Education Officer

Cankids; Mumbai; On-site; INR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

CanKids invites applications for an Education Officer to manage CanShala centers in the state, oversee day-to-day operations, and ensure effective implementation of educational interventions for children with cancer.

You will handle U-DISE registrations, coordinate with teachers, monitor learner progress, and support reintegration into formal schooling, while building capacities of teachers, parents, and school communities.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing education programs for children, preferably in health-related NGOs.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder engagement with teachers, parents, and community groups.
• Willingness to travel within the state to schools and centers.

Responsibilities

• Implementation of educational interventions: ensure CanShala learners are registered and receive appropriate support.
• Monitor U-DISE registrations and track learner progress with teachers.
• Lead capacity-building workshops for teachers, parents, and school communities.
• Maintain records on enrollment, attendance, and intervention effectiveness.
• Provide monthly progress reports and documentation of impact.

Job description

Founded in 2004 by Poonam Bagai, herself a cancer survivor, CanKids KidsCan, the National Society for Change For Childhood Cancer In India partners with hospitals, medical professionals, and state governments to enable access and best standards of treatment, care and support across 60 cities and 22 states of India.

Catering to childhood cancer patients from primarily underprivileged families, CanKids is present in 141 hospitals across India. Through our signature programYANA (You Are Not Alone)– CanKids provides medical, drugs & diagnostics support, accommodation through Home Away from Homes, , patient transport, blood support, nutrition & rations, education and counselling support.

In order to increaseAccess2Care, CanKids has MOUs with 8 state governments asknowledgeandtechnical partnersfor childhood cancer and 16 State Projects Across India.

Job Description

Role Overview

The Education Officer will be responsible forem... day-to-day operations of CanShala in the state and ensuring the effective implementation of educational interventions at CanShalacenters. This includes U-DISE registration of all children, following upwith home/parent schools for U-DISE registration and re-integration ofchildren, developing appropriate resource materials, monitoring registeringlearners, overseeing the Personalized Education Plans (PEPs), monitoringthe student progress, and facilitating reintegration into formal schooling.Additionally, this role will lead capacity-building workshops for teachers,parents, and school communities, creating awareness about education forchildren with cancer. The Education Officer will play a key role in advocacyefforts, school partnerships, and impact documentation, ensuring everychild receives quality education and a seamless transition back to mainstreamschooling.

Key Responsibilities

1. Implementation of educationalinterventions

• Monitorall eligible children are registered as learners at CanShala centers.
• Ensuring U-DISE registration and implementation of Personalized EducationPlans (PEPs) in collaboration with teachers.
• Ensuringthe diagnostic assessments and tracking student progress incollaboration with teachers.
• Monitorthe Medically Disadvantaged Learners (MDL) support ratio and ensuretimely interventions.
• Visitingthe care centres and units within the state to ensure effective implementationof educational services.
• Trackingeach child's progress and monitoring the reintegration of eligible learners into formal schooling annually by tracking through follow-ups.
• Ensuresuccessful reintegration of children into the UDISE system or otheraffiliated schools.
• Maintainaccurate records of school enrollment, treatment cycle, and interventioneffectiveness.

3. Parent & Community Engagement & Advocacy

• Organize monthly Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTMs) to discuss student progress andreintegration plans.
• Conduct awareness sessions for parents on education continuity and dropoutprevention.
• Organizeand conduct workshops for teachers, parents, and school communities(government/private schools) on cancer awareness and advocacy.
• Engagewith local schools, community organizations, and stakeholders to buildawareness and support reintegration efforts.

4. Capacity Building & Training

• Conduct training programs for teachers, support staff, social workers, andvolunteers.
• Developand customize curricula to support learning for children with cancer.
• Collaboratewith NGOs and education bodies for resource materials and skilldevelopment.

5. Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

• Report monthly on registered learners, U-DISE registrations, learning outcomes,MDL support ratio, and scholarship status.
• Monitorand document student attendance at CanShala centers and follow up onabsenteeism.
• Trackchildren’s promotion to the next class and ensure academic progression.
• Develop impact stories of children, capturing their educational journey andsuccess.
• Monitorthe status of PEP/IEP plans, attendance records, and reintegration statuslogs.
• Provide monthly progress reports on student development and intervention impact.
• Effective communication skills (written andverbal) for engaging with children, parents, and stakeholders.
• Strong team management skills to coordinatewith teachers, social workers, and partner organizations.
• Abilityto conduct training workshops for teachers, parents, and school staff.
• Advocacy and awareness-building experience in educationor child welfare.
• Proficiency in data tracking, reporting, anddocumentation .
• Willingness to travel for schoolvisits, reintegration follow-ups, and community workshops.