Position:  National Coordinator

Organization: India Alternative Care Network

Location: Delhi

Role Summary
The National Coordinator is expected to lead the network independently and take its goals and objectives forward with clear vision, ideas, and strategies with minimum supervision. S/he will lead the knowledge sharing and policy promotion efforts on Family-Based Alternative Care with focus on family strengthening, prevention of separation of children from their families and deinstitutionalisation; drive policy strategies, forge collaborations with key stakeholders, and amplify network visibility through targeted communication. The coordinator will spearhead discussions on emerging research, policy expansion, and funding opportunities; organize engagement activities, represent the network, manage budgets, and seek sustainable funding sources. S/he will function from the IACN Secretariat at Butterflies, New Delhi under the supervision of the Co-convenors of the Network.
 
 Qualifications & Skills : Minimum master’s degree in social work, social sciences, M. Phil or Ph.D.

* Ability to organise, plan, and prioritise work independently.
 • Open for travelling outside of work location.
 • Experience in managing networks and collectives, alliance building processes.
 • Knowledge and experience of working in the areas of child protection, alternative care, policies, and legislations.
 • Experience in initiating, coordination of dialogue with the government; organise consultations by identifying key stakeholder and mobilisation.
 • Experience of involvement in research, studies, strong writing, editing, proofreading and layout/design skills.
 • Prior experience in communication strategy, website review, social media is preferable.
 • Capable to think innovatively and creatively to accomplish network objectives.
 
 Essential Experience: The candidate should have more than 7 years of experience of performing similar roles and responsibilities.
 
 Remuneration: This is a consultancy appointment with Butterflies as Secretariat of IACN with consultancy amount of Rs. 95,000 to 1,10,000 per month according to the working experience.