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State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh
Recruitment of Team Leader & Team Member (Natural Resource based Livelihoods Promotion)
About the State Health Resource Centre: The SHRC is an autonomous institution (Society) set-up in the
year 2002 as a Technical Support Agency for the Department of Health and Family Welfare,
Chhattisgarh. SHRC has a staff-strength of around 50 professionals who provide technical advice to
Government on a number of Health Sector Reform initiatives and coordinate the Mitanin Programme,
one of the most successful Community Health Worker programmes in the country.
About the Mitanin programme: The Mitanin programme was started in 2001. There are more than
60,000 Mitanins in the State, one for every hamlet (5-6 Mitanins per Panchayat) who works as the
community’s interface with the public health system. The Mitanins are supported by a network of
3000+ Mitanin Trainers, 300+ Block Coordinators and 30+ District Coordinators. Besides health, the
Mitanins have also been active in and involved with livelihood issues of the communities.
About the Natural Resource Based Livelihoods Initiatives Project (NRBLIP): A comprehensive livelihood
initiative has been taken up by SHRC in collaboration with various Districts. The state Government has
initiated a Nutrition Programme called ‘Fulwari Yojana’ which is being facilitated by SHRC. The purpose
of LIP is to complement Fulwari Yojana so as to achieve sustainable change in nutrition status of tribal
communities through creation of livelihoods based on improved management of natural resources. The
major components of the project are water and soil conservation, promotion of sustainable agriculture
through System of Rice Intensification (SRI), horticulture, mushroom and poultry production etc.
District Livelihoods Resource Team: The SHRC is partnering with the district administrations for the
implementation of the “Natural Resource Based Livelihood Initiatives Project (NRBLIP)” and, among
others, will be setting up Livelihood Resource Teams in 6-7 districts to facilitate this initiative. Each team
will have 2-4 members at district level. They will be supported by Block level coordinators and
Community Resource Persons. The Team will work closely with the Zila Panchayat and with other
government agencies for the promotion of some of the components. The team shall work collectively to
achieve the objectives of the project.
Role and Responsibilities of Team Leader
The Team Leader will lead the project activities under the guidance of SHRC’s Mitanin Kalyan Kosh and
Community Process division. The leadership role will involve, amongst others, the following:
• To coordinate with the Zila Panchayat and other relevant agencies for all domains of the project.
• To organize and supervise capacity building activities for community facilitators, officials, etc.
• To coordinate with technical agencies.
• To monitor field implementation of the project and to provide required support through
frequent field visits.
• To supervise remaining members of team.
In addition to overall coordination activities, s/he will be directly responsible for planning and
implementing the natural resource management initiatives with special focus on soil and water
conservation.
Eligibility and qualifications

• Graduate in Agriculture or Agricultural Engineering with post qualification work experience of at
least 3 years in promotion of Integrated Natural Resource Management and agriculture based
livelihood activities.
Or
• Postgraduate in Management or Social Work with post qualification work experience of at least
6 years in the promotion of Integrated Natural Resource Management and agriculture based
livelihood activities.
• Proficiency in Hindi.
Team Member
Roles and Responsibilities of Team Member
The Team Member will support the project activities focused on planning and implementing the local
resource based sustainable agriculture initiatives with special focus on promoting System of Rice
Intensification (SRI). The role will involve, amongst others, the following:
• To coordinate with relevant agencies like CSOs, NGOs, research institutes, technical agencies,
etc for enhancing sustainable agriculture based livelihood promotion.
• To organize training programmes.
• To monitor and support field implementation of this activity.
Eligibility and qualifications
• Graduate in Agriculture or Agriculture engineering with post qualification work experience of at
least 1 year in promotion of Integrated Natural Resource Management or agriculture based
livelihood activities.
Or
Postgraduate in Management or Social Work with post qualification work experience of at least
4 years in the promotion of Integrated Natural Resource Management and agriculture based
livelihood activities.
• Proficiency in Hindi.
Location: The likely district headquarters where teams will be placed include Ambikapur, Surajpur,
Balrampur, Jashpur and Gariaband.
Age: Preferably below 35 years
Compensation package: Commensurate with qualifications, experience and salary history.
Last Date: 28 th July 2013 kindly send your CV in the given email id: shrchrd@gmail.com
Only short listed candidates will be contacted for written test / interview
Application must be submitted in the prescribed format available at SHRC`s Website : www.shsrc.org