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Position: |
Project Manager – Sustainability |
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Location: |
Hyderabad |
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Experience: |
9-12 years |
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Job Type: |
Full-time |
About RICH (Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad):
Launched in 2017 by the Government of Telangana, RICH acts as a facilitator and promotes greater collaboration between various entities in the research and innovation space. RICH is a Section 8 Company under Companies Act 2013. RICH is also the Hyderabad Science & Technology (S&T) Cluster, a Mega-Cluster initiative of the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to Government of India. RICH operates in close coordination with the S&T Cluster Apex Committee and the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).
The Clusters work towards achieving the following broad objectives:
- To increase India’s national & global S&T competitiveness.
- To become regional solution providers for local industry & government.
- To create shared S&T ecosystems in India.
RICH aims to catalyse an ecosystem that empowers innovators to transform scientific research into impactful solutions that generate wealth, employment, and create social good, and strives to foster innovation that advances society, through effective use of science and technology.
Job Description:
RICH offers you an exciting opportunity to work as Project Manager- MSME Energy Transition. The current role is for a Project Manager working on a high visibility MSME department program funded by the World Bank. Over the next 3 years the project intends to improve performance of MSME industries and catalyse their green transition. We are looking for a capable individual who has demonstrated experience in leading large programs in the MSME sector, and ability to work with multiple partners and vendors for on the ground project implementation activities involving greening of MSME industries and industry clusters. This is a mission critical role and requires a very dedicated professional who is flexible, able to adapt to a dynamic work environment and handle day to day project execution activities. You would be reporting to the Director of Sustainability at RICH.
The broad roles and responsibilities will be as follows:
⦁ Perform all project management activities including preparing project plans, conducting weekly project reviews, sending regular updates / team communications, managing project timelines and budgets etc.
⦁ Identify, engage and manage partner institutions, and resources required for execution of the project
⦁ Coordinate and collaborate with internal team members and external partners, eliminate roadblocks and ensure that the project activities are progressing as per plan and in the budget allocated
⦁ Develop contingency plans and initiate measures in case the project KPIs are not tracking as per the plan
⦁ Work on regular project documentation, presentations, interim and final project reports.
⦁ Work with partners to create and conduct awareness sessions about solutions for greening of MSME clusters, government schemes and best practices followed by other MSMEs, along with industry associations.
⦁ Prepare and implement a digital and traditional media communications / outreach plan with support from communications team.
⦁ Clearly understand the problems faced by MSME cluster, define use cases, and organise hackathons / innovation challenges to find innovative solutions to the problems described by MSMEs.
⦁ Work on DPRs and concept note preparation with industry and partners and help MSMEs secure funding from multiple sources
⦁ Present project findings at conferences, seminars and other public forums.
⦁ Project monitoring and impact assessment review and reporting on a regular basis to the funding agency.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with 10+ years of project management experience in the MSME sector.
- Project Manager who has demonstrated experience in leading large programs in the MSME sector, and ability to work with multiple partners and vendors for on the ground project implementation activities
- Experience in performing Energy Audits, Manufacturing Process Efficiency improvements, and other field work with MSME industries will be highly desirable.
- Experience of leveraging government schemes for improving the performance of MSME industries will be highly desirable.
- Ability to work with a diverse team comprising internal and external resources, OEM’s, Vendors, financing institutions, MSMEs, programme managers and business executives etc.
- Excellent networking/collaboration ability, good communication, project management, report writing, impact assessment and presentation skills.
Others
- This role will be based in Hyderabad but will need frequent travel to MSME cluster sites for various project related activities up to 40% of the time. Necessary travel arrangements will be made as and when required.
RICH is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusiveness.
Please share your cv to cmanager-rich@telangana.gov.in