19/12/2019
Position: Project Coordinator
Job Description and Person Specification
Reports to: Project Director
Location: Sikkim, although the job will involve travel to other States for capacity building trainings at regular interval.
Salary: Salary offered will be negotiable based on relevant experience and qualifications of the candidate
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manage relationship with Sense International India and undertake project appraisal, monitoring, evaluation and ensure minimum organizational programme management standards
• Establish and strengthening rapport with the family members of the children and adults with deafblindness/ multiple disabilities and other stakeholders such as medical & paramedical professionals, govt. officials, aganwadi & ASHA workers, regular school teachers, Samagra Siksha educators, NGOs etc.
• Responsible for smooth functioning of the project and ex*****on of activities as per project objectives and outputs.
• Monitor day to day functioning of the project staff members, planning their tour programmes, evaluating their progress, etc.
• Responsible for daily administration of the project activities, compilation and dissemination of information and submissions to relevant agencies.
• Undertake regular field visits to review project progress, monitor and assist project staff on programme management and compliance with project objectives
• Responsible for documentation of project activities including case study, success stories, good practices and maintenance of documents.
• Preparation of narrative report based on project activities and timely submission of the reports to Sense International India
• Responsible for logistic arrangement and organise capacity building trainings for the project staff with regards to deafblindness/ multiple disabilities, organization policies, disability laws and policies etc.
• Facilitating meeting of network groups of family members and educators of children with deafblindness and adult with deafblindness
• Submitting monthly statements of expenditure to the Finance team/Director, in respect of field expenditure and other establishment and/or administrative expenses.
• Sensitize govt. officials and CSOs on deafblindness and multiple disabilities. Create synergizes between govt. machinery and project to ensure maximum benefit to the service users under the project
• Encouraging publication of articles, news reports, success stories and such other material in the newspapers, journals and periodicals for crating public awareness
• Ensure protection of children and vulnerable adults with deafblindness/multiple disabilities against any form of abuse and in case of abuse report it to organization designated Child Protection Officer or concerned authority
• Any other work concerning the project assigned by the director
• Organizing visits from Officials from Sense India and other donor agencies, drafting schedule, organizing visit etc
Essential requirements
• Ideally you will be a Graduate in social sciences/ management/ disability studies with a skill to work in the development sector
• Experience in implementation/management of development programmes, preferably in disability field
• Strong analytical, conceptual and strategic thinking skills
• Demonstrated ability to plan projects, understand budgets, and implement time bound activities.
• Good communication skills with fluency of local language.
• You will have basic knowledge to operate computer and Microsoft Office software.
• You will be willing to travel all over India for trainings related to deafblindness and multiple disabilities
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Organisational skills, initiative, enthusiasm
Desirable requirements
• Familiar with disability related programmes
• Understanding of development issues
• Ability to build support from staff across teams, and to build the capacity of others
• Able to facilitate groups
• Good personal presentation
• Personal commitment to improving one's own knowledge and skills
Your CV must be accompanied with:
• Cover letter justifying suitability for the position – role fitment based on present & past work experience.
