• Designation : Senior Executive – Communications
• Location: New Delhi, India
• Organisation: SOS Children’s Villages India
• Experience Required: 4+ years
• CTC:

At SOS Children’s Villages India, we believe in creating a loving home for every child. We are dedicated to providing a nurturing environment for children in need, helping them grow into confident and self-reliant individuals. Join us in making a difference!

About

At SOS Children’s Villages India, we work to provide a loving home and a secure future for children in need. Our digital platforms play a crucial role in driving awareness, engagement, and fundraising efforts. Join us in making an impact through innovative digital strategies!

What You’ll Do:

• Content Creation: Craft compelling and engaging content that tells the story of our mission and impact. From blog posts to social media updates, your words will inspire and connect with our audience
• Digital Marketing: Assist in developing and executing innovative digital marketing campaigns that drive awareness and engagement.
• Graphic Design: Use your artistic flair to create stunning visuals that capture the essence of our work. From infographics to promotional materials, your designs will leave a lasting impression.
• Video Editing: Bring our stories to life through captivating videos. With your expertise in the Adobe ecosystem, you’ll produce high-quality videos that resonate with our audience.
• Storytelling: Weave powerful narratives that highlight the journeys of the children and families we support. Your storytelling skills will be at the heart of our communications strategy.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience: A minimum of 4 years in a similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing your content creation, digital marketing, graphic design, and video editing skills.
• Creativity: An imaginative mind with the ability to think outside the box and bring fresh ideas to the table.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects) and other relevant tools.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Passion: A genuine passion for our mission and a desire to make a positive impact on the lives of children.

Why Join Us?

• Impact: Be part of a meaningful cause and contribute to the well-being of children in need.
• Growth: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Creativity: A dynamic and supportive work environment that encourages creativity and innovation.
• Community: Join a team of dedicated and passionate individuals who share your commitment to making a difference.

Ready to embark on this exciting journey with us? Apply now and help us create a brighter future for children across India.

SOS Children’s Villages India is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

 

• Designation : We are looking for Assistant Village Director, who will be responsible for managing the project
• Native place: We require female candidates who are natives of the following states – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Orissa

About the Organisation

SOS Children’s Villages India are an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organization working for the holistic development of parentless children as well as women and children from vulnerable families. For over 6 decades we continue to provide children without parental care or at the risk of losing it, a value chain of quality care services that goes beyond childcare alone, to ensure comprehensive child development. Founded in 1949 in Austria, SOS Children’s Villages began its India operations in 1964. As on May31, 2024 we have reached over 48,895 children through our 31 SOS Children’s Villages and 27 community projects in India positively impacting over 86093 lives. SOS India has worked with children, communities, disaster struck and disaster-prone areas, giving hope to vulnerable communities and families. SOS India has the largest operation within the SOS International Federation of 134 countries

We are committed for safeguarding and protecting children in our programmes by having zero tolerance policy in this regard. At our organization, we uphold a values based culture built on the pillars of courage, commitment, trust, and accountability, guiding our actions and decisions to achieve excellence and integrity in all endeavors. We are further committed to provide a safe environment for staff and children, young people and adults with whom we work, where human rights are respected and upheld, and healthy relations fostered by building organisational systems, capacity, and awareness on PSHEA (prevention and protection against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse) guidelines. All our co-workers are obliged to follow SOS regulation on Child and Youth Safeguarding, PSHEA and Code of Conduct. We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We work in 137 countries and territories, reaching over one million children, young people, families and caregivers each year. To support us with this important responsibility we are now looking for a committed individual to fill the position of Assistant Village Director.

SOSCVI Programmes

• Family Like Care
• Family Strengthening
• Kinship Care
• Emergency Childcare
• Foster Care
• Short Stay Homes
• Special Needs Childcare
• Education & Youth Skilling

Family Like Care Programme

The organisation has fostered four generations of parentless and abandoned children and enabled them to lead constructive lives. The children are provided an identity, a family to call their own, and most importantly, a life that has set examples for others to grow up to become active and contributing members of society.

SOSCVI also provides support to vulnerable families as a part of its Family Strengthening Programme.

Family Strengthening Programme

SOS India provides support to vulnerable families as a part of its Family Strengthening (FS) Programme. It is a preventive community intervention programme through which over 35000 children have been empowered as on May31, 2024. Designed to prevent children from losing parental care or being abandoned, this programme runs in slums & rural areas, within a 30 km radius of an SOS Children’s Village. The program participants of FS are children from the most vulnerable families i.e., children of widows, single women, and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families as well as families whose livelihoods have been impacted by disaster. Spanning 5 years, the programme aims to enable families to move out of the vicious cycle of poverty towards greater dignity and self-reliance by ensuring children’s education and income generating capacity development of the caregivers

The organisation has also been a first responder, each time a natural or man-made disaster has struck India, providing active assistance and initiating relief operations and activities, with central importance being given to affected children.

About the role

The Assistant Village Director leads the SOS Children’s Village. She coordinates all village activities and is responsible and accountable for the overall development of the SOS Children’s Village. He/she ensures the quality of child care within the framework of the SOS family childcare model. He/she supports the development of all village coworkers, directly guides and supports each SOS mother to ensure the well-being of the SOS families. The Assistant Village Director (In-charge) ensures that the individual needs and rights of children are addressed and respected. He/she ensures the implementation of the organization’s policies and guidelines, effective planning, evaluation, reporting and financial management & Statutory Compliances and is the face of the organization for the outside world.

Areas of Responsibility

1.Ensuring the overall development of children of the SOS Children’s Village: The Assistant Village Director (In-charge) ensures that the needs of children and youth are identified, respected, protected and addressed. She builds positive relationships with children through day-to-day interactions. She interacts with children to support them in their development and to guide them to settlement as good and successful people. She is the legal guardian of the children and is responsible for the children under his care & accountable to their biological roots, to government machinery for child protection, to other legal bodies & all stakeholders.

2.Ensuring quality and value-based education and supporting Youth in Skilling for self- reliance: To empower Youth with skills and prepare them for employability.

3.Ensuring the overall management (Finance & Administration) of the SOS Children’s Village: Prepare annual budget for the Village, seek approval and monitor operations of the program to ensure compliance to the budget. He /She coordinates the planning and budgeting, monitoring and evaluation processes for the SOS children’s villages. She accounts for the implementation of the organisation’s policies, manuals, standards and guidelines and implements administrative systems promoting the efficient and responsible use of financial resources and property. She presides over the Village Committee, Child Admission Committee and Child Protection Committee, and cooperates closely with representative / coordinating functions. As legal representative of the organization, he ensures compliance with all legal requirements of the work.

4.Guiding and supporting SOS Mothers and SOS families: The Assistant Village Director ensures that framework conditions for a high quality of child care within the SOS families are given. She supports the development of strong and long-term family ties and ensures a secure and developmental environment for children. She visits SOS Families on regular basis. He is available, accessible and dependable to SOS Mothers as a guide and support in their responsibilities. He monitors services for SOS Mothers, ensures secure environment for them and coordinates for their professional development.

5.Guiding and supporting SOS Youth Co-workers: The Assistant Village Director ensures that framework conditions for a high quality of youth care within youth facilities/youth care programmes are given. She ensures that youth programmes offer career, learning and development opportunities for youths and maintains an overview of and interest in the needs and development of youths. He visits the youth facilities on a regular basis and supports youth co-workers. The Assistant Village Director coordinates the professional development of youth co-workers and ensures the required support and monitoring services for youth care co-workers.

6.Guiding and supporting SOS Children’s Villages’ co-workers: The Assistant Village Director (In-charge) leads and supports all SOS Children's Village's staff in a strategic way according to SOS Children's Villages' policies and values and acknowledged and contextualized guidelines of leadership, management and human resource development. She delegates tasks with trust and gives co- workers the space to perform effectively. The Assistant Village Director creates an open working environment where village co-workers learn and question with confidence and strive for participation. She promotes strong links (communication, team work and the sharing of knowledge) between SOS families, youth care co-workers and other village co-workers. She coordinates the professional recruitment in consultation with the Zonal Director and careful orientation for all village and youth facility/youth programme co-workers, provides ongoing feedback, carries out performance appraisal discussions with every village co-worker, encourages co-workers to take responsibility for their own learning and development (according to the HR’s principles and guidelines) and ensures that they receive the support they need to fulfil their tasks. She manages routine personnel administration tasks, including management of personnel files and leave administration. He ensures compliance of co-workers to the service rules of the organization. She consults the Zonal Director/DND-FL /Secretary General on key staff issues.

7.Promoting strong and long-term partnerships with Government/Civil Society Organizations & communities: The Assistant Village Director would be responsible for liasioning with government (Child Welfare Committee, Department of women and child development, Education & Health) department to ensure project deliverables and reporting. The resource is also expected to establish relationships and partnerships between SOS families, youths in youth facilities/youth care programmes, youth care co-workers and the community. She forges strong links with like-minded and complementary organisations and represents the organisation in local NGO networks and advocacy initiatives. She assures effective co- operation with the local media as per organization’s guidelines (so that the organisation’s aims and objectives are continuously promoted) and represents the organisation’s interests as well as child and youth care expertise (integrated approach) to the local authorities. She ensures appropriate accessibility of village facilities to the neighbouring communities and makes conscious efforts for integration of CV into the community.

8.Contributing to the development of the National Association: The Assistant Village Director learns from other SOS Children’s Villages and shares his/her own experience. She participates actively in national planning and evaluation processes and actively contributes to the further development of the organization policies. She contributes to local and National child and youth care initiatives and contributes to National advocacy efforts where appropriate. She seeks recognition of the SOS family model. She helps fundraising staff understand how the SOS Children's Village assists children and families and provides background information, text and photo material, supports them to realise fundraising plans and familiarises village co-workers on the importance of fundraising.

Key Performance Indicators

• Academic performance of children
• Quality settlement of youth
• Satisfaction Index of mothers and coworkers
• Capacity utilization of project
• Timeliness and accuracy of information
• % deviation in budget vs actual expenditure
• Number of disciplinary & child abuse issues arising
• Adherence to admission policy

Contacts/Key Relationships

Within SOS India:
National Director
Head-Family Like Care Head HR
Head Finance
Head-Fund Development & Communications Head-Family Strengthening
Zonal Director
All Head of Departments All Functional Heads

Outside SOS India:

SOS-Kinderdorf International

INGOs and NGOs

Government Department – Child Welfare Committee, District Child Protection Unit, Women and Child welfare Department

Working conditions

Posted in Children’s Village as a residential coworker. Travel as and when required.

Qualifications & Experience:

Education:

Master’s degree in Social Work/Social Sciences (Bachelor’s degree in Education will be added advantage).

Experience:

Leadership experience at a senior management/executive level, preferably within the NGO or public sector; minimum 10 years practical experience in one or more of the following functional areas: child and/or youth care, community development, psychology and education.

Languages:

Excellent communication skills (English and Regional languages). Proficiency in 1-2 regional languages will be an advantage. Must have significant and proven human, writing, presentation and people management skills.

Competencies:

Execution orientation
Operational excellence
Relationship building
Passion to serve
Providing leadership
Change orientation
Strategic thinking

Candidates can share their CV at recruitment@soscvindia.org