Program Coordinator

Overview

Program Coordinator in the World Vision India Area Development Program, working with a team of Community Mobilizers to facilitate community-led child well-being, partnerships and sponsorship implementation in a cluster. The role reports to the Project Officer.

What you'll do

• Ensure effective communication of WV India identity, mission, vision, core values and approach to development, including child sponsorship.
• Facilitate enhancing community capacity for ownership of child well-being.
• Identify partners at the local (block) level and develop multi-stakeholder partnerships in line with the TPs.
• Explore opportunities for resource diversification at the local level.
• Facilitate development of locally contextual child selection criteria and support the child selection process in primary focus areas.
• Ensure presence monitoring of registered children and communications per sponsorship standards, and inclusion of Registered Children and families in the development programme.
• Promote community-led child monitoring and case management for children identified for follow-up with danger signs and symptoms.
• Establish community-led child protection mechanisms in own clusters.
• Ensure inclusion of the most vulnerable as programme participants from the primary focus area.
• Identify and engage relevant capacity-building support for community mobilizers from technical experts within and outside, as required.
• Facilitate community-based monitoring of programmes and monitoring support to community mobilizers within the cluster.
• Monitor end-user issues within the primary focus area.
• Enhance influence at the block level.
• Promote a culture of excellence, teamwork and learning among community mobilizers in the ADP.

What you'll need

• University graduate in any discipline.
• Understanding of poverty and basic knowledge of Government schemes and PRIs.
• Good communication skills in the local language.
• Ability to read and write in English.
• Data collection methodology.
• Leadership skills to handle a team of 5-7 persons.
• Good networking skills.
• Resource mobilizing skills.
• Ability to work in diverse cultures.
• Project management skills.
• Computer skills.
• Sound knowledge of the TP and CESP.
• Basic DME skills.

Nice to have

• Two years of experience.

Details

• Location: Virudhunagar, India (WV India Virudhunagar Bal Jyoti Project).
• Employment is a local fixed-term contract.
• Applicants accepted: local applicants only.