Trainer - Special Educator

**Organization Summary**

Mann is a 14 year old non profit that works with 18+ adults with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD). We train adults with IDD for meaningful work, partnering with businesses to help them secure jobs, become valued employees, and contribute to their families and society. We foster their physical and emotional well-being and provide opportunities to experience life as any young adult. Mann's vision is a world where young adults with intellectual disabilities live a full life with independence and dignity. Towards that vision, our mission is to create livelihood opportunities for persons with IDD and nurture their physical and emotional well-being. Over the last 11 years, Mann has developed and honed a structured, proven curriculum design for its training and employment programs that we call Livability and Workability training. The curriculum is individualized to each student’s need.

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**Mann Overview**

At Mann, we partner with a diverse range of organizations, across sectors and industries, to offer mainstream employment opportunities to our students. The unique skills and abilities of our students make them well-suited for roles involving process driven tasks. Furthermore, multiple studies show that employing people with disabilities results in reliable, motivated employees who contribute tangible business advantages and foster inclusive workplace cultures, attracting desirable talent.

Employees with disabilities also tend to be highly loyal and committed, resulting in remarkably low attrition rates. The Mainstream Employment training function offers timely, supportive training to our students using a variety of training methodologies and techniques thereby making them job-ready for mainstream hiring.

For those with significant disabilities hindering mainstream employment, we offer training in areas like art & craft, tailoring, embroidery, applique, and patchwork. To support this initiative, we’ve launched Karmann, a home and lifestyle brand exclusively staffed by trained artisans with disabilities. Karmann serves as a proof of concept for creating a profitable business leveraging the talents of PWDs. The Trainer will report into the Cluster Manager - Training.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Planning and execution of structured sessions
- Conducting timely assessments and orientations for new students
- Utilizing creative training tools and methodologies to enhance the overall program to make it highly engaging and interactive
- Ensuring students are able to work independently, and assist them in increasing their efficiency and productivity, while reducing wastage
- Ensuring optimum quality of training produced, as per established Mann standards
- Identifying and responding to potential risks that could lead to students dropping out of the program
- Actively collaborating and partnering with other members. E.g. the Manager, Coordinator, Counsellor, etc. in enhancing the program
- Maintaining relevant records of all students including attendance, progress records, etc. per Mann's guidelines
- Conducting effective and structured parent meetings at regular intervals and offering the right support and progress updates

**Education and Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree in special education
- Minimum 2 years work experience with people with disabilities

**Knowledge, Skills and Competencies**:

- Good planning and organizing skills
- Good communication skills and documentation skills
- Effective team player with excellent interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of innovative training methods
- Results-orientation with attention to detail
- Patient, respectful, caring and empathetic with good problem solving skills
- Effective stress management, and time management skills

**Location and Travel**:
This is a full-time role based in Kerela. There is no travel involved.

**Compensation and Benefits**:
On par with industry standards, and commensurate with the role.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to ₹35,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Morning shift

Application Question(s):

- Name the certificate or course you have completed related to Special education or Intellectual disability.

**Experience**:

- total work: 2 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- Malayalam (required)
- English (preferred)

**Location**:

- Kochi, Kerala (required)

Work Location: In person