Coordinator, Skill
- Job Status: Full Time, Monday to Friday, (10:00am-6:00pm)
- Job Title: Coordinator, Skills Development Centre for Combating Violence, Shakti Shalini
- Job Location: Near Ashram Chowk, Lajpat Nagar 1, New Delhi (On-Site)
- Salary: Rs. 38,000/ month for the probation period of first six months. Rs. 40,000/ month if offered a permanent employment through a performance review at the conclusion of the probation period.
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Reporting: Will report to Operations Lead and work in close guidance of Interventionist, Prevention of Gender/ Sexual Violence.
About the Skills Development Centre for Combating Violence
Skills Development Centre for Combating Violence is a project conducted by Shakti Shalini with the purpose of prevention of gender and sexual violence. The projects deploys skills training (computers, cutting and tailoring, beauty culture, basic literacy, English language, notebook making, macrame-making, crochet, quilling, life skills, self-defence) as activities that facilitate, on the one hand, skilling, employability, and economic independence, and on the other hand, gender sensitisation, critical thinking, and feminist solidarity-building. The projects are implemented at Kushalta Vikas Kendra (KVK), our community centre, which is supporting 100-150 participants per year that include survivors of gender/ sexual violence and socio-economically marginalised women, youth, and adolescent girls and boys who come from nearby communities that are supported by the organisation. A pool of trainers, volunteers, interns, student groups, and partnering organisations come together to work at KVK and impart the skills to groups and batches of participants, thereby actualising the vision of the project, which is to build a safe and empowering space within which skills are learned, expression is free, norms are critiqued, and solidarities are built.
Job Description
The Coordinator of the Skills Development Centre for Combating Violence will be expected to maintain as well as intensify, nurture, and boost the holistic, empowering, solidarity-driven, inclusive, and democratic environment of Kushalta Vikas Kendra. They will be expected to carry out end-to-end management of the project on a daily basis and be fully committed to it. This is a hands-on role that is demanding, challenging, and dynamic.
Roles and Responsibilities of the Coordinator:
- Understand the vision and mission of Shakti Shalini to work toward gender equality and, specially, to prevent gender/ sexual violence as well as, specifically, the role of the Skills Development Centre in prevention of gender/ sexual violence.
- Creatively and effectively ensure that every class at the Skills Development Centre, in its curriculum, design, and classroom conduct, merges vocational/ educational skills training with feminist action, gender sensitisation, rights and freedom based awareness, and solidarity building.
- Coordinate and lead a core team of four full-time team members (three trainers and one educator), and the additional team of interns, volunteers, student groups, and partnering organisations, that are together conducting the various classes of the centre.
- Make sure that the full team is led with good coordination, attention to detail, problem-solving, careful planning, organisation, and time-management, as well as sensitivity, kindness, and encouragement.
- Treat all participants, colleagues, and persons present in the space with utmost sensitivity, care, and respect in language, tone, expression, and behaviour, ensuring at all times a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, democratic approach that demonstrates gender sensitivity, inclusivity, and kind and well-regulated leadership.
- Plan and conduct four sensitisation and awareness sessions in a month with the participants of the skills development centre. This could cut across topics of gender, sex, sexuality, abuse and violence, health and wellness, rights and freedoms, intersectionality and identity, and related topics.
- Manage the day-to-day functioning of the centre such as ensuring that activities are well-scheduled, are running on time, and meeting logistical concerns.
- Ensure that all qualitative and quantitative documentation of trainers and educators is up-to-date and of good quality, and collate and compile the same regularly.
- Ensure quarterly and annual reports are submitted to the organisation for the project and that they are creative in representation of data.
- Implement monitoring and evaluation systems of the project.
- The skills development centre works in close synchronisation with other projects and programs of the organisation, which requires inter-project communication and coordination. Ensure this is done consistently and efficiently.
- Facilitate the administrative and financial needs of the project in a team-work spirit. This includes working with the finance department of the organisation to procure any financial resources as per the advance claim and reimbursement processes. Similarly, inform the administration department regarding stationery, material, printing, repair, maintenance, and infrastructural or resource purchase needs of the project.
- Provide mentorship to interns and volunteers who wish to work at the centre as per available capacity.
- Ensure regular updates of the project to the organisation’s media team for content creation, newsletters, media outreach.
- Represent the organisation, particularly the skills development centre, at relevant public platforms and partnering organisations.
- Search for additional partnerships, opportunities, and resources to intensify and expand the work and vision of the skills development centre, and integrate them into the project.
- Participate in full-team and project specific capacity buildings and trainings that are offered by the organisation to upgrade skills and knowledge.
- Participate in all pan-organisation meetings and annual events.
Necessary skills:
- Good English reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension.
- Good Hindi reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension.
- Committed to making an impact at the grassroots level, which includes being patient and accommodating towards the challenges and complexities of working with marginalised communities and survivors of violence.
- Committed to the mission of gender quality, and addressing gender/ sexual violence at the grassroots level.
- A strong critical thinker with an understanding of gender, violence, sex, sexuality, health, rights, and freedoms, and ideas on how the same may be merged with vocational and skills development.
- Able to work with individuals of different age groups, religions, castes and tribes, and educational levels.
- Able to work everyday with very limited resources and in extreme weather conditions while on field.
- Able to lead a team with effectiveness, sensitivity, care, organisation, planning, and balanced leadership.
- Possesses an attention to detail, strong time-management skills, good planning and coordination abilities, and the capacity to strategise, problem-solve, and delegate tasks effectively.
- Able to work with principles of equality, critical thinking, dignity, agency, regular awareness and sensitisation, and confidence and self-esteem raising.
- Able to maintain a non-judgmental, empathetic, understanding and respectful approach in all their work.
- Good people, relational, and communication skills to be able to create and nurture bonds of trust and care.
- Capable of maintaining composure in situations of stress and crisis.
- Self-reflexive, and open to learn and receive critical feedback.
Eligibility:
- Academic: The candidate must have a postgraduate degree in social work/ gender studies allied subject.
- Work experience: Must have a minimum of 2-3 years of full time work experience.
- Joining Date: Immediate hiring as soon as possible
- How to Apply: Fill and submit the Assessment Form. (Read the instructions on the Form carefully. Ensure to upload CV and Cover Letter to the Assessment Form)
- Application deadline: 14 February 2025
- Application Process: Screening of Application (Assessment Form, CV, Cover Letter) followed by an interview. Exact date will be specified by mail to selected candidates.