Programme Officer – HCL Foundation (HCLF)

Last Date to Apply 25th June 2022

HCL Foundation (HCLF) was established in 2011 as the CSR arm of HCL Technologies. It is a not for[1]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.

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

HCL Uday Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AciD-wbA5_4&t=19

HCL Uday

HCL Foundation’s flagship urban community development programme – UDAY, seeks to create green, clean, healthy and empowered communities. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, it is developing an integrated solution to break the vicious cycle of urban poverty.

Defining Uday’s approach is its intrinsic belief that urban poor aspire to a life of dignity and self- respect. With the right opportunities, they can take charge of their lives, dare to imagine a different future and work towards it. Our strategies are carefully designed, such that they speak both to their environment and to their ambitions.

Uday’s unique ‘Convergence’ approach brings this philosophy to life. Uniting critical stakeholders– the state, non-profits and HCL volunteers in a rich partnership, it meets its responsibility to the community and supports them in realising their dreams.

Aligned to HCL Foundation’s vision statement, HCL Uday also aims to create source codes for urban socio-economic development, prototypes, using step by step approach, convergence and dialogue with duty bearers such that these can be adopted and scaled up by diverse set stakeholders, including communities themselves.

HCL Uday addresses vital issues prevalent in urban areas like access to quality education, universal access to health, sustainable livelihood opportunities, improved water, sanitation and hygiene, environmental conservation including enhanced green cover and solutions to city waste, through campaigns and on ground action for positive urban transformation. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain fundamental.

Currently, HCL Uday is being implemented in 11 cities

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 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.

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 the HCL 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 be mainstreaming displaced, migrated and underserved population.
• 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 pictorial database of activities, events and functions

4. Conducting floor walks with business account volunteers as and when required to ensure effective engagement 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 (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, 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.
• Attach two page write up on “The Challenges of Urbanization and Key Approaches to Combat its illeffects”
• Send your application to samuel_e@hcl.com, marking prijoe.t@hcl.com in cc.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted