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Program Officer, Children’s Cooperatives

Duty Station: Uttarakhand, India 

We are looking for a person who is well versed in life skills education concept and theory. Life Skills Education is an integral part of our education curriculum and is central to our two child cooperatives the Child Health & Sports Cooperative and Childrens Development Khazana. Both are cooperatives where children learn democratic values, financial management, health and wellbeing, communication skills, leadership and entrepreneurship.

The cooperatives are implemented in eight countries in Asia and Africa and six states in India in partnership with local organisations.

The concerned person will be working under the supervision of the Children’s Cooperatives team in Delhi and must have knowledge of health, life skills and finance. The candidate must have excellent writing skills.

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme Management

• Management of the cooperatives programme, mentor and guide colleagues in Uttarakhand

• Implement the programme effectively

2. Advocacy/ Research

• Bring innovation and take initiative to analyse the data and bring out research papers on various aspects of the programme and its contribution in making positive changes in the life of the children and their families.
• Produce documents to show the impact of the programme; conduct micro/macro studies based on the learnings.
• Produce content for e newsletter, website, relevant reports and advocacy materials for various target groups.

3. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Undertake M&E visits to project locations in Uttarakhand for ensuring progress of the programme and support to the children and staff

• To organize reviews, reflection exercises for evaluation and learning.

Key Competencies

1. Project Management
2. Team work
3. Proficiency in research methodologies

Education Qualification- Masters of Social Work, Social Science, in social sciences desirable.

Working Experience- The candidate should have 1-2 years of similar experience in programme development, management, and implementation.

Process of Application- Send in a one page covering letter explaining why you are suitable for this job and your CV to butterfliesngo@gmail.com

Remuneration Offered – Rs.30-35,000 per month depending on experience. 

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer will be responsible for management of M & E Activities of the organisation. S/he will be responsible for developing impact indicators for the various projects and programmes of the organisation based on goals and objectives for each of them/theory of change; manage MIS system, evaluate the programmes with evidences reflecting the progress, achievements, gaps and leanings; suggest strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

• To design, develop and implement the monitoring & evaluation component of each programme.
• Periodically review the monitoring and evaluation needs of programmes.
• Analyise information and prepare status reports reflecting intended outcomes.
• Develop programme implementation plans with deliverable timelines.
• Develop a system for information mapping, storing and processing.
• Develop a system for the collection of information from field and also from associate organisations; develop and use web based IT for innovative methods of collecting and sharing data.
• Implement and manage M&E systems including collating, compiling, analyzing, and reporting on the same.
• Assist in the development/adaptation of integrated M&E systems and tools in liaison with associate organizations.
• Prepare regular reports on relevant M&E component for internal and external use.
• Develop status reports on each project including associate NGOs based on consolidated and analysed data prior to every monitoring visit of the International Secretariat.
• Prepare written reports and statistical tables and presentations, and use standard computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Provide technical support on monitoring and evaluation and contribute to the development of the capacity of Heads, Field Staff and associate NGO focal persons/Directors.

• Organize sessions on existing data, data treatment and consolidation.
• Participate in relevant programme, policy and research activities to inform and guide the M&E process
• In consultation with the Director of programmes/Director, represent Butterflies externally on M&E issues.
• Keep abreast of developments in M&E, and ensure that these are considered in the development and implementation of the same in various programmes.

Key Skills
1. Monitoring and evaluation, tools and methodologies
2. Analytical report writing
3. Training and capacity building
4. Research methodologies
5. Competency in MIS, data management and analysis

Education Qualification: Masters of Social Work, Social Science, M. Phil or Ph.D in social sciences desirable.

Working Experience: The candidate should have at least 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.

Process of Application: Send in a one page covering letter explaining why you are suitable for this job and your CV to butterfliesngo@gmail.com

Remuneration Offered – Rs.50-55,000 per month depending on experience. 

We are looking for a candidate who can work with street connected children, establish a sustaining relationship with them based on trust and respect. He/she must be able to motivate and encourage children to participate in all Butterflies programmes, enroll them into formal schools or National Institute of Open Schooling and regularly monitor & evaluate their progress.

The candidate must be able to successfully implement on-going and future interventions to achieve the set goals. He/she must be a self-starter to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate programmes in consultation with the program heads and with involvement of children.

The candidate must familiarise oneself about the community as well as the resources available. He/she must be able to document and analyse the programme to improve outcomes and will be expected to submit monthly reports to the supervisor.

The candidate will be given opportunities to participate in conferences, seminars, workshops and exposure programmes.

Desired Qualification: MSW with 6 months to 1 year experience 

We are a child rights NGO and our children are coming from difficult backgrounds of the age group of 8-18 years. We need a team member who is considerate & patient with our children.

Salary – Commensurate

Interested candidates can mail their cover letter and CV to – butterfliesngo@gmail.com with the Subject- Application for Programme Officer-Education

Over 50,000 children are living on the streets of Delhi with almost no access to education. You can do something for them.

Be a part of an innovative programme of bringing the school to these children.

Become a Teacher for our education Programme.

Subjects – English, Mathematics & Science

Desired Qualification: Post Graduate /B.Ed / Graduate with experience in teaching.

We are a child rights NGO and our children are coming from difficult backgrounds of the age group of 8-18 years. We need teachers who are considerate & patient with our children.

Salary – Commensurate

Interested candidates can mail their cover letter and CV to – butterfliesngo@gmail.com with the Subject- Application for Subject Teacher

The child protection and mental health program of Butterflies aims at building the knowledge and skills of children, families, communities, and schools, to create a supportive environment for children; enhance the mental health of children, adolescents and prevent and respond to violence against them. The program provides therapeutic support to children experiencing mental health problems through casework and family therapeutic care. Advocacy and knowledge building are essential components of the program. It is a cross cutting program reaching out to all the children in the program interventions by the organization.

Butterflies is looking for a candidate to lead the program and perform the following roles and responsibilities.

Major Roles and Responsibilities-

• Provides strategic leadership to the child protection and mental health program by developing a well defined conceptual framework and strategic vision and direction to the program.
• Programme development clear goals and objectives, outcomes and monitoring and evaluation framework and implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Design, develop research plans and proposals on area of child protection and mental health issues and come up with research plans and proposals.
• Document good practice and bring out case studies and other documents (article, papers, presentations, stories of changes, etc.) on the subject, children, and children’s issues.
• Undertake advocacy initiatives to make the mental health of children and adolescents as a public health issue which should be informed by the experiences and evidence.
• Design training workshops on child protection, mental health with children, adolescents, parents, and other agencies conduct training, measure outcomes using scientific tools.
• Identify and develop partnership with funding agencies, develop concept notes and submit the application for mobilizing resources for the program.
• Supervise and motivate the team and provide clear direction, make efforts to develop their skills, knowledge, and competencies.

Work Experience-

• The candidate should have at least three years of demonstrated working experience of managing programs with children and adolescents, program design, development, implementation. Candidates with less than three years will not be considered.
• S/he should demonstrate theoretical knowledge on mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and adolescents, therapeutic approaches, and strategies for supporting children for addressing issues affecting their mental health wellbeing.

Qualifications- The candidate should be master’s in social work/M. Phil or Ph.D. with specialization in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work.

We are a child rights NGO and our children are coming from difficult backgrounds. We need a person who is knowledgeable on child rights, fluent in the Hindi language and is considerate & patient with our children.

Salary – Rs.55,000-65,000 depending on knowledge and experience.
Location- New Delhi. 

How to Apply-

Interested candidates can mail their applications consisting of a cover letter and cv to – butterfliesngo@gmail.com

Building on the right of children to expression, speech, participation, association and access to information, Children’s Media Centre was initiated by Butterflies in the year 1996. Butterflies Children’s Media gives children the space to create their very own media that gives an expression to the unheard voice of children. It develops children’s confidence and provides opportunities for children to train and participate in the production of their own newspaper, radio programs, digital stories and theatre to highlight their issues & concerns which are neglected by the mainstream media. It is a life skill education which helps children to find their own field of interest and to make them aware of happenings in the world and respond appropriately with their views and opinions through these mediums. It is also a tool to monitor the situation of children’s rights in their city/region/country which ultimately results in creating a safe and child friendly society.

Butterflies is looking for a Head-Children’s Media who will run the Children’s Media programme at Butterflies.

Job Description-

1. Manage Butterflies Children’s Media programme (children’s radio, newspaper & theatre) efficiently with clear and broad goals and objectives, plans and strategies
2. Design and implement activities for the development of Children’s Media programme with a special focus on children’s radio; contribute in its growth and expansion to more children
3. Facilitate children in producing radio, podcast programme with standard and quality, bringing out their newspaper and children’s theatre activities
4. Work towards integration of children’s media components in education of children across the organization
5. Conduct workshops with children so that they gain knowledge and skills on journalism and use of various media to highlight their issues & advocate for their rights. This includes coordination with relevant agencies for contribution to children’s workshops & ensuring children’s voices are heard
6. Create wider publicity of the programme using different publicity and communication medium such as podcasting, translation, social media, focused communication to key stakeholders
7. Maintain sustainable relationship with All India Radio / Prashar Bharati; explore new opportunities for partnership including training, interface and exposure visits of children to their studios.
8. Participate in events, conferences, seminars/workshops and keep yourself upgraded with latest knowledge
9. Conduct Still & Video Photography as and when required.
10. Document activities conducted, case studies, success stories, to measure the contribution and impact of the programme on children’s lives
11. Assist in preparing monthly, six monthly and yearly reports of the project. Also, assist in preparation of newsletters and updating website

12. Any other related work assigned to you by your supervisor or the Director.

Desired Qualification: Post Graduate in Journalism (Broadcasting) with relevant experience. Knowledge of designing & editing software/technologies is essential.
We are a child rights NGO and our children are coming from difficult backgrounds. We need a person who is knowledgeable on child rights and is considerate & patient with our children.

Salary – Rs.40, 000-50,000 depending on knowledge and experience
Location- New Delhi. 

How to Apply-

Interested candidates can mail their applications consisting of a cover letter and cv to – butterfliesngo@gmail.com

Butterflies is working with the out of school children in Uttarakhand with support from Samagrah Shikshya Abhiyan, Government of Uttarakhand, since 2008. Using multipurpose vehicles equipped with teaching learning facilities, the programme provides teaching learning support to the out of school children at Non-Residential Special Training Centres (NRST Centres) as defined under SSA and mainstream them in formal schools. The programme is being implemented in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar.

Applications are invited for the post of State Programme Manager based in Dehradun (with frequent travel to Delhi and Udham Singh Nagar) to manage the programme in the state. The Programme Manager will supervise the overall program management in the state, develop and implement programme plans and activities ensure quality outcomes. The position will report to the Head of Programs and will supervise field educators.

Major Roles and Responsibilities
• Manage the overall programme for out of school children in the selected districts effectively and efficiently.
• Develop strategies to reach out to out of school children and oversee enrolment, teaching learning activities ensuring learning outcomes, develop tools and methods and conduct learning outcomes assessment regularly.
• Implement program activities with monitoring, evaluation and tracking ensuring quality outcomes.
• Act as focal person and strengthen collaboration and partnership with education department at the State, District, and school levels, work closely with SSA and Labour Department.
• Supervise team and provide directions, mentoring, plan and organise programme review meeting with the team and senior management with clear agenda and expected outcome, document the decisions and communication.
• Financial management and budget utilization efficiently.
• Contribute in identification of sources of funding and resources, support in developing concept notes and proposal in order to ensure sustainability and continuity of the programme.
• Prepare and implement plan for visibility of the programme through outreach, media including social media working with communication team, bring out Newsletter.
• Prepare analytical reports and submit to the supervisor, donor agencies as per the plan timely.
• Document the best practices, most significant stories of change for publication and uploading in our website; organisation’s newsletters in collaboration with the Communications Officer periodically and ensure dissemination widely.

Essential Competency
• Theoretical knowledge about education and life skills education of children, understanding about the issues and challenges in accessing formal school for out of school children.
• Excellent programme management skills with proven track records of performance and achievements.
• Demonstrated presentation and communication skills, negotiation skills for initiating or strengthening collaboration, partnership with government agencies, corporate sector and donor agencies.
• Abilities to take initiatives independently ensuring the core goals and objectives of the programme.
• Deep commitments to the values of children’s participation.

Qualifications-
-The candidate should have a  Master’s degree in Social Work, Education (M.Ed.) or Sociology.

Experience-
-The candidate should have more than 5 years of experience of programme management, project coordination in education, child development.

How to Apply-
Interested candidates may apply to butterfliesngo@gmail.com with their updated CV and a cover letter mentioning Application for the post of Programme Manager – Uttarakhand in the subject.

Over 50,000 children are living on the streets of Delhi with almost no access to education. You can do something for them.

Be a part of an innovative programme of bringing the school to these children.

Become a Teacher for our education Programme.

Subjects – English, Mathematics & Science

Desired Qualification: Post Graduate /B.Ed / Graduate with experience in teaching.

We are a child rights NGO and our children are coming from difficult backgrounds of the age group of 8-18 years. We need teachers who are considerate & patient with our children.

Salary – Commensurate

Interested candidates can mail their cover letter and CV to – butterfliesngo@gmail.com with the Subject- Application for Subject Teacher

While we thank you for your applications, due to the number of applications we receive, we can only respond to those who have been selected. 

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