Position: Senior Manager – Program Implementation to lead the project

Organization: Breakthrough

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Successful implementation of Odisha scale-up program.
• Regular coordination and liasioning with the designated official from state government and education board
• Support in planning and coordination with Breakthrough’s training team and with the external resource persons for training and process documentation.
• Contribute to creation of curriculum and vetting it from gender lens and local socio -cultural – political context.
• Planning and supervision of all the training designed for the scale up program
• Ensure the preparation and usage of effective training aids
• Quality monitoring of the cascade training of teachers
• Monitoring of sessions’ delivery at the school level.
• Ensure the MIS and database is being updated regularly.
• Prepare documents and reports for team, donors, and partners
• Manage state budgets and administrative processes.
• Report and present Breakthrough’s work in Odisha with external stakeholders, local media.
• Over all supervision of Odisha team and project management as per Project Implementation Plan (PIP)
• Support and closely work with other team members and collaborate with other Centers in Breakthrough.

Specific Knowledge, Skill & Experience Required

• At least 10 years of experience on adolescent right and empowerment issue.
• Prior experience of networking with Government department
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills to lead relationships with external stakeholders.
• Ability to absorb pressure and uncertainty within the ecosystem and build generative long-term solutions.
• Excellent communication and writing skills English, Hindi and Odia
• Master’s degree in social work or gender studies or equivalent (Desirable)
• Computer skill are required and must be proficient in using tools of MS Office.

The candidate should have the ability to work in an informal atmosphere and willing to do any additional work given by Govt department people.

About Breakthrough:

Breakthrough was founded in 1999 with the mission of using arts and culture to bring human rights issues — especially violence and discrimination against marginalised groups — into mainstream conversation and inspire critical mass of people to take action for change. Its award-winning music albums and campaigns have won innumerable awards and have stirred unprecedented discussion across India about women’s rights and brought the problem of domestic violence out from behind closed doors. Earlier partnerships with the Ministry of Women and Child Development for dissemination of our media and IEC products which ensures that the messaging reaches large numbers as can be seen by the Bell Bajao campaign that reached 130 million in Phase I and 110 million in Phase II. The support was received pro-bono and is estimated to be worth INR 150 million. The Ministry has adopted Breakthrough’s MissionHazaar campaign on preventing sex selection under its flagship “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign and is disseminating the TV spots, curriculum and communication guide in 12 Indian languages.

Breakthrough’s current work spans across 5 states on transforming gender norms to prevent Violence against Women & Girls, and exploring the interlinkages between its various manifestations. Breakthrough makes innovative use of media, arts and technology including digital and mobiles, leadership development and community mobilisation to activate critical mass of people who will deliver the culture change needed to make violence against women and girls unacceptable. Centre to this is a gender equity curriculum, called Taron ki Toli that builds gender equitable views among adolescents 11-18 year olds, in school and in the community. Breakthrough uses leadership development to build capacities of 15-25 year olds to transform themselves and recruit others to make violence against women and girls unacceptable. It also works in the community with influencers and gatekeepers to shift norms to prevent violence and build values for girls and women. Media and arts infuse all our work and building evidence is a strong focus. Strategic partnership with governments are key – currently partnering with the Department of Education, Government of Punjab to apply gender lens to middle school curriculum across government schools. Currently reaching 573,000 adolescents and their communities to prevent violence against women and promote a culture of human rights, Breakthrough plans to reach 2 million adolescents over the next few years.

Breakthrough Values:

The position holder will be expected to work in line with organisational values which are:

• Dignity
• Integrity
• Equity

Breakthrough is an equal opportunity employer.  We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, colour, caste, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, economic status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.