Job Opportunity for Programme Associate – European Return and Re- integration Network at Caritas India in New Delhi

Organization Information

Caritas India, founded in 1962, is the official development arm (registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI 1860 (the Punjab Amendment Act 1957) of the Catholic Churches in India. Caritas India is a member of Caritas confederation of more than 160 member- organizations working in nearly 200 countries, making it the second largest humanitarian network in the world.

Caritas India has served the underprivileged sections of the society, hailing from socially excluded communities, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, and religious minorities by exercising preferential actions for the most marginalised. Resultantly, with a large spectrum of development interventions across the country, Caritas India is recognized as a leading NGO in poverty alleviation through Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction and Natural Resource Management.

For more information you may visit www.caritasindia.org

Caritas India is an equal opportunity employer

Primary Role of the position:

• Plan, execute and monitor Returnees (Indian Nationals) Reintegration Program/s implementation in India
• Support the implementation of all programme components in providing reintegration assistance to Indian National returnees from Europe 

Key Accountabilities; same being indicative and not exhaustive

Programme Management

• Working closely with the European Partner Institutions (EPI) (Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, France) in reintegrating the Indian National returnee from above mentioned countries of destination to India.
• Regularly update returnees’ database, periodic reporting on the progress and follow up for smooth reintegration of Indian returnees with local partners.
• Provide handholding support through basic need – based counselling to the returnees returned from European countries
• Regular visits to their place of residence
• Peer group discussion with the returnees on exchange of information.
• Review the supporting documents of the returnees to process the reintegration assistance.
• Reporting of returnee cases to the concerned EPIs.
• Monitor reintegration progress and financial status of returnees.
• Maintain documentation of each Indian returns including scanning of all documents as per requirement. 

Partnership Management

• Support in organizing capacity enhancement program for partners providing reintegration services and returnees for peer group discussion (FDGs, home visits).
• Respond to queries from clients, partners at national and international level.
• Identifying new partner for the reintegration programme and providing hand holding support.
• Organizing value-based Capacity building Training Programs for the field partners.
• Monitoring visits to program intervention areas.
• To represent organization in various international conferences and workshops to showcase organization’s work in migration field.
• Organize quarterly review meetings with Partners and individual returnee counselling 

Knowledge Management

• Supports in development of knowledge product of the programme and also its dissemination plan.
• Support dissemination of knowledge (making of documentary), best practices, learning (case stories: returnees) and practice development.
• Ensure effective documentation of best practices and using the same for awareness. 

Competencies

Knowledge

• On organizing Events/Consultations.
• On Capacity Building Trainings/ Peer Group Discussion Programs.
• On Social Development tools.
• On Program Financial Budgeting.
• On Effective mode of Communications in different situation majorly in sensitive situation. 

Skills

• Communication: Newsletter writing, Photo-Editing, Sketching
• Documentation: Case Study Making, Story-writing, Photography
• Mentoring team
• Computing Skills: MS -Excel, PowerPoint, MS-Word, Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom
• Open to tech-smart ways of working. Prior experience of working with Apps will be preferred
• Good interpersonal relations and networking skills 

Attitude

• Is honest and ethical
• Good Behavior: Values people thoughts, to respect them and to hold their dignity.
• Time Management: Effective delivery of services on time.
• Team Player: Share opinion and ideas without trying to come up with a plan for taking credit for it and showing of genuine commitment.
• Curiosity- willing to learn new things.
• Resulted Oriented: Keeps end goal in mind
• Patience and Empathy 

Qualification / Work Experience:  Graduate or PG Degree in MSW / Social Sciences or Equivalent Qualification with 2 – 3 yrs. of work experience in similar role in development organization with exposure to managing refugees, rehabilitation aspects of development programs/ projects with knowledge of international /national/local statutory compliances as applicable.

Salary: CTC INR 35,000/- per month

Application Procedure:

To apply, kindly e-mail your CV to hr@caritasindia.org with the name of the position in the subject line. Kindly provide with two references and their contact details. Please mention your current salary