Position: National Coordinator
Organization: India Alternative Care Network
Location: Delhi
Job opportunities:
India Alternative Care Network (iacn.in) is looking for a candidate for the position of National Coordinator.
Location: New 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.
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