Program Coordinator

**Job Information**:
Industry
- NGO/Social Services

Salary
- based on the Indus Action‘s compensation benchmarking rubric

City
- New Delhi

State/Province
- Delhi

Country
- India

Zip/Postal Code
- 110024

About Care2Play

Care to Play is the collective mission of Indus Action, Saajha, Trickle Up, Rocket Learning, and IDinsight for serving 5 million+ vulnerable children in India. The collective aims to create thriving environments for the families of 5 million vulnerable children to provide early childhood education resulting in pathways out of poverty.

We are invested in ensuring children are cared for during the first 2000 days and are mission-oriented towards sustainable development outcomes for low-income families.

Position Summary

A program coordinator is a member of the project management team who supports the program manager in implementation of the project to ensure its success. A program coordinator will be responsible for overseeing the conduct of project activities in the field. S/he will work closely with frontline workers and champions, communities, caregivers, and Anganwadi workers. A program coordinator will be also responsible for administrative tasks, documentation and other necessary daily tasks to keep the project on track.

**Requirements**:
Role and Responsibilities (including KRAs)
- Mobilization, recruitment, onboarding and induction of Care giving champions and Livelihood champions
- Mentor and Support champions
- Strategize the planning and implementation to execute Care2Play in the community
- Capacity building of champions.
- Create a culture within the front line workers to foster citizen-state engagement for execution of service delivery.
- Support in data collection and research related to Care2Play.

Knowledge and Technical Skills
- Strong project management skills
- Community Engagement Skills
- Strong project and operations management skills
- Strong event management and session facilitation skills
- Strong proficiency in MS-Office and MS-Excel
- Proficiency in Hindi (speaking, reading and writing)
- Ability to break down complex concepts and ideas and communicate in simple and easy language.
- Comfort with technology usage and Survey tools.

Behavioral Competencies and Values
- Citizen Focussed Mindset: Place the vulnerable citizen at the center of every action
- Entrepreneurial Energy: Own your time and resources to deliver solutions
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Grace under pressure, progressive elaboration
- Growth Mindset: Every experience is an opportunity for growth
- Collaboration: Build productive partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders ;The project will be in collaboration with five organizations. Ensuring there is proper communication through the process
- Empathy

Education and Experience

We believe that reaching our vision demands that we have the best and brightest group of leaders working to lead our organization. Here are the minimum qualifications we look for:

- Graduate
- Must have: Field/community engagement experience
- Good to have: Fellowship experience
- Minimum of 1- 2 years of work experience (Fellowship experience can be counted)

Why should you apply:

- The role will allow you to lead a team of Active Citizens in the community
- This will also be a good opportunity to understand how tech-enabled interventions can be developed to create impact.
- If working with communities interests you, this role will give you ample opportunities

to work with primary beneficiaries (parents) through calls or field or other online

Events.

Selection Process:

Pre-work
- Technical Interview
- Field visit
- HR Interview

**Benefits**:
**Compensation