vacancy announcement- project coordinator, governance at janwani, mccia pune

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Vacancy Announcement

Janwani, Pune

Post: Project Coordinator, Governance

Area: Urban Governance / Public Policy/ Public Finance

Location: Pune, India

Application Deadline: January 04, 2014

Type of employment: Contractual

Languages Required: English, Hindi (Required),Marathi (Preferred)

Duration of Initial Contract:One Year

Salary: 3.0 Lacs per annum

Website: www.janwani.org

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Background

Janwani meaning Voice of the people is an initiative of Mahratta Chamber of

Commerce, Industries & Agriculture, a premier chamber of the Country based in Pune,Maharashtra. The objective of the Chamber is to make Pune the most attractive

destination of investment in India. While pursuing this objective, the Chamber realised

that we cannot make our City the most attractive destination unless we make it a better

place to live and work. Hence, Janwani was started in 2006 under the chairmanship of

Dr. B.G. Deshmukh (former Cabinet Secretary, Government of India) with an objective

to advocate and promote equitable and sustainable development in the city. Simply put,

to address the issues of growth and make Pune a better place to live and work. We work

towards the comprehensive development of the city by identifying gaps and priority areas

in the development process and providing well researched and implementable solutions.

Janwani works on six focus areas concerning Pune metropolitan region (PMR) viz.

Environment, Energy, City structure & planning, Heritage management, Traffic &

Transportation and Urban Governance. Janwani is currently chaired byDr. Vijay Kelkar

(Chairman, 13th Finance Commission, Government of India) and other board

member includes the best of all strata of the society. Janwani has representatives from

public administration, scientific community, media, industry & academiaon its board.


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Urban Governance:

Janwani approaches governance issues in a holistic manner adopting bottom-up

approach. We believe that peoples participation in governing cities is of utmost

importance as they are the ultimate beneficiaries of the development process. We cannot

improve our country unless we improve our cities. India is at the beginning of a massivewave of urbanization. Unless we learn to manage our cities, we would not be able to

manage our country. We cannot improve our cities unless citizens participate in the

improvement process. We cannot remain Silent Spectators or be ceaseless critics, if we

want our cities to improve. Hence Janwani goes theextra mile to promote and facilitate

centric governance mechanisms in the Pune Metropolitan Region.

To promote and facilitate and good governance in PMR, Janwani partners with varied

organizations viz. Pune Municipal Corporation, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal

Corporation, Government of Maharashtra, Planning Commission, Pune Police, UN

Women, National Foundation for India, IndiaSpend, Janaagraha, Centre for

Environment Education, YASHADA, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economy,

Symbiosis School of Economics and Samarthan amongst others.

Current projects under Governance focus area:

Participatory Budgeting

Outcome Budgeting

Gender Responsive Budgeting

Pre budget memorandum for PMC

Simplification of PMC and PCMC budgets Trend analysis of PMC and PCMC budgets

Voter awareness drive

Research paper on Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 2012

Research paper on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013

Research paper on Water subsidies & pricing in Pune

Handbook on Women safety Women Friendly Pune

Handbook for CSOs on Decoding Municipal Budgets

The above mentioned projects are being undertaken under the guidance working group

on Urban governance that include Mr. Ravi Pandit, Mr. Arun Firodia, Mr. Vishal Jain,

Mr. Ramanath Jha, Dr. Kiran Kulkarni, Dr. Amir Bazaz, Mr. Ravikant Joshi and Mr.

Deelip Jokheamongst others.


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Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide project coordination support to the program officer for the various

research activities related to urban governance concerning PMR region

Design and deliver training modules and presentations on budget transparency

and accountability and inclusive budget processes and practices with a focus onPune metropolitan region.

Conduct focus group discussions;prepare transcripts and reports required for the

projects.

Supervising interns, disseminating project data to and collecting project reports

from research partners

Write reports and articles onUrban governance / Public policy / Public finance

Conduct qualitative and quantitative social science research on budget

transparency reforms, and produce case studies and impact assessments

Undertake any other work under urban governance assigned by program officer,director or the Janwani board.

Skills and requirements:

Masters Degree in Economics, Public Administration, Public Finance,

Development Studies, International Affairs, Political Science, Social Science, or

other related fields

Excellent writing skills and fluency in English

Atleast one year of professional experience working in Governance, Public policy

or public finance related field.

Full computer literacy in internet searching and Microsoft Office programmes i.e.

MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Power Point. Knowledge of SPSS / STATA will be

an asset

Competencies

Good managerial and leading skills

Demonstrate strong coordination skill

Consistently approaches to work with energy and a positive and constructive

attitude

Good communication skill both in writing and oral including networking and

interpersonal skills

Proven ability to persuade and influence others to cooperate


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To Apply

To apply, send your Resume with a Cover letter not exceeding 500 words to

[email protected]

Please clearly mention Application: Project Coordinator, Governance in the subject lineof the email.

Janwani does not discriminate on basis of sex, caste, religion, region, nationality, marital

status, sexual orientation or any other aspect. Individuals from all walks of life fulfilling

the eligibility criteria are encourages to apply

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Warm Regards,

Naim KeruwalaProgram Officer, Governance

Janwani, MCCIA

www.janwani.org

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