Programme Officer – HCL Foundation (HCLF)

HCL Foundation (HCLF) was established in 2011 as the CSR arm of HCL Technologies. It is a not for- profit- organization, that strives to contribute towards national and international development goals, bringing about lasting positive impact in the lives of people, through long term sustainable programmes. The foundation aims to alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive growth and development.

Active community engagement ensures optimal long-term gains and upward accountability. HCL works through Life Cycle Based, Integrated Community Development Approach with thematic focus on Education, Health, Skill Development & Livelihood, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction & Response. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain central in all initiatives of HCL Foundation, thus ensuring comprehensive development.

Presently HCL Foundation is implementing five flagship programmes, namely HCL Samuday & HCL Grant – Rural Development programmes; HCL Uday & Clean Noida – Urban Development programmes; HCL Harit (The Green Initiative) – Environment Action programme and 4 special initiatives – Power of One, Sports for Change, HCL Foundation Academy and My E-Haat.

HCL Foundation invites applications for the post of Programme Officer under the flagship programme ‘HCL Uday’.

For more details, please visit our website – https://www.hclfoundation.org

Vision To be the source for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development.

Mission
Nurture clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential in partnership with its employees, communities and stakeholders, while promoting volunteerism and establishing international standards of strategic planning, implementation and measuring impact.

HCL Foundation Video –https://youtu.be/D27CGDOs1HU
HCL Uday Video – https://youtu.be/eMRYLnEun4s

Under the leadership of the Director, HCL Foundation and the assigned personnel, the Programme Officer’s primary responsibilities include end to end implementation of HCL Foundation’s flagship programme for urban development, in Chennai and Madurai. Under this project, the ongoing verticals of Urban CSR – Education, Livelihood, Health, WASH, Environment and Humanitarian Action, will be used as approaches to achieve integrated and holistic development of identified target communities, with an overall goal of poverty alleviation.

Please Note: We are an inclusive organization and encourage applications from people from diverse
backgrounds.

Vacancy released by HCL Foundation
Vacancy Code HCLF/JD/Uday/TN/PO/01022023
Programme Name HCL Uday

Roles & Responsibilities

• Conduct a comprehensive baseline of the identified underprivileged communities & identify campaign
  issues.
• Identify and implement the key interventions while engaging with the partner NGOs and the employees to attain sustainable poverty alleviation through investment in relevant, mainstream education, livelihood, health (including water & sanitation and nutrition) and environment support to communities that are otherwise deprived of basic human rights.
• Community mobilization to achieve their engagement in their own development. This will include regular visits to the community, working hand in hand with the NGO partner and HCLTech employees, including the weekends, to ensure that HCL Foundation is in full control of the projects.
• Develop the given project into a high-quality demonstrative model of urban development that showcases that holistic development is possible only by mainstreaming displaced, migrated and underserved populations.
• Monitoring, evaluation and MIS of the given project – including quarterly and annual reports.
• Ensure that employees realize their immediate social responsibility and contribute to the project

Responsibilities also include, but are not limited to, supporting other HCL Foundation projects, assisting the Director, HCL Foundation in developing and implementing policies and procedures, carrying out the objectives of the department, as well as providing recommendations on new programmes and ensuring engagement of employees as mentors and implementers.

Additional Responsibilities –
1. Providing regular coordination support for the day-to-day functions to the partner NGOs.

2. Coordination with volunteers & maintaining a database of volunteer activities across the projects.

3. Maintaining a pictorial database of activities, events and functions.

4. Conducting floor walks with business account volunteers as and when required to ensure effective engagement of volunteers in the project.

Attributes and Experience:

• Excellent track record of having worked in the development sector (4-5 years of experience), especially in the area of developing partnerships with various stakeholders, on-ground monitoring and
• implementation of programmes including community mobilization, data collection, analysis and documentation.
• Ability to deliver on time, independently, to work with a range of stakeholders, including ability to perform in a corporate environment and present the work at various forums.
• Experience of managing complex and time-sensitive processes.
• Experience in programme management, volunteer engagement and networking.
• Experience in working with sports projects would be desirable.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Masters in Social Work, NGO Management, Child Development or allied areas
• Project management
• Research
• Documentation and communication

Remuneration: Salary commensurate with experience.
How to apply:

Please submit your CV with a cover letter with the subject line as per location mentioned below

o Preferred location Chennai – “Your name_ HCLF/JD/Uday/Chennai/PO/01022023”

o Preferred location Madurai – “Your name_ HCLF/JD/Uday/Madurai/PO/01022023”

• Attach two page write up on “The challenges of Urbanization and key approaches to combat its ill- effects”.
• Send your application to cnewton.r@hcl.com, marking prijoe.t@hcl.com and samuel_e@hcl.com in cc for Chennai.
• Send your application to prabakarignat.princ@hcl.com marking prijoe.t@hcl.com and
   samuel_e@hcl.com in cc for Madurai.
• In case of any query/clarification please write to samuel_e@hcl.com
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted