Job Description

About Ummeed:

Ummeed, a premier non-profit organization for children with disabilities in India, was founded in 2001 by Dr. Vibha Krishnamurthy, a developmental pediatrician. Ummeed supports children with developmental disabilities to reach their full potential and be included in society by providing family-centered care to children with developmental disabilities and their families.

As an organization with a workforce of over 100 committed professionals, Ummeed\'s transdisciplinary approach works towards:

Supporting children with developmental disabilities through direct clinical services and helping families in their journey towards acceptance and empowerment

Building a network of trained professionals and community workers who can prevent, diagnose, and manage developmental disabilities e\xef\xac\x80ectively

Changing societal attitudes so that children with disabilities can be meaningful and productive members in it

Context of the work:

During the period from birth to three years a child\'s brain develops most rapidly and lays the foundation for health, wellbeing, learning and productivity throughout life. During this period a child\'s brain is also most susceptible to environmental influences such as those related to poverty. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015-16, more than 55% of children in India under 5 years have anemia, 38.4% are stunted, 35% are underweight, and more than 20% suffer from malnutrition. While these are overall statistics for the country, the status in rural and underserved communities is worse than urban areas. These factors compounded by poverty, lack of information and resources increase the risk, precluding these children from achieving their optimal development potential to become contributing members of society.

There is, thus, an urgent need for early childhood programs that incorporate and address health, nutrition, security, responsive caregiving and opportunities for early learning.

About the Early Childhood Development and Disabilities team\'s:

Ummeed has developed programs that creates and strengthens capacities in organisations for promotion of early child development. The program is delivered at different levels:

- Training for community workers and their supervisors

- Mentorship with supervisors for problem solving and implementation support

- Facilitation and support for organisation managements to better integrate child development initiatives and goals with organisational initiatives and goals

- Creating awareness about inclusive early childhood development in different organizations/ stakeholders

About \xe2\x80\x9cthe position\xe2\x80\x9d:

Ummeed\'s ECDD (Early Childhood Development and Disability) team is looking for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for working in the social space and good communication skills to come on board as trainers on Early Childhood development (0-3years).

Primary responsibilities include:

1. Conduct trainings at different project sites in Mumbai as well as outside Mumbai which entails:

a. Learning and being up to date with training content and ensuring training proficiency with training materials (Ummeed ECDD programs has its own training modules and content. Candidate will be supported through this process)

b. Delivering training modules in the prescribed format and method

c. Reflecting and documenting post training

2. Participate in developing training materials - this will include supporting senior and other team members with tasks related to coordination, creation, formatting etc.

3. Support training coordination - this will include tasks related to training coordination under the guidance of project managers within the team.

Note: Supervisory support and coaching are a part of Ummeed professional development. Candidates will be supported through the orientation phase and beyond. We also value the well-being of all our team members and hence travel to training sites is always in pairs or groups.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors or Masters degree from a science or arts background

Specialization in psychology / occupational therapy / home science / early childhood development will be beneficial

Experience of working in low resource communities/ with community health workers will be an added advantage

Essentials Skills Required:

Ability and willingness to travel - travel for trainings is a crucial job requirement. We encourage only those candidates to apply who will be able to travel within and outside Mumbai for training, when required.

Ability to work and partner with people from diverse backgrounds with respect and without bias. We work with a range of organizations working in urban slums to rural tribal areas on issues of Maternal and child health, Community development, Disability focused organizations etc. Candidates will be required to travel to and work on site locations for training and mentorship.

Language proficiency in English and Hindi is crucial; in Marathi will be beneficial

Good communication skills to facilitate training

Willingness to work in a team and independently

Proficient in use of Microsoft systems and apps

Others:

The above is a full-time position involving 8 hours per day/40 hours a week.

If travelling to different locations, working with different people and training excites you\xe2\x80\xa6 then please reach out to us. We would love to meet with you.

We encourage parents of children with disabilities to apply.

Ummeed