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The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s
underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this
through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is
multidimensional. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat
earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji and Bill Clinton, American India
Foundation Trust (AIF) has impacted the lives of 16.51 million of India’s poor across 36 States
and Union Territories of India. Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of
Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and governance standards, ensuring transparency,
accountability, and responsible management of resources. As per statutory mandates, AIF is
registered under FCRA, CSR, 80G, and 12A. Learn more at www.aif-india.org
The Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) works with children at risk of distress seasonal
migration by facilitating their access to seasonal hostels, quality education opportunities, while also
training school teachers, and empowering communities on the Right to Education Act (2009).
Technical partnerships with State Governments have provided the opportunity to replicate similar
models across other migration affected states. Since its inception in 2004, LAMP has impacted
1.35 million children at risk of distress seasonal migration through access to quality education
opportunities; and steered 5,238 villages across 17 States and Union Territories across India to
eliminate obstacles to quality education.
The project support LAMP program is implemented on the LAMP core model, which is School
/ community-based Learning Resource Centre and cluster approach. The project is to be executed
across select village/ communities of the implementation. The project will target children from
migration affected or migration prone locations who will be enrolled into the LAMP program
activities.
The role of a project lead is to act as the end accountable person for the program’s projects across
planning, implementation/execution/delivery, reporting, donor driven requirements, financial &
other statutory compliances. He/She will be required to plan, manage, supervise, and organize
activities and ensure that project goals align with the program objectives & organization’s mission.
The project lead duties may vary between programs and by the actual needs of projects.
1. Project Planning, Implementation & Budgeting:
➢ Develop an operating plan & goals with detailed project plan (micro-plans), for
the delivery of the project as per organizational protocols & contractual
commitments.
➢ End accountability for timely execution of all project’s activities and operating plan
as per organizational standards of time and quality to fulfill project’s MoU /
contractual commitments.
➢ Ensure excellent project management and effective utilization of time and
resources.
➢ Analyze project risks.
➢ Based on project monitoring, Implement and manage changes and interventions
to ensure project goals are achieved.
5. Reporting:
➢ Ensure monthly project monitoring through Smartsheets and timely updation to
maintain accuracy at all times on Smartsheets for respective projects.
➢ Consistently provide excellent quality data and documentation that meet the quality
standards of the organization;
➢ Produce accurate and timely reporting of project status throughout its life cycle -
conduct project reviews monthly, quarterly for Leadership and as per project
MoUs and contracts.
6. Communications:
➢ Share project updates and highlights from time to time including written notes &
briefs, photographs & videos, presentations etc.
➢ Ensure success stories are documented and shared periodically for program
communication through AIF social media handles;
➢ Facilitate field visit for any internal & external stakeholders incl Leadership, Board,
Donors, Partners and any other.
➢ Support in planning & execution of events, training for the project at the ground-
level.
8. Government representation:
➢ Proactively engage with government bodies and relevant stakeholders for
implementation success, project sustainability, scalability & replication.
➢ Actively foster new Government relationships and nurture existing relationships
with government partners.
9. Stakeholder engagement:
➢ Ensure timely and effective communication & active engagement (including
periodic meetings) with all internal & external stakeholders to make
communication easy and transparent regarding project progress, issues and related
decisions;
13. Fundraising:
➢ Develop proposals timely and partner with the SP team to ensure uninterrupted
project funding as well as for follow-up funding;
HOW TO APPLY: To apply for this position, please click here and share your details and resume
in the prescribed format.