Job Opportunity for Project Officer- Bal Mitra Mandal at Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation in New Delhi

●   The position Project Officer in Bal Mitra Mandal is designed to lead Community Social Workers, support them in developing and implementing plans as per the requirements of a project and ensure reporting of work as appropriate.

• To support and supervise APOs in designing work plan and activities for child friendly communities and ensure overall implementation of work plan
• Visit communities weekly and supervise/mentor APOs on field activities
• Supervise household surveys for each community
• Keep in daily touch with community via the documentation
• Approve expenses over a certain limit
• Write weekly progress reports and handle process documentation
• Organize and ensure timely, thorough and thoughtful data collection, reports and documentation
• Conduct weekly/ fortnightly/ monthly meetings with staff, seek and apply inputs from the staff for effective programme implementation
• Ensure that project activities are carried out within the agreed budget
• Undertake field visits to oversee implementation of agreed action plan and effectiveness of the APOs
• Identify need based training of the staff in accordance with organizational policy and carry out annual appraisal based on agreed work plan
• Maintain separate files for each project/community
• Maintain records of all project related correspondence

Administrative

• Identify need based training of the staff in accordance with organisational policy and carry out annual appraisal based on agreed work plan
• Maintain separate files for each project/community
• Maintain records of all project related correspondence
• Perform any other duties/responsibilities assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

Education

o   Advance degree in relevant discipline from institute/university of repute preferably covering social work as a topic of study

Experience & Exposure

o   Minimum 3 years experience with at least 1 years in people management role

o   Professional experience of directing and managing programs at regional/national level

o   Fluent in Hindi and English

o   Managerial Experience of handling multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams

o   Professional experience of working in a grassroots NGO or foundation

o   Start-up experience is desired

Competencies for the role:

Functional Knowledge – Demonstrate a strong awareness and knowledge in relation to KSCF’s areas of function

Influencing Skills – Ability to develop and manage relationships with and through others to persuade, convince and/or gain support in order to achieve strategic objectives

Planning and Organizing – Ability to identify what needs to be done, to develop an appropriate plan of action in order to accomplish an objective and to monitor progress against it and be able to provide right strategic direction to the team

Achievement Orientation – Should have sustained energy and determination in the face of obstacles to set and meet challenging objectives in compliance with quality and time standards

Leading and Developing Others – Ability to lead, encourage, inspire and support others to develop confidence and capability to help them realise their full potential.

Benefits

• KSCF is an equal opportunity employer
• Paid Leaves- Privilege Leaves
• Employee Medical Insurance​