Community Developer

Breakthrough is looking for a Community Developer for Gaya. The person will work at the field to ensure the smooth execution of the community interventions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Formation of Women peer group/Adolescent group
• Coordinate with school principal/ teachers to get the training dates and to ensure the compliance on quarterly training schedule.
• Follow up and regular communication with identified schools for smooth implementation of the trainings and meetings
• Facilitate and conduct trainings with adolescents especially girls on Gender, Sexuality, Menstrual health and hygiene
• Follow up meetings with teachers and identified school students on different training interventions as per AEP program plan.
• Create youth clubs / catalyst and facilitate the youth clubs / catalyst model to create the maximum numbers of Social Change Actor.
• Support in organising different training/meeting/workshop/community mobilisation activities at ground level including need based logistics.
• Support in M & E data collection at field level for different activities.
• Prepare reports of accomplishments and fill up different reporting formats and submit it to BT district authority/state office.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

Qualification

• Masters or Bachelors in Social Work/Women Studies/Sociology
• Exposure to working with community

Skills and Competencies:

• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Training and facilitation skills especially with adolescents
• Complete and in-depth understanding of gender, sexuality, menstrual health and hygiene
• Strong networking and presentation skills
• Accurate with strong attention to detail
• Understanding of communication strategy and ability to translate key messages into actions
• Ability to travel frequently to remote villages and work independently

The candidate should have the ability to work in an informal atmosphere. Submit your resume along with a cover letter at indiajobs@breakthrough.tv. Please mention Community Developer in the subject line.

About Breakthrough:

Breakthrough was founded 19 years ago; with a mission to make violence and discrimination against women and girls unacceptable. Our work is transformative; focused on changing the norms and culture that perpetuate inequity and violence. Breakthrough does this by building a critical mass of change agents worldwide — the Breakthrough Generation — whose bold collective action will deliver irreversible impact on the issue of our time. We create innovative, relevant multimedia campaigns, tools, and programmes that reach individuals and institutions where they are, inspiring and equipping them to build a world in which all people live with dignity, equality, and justice.

We currently work with over 400,000 adolescents across 5 states of India and help shape the gender attitudes and behaviours of boys and girls at an age when alternative narratives about gender roles and stereotypes can be explored. Breakthrough is now seeking to scale up this programme to more than 1 million adolescents across 5 states over the next 4 years.

Breakthrough reaches over to 10,000 women on factory floors to help them overcome the discrimination and violence they face at work and in their homes. Working to remove the stigma faced by working women, Breakthrough engages families, community members, peers and factory management in ensuring working women are supported and given equal opportunities.

Breakthrough’s first project was Mann keManjeeré , an award-winning music album and video compilation that stirred unprecedented discussion across India about women’s rights and brought the problem of domestic violence to the fore. Since then, Breakthrough has built its award-winning campaigns around the notion that “human rights start with you” — with individuals moved to bring the values of dignity, equality, and justice into their homes and personal spheres. Bell Bajao, our iconic campaign on domestic violence was advocated for by Ban ki Moon, the UN Secretary general, has won the prestigious silver lion at Cannes amongst other awards, and was adopted my several countries – Vietnam, China, Pakistan and Canada. Our campaigns have reached more than 400 million people globally and have created important dialogue on issues like domestic violence, sexual harassment, early marriage and gender biased sex selection.

Breakthrough Values:

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

• Dignity
• Integrity
• Innovation
• Equity

Breakthrough is an equal opportunity employer.  We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, 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 rights and child protection.

To know more about Breakthrough, please visit – https://inbreakthrough.org