Work With Us: Job Opening for Project Co-ordinator

Project Coordinator – Aarambh, A Prerana Initiative against Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

About Prerana

Started in 1986, Prerana is a Mumbai based non profit organization that works to end second generation prostitution and to protect women and children from the threats of human trafficking by defending their rights and dignity, providing a safe environment, supporting their education and health, and leading major advocacy efforts.

Prerana wants to see a world where the innocence, weakness, and vulnerability of any human being is not exploited by others for commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, the world is free of trade in human beings for sexual slavery, every child born leads a life full of options and enjoys a right to choose, a victim of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking is not re-victimized but has a fair chance of social recognition, and the society becomes more compassionate to the victims and intolerant of injustice.

The aarambh initiative

Aarambh is an extension of Prerana’s philosophy and a response to the growing problem of Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation in India. Prerana seeks to appoint a project coordinator to coordinate activities under the legal intervention and community based intervention for Aarambh in Mumbai.

The coordinator will work with the program manager and director to implement activities under casework and the Mumbai Children’s Safety Initiative under the project.

Location: Mumbai

Professional Qualifications: Masters in Social Work and above.

Relevant diploma or certificate courses in counseling and legal studies would be an added advantage to the applicants.
Bachelors or Masters of Law with minimum 1 year experience of practicing criminal law or working with NGOs could apply

Experience: Minimum experience of 1 – 3 years in working with children at risk.  Grassroots experience and community work is a must.

Remuneration:  Based on Experience and Skill Set

RESPONSIBILITIES & KEY DUTIES 

• Handling cases of child sexual abuse & exploitation and Implement the legal services under the initiative Aarambh by working with the legal team of consisting of a Senior Lawyer
• Understanding and implementing the new law on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 2012 will be key
• Casework through visits to various locations, excellent documentation of case history
• Attending to the victim and the family throughout the legal procedures (includes visits to police stations, special courts etc.)
• Liaising with multiple stakeholders: NGOs, Government officials, police, judiciary, community members, family of victims etc.
• Detailed documentation and reporting of cases received to the management team of Aarambh & Prerana
• Weekly and monthly reporting on status of cases to the senior management team
• Liaison with NGO mentors and community animators from different NGOs in Mumbai

Language Proficiency: English (spoken and written), Marathi (spoken and written), Hindi (spoken and written)

Communication:

Proficiency in language and ability to communicate in multiple languages will be the key. Decent writing skills in English.

Personality:

A people’s person. Should be able to communicate and work with a wide array of people.  Empathetic towards others and must show respect to children.  Ability to work at the grassroots level. Must travel to the most underprivileged communities in Mumbai.

Ability to manage, interact and coordinate with people across the spectrum ranging from children in different settings, families, government officials, legal experts, NGO colleagues etc.

Demonstrate a strong sense of social work principles especially sensitivity, empathy and confidentiality in dealing with cases of CSA&E.

All interested candidates are requested to apply before 18th July 2014.

Detailed resume with two references and other relevant documents to be emailed to siddharth.prerana (at) gmail.com