Child in Need Institute, Jharkhand
Job Profile
Job Title: Safety Manager
Place of Work: Kolebira or Thethaitangar, Simdega, Jharkhand
Reporting to: Program Manager
No. of vacancies: 1 (One)
Project or Program: Rural Creche Initiative
Period: July 2026 to June 2027 with prospects of extension based on performance and fund availability.
Introduction
Child in Need Institute (CINI) has been implementing/facilitating different programs to demonstrate models in improving quality of lives of children, adolescent and women in need. CINI also provides technical support to different State Governments and at National level for strengthening existing services and build up capacities of personnel working at different layers. CINI’s core model is based on CINI method that promotes a rights-based convergence approach which has so far attracted the attention of policy makers and other different actors of development sector, and which has proven to be an effective design to promote local level solutions for improving care and protection of Children.
About the Project:
The creches being established under this initiative are called “Sishu Ghar” in Jharkhand & Odisha and “Laika Ghar” in Chhattisgarh. Which means “children’s home” in Hindi.
The Crèche Initiative aims to improve the nutritional status and early childhood development of children aged between 7 months and 3 years. The objectives of the Crèche Initiative are-
a) To enable access to crèches by all children between 7 months and 3 years in a selected geography.
b) To ensure supplementary feeding, early childhood development, and facilitation of access to government entitlements.
c) To identify growth faltering, underweight, and wasted children (7 months to 3 years), refer them to a health facility and follow up.
In rural areas, especially in remote villages inhabited by Adivasis, children between 7 months to 3 years of age are highly vulnerable to malnutrition.
As per the provisioning, these children are entitled to Take Home Ration (THR), immunisation, and other services during Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) and referral to health facilities in case of illnesses. However, many of these children have poor access to these services due to geographical barriers and sub-optimal health-seeking behaviour. Further, these children are left behind by parents with older siblings and grandparents when they go out for work. This hinders the child’s access to proper nutrition and overall development. The first two to three years of the child’s life have the maximum potentiality to reduce malnutrition and promote cognitive development. If proper nutrition and care are not provided to children in these years, the damage could be irreversible.
In this context, the Rural Crèche Initiative (RCI) has been visualised as a platform for children under 3 years, in order to improve their access to proper nutrition, health and Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions. The crèche would be a community-based centre run by Civil Society Organisation (CSO) partners supported by Azim Premji Foundation, where parents can leave their children when they go out for work. It would provide day care services for children for six hours a day for six days a week
Activities to be performed:
A) Pre-Set and Set Up Phase
• Builds understanding around the safety protocols based on the guidelines.
• Sees identified places from the lens of safety parameters established in the guidelines and orients the team members on the same.
• Takes complete responsibility for the modifications and repair of the centers fulfilling the safety measures
• Ensures installation of safety gates and fencing at each center before opening.
• Ensures all safety parameters are met at each center and fills the audit forms based on the checklist given in the guidelines.
• Organizes and ensures Fire-Safety training for caregivers and team members before starting any creche.
B) Operational Phase
• Regularly visits the centers and evaluates them on the given safety parameters and does monthly safety audits.
• Keeps track of all the centers on types of houses, facilities available and status of the safety measures as mentioned in the checklist and guidelines and keeps it updated.
• Conducts regular capacity building of the team members including caregivers on essential safety parameters including fire safety.
• Overall responsible for safety at creches and coordinates with team members and stakeholders to ensure the same.
• Keeps track of the expiry dates of the fire extinguishers and does the needful.
Qualification: Graduate in any discipline preferably a background in civil engineering
Experience: 2-3 years of experience with an CSO on any domain
Age: 25 – 45 years
Competencies:
• Good communication skills. He/She must have Proficiency in Hindi and local dialects of the intervention area. The knowledge/ basic understanding of English will be an added advantage
• Should have strong observation skills
Expected travel: Need Based to CINI State Office and other location as per project need. Frequently within district, project locations and creches.
Remuneration / CTC: - Rs. Rs.30,000/- per Month
How to Apply:
• Interested candidates must also fill the following google form: - https://forms.gle/yCQC3EeEh4uf2d988
"CINI is an equal opportunity employer. Eligible female / third gender candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. "
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