Position : Programme Coordinator (Disability)
Organisation: Centre for Rural Systems and Development (CRUSADE)
Location: Karanodai, Chennai 600 067 ( Near Red hills)
Reporting to: Secretary
Last date of receiving applications: 20 May , 2026.
Background:
Centre for Rural Systems and Development (CRUSADE) is a registered voluntary organization, set up in 1991 in Tiruvallur district with the aim of poverty alleviation and improving the quality of life of marginalized communities in rural areas through empowerment and transformation processes. Organising women from poorer families into self- help groups and linking the groups with banks, government and health institutions were initial initiatives. Spread over more than 200 villages in four blocks, the present focus include Capacity building of women through SHGs, Community Based Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability, Community health , Environment promotion, Child Sponsorship,Creating Water facility, School health, Skill training, Employment & Income generation , Housing, , Anemia control among adolescent girls and Village & schools infrastructure development.
CRUSADE is seeking to recruit a Full time Programme Coordinator for its Disability Project being implemented in Gummidipoondi block of Tiruvallur district adjacent to Chennai
Job profile:
The Programme Coordinator will be responsible for regularly visiting the Support Groups of Persons with Disability in the block for providing various services such as enabling them to have ID cards to have access to Government schemes, engaging Physiotherapist, providing assistive devices, promoting Income Generation activities, facilitating skill training, housing assistance, Health and Environment promotion, etc..
The position is presently based at Karanodai, near Chennai and will require extensive travel to field areas in Gummidipoondi block of Tiruvallur district.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Coordinate with field personnel (Block level coordinators, Child Sponsorship Manager and community volunteers) to ensure the delivery of a high quality programme.
- Work closely with ‘Vallamai’ the Federation Special groups of PwDs for conducting events related to the project.
- Be fully responsible for ensuring the delivery of a high quality, impactful programme.
- Where required, and following approval, identify and bring on board external technical support to further improve programme efficiency.
- Seek out best practices relevant for the programme and facilitate adoption. Build awareness, including government policies and programmes, facilitating convergence where possible.
- Prepare monthly / quarterly / half yearly and annual plans, monitor programme progress and submit programme progress reports on a regular basis. Also, ensure the documentation of community processes, field assessments/surveys, maintenance of village profiles and monitoring data.
- Carry out any additional duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by secretary from time to time.
Required qualifications:
- Post graduate degree in Economics or Master degree in Social Work. with field experience.
- Ambitious, energetic and hard-working professional committed to improving lives among India’s most marginalized communities. Must share a sense of urgency about development.
- Experience of working with grass roots NGO’s and government bodies at district levels along with training skills is desirable.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, in English and Tamil are essential.
- Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel is required.
Application Process:
Please submit an updated CV and cover letter by 20th May, 2026 to indiacrusade@gmail.com mentioning the reasons for your interest, your qualification for the position and current and expected salary in the body of cover letter. Remuneration depend on qualification and experience of the candidate selected. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Apply by 20th May, 2026