General Description of the Post

In line with strategic plans and policy guidelines of Sense International India, the person will work with the team lead by Head - Capacity Building in planning, implementation, and evaluation of capacity building initiatives with project partners. S/he will also participate in and contribute towards development of wider institutional strategy.

Purpose of Post

The position requires supporting partner organisations through training and skill building activities and Support to Children and Young Adults with Deafblindness and their Families’. The position also requires executing and building content, documentation, and monitoring quality of services at partner organisations.

A. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Identifying training needs of partner organisations through appropriate mechanism and regular consultation with partners and stakeholders
• Develop, design and coordinate implementation of comprehensive training package for skill building of various stakeholders, including project partners, families, persons with deafblindness, allied professionals, etc.
• Design, plan and conduct training for various stake holders
• Follow up with partners to measure the impact of various capacity building measures with required training, materials, literature, action plan and other partner support activities
• Contribute to various publications, research, articles, and write-up on deafblindness and multiple disabilities.
• Document and report changes among service users, their parents, educators/ field staff
• Prepare annual training and event calendar for Sense International India based on both organisational and partner needs
• Support in report writing by providing appropriate and timely information across the organisation
• Maintain a data base of trainings and courses conducted and designed
• Willingness to learn to communicate with persons with deafblindness and multiple disabilities
• Any other work as agreed with line manager
• Understand, follow, and uphold Sense International India’s core values and all aspects of the organisational Safeguarding System

B. PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Ideally a Graduate and having diploma or higher education background in the field of disability such as in deafblindness, visual impairment, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities or from the field of para-medical professionals like- Physiotherapist, occupational therapist and speech therapist.
• Should have prior experience of working with children and young adults with disabilities for minimum two years
• Should have experience of organising trainings programmes in association with various stakeholders
• Willing to travel to project locations in India
• Able to analyse data and situations and adopt effective course of action
• Relate and interact successfully with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
• Operate a computer and MS Office programs.
• Takes initiative and offers new ideas
• The successful candidate must meet Sense International India’s mandatory background checks to comply with the organisational Safeguarding System

C. DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Good interpersonal skills to work with people at all levels
• Written and spoken communication skills in Hindi and English, knowledge of regional language will be added advantage
• Problem-solving and negotiation skills
• Able to manage time and meet deadlines
• Able to facilitate groups
• Good personal presentation
• Personal commitment to improving one's own knowledge and skills

Sense International India prioritises the well-being and safety of everyone who comes into contact with our organisation. We will keep the people we support safe from harm by checking that applicants for this job are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Sense India is an equal opportunity employer and qualified persons with disabilities, women candidates and transgender are encouraged to apply. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child rights and child protection. For more information, please visit our website www.senseintindia.org

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us your updated resume along with suitability note in one file (single word document only) for the position of “Sr. Trainer - Capacity Building” at career@senseintindia.org. Please mention “Sr. Trainer - Capacity Building” in the subject line. Last date for sending applications is 15th April 2024. Considering the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For more information, please visit our website www.senseintindia.org

General Description of the Post

There is a broad scope to this post within Sense International India. In line with strategic plans and policy guidelines of Sense International India, the person will work under the Manager – Capacity Building in planning, implementation and monitoring of agreed capacity building objectives within organisation and project partners. S/he will also participate in and contribute towards development of wider institutional strategy. Apart from the above roles, the post holder will have an opportunity to increase their skills and develop the job.

Purpose of Post

The position requires planning, developing, and executing online and offline capacity building contents and monitoring quality of trainings within the organisation. The position also necessitates building capacity of partner organisations by supporting through content knowledge, training and skill building activities and within the organisation so as to be the knowledge leader in the field of deafblindness.

A. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

I) Organisation Capacity Building related activities

• Managing online learning management system (LMS) as per the course and batches
• Follow up with partner organisations for the enrolment of candidates and also within the team for advertising the online courses
• Managing schedule of the online sessions for the online course and follow up with faculties/speakers
• Undertake sensitisation/training sessions on deafblindness and multiple disabilities for wide range of stakeholders through online/offline mode
• Support in developing, organising, and coordinating appropriate training courses modules
• Compile, develop, and design appropriate training manuals, course descriptions, and training curricula for other related organisations
• Have good communication and correspondence skills with the participants of online courses.
• To moderate online courses & sessions efficiently.
• Monitor and review the outcome and impact of various online/offline capacity building programmes
• Support in developing capacity building strategy of the organisation
• Document and report various capacity building activities including online courses
• Contribute to regular case studies of persons with deafblindness, parents/caregivers and special educators from project partners
• Support in research work in the field of deafblindness and Multi-sensory impairment
• Extend support to Public Engagement (PE) vertical to plan, execute sign language and other employee engagement activities through physical/online mode.
• To interpret during online/offline meetings, trainings, conferences in sign language or tactile sign language.

II) Working With Partners on Deafblindness Content and Capacity Building

• Identifying training needs of an organisation through appropriate mechanism and regular consultation with partners and stakeholders
• Support partner organisation in developing appropriate training packages
• Hands on training to persons with deafblindness, educators/field staff at project sites on need based deafblindness content issues
• Actively support persons with deafblindness in identifying and participating in a wide range of enjoyable, stimulating and purposeful activities that make for a good quality of life
• Follow up with partners with online/offline training, materials, literature, action plan and other partner support activities related to deafblindness content
• Document and report exchanges among field staff in partner organisations

III) Other requirements

• Support report writing by providing appropriate and timely information across the organisation
• Collate and draft content matter for in-house publications
• Respond appropriately to requests on content issues made to the organisation.
• Support in monitoring and evaluation of training services of other agencies and partners (qualitative and quantitative)
• Coordinate with team members and other departments on content issues
• Follow up with the team members for advertising the online courses
• Provide content support to the networks of adult persons with deafblindness, their families and teachers
• Support in overall administration and smooth functioning of office
• Maintain a data base of training requirements and courses conducted and designed including records of candidates of all the online courses
• Support in annual training and event calendar for Sense International India based on both organisational and partner needs
• Willingness to learn to communicate with persons with deafblindness
• Any other work as agreed with line manager

B. PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Ideally a graduate and having diploma on Indian Sign Language or higher education background in the field of disability such as in Deafblindness and Hearing Impairment.
• Preferably have prior experience of providing training in Indian Sign Language (ISL) to various stake holders
• Should have experience of organising trainings programmes in association with various partners
• Should have fluent knowledge of Indian Sign Language (ISL) and Sign language culture
• Having prior experience of interpreting meetings/trainings/conferences in Indian Sign Language is preferable.
• Willing to travel 6-8 days a month within India
• Able to analyse data and situations and adopt effective course of action
• Relate and interact successfully with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds
• Operate a computer, MS Office programs, Google and relevant online applications
• Takes initiative and offers new ideas
• Keep up to date developments in the field by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses

C. DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Good interpersonal skills to work with people at all levels
• Written and spoken communication skills in Hindi and English, knowledge of regional language will be added advantage
• Problem-solving and negotiation skills
• Able to manage time and meet deadlines
• Able to facilitate groups
• Good personal presentation
• Personal commitment to improving one's own knowledge and skill

Sense International India prioritises the well-being and safety of everyone who comes into contact with our organisation. We will keep the people we support safe from harm by checking that applicant for this job are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Sense India is an equal opportunity employer and qualified persons with disabilities, women candidates and transgender are encouraged to apply. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child rights and child protection. For more information, please visit our website www.senseintindia.org

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates can send in their CVs career@senseintindia.org with a subject line indicating “Trainer - Capacity Building (ISL expert)”. Last date for sending applications is 15th April 2024.

Only candidates with relevant qualifications and experience would be shortlisted. The ones who do not qualify for the short-listing won’t be intimated due to the expected high number of CVs

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POST

There is a broad scope to this post within Sense International India. In line with Sense International India's strategic plans and policy guidelines to work under the leadership of Senior Specialist- Capacity Building, in planning, implementing and monitoring agreed objectives / issues with Sense International India partners. The person will participate and contribute to the development of wider institutional strategy.

It is anticipated and hoped that the nature of the post will change as the work continues to develop. Apart from the above roles, the post holder will have an opportunity to increase their skills and develop the job. This is very much a developmental job and the areas of responsibility will increase over a period of time.

PURPOSE OF POST

• Ensuring proper management and effective utilization of human resources and finances by the partner organisations
• To undertake monitoring visits to partner organisations and evaluate the reasons of success and failure within projects, taking action to ensure that the overall programme learns from them.
• To develop an analysis of the context in which Sense International India implements its programme and develop/implement participatory approaches in programme planning, monitoring and evaluation

A.SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Project management and development

• Manage relationship with Sense International India project partners through regular visits and undertake project appraisal, monitoring, evaluation and ensure minimum organisational programme management standards.
• Provide support for partners in preparation and development of programme reports and budgetary progress reports in compliance with Sense International India
• Prepare, monitor and analyse project reports and budgets
• Visit partner organisations to review project progress and advice partners on programme management and compliance with Sense International India objective

Programme Development

• Support in capacity building need assessment, planning, organising and facilitating trainings and workshops for partners
• Support in reporting and documentation of programme activities to various audiences including donors
• Support in logistic arrangement during training’s and workshops
• Work closely with the team on areas of relevance
• Work closely on project proposals to be submitted to donor agencies

Capacity Building of Partners

• Support Senior Specialist- Capacity Building and other colleagues in organisational assessment and capacity building plans
• Work closely with project partners to support them in taking greater responsibility of deafblind work in their regions

Other Requirements:

• Feedback partner assessment reports into overall Sense International India strategies
• Regular correspondence with partners and maintain updated records and files.
• Assisting Senior Specialist- Capacity Building and other team members in any other way which leads to fulfilment of the overall objectives of Sense International India.
• Need based support to other teams within the organisation viz. Fund raising and public engagement, Communication and Finance
• Attend meetings and be involved in other activities at irregular hours as required
• Any other work as agreed with the line manager

B.PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential requirements

• Ideally you will be a Post Graduate in social sciences/ management/ disability studies with a skill to work in the development sector
• Experience in implementation/management of development programmes, preferably in disability field
• Strong analytical, conceptual and strategic thinking skills
• Knowledge of models towards sustainable programmes and networking (including participatory methodologies)
• Demonstrated ability to plan projects, understand budgets, and implement time bound activities.
• You will be fluent in English and Hindi with good communication skills. Knowledge of other languages will be an advantage
• You will have basic knowledge to operate computer and Microsoft Office software
• You will be willing to travel all over India
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Organisational skills, initiative, enthusiasm
• The successful candidate must meet Sense International India’s mandatory background checks to comply with the organisational Safeguarding System

Desirable Requirements

• Familiar with disability related programmes
• Understanding of development issues
• Ability to build support from staff across teams, and to build the capacity of others
• Able to facilitate groups.
• Good personal presentation.
• Personal commitment to improving one's own knowledge and skills.

Sense International India prioritises the well-being and safety of everyone who comes into contact with our organisation. We will keep the people we support safe from harm by checking that applicants for this job are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Sense India is an equal opportunity employer and qualified persons with disabilities, women candidates and transgender are encouraged to apply. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child rights and child protection. For more information, please visit our website www.senseintindia.org

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us your updated resume along with suitability note in one file (single word document only) for the position of “Specialist-Capacity Building” at career@senseintindia.org.

Please mention “Specialist-Capacity Building” in the subject line. Last date for sending applications is 20th April 2024. Considering the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For more information, please visit our website www.senseintindia.org