Position: Senior Associate - Capacity Accelerator Program

Organization: Guardians of Dreams 

Location: Bangalore

Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff1sYFeNpl-qw7IRIbnHlOMowFfmSRH84nVP5PLTMBPtyexQ/viewform

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and develop aspects of the design and roll-out of CAP, and adapt knowledge and skills to the needs of the program as it evolves.
• Cultivate and nurture working relationships with CCI staff, caregivers and leadership.
• Spend significant on-ground time at CCIs towards data collection, relationship and context building
• Provide management support to CCIs and facilitate the upskilling and empowerment of CCI staff and other stakeholders.
• Collate and summarize existing research on childcare, institutional care and associated domains
• Create learning modules, curriculum frameworks, resources banks and design workshops for CCI staff and ecosystem stakeholders.
• Engage with organizations, vendors, NGOs and government stakeholders in the ecosystem surrounding partner CCIs.
• Develop and leverage partnerships towards creation of resources and improvement of child care outcomes and organizational sustainability at the CCIs.
• Travel frequently as per need, towards partnership building, context building etc.
• Prepare regular reports on on-ground activities and work progress.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 2-3 years of field/community engagement/fellowships experience at a grassroots level with vulnerable sections.
• Experience or strong interest in program design, research and childcare.
• Partnership management experience.
• Experience in product and/or curriculum design in ed-tech.
• Experience in organizing training/workshops and/or content creation/curriculum development.
• Documentation and report writing experience.
• Experience working in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Familiarity with South Indian languages (eg. Kannada /Tamil/Malayalam) is good to have.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Good email/telephonic and in-person communication. Good writing skills.
• Comfortable working with software (Google Suite, MS Office), doing research online and familiarity with learning management systems and/or management information systems.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to travel frequently and organize around efficient travel arrangements.
• Ability to adapt to frequent changes in field conditions, objectives and on-ground requirements.