Job ID: 289495

Area Coordinator

The Society For Door Step School

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Apply by: 14 Apr 2026

Relevant Sectors

Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

Job Description
Position : Area Coordinator
Reports to: Program Coordinator and Director

Door Step School (DSS) was established in Mumbai, India in 1989 with the aim of addressing literacy amongst the marginalized sections of society. The
school provides education and support to the often-forgotten children of pavement dwellers, slum dwellers and construction site families. The school
has since expanded to cover both Mumbai and Pune and has successfully reaches out to over 1,20,000 children annually. Many of these children are
not enrolled in school and have limited access to books and a place to study. Additionally, many children (particularly girls) drop out of school to work or
care for younger children. With neither support nor resources at home some children also suffer from very low learning levels.

Since inception Door Step School has been striving to provide multiple educational services, as per the needs of the children through Balwadis
(kindergarten), School Enrolment services, Study classes for children, literacy classes for out of school children, computer literacy classes and
libraries for all. Door Step School provides a school bus service for younger children and also runs a mobile school for street children and for those who
work and live in congested areas where there is no space to run a class on a regular basis. While conducting all these programmes, Door Step School is
flexible in terms of timings, location of classes and there is no limit on minimum number of children to start a new class.

In 1999, Door Step School (Door Step School) decided to intervene and collaborate with MCGM to support them in imparting quality education to the
children. Such intervention was considered essential in view of the problems of non-enrolment, wastage and stagnation observed over the years of
working in the urban slum communities. It was aimed at facilitating the learning process as well as making the school a place conducive for learning.
Door Step School achieves its goal by running various educational programmes like Reading Promotion activities, Libraries, Remedial Class (Study Class), Mental health project, Pre-School(Balwadi) amongst others in the Municipal schools.

The Area Coordinator serves as a key link between the Program Coordinator and other staff of the Door Step School Direct Education Program. S/he is
responsible for the overall management of coordinators and teachers and for ensuring quality implementation and impact of DSS services in the field.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
1. Support the Program Coordinator in developing strategy and program plans to maximize the impact of DSS program activities
2. Oversee and guide Coordinators and teachers in the planning, implementation and evaluation of DSS education program.
3. Develop key indicators for monitoring and evaluation of DSS education program
4. Oversee the work of the coordinators and manage their performance
5. Provide general support and administrative assistance to Program Coordinator as may be necessary

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Support the Program Coordinator in developing strategy and program plans to maximize the impact of DSS program activities
Assist the Program Coordinator to develop strategy for program
Work closely with the Program Coordinator and team to develop annual program plans and budgets
Prepare background papers and briefing papers as may be necessary
Assess the changing environment, identify community needs and prioritise them to propose solutions to the organisation
Identify and propose new areas and suitable services and communicate it to Program Coordinator for preparing strategy

2. Oversee and guide Coordinators and teachers in the planning, implementation and evaluation of DSS education services
Convene regular planning and progress update meeting with coordinators and teachers
Document all proceedings and minutes of meetings
Make regular field visits to provide hands on technical support and advice/guidance to team
Convene regular meetings with team, parents and volunteers
Planning and supervision of performance tests of the programmes
Ensuring demand for educational materials and requisition for materials for activities and events gets raised, and guide team on the
same; and follow up with administration department and Coordinators in relation to procurement, and ensure complete delivery of materials

3. Develop a monitoring and evaluation systems to assess impact of DSS education program
Along with the Program Coordinator develop a monitoring and evaluation system that tracks activities planned and monitors implementation, progress and impact.
Develop set of key indicators for each activity with the Program Coordinator
Along with staff, prepare M&E report on an annual basis detailing objectives, activity, targets, progress and impact based on indicators
Plan and make regular field visits to monitor program and progress
Plan timelines for collection and verification of data
Analyse the data collected and utilise the findings for proposing interventions (Example: Analysing Birth certificate status
Organise 6 monthly or annual gathering of community members (parents and others) to discuss issues and receive feedback about DSS
programs

4. Oversee the work of the coordinators and manage their performance
Ensure that staff develop monthly plans detailing activities, targets as per annual planning
Facilitate smooth coordination and communication with School Partnership Programme team for ensuring synergistic efforts in
delivering DSS’s overall services
Ensure all staff members understand the responsibilities in their job description and identify areas of strengthening and provide guidance
for improvement
Identify training/capacity building needs for staff in the team and communicate it to Training team and Program Coordinator
Assess the implementation of the trainings received by the team
Conduct performance reviews on annual basis for staff

5. Provide general support and administrative assistance to Program Coordinator as may be necessary
Prepare monthly/quarterly/half yearly annual narrative reports on programs for submission to Program Coordinator
Prepare other occasional reports and papers that may be required for various organizational purposes
Ensure monthly meetings are convened on time (prepare agenda, minutes and circulate documents as required)
Undertake correspondence and communications with staff and others as may be necessary
Manage the volunteers, interns and visitors

6. Represent the organization at different platforms and other
Represent Door Step School on different platforms, network meetings and communicate about Door Step School’s work and any other events
like exhibitions, events at corporate donors office etc

Personal Specifications
Educational Qualifications and Experience
- Graduate/Post Graduate in Social Work/Education
- At least 4 to 6 years experience in the education sector, community level experience would be an added advantage

Skills, Attitudes and Abilities:
- Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- Excellent Technology and Computer skills
- Good Report Writing skills (English)
- Able to understand and read community dynamics
- Effectively solve problem and multi-task
- Ability to build rapport and develop positive relationships with community residents
- Able to work well within a team and be an effective leader who can create a warm and encouraging team dynamic
- Produces high-quality, meticulous and detailed written work
- Is able to create, manage and work within budgets.
- Effectively communicates and represents Door Step to the public
- Ability to meet deadlines, work under pressure in resource constrained environment

Job Email ID:

hrassistant(at)doorstepschool.org