PROGRAM COORDINATOR POSITION

Conscious Impact Nepal (Chetanshil Prabhav Nepal) is a Nepali NGO that has been working in the village of Takure in the Sindulpalchowk district since 2015. Our work focuses on regenerative agriculture and agroforestry, sustainable construction, community infrastructure development, youth empowerment and education, rural development, and sustainable tourism. We host international and national students and volunteers to participate in community infrastructure and building projects, support the planting of thousands of trees with local farmers, and inspire young people to be active leaders in their communities.  

Conscious Impact currently seeks one enthusiastic and action-oriented program coordinator who is passionate about sustainable, resilience-building, rural development in Sindhupalchok, Nepal. The selected applicant will work with our international and local team and act as a liaison to the local government and local community groups. The position offers professional development in the nonprofit management space. We are looking for someone whose passion for rural sustainable development allows them to present project and program ideas to local leaders and team members emphasizing on the long-term positive impact created. Additionally we are looking for someone who is excited about community mobilization and community-led projects, ultimately working with communities to work together towards unified goals.

We are looking for someone with previous rural development nonprofit program coordination experience. This person should also be a self-starter, and, after an initial period of guidance and collaboration, be able to work independently towards organizational goals. The Program Coordinator will be responsible for building a positive relationship between our organization and the local and state level government; be responsible for producing relevant and responsible impact reports and submit timely proposals for work within the rural municipality and national Social Welfare Council. Additionally the program coordinator may participate in connecting our work to other relevant work within Nepal.

This coordinator will start by working with the Program Director to learn about previous organizational work history, programs and structures and desires for future program and working structure. The person will also have additional responsibilities, such as facilitating interactions with local community members, persons of government authority, and international and local team members.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Fluent Nepali - written and oral
• English fluency - written and oral
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, administration, nonprofit management, or related fields. Applicants with a related Master’s degree will be prioritized.
• Comfortable living communally and in a rural, rustic setting (basic earthen homes and shared bathroom/kitchen/common spaces)
• Microsoft Office applications competency (word, excel, powerpoint)
• Enjoy outside activities, field work and interest in walking 1-2 km for community mobilization and program work activities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supporting all organizational program activities operations and development.
• Facilitating positive relationships with all local level government offices and institutions such as schools or other operating projects in the area.
• Recording all program and project information, results, and regularly reporting to government offices, stakeholders, supporters, local staff and community members
• Supporting the organization by communicating values, programs and opportunities for local community involvement.
• Working with local community groups to develop unified goals, objectives and values to work towards together; using appreciative inquiry and other community mobilization techniques for successful identification of goals, ideas, values.
• Quarterly assessment and reporting of community projects.
• Assisting with outside of program translation needs for operational and organizational purposes. 

BENEFITS:

• Competitive salary range depending on experience
• Opportunity to live and work with a community of people from all over the world during the course of their employment and work on a very dynamic, diverse, fast-paced, passionate team.
• Housing and food is provided depending on living situation choice.
• Flexible vacation time in accordance with national holiday schedule and organization program schedule.

JOB PERIOD: 18 to 24 months with 3 month probationary period

SALARY: Dependent on experience

Start date: As soon as possible