Rural Manager

Overview

Who is Rural Manager?

Rural Management looks after rural development. Rural management deals with improving the standard of life of rural people that includes spiritual, social, economical, political development who are deprived from basic facilities. Rural manager studies and manages the rural resources effectively such as executing and planning rural development program that profits the rural livelihood. Rural manager, takes care of the education in rural development, the development of rural areas and management. Government hires professional rural managers which helps in assisting villagers in the improvement, procedure of growth & expansion. Rural managers can work in all functional areas of management, such as finance, marketing, purchase, human resource development, project implementation, general management.

Typical day at work

What does Rural Manager do?

Rural Manager is responsible for identifying projects, plan out strategies and implement them. They raise the funds required and then set up an organization. A Rural Manager’s main responsibility is to assist various rural sector institutions and organizations, such as cooperative firms, handicraft units, healthcare units, educational institutions, rural development organizations, farming organizations, etc, in professionalizing their operations.

• To make forward planning
• To make policy decisions
• To maintain and budget accurately in financial records
• To organize purchases or sales of crops, livestock, farm equipment and agricultural products
• To handle paperwork.
• To keep administrative records
• To recruit, train, instruct and supervise farm workers
• To ensure compliance, government regulations with safety and health standards.
• To keep updated with knowledge of pests and diseases
• To meets projected financial targets and to ensure that the farm is profitable
• To market and advertise the work of the farmer or farm products.

Abilities & aptitude needed

What are the skills, abilities & aptitude needed to become Rural Manager?

• The skills and abilities to  become a rural manager is that the individual must be emphatic towards the rural folks and their problems.
• Enthusiastic about working towards the betterment of the people, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Should be good listener, must be very well organized should have an analytical mind, critical thinking and problem solving skills are also important, should be respectful, outgoing, friendly and should be caring towards the rural people, ability to handle masses.
• Able to handle pressure and work under tight deadlines, must possess leadership qualities, must be tech savvy, ability to persuade & convince people, strong reasoning aptitude.

Courses

Which course I can pursue?