JOB DESCRIPTION
Programme Manager – Gender, Rural Development Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
1. POSITION VACANT: Programme Manager – Gender, Landesa Rural
Development Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2. ORGANISATION BACKGROUND:
Landesa has been
working in more than 40 developing countries over the past four decades and is
dedicated to improving lives of individuals, families, and communities. Landesa partners with governments and local
organizations to develop durable, sustainable, pro-poor and gender-sensitive
laws, policies and programs, that protect and strengthen land rights of the
poorest people.
Landesa, registered in India in 2008, as Rural Development
Institute (RDI), has been working on securing land rights for
the poorest, particularly women, enabling them to lift themselves from poverty.RDI’s theory of change
incorporates research to inform and influence policy, legislation and
implementation of schemes and projects related to land and the poor. RDI works in coordination with the
national and state governments that are responsible for the implementation of
these programs. RDI is currently working in seven states
viz. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
and has a National Office at New Delhi.