Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM COORDINATOR, PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN AND CHILDREN


ABOUT SNEHA
A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA believes that investing in women\'s health is essential to building
viable urban communities. SNEHA targets four large public health areas: Maternal and Newborn Health, Child Health and
Nutrition, Adolescent Health and Sexuality, and Prevention of Violence against Women and Children.

SNEHA recognises that, in order to improve urban health standards, our initiatives must target both care seekers and care
providers. We work with communities residing in informal settlements to empower women and communities to be catalysts
of change in their own right and collaborate with existing public health systems and health care providers to create
sustainable improvements in urban health.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
SNEHA\xe2\x80\x99s Program on Prevention of Violence against Women and Children (PVWC) aims to develop high\xe2\x80\x90impact strategies
for primary prevention, ensure survivors\xe2\x80\x99 access to protection and justice, empower women to claim their rights, mobilise
communities around \xe2\x80\x98zero tolerance for violence\xe2\x80\x99, and respond to the needs and rights of excluded and neglected groups.
The Program prioritizes enhanced co-ordination of the state response to crimes against women through a convergence
approach that works with government and public systems to reinforce their roles in assuring basic social, civil and economic
security.

VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
SNEHA is embarking on a new project \xe2\x80\x98Ensuring children\xe2\x80\x99s safety and well-being by building an ecosystem of non-tolerance
to violence against children \xe2\x80\x93 a socioecological approach with the involvement of children, parents and community
members\xe2\x80\x99. The project will be nested under a flagship program of SNEHA known as SNEHA Centre program. This program is
being implemented in 4 clusters of Govandi comprising of approximately 4000 households with a focus on improving the
health and nutritional status of children younger than six years of age, women and adolescents. The program is an
integrated family centric model where in women facing domestic violence are supported with counselling, legal and
psychological support services. This new initiative will work on two major pillars of intervention: (1) Primary prevention and
(2) Comprehensive service-delivery. The primary prevention component will entail community outreach, group-based
workshop with children to enable them to talk about difficult issues in their lives and sessions with parents focusing on
efficient parenting and integrating gender socialisation as a part of understanding parenthood. The service-delivery
component will entail establishing counselling and mental health services for children undergoing any form of abuse or
violence. Mental health interventions will include art-based and play therapy for children to build their confidence and self-
expression. The project will interface with government and non-government organisations to build networks and referral
mechanisms for addressing issues of abuse and violence against children.

THE PROFILE
The Program Coordinator will oversee the primary prevention and comprehensive service-delivery component of the project.
The person will be responsible for coordinating activities between primary prevention and service- delivery components. The
Program Coordinator will maintain regular contact with project members to make sure that the systems are in place and the
project runs smoothly and productively. Regular communication with other contributors for monitoring, documentation and
evaluation input needs to be ensured. The program coordinator will ensure efficient and effective coordination between
primary prevention and counselling and extended response. The candidate will have to divide 40% of time for overseeing
field activities and 40%. Of time overseeing counselling and extended response, along with 20% administration and finance
responsibilities and collaboration with the Finance, HR and Administration Managers. The incumbent also contributes to
SNEHA-level operations and development of the organisation\xe2\x80\x99s and program\xe2\x80\x99s vision and achievement of its goals.

They will have communication and presentation skills, together with the ability to organise and motivate others. They will
demonstrate flair, enthusiasm, innovation and leadership when faced with challenges in the communities and will provide
immediate response to local occurrences. The Coordinator should possess an understanding of gender, violence against
women and children, knowledge on counselling and mental health and an exposure to community mobilization activities.