Program Coordinator - WV

A Program Coordinator (PC) works with a team of Community Mobilizers in the communities to enable mutual transformation - in the lives of children, families, supporters and WV staff themselves. The role serves as the primary link between the WV India Area Development Program office and the community mobilisers focusing on working with local groups and organisations to contribute towards child well-being priorities in the area.

A Programme Coordinator acts as a facilitator and helps the community mobilisers' teams to build on their existing strengths and facilitate links to technical support. They will also be responsible for a cluster to implement programmes and sponsorship in addition to providing coaching and mentoring.

Key Deliverables

• 1. Ensure the effective communication of WV India identity, mission, vision, core values and approach to development including child sponsorship.
• 2. Facilitate in enhancing the capacity of the community on ownership of child well-being.
• 3. Identifying partners at the local level (block) and develop multi stakeholder partnership in line with the TPs.
• 4. Explore opportunities for resource diversification at local level.
• 5. Facilitate the development of locally contextual child selection criteria, and support the child selection process within in the primary focus areas.
• 6. Ensure the presence monitoring of registered children and communications as per the sponsorship standards and inclusion of the Registered Children (RC) & families in development programme.
• 7. Promote community led child monitoring and management of cases for children identified for follow up with the Danger signs & symptoms.
• 8. Establish community led child protection mechanism in their own clusters.
• 9. Ensure the inclusion of the most vulnerable as programme participants from the primary focused area (PFA)
• 10. Identify and engage relevant capacity building support to local community mobilisers s from technical experts from within and outside, as required
• 11. Facilitate community based monitoring of programmes & monitoring support to the community mobilisers s within the
• 12. Monitor the end user issues within the PFA.
• 13. Enhance influence at the Block level.
• 14. Promote a culture of excellence, team work and learning among the other community mobilisers s in the ADP.

  Priorities

• Community Mobilization, Capacity Building & action

• Partnering and planning with communities

• Sponsorship facilitation with communities

• Implementation and monitoring with communities and partners

• Capacity building of community mobilizers

  Skills

• Understanding on poverty, basic knowledge on Government schemes and PRIs.

• Good communication skills (Local language)

• Ability to read and write in English.

• Data collection methodology.

• Having leadership skills to handle a team of 5 - 7 persons.

• Good networking skills.

• Resource mobilizing skills.

• Ability to work in diverse culture.

• Project Management skills

  Knowledge & Qualifications

• 1. University Graduate in any discipline
• 2. Computer skills.
• 3. Sound knowledge in the TP & CESP.
• 4. Basic DME skills

  Experience

Two years experience preferred

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