Child in Need Institute, Jharkhand
Job Profile
Job Title: Training Coordinator
Place of Work: Baisi Block, Purnia, (Bihar)
Reporting to: Program Manager
No. of vacancies: 1 (One)
Project or Program: Rural Creche Initiative
Period: 1 October 2026 – 30 September 2027
(Extendable based on performance and organizational requirements.)
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-Setup and Setup Phase:
i. Builds self-understanding around the creche operations by reading and referring to existing modules and documents for references.
ii. Co-facilitates, supports, or observes the Caregivers’ Pre-service Training in the first phase executed by the Foundation and conducts training for the next batches together with the team members.
iii. Participates in all the community engagement meetings with the team members to build a comprehensive understanding of the creche initiative.
iv. Plays a central role in creche setup.
B. Operational Phase:
i. Demonstrates, supports, and handholds key practices in the initial phase of creche operations.
ii. Regularly visits centers to observe and identify the need for handholding and capacity building and create support mechanisms for centers, caregivers, coordinators and supervisors.
iii. Designs, plans and conducts regular team capacity building including caregivers in service trainings.
iv. Attends, co-facilitates and handholds CMC and Caregivers’ Review Meetings.
v. Keeps track of the observations and, based on the need, plans team engagements and supportive supervision mechanisms.
vi. Makes weekly plan of interventions in sync with the team’s plan and need.
Qualification: Masters preferably in social work
Experience:
• -3-5 years of experience in capacity building function, with experience in developing training content & facilitation.
• At least two years’ experience in developing training materials in Hindi and building capacities of frontline workers and project functionaries.
• Experience in working in tribal dominated districts/blocks (experience of working in any tribal dominated district in will be an added advantage)
Age: 30 – 45 years
Competencies:
Personality Attributes: Enthusiastic, Flexible, and open to learn new things and apply in his job role. Problem solving in nature and ready to work in team.
Technical Skills Must have good training skills
Communication Skills: Strong communication skills in vernacular language and preferably Hindi and English Language
Expected travel: Need Based to CINI State Office, Head Office and other location as per project need. Frequently within district to project locations and other locations to extend technical support to the government
Remuneration / CTC: - Rs.45,000/- per Month
How to Apply:
• Interested candidates must also fill the following google form: -
https://forms.gle/GujUDRpKo4tmUpR96
"CINI is an equal opportunity employer. Eligible female / third gender candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. "
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