Onsite - Programme Implementer – Azad Kishori

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Role Title: Programme Implementer – Azad Kishori
Experience Required: 3-5 years
Salary: 30,000- 35,000 per month

Applicant

• Only for females (cis/trans women)
• Candidates from all marginalized communities are encouraged to apply for the position

About Azad Foundation
Azad is a professional feminist organization working across social and religious divides to enable resource-poor women to empower themselves by engaging them in viable non-traditional livelihood options. Azad is committed to breaking patriarchal boundaries and structures so that women can exercise control over their lives and live with dignity. This is done through transformative capacity-building programs based on adult learning principles around the self and the skills needed for non-traditional livelihoods. Azad also engages with both men and women in their communities to create a safe and supportive space for development. The organization operates directly in Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata and partners with other organizations in Indore, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

Role Description – Key Responsibilities

1. Strengthened agency of 1000 Azad Kishoris to make optimal life choices by 2025:

• • Strengthen agency of Kishori leaders from adda Members during the project period 2022-2025)
  • Formulate plan to deliver on transformative capacity building programme (Azad Kishori & Community engagement).
  • Responsible to Integrate Azad Kishori Program with Women with Wheels and build synergy other community interventions.

2. Enhance perspective, skills and personal leading to advancement to higher education of their own choice.

• • Ensure members complete School education and take admission in higher education of their choice.
  • Those already in college, complete higher education successfully and take up employment.
  • Link adda members & leaders to different scholarship programs offered by the government or any institutions for different categories of students.
  • Hold residential camp every year focusing on career counselling and soft skills such as communication, planning, facilitation, negotiation and so on.
  • Prepare, Plan and facilitate monthly sessions with leaders on different topics mentioned in LFA such thematic issue like Gender, Patriarchy, unpaid care work, MHM, Cyber safety, Digital learning, Non-traditional livelihood (share invite, agenda, and conduct pre and post assessment, short report including consolidated assessment of the sessions.
  • Ensure the Mentoring sessions with leaders are done by respective team members and do check if there are any crucial issues emerging which need to work upon.
  • Preparing monthly updates & quarterly, six monthly and annual review PPT and reports.

1. Hold Azad Scholarship program effectively, monitor on monthly basis & ensure they clear exams and move to next level.
2. Sustaining and increasing membership in Alumni Association and providing opportunity for further growth and their involvement in supporting other leaders.
3. Azad Kishoris attained peer and family support for higher education
4. Formation and strengthening of Kishori Adda or peer groups
   • Dialogue with the Leaders to form addas and team to support monthly sessions and meeting.
   • Develop recording system of monthly adda sessions & Meetings and ensure that it is in use.
   • Conduct regular visits in these Adda meetings with team or with leaders. Organize periodic basis provide capacity building support to leaders in facilitating sessions in adda.
5.  Formation and strengthening of connect with Parents of leaders
   • Ensure mobilisers connect monthly with the parents of the leaders
   • Parents are prepared for:
     • Avoid early marriage, give opportunity to study at home,
     • Open for higher studies in STEM and vocational courses and considering jobs in non-traditional sector
     • Parents increase confidence in their daughters & support them to travel alone.
     • Parents are informed about other skill courses available in Kolkata for themselves
   • Conduct quarterly Chaupal meeting with parents of different area and collective chaupal in 2 days training mode
   • Organize 2 Collective Learning Events in a year inviting parents, leaders and adda members.
   • Preparing monthly updates & quarterly, six monthly and annual review PPT and reports.

6. Actively engage in Women with wheels and build synergy other community interventions.
   • Women with Wheels Team
     • Ensure 20% target of the total enrolment
     • Facilitate the surveys, home visits, canopy display and other outreach activities in urban communities to reach out eligible women.
   • Integration & synergy with MGJ Program
7.  Monitoring-Reporting, Networking & Campaigns
   • Initiate and actively participate in all campaigns, alumni meet & any other collective events that may be undertaken by the organization.
   • Build alliances with other NGOs & CBOs working with girls and women in the communities.

Professional & Educational Qualifications

• Graduate/Post Graduate degree in Social Science/Sociology /Gender Studies
• Skills: Good Knowledge of Bangla, Hindi & English; Excellent communication and presentation skills..

Note:

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to azadfoundationjobs@gmail.com mentioning the name of the position in the subject line.