Job Description- District Coordinator (Karnataka State)
Mobile Creches, (MC) a pioneer NGO, has been operational since 1969, providing childcare and health services to more than 15,000 children every year in the National Capital Region, through workplace and community-based crèches and daycare centres, every year.
MC pioneered the cause of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) and focuses on young children under six years in urban slums and children of migrant workers at construction sites. MC’s multi-pronged approach- providing childcare services to young children at worksites, urban slums, rural and tribal communities, working with parents and communities to amplify the ECD agenda, enhancing linkages with government ECD services, training the ECD workforce, influencing government policies, promoting research in the field of ECD; addressing both the short and long term needs of children. It is officially recognized as the National Creche agency by the government and is on the path of accelerating ECD services for the children of marginalized communities by scaling up in partnership with the government and other players in civil society.
Children showing signs of growth faltering, undernutrition, or wasting will be identified at an early stage, referred to appropriate health facilities, and systematically followed up to support recovery. A strong emphasis will be placed on improving nutrition outcomes through age-appropriate feeding practices, regular growth monitoring, and strengthened coordination with government nutrition and health systems.
As an organization, Mobile Creches adheres to a strict safeguarding policy. All staff; volunteers, interns, vendors, consultants, and partners are required to be aware of the policy, sign it, and comply with its norms.
Mobile Creches, (MC) signed an MoU with Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR), and the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) as a technical Partner to implement the Creche project in Karnataka. Govt of Karnataka establishing the creches for young children (6 Months to 6 Years) across all the 31 districts and Mobile Creches will train and ensure quality implementation of the project along with the departments.
About the project:
Mobile Creches plans to establish a State Childcare Knowledge Hub to bring together key departments— including Women & Child Development, Skilling, Health, Labour, Education and Rural Development—to align policy, financing, quality standards and certification pathways for the childcare sector. The initiative will strengthen state capacity to develop and scale certified skilling pathways, registration systems and recognised childcare job roles aligned with national standards, enabling the transition of informal caregivers into a skilled and certified childcare workforce.
Through a pilot of publicly funded, quality childcare services, the programme will demonstrate how professionalised childcare systems can expand women’s participation in the care economy while improving access to quality early childhood care and development services. The initiative will generate evidence, operational tools, implementation frameworks and costed models to inform policy reform and support replication across states.
To know more about MC, please log on to www.mobilecreches.org.
Department – Program Strategy and Impact
Position Details :
No of Positions: 6
Designation: District Coordinator
Level -
Reporting to: Sr.Thematic Lead-Karnataka
Reported By: None
Tenure: 1 year
Qualifications requirement: Master’s degree in ECD/Social Sciences/ Psychology/ Education will be preferable. Knowledge in domains of ECCE, social emotion learning, gender, child protection, disability, community participation, and the like would be preferred.
Total work Experience in the relevant field-Proven work experience in coordinating with Govt officials, NGOs and other agencies and coordinating with state team and providing the required support from districts and implementing the project, it’s also including conducting training/workshops development programs with at least 4-5 years in related functions. Should be able to travel out of the station as required.
Job Description- Specific areas of responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Key Responsibilities:
• Take responsibility for the overall functioning of the Programme in the District.
• Guide, mentor, and supervise the Trainers in implementing relevant strategies decided for the district.
• Conduct regular reviews with different stakeholders and provide value addition wherever needed.
• Coordinate laterally with the Training Team in fulfilling their responsibilities and provide operational support in identifying training needs by coordination with district and state team.
• Compile information and experiences on the Program MIS and report to the District and State Project Management Units as required.
• Through regular field visits and formal/informal meetings, gather adequate feedback on the Program’s functioning and ensure the project Needs.
• Collaborate with the CEO (ZP), EO (TP) and various departments to ensure resource flow and schematic convergence to support the team.
• Identify and document best practices.
• Communicate effectively with external stakeholders to raise awareness about the Program.
• Carry out any other tasks as assigned by Mobile Crèches.
2. Finance-
- Take cost-saving measures and submit information related to expenses on time.
3. Team building /team handling.
- Take full responsibility for supporting the team in the effective implementation of the program/project.
- Able to encourage within the team a cooperative and supportive work culture.
- Ability to work collaboratively with project staff, partners, and stakeholders is essential.
Language Proficiency:
# Kannada; writing, typing, reading, and speaking
# English; writing, typing, reading, and speaking
• Good at using Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
• The ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize work, and meet deadlines is essential.
• Analytical skills – Ability to think critically and analyse and assimilate new information to identify trends and patterns.
• Inclination to read documents to gather technical information.
• Positive and continuous improvement & innovation attitude.
Location: Karnataka
Candidates willing to apply may please forward their resume to hradmin@mobilecreches.org and Manjunath.b@mobilecreches,org along with a cover letter and the last drawn CTC. A cover letter and last drawn salary are a mandate.
Candidate Details- Karnataka – Fill out form: https://forms.office.com/r/w1x01GnJcy
Subject line: Application for “District Coordinator (Karnataka State)”.
Mobile Creches is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, including those with experience working in tribal and rural contexts.
We will review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the position as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Hence, early applications are strongly encouraged
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