Community Organiser

SNEHA, a Mumbai-based non-profit with over 450 staff, focuses on improving health and nutrition in

urban slums. Using a life-cycle approach, it addresses critical health and nutrition needs at key stages—

from adolescence to family planning—aiming to enhance outcomes for women and children in

vulnerable communities across Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

It focuses on enhancing urban health by empowering both care seekers and providers. We work with

informal settlement communities to drive change and partner with public health systems to ensure

sustainable improvements. Our programs include Maternal and Child Health, Empowerment,

Adolescent Health and Sexuality, Public System Partnership, Prevention of Violence against Women

and Children, SNEHA Shakti, Palliative Care, and Livelihood Generation.

**ABOUT THE PROGRAM**

SNEHA’s Program on Prevention of Violence against Women and Children (PVWC) aims to develop

high‐impact strategies for primary prevention, ensure survivors’ access to protection and justice,

empower women to claim their rights, mobilize communities around ‘zero tolerance for violence’, and

respond to the needs and rights of excluded and neglected groups. The Program prioritizes enhanced

co-ordination of the state response to crimes against women through a convergence approach that

works with government and public systems to reinforce their roles in assuring basic social, civil and

economic security.

In collaboration with University College London, the Program is working on a major cluster randomized

controlled trial (cRCT) testing the effects of community interventions for primary and secondary

prevention of violence against women and girls. In informal settlements of Mumbai, we are testing the

effects of community mobilization through groups and volunteers to prevent violence against women

and girls. In India, 29% of women report physical violence in the last year, 7% sexual violence, and 30%

multiple forms of violence, causing physical, mental, societal, and economic harms. Reviews suggest

community mobilization as a promising approach, but there have been few large enough trials of

prevention programs.

Our community intervention has been developed over 16 years of programmatic experience and two

years of preparatory research, and our understanding of its effects is encapsulated in a theory of

change. We will compare 24 areas receiving support services, community group, and volunteer

activities with 24 areas receiving support services only, primarily in terms of effects on occurrence of

intimate partner violence and domestic violence in the last year.

We will also examine disclosure of violence to support services, community attitudesto violence,

bystander intervention, gender equality, and occurrence of non-partner sexual violence. Backed by

public engagement, advocacy, and open publication, our vision is of a replicable community-led

intervention to address the public health burden of violence against women and girls.

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME” (WIIFM) - AT SNEHA**

At SNEHA, our fundamental belief is that prioritizing people is key, demonstrating our strong

dedication to nurturing a supportive and growth-driven atmosphere. We uphold an open-door policy

that champions transparency and open dialogue. We actively invite employees to voice their ideas,

feedback, and concerns, fostering a culture where innovation and teamwork can flourish.

**If you value excellence and are passionate about nurturing individuals, SNEHA is the perfect place for**

**you**

**SNEHA - SOCIAL MEDIA HANDELS**

**PROFILE SNAPSHOT**

**Designation: Community Organiser**

**Role**:The Community Organizer will be responsible for implementation of intervention

activities in one intervention cluster and will be based in the community office. The post
- holder will implement the project activities in the intervention cluster. They will have
community mobilization and group work skills. They will demonstrate flair, enthusiasm,

innovation, and leadership when faced with challenges in the community, and will provide

immediate response to local occurrences.
**Educational Requirement**: Minimum HSC degree**

**Experience**:At least one-year experience of community work**

**Location**: Kurla

**Reports to**: Program Officer

Subject line: “Community Organiser
- NITYAM”

**Date of publishing**: 11th April 2025

**PROFILE-**

The Community Organizer will be willing to work on issues around gender and violence against women
and children in the community.

**CORE DUTIES
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Overall efficient day-to-day implementation of activities in the intervention cluster

Implement the plan for the intervention cluster with her program officer on daily basis.

Conduct intervention activities such as community mobilization, group meetings, and training

sessions, management of volunteers, and organizing events and campaigns.

Refer and accompany beneficiaries to police, public health providers, an