coordinate with different types of stakeholders in regional countries to develop relevant knowledge/ outreach materials
  • Willingness to participate in field activities/surveys and travel to remote areas within the region

Process

Please click HERE to apply for the open position.
Applications will be processed on a rolling basis.

We look forward to hearing from people who identify with the vision of SELCO Foundation’s EnergyForHealth program.!