Social Project Management (SPM) is unique and challenging requiring project skills, social skills, management skills and a high level of focus and attention with extreme professionalism. SPM professionals are few and far between and in many cases other than the founders such capability while critical to success of social projects, are not available to NGOs. With good career options in corporate sector, and practical budget limitations NGOs are constrained to work with expert volunteers who come in with different perspectives and with commitments limited wrt to availability, expectations, time and resources.
SEN4NGOs provides NGO founders Social Project Management (SPM) as a professional service at reasonable cost and helps orient social projects for being SIMPLE – scale, impact, means (funds), people (donor, ngo, beneficiary), liaison, empathy. SEN4NGOs with its SIMPLE approach extends the value of professional services to NGOs and at the same time builds future ready professionals for other industry verticals.
Social Projects must be able to scale, have measurable impact, have funds and resources to accomplish goals, involve community (people, organizations and government), communicate and above all be sensitive and empathetic to the needs of contributors, society and nation.
Send us an email or fill out the contact us form if you would like SPM – SIMPLE to be implemented in your organization. A coordinator will be assigned for a project/ NGO who have opted for our services. We charge a monthly retainer of USD $500 or INR 35,000.
SPM is useful for NGOs and Foundations based in countries out of India to
- better understand and manage their India operations.
- work closer and more transparently with beneficiaries.
- not burden the on-field NGO with management and reporting tasks.
- better engage with all stakeholders.
- measure progress
SPM is useful for NGOs and Foundations based in and from India to
- handle scale by working in different areas, geographically or sectors.
- source funds by being better organized and professional.
- stretch each Rupee to improve impact.
- better coordinate with sister NGOs working in supporting lines.
- be professional
The following services will be provided:
- Project coordination including appointment of resources, setting up automated systems and training staff.
- Taking up a project activity with end-to-end responsibility
- Sourcing funds through better donor engagement.
- Closely working with the NGO at the founder/ trustee level
- Project monitoring and audit services.
SEN4NGOs interest in providing these services at a reasonable budget is to help NGOs struggling on the field and better impact society and people in need. The discounted rates mentioned above cover a lot of issues where handholding is required, many of which are not known to the founders or not considered the raison-de-etre for the NGO, but is at the same time very much required to help the NGO become sustainable.
Mature NGOs with lots of field experience, still find it difficult to transition from a trustee/founder funded scenario to an independent organization. SEN4NGOs through its SIMPLE approach helps NGOs achieve this.