Junior Trainer

Ummeed Child Development Center; Mumbai; On-site; INR 335,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Ummeed Child Development Center is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join the ECDD training team for Early Childhood Development (0-6 years). The role involves delivering trainings at project sites in Mumbai and beyond, staying updated with content, and supporting material development and coordination.

Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in science or arts, with beneficial specialization in psychology/OT/ECD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in science or arts.
• Specialization in psychology / occupational therapy / home science / early childhood development will be beneficial.
• Experience of working in low resource communities/ with community health workers will be an added advantage.
• Travel for trainings within Mumbai and outside Mumbai is a crucial job requirement.
• English and Hindi proficiency is crucial; Marathi will be beneficial.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Conduct trainings at project sites in Mumbai and outside Mumbai.
• Deliver training modules in the prescribed format and method.
• Reflect and document post training.
• Participate in developing training materials and support senior team members.
• Support training coordination under project managers.

Skills

Willingness to travel

Strong communication

English & Hindi proficiency

Teamwork & independence

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree (science or arts)

Specialization in psychology / OT / home science / ECD beneficial

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About Ummeed:

Ummeed, a premier non-profit organization working with children with disabilities and their families in India. The organization supports children with developmental disabilities to reach their maximum potential and be included in society.

India has over 50 million children with disabilities. With access to appropriate health, intervention, education, recreation, and livelihood services they can be supported to become participative members of society. Today most of them have limited or no access to relevant knowledge and services as the number of organizations and professionals in the space are inadequate to meet the need.

Over the past 25 years, Ummeed has provided direct clinical services to 16,400+ children and families, trained over 14,600 unique professionals (community workers, doctors, therapists, and teachers) across India, and influenced the lives of over 0.73 million children and families with or at risk of developmental disabilities. In addition to direct clinical services, training, and capacity building, Ummeed s conducts research in the field of child development, and builds awareness to sensitize people to the cause and shift attitudes towards disability and inclusion. As Ummeed looks to the future, its goal is to build on this past work to drive strategic shifts across three key ecosystems - Healthcare, Schools, and Early Childhood Development - to create a more inclusive society for children with and at high likelihood of disabilities in India.

Context of the work:

During the period from birth to three years a child s brain develops most rapidly and lays the foundation for health, wellbeing, learning and productivity throughout life. During this period a child s brain is also most susceptible to environmental influences such as those related to poverty. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015-16, more than 55% of children in India under 5 years have anemia, 38.4% are stunted, 35% are underweight, and more than 20% suffer from malnutrition. While these are overall statistics for the country, the status in rural and underserved communities is worse than urban areas.

These factors compounded by poverty, lack of information and resources increase the risk, precluding these children from achieving their optimal development potential to become contributing members of society.

There is, thus, an urgent need for early childhood programs that incorporate and address health, nutrition, security, responsive caregiving and opportunities for early learning.

About the Early Childhood Development and Disabilities team s:

Ummeed has developed programs that creates and strengthens capacities in organisations for promotion of early child development. The program is delivered at different levels:

• Training for community workers and their supervisors
• Mentorship with supervisors for problem solving and implementation support
• Facilitation and support for organisation managements to better integrate child development initiatives and goals with organisational initiatives and goals
• Creating awareness about inclusive early childhood development in different organizations/ stakeholders

About the position :

Ummeed s ECDD (Early Childhood Development and Disability) team is looking for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for working in the social space and good communication skills to come on board as trainers on Early Childhood development (0-6years).

Primary responsibilities include:

• Conduct trainings at different project sites in Mumbai as well as outside Mumbai which entails:
• Learning and being up to date with training content and ensuring training proficiency with training materials (Ummeed ECDD programs has its own training modules and content. Candidate will be supported through this process)
• Delivering training modules in the prescribed format and method
• Reflecting and documenting post training
• Participate in developing training materials - this will include supporting senior and other team members with tasks related to coordination, creation, formatting etc.
• Support training coordination - this will include tasks related to training coordination under the guidance of project managers within the team.

Note: Supervisory support and coaching are a part of Ummeed professional development. Candidates will be supported through the orientation phase and beyond. We also value the well-being of all our team members and hence travel to training sites is always in pairs or groups.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Bachelors or Masters degree from a science or arts background
• Specialization in psychology / occupational therapy / home science / early childhood development /humanities will be beneficial
• Experience of working in low resource communities/ with community health workers will be an added advantage

Essentials Skills Required:

• Ability and willingness to travel - travel for trainings is a crucial job requirement. We encourage only those candidates to apply who will be able to travel within and outside Mumbai for training, when required.
• Ability to work and partner with people from diverse backgrounds with respect and without bias. We work with a range of organizations working in urban slums to rural tribal areas on issues of Maternal and child health, Community development, Disability focused organizations etc. Candidates will be required to travel to and work on site locations for training and mentorship.
• Language proficiency in English and Hindi is crucial; in Marathi will be beneficial
• Good communication skills to facilitate training
• Willingness to work in a team and independently
• Proficient in use of Microsoft systems and apps

Working Hours:

This is a full-time position involving 8 hours per day/40 hours a week.

Reporting to:

Senior Project Lead

Why Ummeed

Ummeed offers:

• A challenging but flexible work environment that offers opportunities for growth and creating impact at scale
• A leadership that invests in its people, giving them the freedom to explore, innovate, learn, while responsibly delivering on committed outcomes
• A strong culture of respecting diversity, being inclusive and committed to serving children with disabilities and their families
• An opportunity to work in collaboration with a diverse group of highly passionate, motivated and talented individuals

Ummeed is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diverse representation in its workforce. We welcome people of all genders, orientations, ethnicities, religions, and social backgrounds. We especially encourage persons with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities to apply.

If travelling to different locations, working with different people and training excites you then please reach out to us. We would love to meet with you.