Assistant Manager – Zonal Leads

Breakthrough is looking for an Assistant Manager – District/Zonal Leads. The position will report to the Senior Manager – SPSU (State Head – Odisha) and will be responsible for overall management and implementation of the program in the different zones of Breakthrough, each zone is a cluster of 7- 8 districts of Odisha. The person must have prior knowledge of working at grassroots, team-handling, and enjoy working within an environment that is mission-driven, results-driven, and community-oriented. The position will contribute to a strong and respectful team culture grounded in feminist principles of co-creation and co-leadership. This job primarily working from district/ remote location with regular travel to Breakthrough office in Bhubaneshwar. The detailed job description is as follows:

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall management and implementation of the Scale up program on Gender Transformative Education System (GTES) in the assigned district in tune with Breakthrough’s goals.
• Working in districts and coordinating with partners and institutions, schools and school administrative officers.
• Organizing and facilitating meetings with teachers, school heads, school administrative and monitoring officials and partner teams.
• Help the partners to engage with different platforms such as SMCs and PTMs.
• Organizing and facilitating issue and skill based workshops to engage with different stakeholders in promoting awareness about adolescent right and empowerment issues using GTES lens.
• Support the team members from different centres of Breakthrough to conduct program monitoring and research activities.
• Documentation of the whole program as well as change stories and report back to state on a monthly/ quarterly /yearly basis.
• Create engagement tools (campaigns/events etc) for the school education system and other stakeholders.
• Manage allocated budget & account processes.
• Update real time MIS and database.
• Regular field visit and update the work of your team members.
• Connect & share on ground level activities with online platforms.
• Lead the HR and operations related work of the team and ensure timely delivery.
• Support and closely work with the other centres in the organization.

Specific Knowledge, Skill & Experience Required:

• 5-7 years of experience in the social sector
• Proven team handling and project implementation experience
• Ability to absorb pressure and uncertainty arising out of project and organizational
• Excellent writing skills in Hindi and/or English
• Knowledge of regional language Odia- speaking, reading and writing.
• Strong Computer skill (Microsoft office, word, excel and PowerPoint) enquired
• On field strong planning and execution skills
• Documentation skill is a must
• Working experience with adolescents and youth will be preferred
• Experience in group formation, community organisation methods preferred

About Breakthrough:

Breakthrough was founded in 1999 with the mission of using arts and culture to bring human rights issues –  especially violence and discrimination against marginalised groups — into mainstream conversation and inspire critical mass of people to take action for change. Its award-winning music albums and campaigns have won innumerable awards and have stirred unprecedented discussion across India about women’s rights and brought the problem of domestic violence out from behind closed doors. Earlier partnerships with the Ministry of Women and Child Development for dissemination of our media and IEC products ensures that the messaging reaches large numbers as can be seen by the Bell Bajao campaign that reached 130 million in Phase I and 110 million in Phase II. The support was received pro-bono and is estimated to be worth INR 150 million. The Ministry has adopted Breakthrough’s MissionHazaar campaign on preventing sex selection under its flagship “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign and is disseminating the TV spots, curriculum and communication guide in 12 Indian languages.

Breakthrough’s current work spans across 5 states on transforming gender norms to prevent Violence against Women & Girls, and exploring the interlinkages between its various manifestations. Breakthrough makes innovative use of media, arts and technology including digital and mobiles, leadership development and community mobilisation to activate critical mass of people who will deliver the culture change needed to make violence against women and girls unacceptable. Centre to this is a gender equity curriculum, called Taron ki Toli that builds gender equitable views among adolescents 11-18 year olds, in school and in the community. Breakthrough uses leadership development to build capacities of 15-25 year olds to transform themselves and recruit others to make violence against women and girls unacceptable. It also works in the community with influencers and gatekeepers to shift norms to prevent violence and build values for girls and women. Media and arts infuse all our work and building evidence is a strong focus. Strategic partnership with governments are key – currently partnering with the Department of Education, Government of Punjab to apply gender lens to middle school curriculum across government schools. Currently reaching 573,000 adolescents and their communities to prevent violence against women and promote a culture of human rights, Breakthrough plans to reach 2 million adolescents over the next few years.

Breakthrough Values:

The position holder will be expected to work in line with organisational values which are:

• Dignity
• Integrity
• Equity

Breakthrough is an equal opportunity employer.  We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, colour, caste, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, economic status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child safeguarding.

To know more about Breakthrough, please visit – www.inbreakthrough.org

Eligible candidates interested in this position may apply through the following link : https://www.btconnect.org.in/Applicant/CreateJobApplicant

Also, you can submit your resume accompanied by a cover letter, giving reasons in support of the suitability for the position and mentioning the current/expected salary. Send it by email to jobs@ demo-ecom.ezulix.co/breakthrough/  by or before 24th Jul 2023.