Job ID: 303483

Male Field Officer

ALERT India

Location: Thane, Maharashtra

Apply by: 30 Sep 2026

Relevant Sectors

Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

Job Description: Male Field Officer – Family Development Program
Organisation: ALERT India
Job Title: Male Field Officer
Department: Family Development Programme
Location: Jaybhim Nagar
Reporting to: Coordinator
Direct Reportee: Supervisors, incharges & Social workers
Salary: Rs. 25,113 + travel and communication allowances + Provident fund + ESIC

Due to the nature of the position, we only accept MALE candidates. Only if your profile matches the description, please share your CV with us at alertindiafdp@gmail.com and
mumbaitom3.interaide@gmail.com.

Program description
The Family Development Program supports the most vulnerable families living in slums through psychosocial counselling during Home Visits. The program’s main anchors are to fight against domestic violence and women’s empowerment. To achieve this goal, social workers visit selected families once per week for 6 months. During those visits, the social workers counsel, inform and raise awareness to the beneficiaries on basic socio-economic topics such as education, health, legal documents, psychosocial issues (i.e., domestic violence, child abuse, addictions, etc.), employment/improving one's income, etc...

We support the family members to build their self-confidence, and we refer them to the relevant local public services (or private or NGO services) based on their needs, so they can improve their socio-economic conditions.
Additionally, the teams conduct Awareness Meetings to provide group sensitisation and discussion opportunities, run a Guidance Centre open to all members of the local communities, which provides case-by-case information and referrals and conduct adolescent and women’s groups.
The male field officer will be responsible for supporting the coordinator in implementing the program and managing 2 teams.

Position Summary: To provide support in all program activities (homevisits, handling challenging cases, awareness meetings, guidance centre, adolescent groups, amongst others) mostly with male family members and, based on the teams’ needs, with other members.

Job Responsibility

1) Routine field activities with Social Workers:
? Ensure that routine field activities take place as monthly planning
? Implement routine field activities in the absence of a coordinator or supervisor

2) Routine office activities:
? Participate in observation and phase out family meetings as per the team’s request
? Assist the team by creating plans during observation and phase out family meetings for further interventions with the families
? Identify opportunities to work with male members in the families
? Provide feedback to team members

3) Support visits:
? Conduct support visits, particularly in cases when interaction with men in the families is necessary
? Carry out support visits when dealing with Domestic violence, addictions, and as per the social worker's discretion
? Counsel men and young boys

4) Awareness meetings:
? Perform and support awareness meetings on challenging topics
? Support the coordinator in drafting modules for awareness
meetings based on the needs of the target groups
? Support coordinator in identifying tools for the same as short films
for discussions and flip charts, etc.
? Conduct awareness meetings with men and young boys.

5) Guidance center:
? Support the creation of strategies to raise the demand for the Guidance Centre
? Handle mobile Guidance Centre
? Create awareness of the Guidance Center specially for youth
? Encourage youth to visit the Guidance Centre and provide support according to their needs

6) Adolescent groups
? Conduct sessions for boys’ adolescent groups and mobilise the participants

7) Networking
? Support the coordinator in assessing the community needs and identifying, creating, and visiting new service providers accordingly
? Network with services to cater to the youth in the community

8) Capacity building
? Identify training needs
? Support the coordinator in designing and conducting trainings

9) Reporting:
? Support the coordinator in the preparation of quarter reports

10) Accounting:
? Take care of the monthly purchases
? Supervise that the vouchers are done correctly
? Ensure that vouchers and invoices meet accounting guidelines

Work Experience: Minimum 3 years in the social field
Competencies & skills required: Good Communication verbal & written (Hindi and Marathi),
good counselling skills, basic computer skills, analytical skills, leadership, presentation skills,
knowledge about the Indian women's situation.
Interests: Strong interest in working with vulnerable families living in slums, for women’s
empowerment and the eradication of domestic violence.

Job Email ID:

mumbuaitom3.interaide(at)gmail.com