Job Description

Project name: SETU (Child Rights Resource and Training Center)

About Shaishav:

Shaishav was established in 1992, as an organization committed to realizing the basic rights of children, particularly the underprivileged. We envision the creation of a society where each child achieves the potential she or he is born with, becomes independent, and contributes to the holistic and sustainable development of a world that is just, peaceful, and humane. Shaishav strives to ensure that all children achieve the basic right to free and compulsory education; create a child centered environment and provide opportunities where children and youth can realize their basic rights; and develop learning resources for children and make them available to all those who can influence children’s holistic development.

SETU: Child Rights Training and Resource Centre (CRTRC)

The Child Rights Training and Resource Centre or SETU, meaning "bridge" in Hindi, aims to bridge the gap between resources and people, ensuring that knowledge and materials—whether from Shaishav or elsewhere—reach those who need them. The programme emerged from Shaishav’s extensive grassroots work, through which the organisation developed a wealth of need-based educational materials on academics, life skills, and child rights, all guided by direct feedback from children. Shaishav’s library—one of the largest among grassroots organisations—houses over 10,000+ books, audiovisual materials, and magazines in Hindi, English, and Gujarati. SETU facilitates the creation of a shared pool of knowledge and tools while also conducting research, training, and networking opportunities for the collective benefit of professionals and organizations dedicated to children's welfare.

Key components:

Resource Development: Shaishav has established a comprehensive repository of demand-driven resources and modules, and is continuously developing new materials via its grassroots work, all of which could significantly benefit children and grassroots professionals in other parts of the country.

Training: Shaishav collaborates with like-minded organisations to provide training on specific subjects and how to use their resources effectively. Our Training of Trainers (ToT) programme aims to create a cadre of professionals capable of implementing child-centric participatory models in their regions and also training others.

Action Research: All of our research is linked to actionable steps, conducted through multiple approaches. We utilize commissioned studies, such as our initial child labour survey, which informed our early interventions to help children return to school. Through our ongoing grassroots work, we continuously observe learning patterns in the community and develop need-based resources based on direct feedback from children. Additionally, we facilitate Participatory Action Research (PAR), where children lead research on issues affecting them with our support in creating child-friendly methods for data collection and analysis.

Documentation: We document our learning of the past three decades and of all the processes that lead to that learning. We also document our processes in form of manuals and modules so other like minded organization can also refer and use it in their work with children.

Macro-level Networking: Our grassroots work empowers us to represent children's best interests in ongoing policy dialogues. Shaishav actively engages in various state, national, regional, and international issue-based networks. We co-founded the Child Rights Collective Gujarat in 2003, which facilitated in evolving into the Gujarat Bal Manch in 2015, a federation of children's collectives. Our founder also serves on the Executive Committee of the National Action and Coordination Group to End Violence Against Children (NACG - EVAC), the apex body of SAIVAC in South Asia. Additionally, she is a National Board Member of the Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) and the RTE Forum, while actively participating in several other national and international networks, including Young Voices, Catalyst 2023, Ashoka and Aspire.

Position summary

Programme Organizer, SETU will be the key person who will organize and facilitate this project within Shaishav and outside. The person must have a good conceptual and understanding of Child Rights, Life skills, Gender, Adolescent Empowerment and have experience of networking and advocacy. The person will be working alongside the Directors of Shaishav.

Below are the key responsibilities for this role.

Responsibilities:

1) Support in writing, designing, translating various Documentation of Shaishav.

2) Design training content and provide training on various topics related child rights, life skills, gender, Adolescent Empowerment, mental health and other for various stake holders including children.

3) Prepare, translate, and adapt necessary resource materials on various themes as the need arises.

4) As per the need, design various action research, design data collection tools, provide training to data collectors or collect data oneself, gather relevant secondary data, plan and do data analysis, report writing and create action plans based on the findings.

5) Networking with different like-minded organizations and networks with which Shaishav can collaborate to share resources and make a collective impact.

6) Design and Execute monitoring and evaluation systems to gauge end-to-end impact of the project.

7) Prepare Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual donor reports along with the Director. Prepare applications and proposals for various projects.

8) Promoting Shaishav activities in social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

9) Identify and managing volunteers who can contribute their skills in Shaishav.

Note: Candidates are expected to take additional responsibilities on need basis.

Required Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

1) Graduate (in any stream) with at least 5 years of relevant work experience preferably in the area of Child rights and life skills.

2) Exceptional English language communication skills – both written and verbal.

3) Excellent critical thinking skills and ability to analyze complex data sets from varied sources (both quantitative and qualitative), drawing narratives, and communicating impact story to external partners.

4) Possess an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google suits.

5) Strong interpersonal skills, which enable you to build meaningful relationships with diverse set of people and a focus on collaborating to reach outcomes with teams.

Desired Qualities:

1) Exemplify the core values of Shaishav organization.

2) Ability to work independently without much hand-holding.

Why should you consider this opportunity?

Since Shaishav operates as a Resource organization at the state level in Gujarat and we are part of several national processes, there are higher chances of creating a sustained impact in these regions. Along with this, Shaishav being a small organization, you will get mentoring from the directors of the organization who have around 40 years’ experience of working in development sector. There are opportunities for growth in the organization for candidates, as they gain more experience and if they are willing to learn beyond their roles.

Note:

After getting clear understanding of the subjects, this role can be done remotely as well after few months of understanding the organization history, vision, mission and strategy.

Contact details:

Email id: shaishavhr2022@gmail.com

Website: http://shaishavchildrights.org/

Please write an email to us expressing your interest to work along with your latest resume and expected salary. Feel free to write to us for any queries by 25th December, 2024.

About Company

Shaishav Trust is a registered non-governmental organization (NGO) working the field of Children, Education & Literacy, etc. The NGO works towards the promotion of sustainable development. The NGO was established in 1993. The registration number of the organization is: F/3462/Ahmedabad?(27-04-1993). The organization is operational in Gujarat, India.

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