Vacancy in Mumbai: Programme Officer, Training

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Railway Children UK

Location: Mumbai

Last Date: 20th January 2007

E-mail: shama@...

Website: www.railwaychildren.org.uk

Railway Children is a UK based international development agency working with

organisations and initiatives that work with children at risk around transport

terminals with the underlying theme of early intervention. Our vision is a world

of safety and opportunity for children alone and at risk on the streets.

Railway Children works with 41 organisations in 8 countries at over 65 project

locations. We directly impact the lives of over 8,000 street children in any

one year and have contact/ referrals with over 20,000.Our mission in India is to

work with our partners and other organisations to ensure care, protection and

developmental opportunities for children at key transport terminals. We

currently work with 21 partner organizations at over 50 key locations in India

and provide them with hands on assistance in planning, reviewing and development

and training of programmes.

Our country office in Mumbai has been recently established with a small team of

7 members. One of our national training initiatives is Ehsaas.

Ehsaas – The focus is to assist and train our partners for integration of the

issues of psychological safety, sexuality and prevention of HIV/AIDS/STIs into

current existing rehabilitation programmes for children. (In collaboration with

Sir Elton Aids Foundation)

Railway Children invites applications for 1 new position:

Programme officer (Training) for Ehsaas

Key responsibilities include assisting the Programme Coordinator (Training) in

delivering training programmes which focus on building knowledge, attitudes and

skills with sensitivity, planning programmes relevant to partner needs and

creatively documenting results and processes. The candidate should have good

understanding of the street children sector, would preferably have a background

in theatre for development and should be able to think ‘out of the box.’

We are looking for dynamic people whose personal values meet the organisational

values – mutual respect, collaboration, commitment to learning and integrity.

Further requirements are:

At least five years’ experience of work in programming or service delivery, with

children in especially difficult circumstances

Post-graduate with social sciences background.

Strong networking and interpersonal skills.

Good language proficiency in English and Hindi and some regional languages.

Strong writing skills.

Willingness to travel.

Flexibility and ability to work in a team.

Emotional stability and ability to work under pressure.

Only candidates from Mumbai need apply. Applications must contain title of the

post applied for, a note on ‘why you think you are best suited for the post’,

information on current salary drawn; the contact information of at least 3

references and should reach us at shama@... . Only

applications of short-listed candidates will be acknowledged.

Mrinalini Rao

Programme Manager, India

Railway Children

Ph: 91 22 28386506

Mobile : 91 9820453495

e-mail: mrinalini@...

www.railwaychildren.org.uk