Job Description

Location: Shillong, Meghalaya.

About Magic Bus

Founded in 1999, Magic Bus works with children and young people living in poverty, in India, taking them from a childhood full of challenges to a life with meaningful livelihoods. We equip children and young people in the age group of 12 to 18, with the skills and knowledge they need to grow up and move out of poverty. Children on the Magic Bus program successfully fend off destabilizers such as child marriage and child labor to complete school and become first generation salary earners having secure careers in the organized sector. We work with support structures like parents, teachers, the community at large and local government institutions to ensure social, emotional and economic well-being for all young people living in that area. Our approach mobilizes the entire ecosystem available to the child or young person to create transformational change in their lives. Our Govt partnership programme is designed to collaborate with the government school system to train teachers to provide life skill education to adolescents in grades 6 to 10.

Our youth-centered Livelihoods Program connects the aspirations and potential of young people to available market opportunities. We build their employability skills and map job potential based on individual strengths and mobility.

We operate in 24 states and UTs. Our regional Head Quarters are based in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and UP. Magic Bus also has its global fund-raising offices in UK, US, Germany and Singapore. Magic Bus offers a dynamic work environment for committed professionals interested in learning and growing with the organization. Get a real view of life at Magic Bus. Check out our website http://www.magicbus.org/

Role:

To provide leadership and support implementation of "Equipping students with Life Skills Education in the Govt schools of Meghalaya" in close collaboration with Planning Department, Education Department, Department of Youth & Sports Affairs, Department of Health and Family Welfare and associated departments in Meghalaya in coordination at the State level.

Building cohesion, partnership and work in close collaboration with Government offices such as verticals of Department of Education (DERT, Samagra Shiksha, and related verticals), Department of Youth & Sports Affair, Department of Social Welfare, and related Departments, district level officials, and other related stakeholders for successful implementation of the program

Engage in discussions on orientation, planning, strategizing, monitoring, capacity building, convergence and effective implementation of the programme at the State and District level.

Minuting meetings with Government Departments and record keeping for internal and external purposes

Building a fraternity of NGOs, media, CBOs and local representatives for larger cohesion and inclusion

Building and managing a team of professionals, prepare monthly team plan and monitor project activities on regular basis. Providing strategic direction to the project and team

Ensuring timely delivery of training to all relevant stakeholders such Master Trainers, teachers and project staff and related stakeholders.

Responsible for successful implementation of programme in coordination with the Human resources, Finance, Admin and IT teams

Writing and submitting reports - narrative and financial working closely with regional office and other functional areas

Regular review and monitoring of progress and financial situation

Upholding the values of the organization at all levels of the intervention

Accountable for delivery, outreach and quality of programme

Specific Responsibilities:

Recruiting and Managing the Team

Ensure timely recruitment of Teams in collaboration with the recruitment teams

Identifying the District/Block resources for the intervention districts

Making sure all team members comply with the company policies

Providing them with guidance on the program deliverables, weekly and monthly goal setting.

Ensure efficient communication within the Team with weekly meetings and visits.

Curriculum and Capacity Building

Anchor the curriculum development process with internal team

Contribute to the out of school and state adolescent wellbeing frameworks

Plan capacity building programs / trainings for the team members

Plan with Samagra Shiksha and MPOWER on the training of Master Trainers and Teachers

Support in building capacity of the team and Govt officials

Program Management

Preparing Monthly/Quarterly/Six Monthly/ Annual Action Plan & Budget

Ensure implementation of program in a structured equitable manner

Follow ups on schedule / updates and checks on progress and performance of the team

Overall managing and overseeing team's time, personnel, and resources.

Monthly updates, Quarterly/ Half-yearly/ Annual reports to internal and Govt stakeholders

Reporting to Govt at the agreed upon interval and institutionalising the process of review meetings based on the reporting.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Accountable for data accuracy in the state

Records / Report Writing and data management

Feedback and Review

Instituting joint visits with Government officials in a regular periodicity.

Ensuring the annual assessments

Budget & Financial Management

Manage and Handle budget related issues

Handle all accounts and finance matters from the program end

Reporting expenses

Manage Approvals for Assets, properties and Personnel in the state

Qualification and Experience

(essential unless otherwise stated):

Masters in social work, Rural Development, any Social Sciences or equivalent

10+ years' experience in social development sector with Education sector understanding and at least 7 years in a similar leadership role working with Government Agencies preferably on Education

Experience of managing and mentoring team

Must be able to adhere to the highest ethical and moral standards and be able to display transparency.

Must have Government partnership experience and working with multiple stakeholders, institutionalising and integration of systems and processes, and working at scale.

Good communications, facilitation and managerial skills are required

Must have experience in report writing and MIS tracking

Fluency in English is mandatory, Garo and/or Khasi is desirable.

Working knowledge of Microsoft excel, Power Point & word.

Application process:

All applicants are requested to mention the following along with their resumes

Total years of Experience:

Current/Last drawn CTC:

Notice period:

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Cell phone reimbursement Health insurance Provident Fund
Work Location: In person