Position Title: Project Manager

Number of Position: 1

Reporting: National Program Manager Women Economic Empowerment

Location: Odisha (Bhubaneswar-based with extensive field travel)

Grade: E

Type: Regular

Qualification Required: Postgraduate degree in Management, Development Studies, Social Work or related fields

Experience Required:

- 7+ years of experience in managing development sector projects, preferably in livelihoods, women's empowerment, or digital inclusion, working with State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) or Mission Shakti in Odisha.
- Demonstrated experience in government partnership management, particularly with State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs) or similar government bodies.
- Proven track record in project cycle management planning, execution, monitoring, and high-quality donor reporting.
- Experience managing multi-disciplinary field teams across geographically dispersed, low-connectivity locations.
- Familiarity with digital literacy or technology-enabled livelihoods is a strong advantage.

Skills and Attributes:

- Robust leadership and team management ability to motivate, supervise, and course-correct a diverse field team.
- Excellent government liaison skills with comfort engaging district collectors, SRLM officials, and department heads.
- Proficiency in project planning tools, MIS systems, milestone tracking, and grant reporting frameworks.
- Strong analytical mindset able to read dashboard data, identify adoption gaps, and drive evidence-based decisions.
- Excellent written and oral communication in English; Excellent presentation skills; working proficiency in Odia strongly preferred.
- Comfort with digital tools: MS Office, Google Workspace, mobile-based MIS platforms.
- High tolerance for ambiguity, field complexity, and multi-stakeholder coordination.

Project Overview





PCI India is preparing to launch a large-scale women's economic empowerment initiative in Odisha, designed to reach over one lakh women across three districts through a blend of digital literacy, livelihood support, and community-based mobilization. Built in close partnership with the state's rural livelihoods ecosystem, the initiative will train a cadre of over 2,500 community resource persons and deploy a dedicated digital platform for this purpose.

The Role

As Project Manager, you will lead the on-ground delivery of one of India's most ambitious women's digital inclusion initiatives, to help 100,000+ rural SHG women in Odisha access livelihood opportunities and government entitlements. The project spans 3 districts, 20 blocks, and 500 Gram Panchayats, and will be implemented in deep partnership with the government departments.

This is not a desk job. You will be the connective tissue between a committed field team, a complex government ecosystem, and a donor relationship that demands both rigour and results. You will manage a sizeable grant, lead a multi-disciplinary team, and be accountable for one of PCI India's highest-visibility projects.

Key Responsibilities:

- Project Implementation Operational Management
- Own end-to-end delivery of Empower Her.
- Develop and maintain project work plans, activity calendars, and milestone trackers aligned to the project, with clear accountability at every level.




- Oversee Empower Her adoption across all user layers
- Ensure timely delivery of all milestones with strong supporting evidence, including training attendance, app screenshots, MIS reports, and evaluation outputs.

- Stakeholder Government Partnership Management

- Be the face of PCI India with government stakeholders. Build and sustain relationships with state and district officials to ensure institutional co-ownership.
- Drive the formalization of MoUs with relevant departments.
- Represent PCI India in state and district review meetings, coordination forums, and government planning sessions.

- Team Leadership Performance Management

- Directly supervise the Training Capacity Building Manager, ME Officer, 3 District Coordinators, and 10 Community Mobilizers a team of 15 across 3 districts.
- Conduct structured performance reviews, field supervision visits, and regular team reflection sessions.
- Identify skill gaps and create learning opportunities to strengthen the team's technical and adaptive capacity.

- Monitoring Reporting

- Ensure the EmpowerHer dashboard is live, accurate, and actively used for decision-making by CRPs, govt. officials, and the PCI team.
- Prepare and submit high-quality quarterly progress reports and milestone evidence packages.
- Facilitate rapid assessments, pilot reviews, and mid-course corrections with support from the ME Officer and PCI Research.
- Coordinate evaluations, including any third-party evaluation commissioned by the donor.

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📌 Project Manager (Odisha)
🏢 PCI India
📍 Odisha