Academic Support Fellow

Job DESCRIPTION

**Job Title**

**Assistant - PIU (Academic Support Fellow)**

**Grade**

**I**

**Department**

**Programme Operations**

**Reporting to**

**Asst. Manager
- PIU**

**Location**

**Delhi**

**Contract duration**

**Till 31**st**March 2026**

**About Bal Raksha Bharat**

Bal Raksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children) is India's leading independent child rights organisation. It is a member of Save the Children movement that operates globally with the mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and achieve immediate and lasting changes in their lives. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

- No child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We run programmes in the remotest corners of India and urban areas in the areas of Health & Nutrition, Education, Child Protection and Livelihood & Economic Wellbeing in order to facilitate quality education, healthcare and protection from harm and abuse and life-saving aid during emergencies to children.

**ROLE PURPOSE**

Academic Support Fellow will be responsible for direct on ground implementation & monitoring of the project deliverables in the project geography and ensure that the envisioned outcome of the project is accomplished with quality programming and contributing to the success of organizational strategy & breakthroughs.

**SCOPE OF ROLE**

**Scope**:The person will be responsible for coordinating with project stakeholders and executing field activity as per plan.

**Reports to**:Coordinator-PIU

**Staff reporting to this post**:No

**Budget Responsibilities**:No

**Role Dimensions**:
**Context**:Development

**KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY**

The key area of accountability required will be as follows:

- S/he would be a focal person for implementation of all the activities at anganwadi centre
- S/he would maintain regular contact with anganwadi workers, helpers, supervisors, parents and children.
- S/he would provide 3-6 years’ children for quality learning environment
- S/he would collect and submit MIS related information and data to the project coordinator
- S/he would provide required information for monthly progress reports, periodic progress updates, case studies from her/his assigned area
- S/he would make regular visits to AWCs to provide support to AWWs
- S/he would regularly communicate and work with local leaders, community influencers and duty bearers to build awareness and understanding among them with respect to project objectives
- Support visits of Government Officials, Donors and other stakeholders to the Centers
- Adhere to BRB Code of Conduct, POSH, Child Safeguarding Policy and other organizational policies and guideline
- S/he would undertake additional responsibilities/tasks as assigned by the Assistant Manager
- S/he would be responsible for setting up Activity corners, BLES work in the concerned AWCs as planned & instructed
- S/he will monitor the proposed construction related activities in the AWCs
- S/he would be responsible for organising the events/workshops/orientations for AWWs, Helpers, Supervision, parents & children as designed & plannedEnsure implementation of Child Safeguarding within the project intervention areas

**BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice**)

**Accountability**S/he should be accountable towards evaluating his/her performance or behavior related to work/community/children/society for which s/he is responsible. The term is related to responsibility but is regarded more from the perspective of oversight

**Ambition**S/he should be desire to achieve a particular goal as well aspiration in respect of project

**Collaboration**S/he should work in collaborative method with respective stakeholders (direct or indirect) and will make something together. To collaborate is to commit to the possibility of producing an outcome greater than one that would be developed in a silo.

**Creativity**:She should have the urge in solving problems and communicating with others,

**Integrity**is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. S/he must be truthful and honest with him/herself and others, should align own personal behavior and his/her action will be aligned with own values, principles and ethics. S/he would have self-awareness and have really explore value system.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS**

**KEY COMPETENCIES**

**Technical competencies**
- Good mobilization skills
- Proficiency with communication skills
- Networking and influencing skills
- Organizational skills and time management skillsEfficient to deliver project activities with quality**Generic Competencies**
- _Being the Voice of Children _: Utilizes being part of a global movement to promote change in the policy and public sphere on child related issues
- _Advancing Equality & Inclusion _: Drives an enabling environmen