Programme Officer – Harit (M&E) – HCL Foundation (HCLF)

Apply  by 9th Sep 2022

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 Foundation 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.  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.

Link to Videos:  

HCL Foundation Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK1wtWG_zJQ&t=12s

HCL Harit Sorkha video link – https://youtu.be/O8YPCjdGayU   HCL Harit

‘HCL Harit – The Green Initiative’ is HCL Foundation’s distinct flagship programme for Environment Action. HCL Harit is a multi-year, ongoing programme, addressing environment, operational in 9 States of India, with multiple long-mid-short-term projects under its ambit.

Under this, HCL Foundation is committed towards conservation of environment and the indigenous flora and fauna; with the primary objective to conserve, restore and enhance local ecosystems and respond to climate change in a sustainable manner through community engagement.

Vision To conserve, restore and enhance indigenous environmental systems and respond to climate change in a sustainable manner through community engagement.

Background – The Environmental Complex  We are all interdependent and share the same environment. The pressing issues such as Environmental Degradation and Climate Change are complex, boundary agnostic and are triggered by different drivers; exacerbating environmental risks and leading to deteriorating quality of life and human health. Many a times, issues that seem local would require a landscape approach to deal with. World leaders have identified education as a key solution towards sustainable development of countries; as creating a strong link between the environment and the quality of human life is crucial to ensure conservation of environment and natural resources.

Against this context, ‘HCL Harit – The Green Initiative’ is aimed towards restoring the environmental balance; with the primary objective to conserve, restore and enhance indigenous ecosystems and its services and respond to climate change in a sustainable manner through community engagement. Throughout the process, Harit focuses at building scalable and replicable models that are economically viable, socially acceptable, environmentally sustainable, holistic and inclusive.

An integrated and strategic broader-scale approach to environmental action and conservation enables to bring in stakeholders and partners together to work on a common and shared environment and deal better with both the site-level and wider landscape needs. This will also enable us to better understand feedback of the interventions, optimize resources and prioritize actions.

Key Intervention Areas All these interventions under HCL Harit follow a ‘Participatory and Convergent Approach’ in attaining the desired results towards Sustainable Developmental Goals aligned to the National Indicator Framework for SDG.

• Operational in nine States – Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Harit is building sustainable and inclusive models towards:
• A flourishing biodiversity, green cover and building climate resilience through afforestation;
•  An abundance of water resources through rejuvenating vanishing waterbodies;
• A thriving coastal and marine habitats by on and off shore cleaning initiatives;
•  A better life for animals by improving human-animal relationships and addressing animal welfare inside community areas;
• Cleaner air through reducing and neutralizing CO2 emissions;
•  Protecting and preserving the environment through education, community stewardship and participation.

Achievement

We have successful existing partnership models on mass afforestation and water bodies rejuvenation in various cities across India.

Till now, HCL Foundation has planted 500,000+ saplings on 220+ acres area across India, with more than 90% survival rate. Around 80+ waterbodies are being rejuvenated with an increased water holding capacity of 5,000+ Mn Litres. Through the afforestation and carbon reduction initiatives, we have been able to sequester/ reduce emission to 285+ tons of CO2e, along with that 91+ tons of stubble were stopped from being burnt. We worked towards improvement of 2 km of coastal habitat in Chennai by removing 4,000+ kg of plastic waste and 3,000+ kg of glass bottles. We have been able to treat 21,000+ street animals and around 247,000+ meals were provided to street animals during COVID-19 lockdown. Through our outreach and environment education programme we have been able to reach to 20,000+ people pan India.

Position: Programme Officer – Harit (M&E)

Location: Gautam Buddh Nagar, Noida

Under the leadership of the Director-HCL Foundation, the assigned personnel will be responsible for planning, strategizing and monitoring of various Environment related projects of HCL Foundation under HCL Harit across Gautam Buddh Nagar district. The incumbent will be responsible for coordinating and implementation of such projects and providing technical inputs in developing, reviewing and adding value to the strategies. The incumbent will report to the Project Director, HCL Harit or the personnel assigned by her/him.

The Programme Officer – Harit (M&E) will be responsible for: Technical expertise

• Should have experience in field level project monitoring, data collection and analysis relevant to environment projects.
• Maintain and Update the M&E database, analyze and aggregate findings.
• Experience in statistical tools and high proficiency in Excel.
• Experience in development and implementation of Programme Management System.
• Sound understanding of Global and National Monitoring Frameworks.

Project Monitoring & Reporting

• Monitor and support NGO partners in effective monitoring of the project(s) deliverables in line with the larger strategy and framework of HCL Foundation. This will involve frequent field inspections and site visits.
• Compile and submit regular project updates and activity reports.
• Results-oriented with solid experience in creative project monitoring, working closely with both internal team and third-party agencies.
• Undertake regular field visits to intervention sites and partner’s office for physical verification of Means of Verification of data provided in report.
• Identify lessons learned and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project. Provide advice to the supervisor on improving project performance using M&E findings.
• Produce reports on M&E findings and prepare presentations based on M&E data, as required.
• Regular review of programmatic, financial and compliance reports and data submitted by partners quarterly and provide suitable constructive feedback, if any.
• Regularly monitor budget related data both at programme level and NGO level.
• Organize and undertake training with collaborating partners on M&E, as required.
• Consolidate and represent data for Annual Report, presentations, Management Meetings, ESG reporting, etc.
• Provide advisory consultation to NGO partners and other relevant stakeholders regarding topics relating to corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ESG.
• Compile, collate, analyze and share all CSR related inputs/data for ESG disclosure, sustainability programmes, reporting, and research.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the Director.  Coordination & Liaising
• Coordinate with different teams at HCL Foundation for smooth project monitoring.
•  Coordinate with internal Finance and M&E teams on data verification. Communications
•  Assist in development of various awareness and communication campaigns for areas related to environment.
• Prepare activities and events calendar for environment activities under HCL Harit programme.
•  Provide necessary support to the internal & external communications teams.
•  Develop and maintain contacts with emerging strategic players for impact scaling up in local geographies.

Attributes and experience:

1. Education: Master’s Degree in Natural Resources Management, or related field

2. Experience: Minimum 3-4 years of experience in project monitoring and evaluation. Experience with monitoring of Environment related projects is a must. Experience in ESG and Sustainability will be an additional advantage.

3. Management & Organizational skills: Well organized and able to coordinate a wide range of concurrent activities, prioritizing workload effectively to meet deadlines. Self-motivation to act independently and also to work collaboratively in a team. Flexible and adaptable to respond to changing circumstances.

4. Communication skills: Ability to communicate and network well and collaborate/ liaise with other stakeholders including Government stakeholders.

Language efficiency: Fluency in English and Hindi is desirable.

Remuneration:  Salary in commensurate with experience.  Child Safeguarding We hold ourselves accountable to children. Adherence to comply with HCL Foundation’s Child Protection Policy and procedures with respect to child safeguarding is non-negotiable. A range of pre-employment checks can be undertaken in conformity with HCL Foundation’s Child Protection Policy.  1

How to apply: 

1. Please submit your CV with a Cover Letter with

Email subject line: PROGRAMME OFFICER – Harit (M&E)

File name: (PO/GBN_Candidate’s name_CV)  File name: (PO/GBN_Candidate’s name_CoverLetter)

2. Send your application to hiteshsitaram.jalga@hcl.com with sarneet.kaur@hcl.com  in cc, latest by September 9, 2022.

2.Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

HCL Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and promote culture of inclusivity. We would encourage females, people with disabilities, people with different gender identities and all orientations to apply.