Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) E-1A, Kailash Colony, New Delhi 110 048.

Tele: 01140407718, Email: recruit@pradan.net Website:www.pradan.net Title of position offered : Development Apprentice is PRADAN's Development Apprenticeship Programme for Development Professionals. This is a twelve-month long training programme. Those who complete apprenticeship are offered a position as Executive in PRADAN. Number of Vacancies : All those who are found suitable. We make approx. 200-250 offers of appointment for Apprenticeship in a year. Scope of Responsibilities : Working in villages is an unconventional career for most university educated people and could entail social stress and physical and cultural hardship which everyone may not be able to cope with. Taking these into account, we recruit graduates and post graduates from selected campuses and provide them opportunity to make a conscious choice about working in villages and PRADAN is able to make considered selection. It takes no less than 12 months of rigorous reflection and learning by doing for an apprentice to graduate. It is subsequent to this training that PRADAN makes her/him an offer as Executive. An Executive then takes responsibility, as a member of a PRADAN team, for directly implementing a programme within the framework of a PRADAN project (e.g., watershed development, irrigated agriculture, mushroom cultivation, women's savings and credit, etc.) within a few villages. Eligibility criteria: Those with minimum of 16 years of education ( A four year bachelor degree in Agriculture, Veterinary sciences, Engineering etc. or A Masters degree in Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce, Management, Social Work etc.). a. 50% and above for 10th and 12th . b. For humanities and social science courses: 55% and above in the qualifying degree. c. For all other courses: 60% and above in the qualifying degree. d. Any additional qualifications would also require 60% and above . e. Medium of instruction and examination of last qualifying degree should be English . f. Should have cleared all back papers before joining DAship. Place of first posting: In any of the following project locations, based on PRADANs requirements and the individual preference (project location may change over time). Dhamtari, Raigarh and Bastar districts of Chhattisgarh; Balaghat, Betul, Hoshangabad, Dindori, Mandla and Sidhi districts of Madhya Pradesh; Lohardaga, Khunti, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Dumka, Bokaro and West Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand; Banka district of Bihar; Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada and Kandhamal district of Orissa; Bankura, Purulia and Paschim Medinipur districts of West Bengal. Stipend/Pay: As Apprentice: (in 2013-14), stipend of `15,000 per month. In addition to these, medical reimbursement of ` 6,000 p.a., mobile allowance of `500 per month after the first 4 months and accident insurance policy up to ` 2 lakh is offered. As Executive: * in (2014) with minimum eligibility qualification, cost to company will be approximately `32,000 which includes Basic Pay, HRA, Conveyance Allowance, LTA, Provident Fund, provision for gratuity and leave. Apart from that medical reimbursement of ` 15,000/year, hospitalisation insurance up to ` 100,000/- for self and dependants and accident insurance policy up to ` 2 lakh. *Additional increments for extra relevant qualification and work experience. PRADANs brief profile: PRADAN is one of the largest professionally managed field-based rural development organizations. PRADAN has been a pioneer in professionalising rural development by systematically recruiting deploying large numbers of welleducated youth at the grass roots. Today there are over 280 professionals working in about 4100 villages spread across the project areas in 7 states. PRADAN has a highly professional ethos and a collegial culture.Our work involves creating livelihoods for the rural poor in agriculture, natural resource management, livestock, rural enterprises and micro credit. For more information kindly visit www.pradan.net.