Job Opportunity for Coordinator at Karuna Sechen in Darjeeling

Job Title: Coordinator

Location: Darjeeling

Vacancy: 2

Contract Type: Full-time

Application Closing Date:  22-01-2023

Estimated start date: as soon as possible                                                 

Organisational Profile:

Karuna-Shechen is an international non-profit organisation working extensively in India and Nepal. The organisation acts and advocates for a more altruistic world catering to the needs of the most vulnerable population. In India we have been working in the areas of Health, Education, Environment, Food Security and Economic Development serving the needy population in the backward states of Bihar and Jharkhand. Karuna-Shechen India works through the SRPC Trust and follows the rules and regulations of the Trust. Since we have recently started our intervention activities in the beautiful hill station of Darjeeling in West Bengal, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and altruistic individuals to join our team to serve the people in the remote villages of Darjeeling. We work to serve the remote communities while fostering supportive and a healthy work environment for our team members.

In line with the requirements of Karuna-Shechen India, we are looking for a qualified individual to serve as the Area Coordinator under the Small Business Support project.

Job Overview: The Coordinator will be responsible for the implementation of all community development programmes in the areas allotted to him/her. The position entails 80% fieldwork.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Regular field visit to observe and support the various programmes running in his/her designated area.
• Ensuring effective community mobilisation
• Liaising, networking and building linkages at the field and block levels.
• Preparing daily and monthly plan of activities based on the project objectives
• Ensuring regular collection of data and updating of project MIS
• Conduct trainings and workshops for the implementation team and the community stakeholders and partners
• Proactively contribute towards maintaining an altruistic ambience in accordance with the organisation’s core value of altruism in action.
• Any other relevant work assigned by the reporting officer.
• Follow transparency and accountability in all practices.
• Report his/her daily activities to their reporting officer
• Strictly maintain proper feedback mechanisms with his/her reporting officer.
• Follow transparency and accountability in all practices.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate in social sciences
• A minimum experience of 5 years in community development
• Not more than 35 years of age
• Good contextual knowledge of the local issues, community relationships, socio-political-cultural constraints and realities
• Experience and comfortable on community mobilisation
• Fluent in written and spoken Nepali
• Working knowledge of Hindi and English
• Strong potential for negotiation
• Strong communication skills
• Self-disciplined and hard working
• Salary for the advertised position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

How to apply

To Apply: Interested candidates should email their updated CV and a Covering Letter outlining the motivation for application to hr.india@karuna-shechen.org , clearly stating the Job Position they are applying for in the Subject Line.