Position: Program Head

Organization: Ek Kadam Aur Foundation

Tasks & Responsibilities:

The roles and responsibilities will involve, but not restricted to, the following:

● Strengthening our existing partnership with the Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy, Narendrapur, Kolkata, West Bengal.

● Developing and expanding on the missions of the program, especially education of the left-behind blind children in India who are not introduced to formal education yet.

● Supervising the interns of the program.

● Coordinating and Communicating: with the Advisory committee of the program and organizing regular meetings; with corporates and volunteers; with sponsors and stakeholders; and with other program heads of the Foundation.

● Assisting in writing grant applications relevant to the program.

● Maintaining database, conducting surveys and impact assessment (MEAL planning - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learnings of the Program).

● Regular visits to the project site to interact with the school management and the beneficiaries. Academic and

Experience Requirements:

● Academic background in special education (with a focus on psychology). Only bachelor’s level and above may apply.

● 3-5 years of experience of working for/with visually challenged/blind (people, children).

● Prior experience (not less than one year) of teaching visually challenged children.

● Fluency in Bangla and English languages.

● Passion in working for nonprofits (Knowledge of development sector is helpful but not required).

● Preference will be given to applicants with prior experience of working for the visually challenged children / people