Tata Steel Foundation Looking For Assistant Manager Education at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Full Time

WHO ARE WE: Tata Steel Foundation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited and was instituted on August 16, 2016. With over 1500 members spread over ten units and six states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Punjab, the Foundation is a CSR implementing organization focused upon co-creating solutions, with tribal and excluded communities, to address their development challenges. The organization is committed to playing a larger role in India’s sustainable development by embedding wider economic, social, and environmental objectives through its programmes and is underscored by a vision to create an enlightened and equitable society.

Location of Posting: Jamshedpur

Employment Type: Permanent Rolls

Purpose of the Role:

Responsible for the field-level execution of Masti Ki Pathshala education programme along with administrative management through daily monitoring and effective community mobilization by liasoning with various stakeholders including community, schools and government, efficiently managing MIS, exigency-based situations, therewith mainstreaming the vulnerable children’s groups to the respective schools to attain Child Labour Free Zone in and around the periphery of Jamshedpur.

Key Deliverables:

• Lead the team of MKP for community mobilization through liaison with various stakeholders including community leaders, schools, and government to attain Child Labor Free Zone (CLFZ) in and around the periphery of Jamshedpur.

• Conduct surveys to identify out-of-school and eligible children, facilitating their enrollment in Non-Residential and Residential Bridge Courses (NRBCs/RBCs) and formal schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, including Section 12(1)(c).

• Facilitate public entitlements for the educational institutions and other aspects related to education through liaison with Govt. and coordination with community leaders.

• Conducting survey of women in and around the periphery of Jamshedpur and enroll them for Functional Literacy program to acquire functional skills along with financial literacy and key citizen entitlement.

• Coordinate with local government and semi-government schools to implement the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) program in alignment with National Education Policy (NEP) guidelines.

• Oversee the functioning of NRBCs, RBCs, FLNs, and other MKP initiatives, while managing exigency situations (e.g., medical emergencies, runaway cases) in coordination with stakeholders and team members.

• Facilitate the formation and capacity-building of community-based institutions such as Mothers’ Committees, Youth Committees, SMCs, Girls Right Protection Forum (GRPF), Child Right Protection Forum (CRPF), and Bal Adhikar Suraksha Samity (BASS) to promote inclusive decision-making and address barriers to education.

• Address all kinds of exigencies arising with utmost safety at the RBC centers (Runaway cases, Medical Emergency, etc) NRBCs, FLNs, Functional Literacy centres & other new initiatives in coordination with stakeholders, parents, reporting managers & team.

• Prepare and manage MIS, reports of all the interventions carried out pertaining to data, documentation, achievements, progress and maintain a record in coordination with the team members and report on regular intervals to the reporting manager.

Technical Competencies:

Program Implementation & Monitoring, Survey & Data Management, Stakeholder Liaison & Advocacy, Policy & Regulatory Knowledge, Crisis & Risk Management.

Behavioral Competencies:

Leadership & Team Management, Community Engagement & Empathy, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Communication & Facilitation, Adaptability & Resilience.

Other Parameters :

Abide by the values of organization, promote a culture of safety, recognition, and appreciation within the team & community

Minimum Qualification: Post-Graduation in Rural Development / Master’s in Social Work / Development Studies or equivalent.

Work Experience: 0-3 years