World Change Starts with Educated Children®

KEY: All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located. Room to Read is not able to provide sponsorship.

Position Overview:

The Associate spends the majority of his or her time providing direct support to the Social Mobilizers (SMs) and assists the Program Officer in carrying out all activities of the Girls’ Education Program (GEP). The position will be field-based and will involve frequent travel to the areas of work. The work will entail providing direct support to social mobilizers, supporting and sometimes facilitating SM trainings, working 1:1 and in groups with Social Mobilizers (SMs) and Program Facilitators (PFs)regularly – ideally weekly to ensure they are effective in their roles in working with girls, and when needed modeling effective life skills or mentoring sessions with girls. They will also be responsible for strengthening linkages with like- minded organizations, liaising with block/district level officials, regular program and financial tracking, collecting program data and entering it into Room to Reads database and determining and delivering material support for girls participating in the program. The Program Associate reports to the Program Officer and manages a set of Social Mobilizers (SMs) and a program administrative assistant.

Responsibilities:

Program Implementation and Training (Manage Social Mobilizers and Program Facilitators):

- Set a schedule of weekly and monthly review and feedback sessions with direct reports.

- Support Social Mobilizers (SMs)in planning and facilitating Room to Read’s life skills activities (sessions and clubs).



Support may include helping Social Mobilizers (SMs) set her schedule of life skills sessions with girls, observing a session and providing feedback to the Social Mobilizers (SMs), or other activities needed to help SMs succeed in their core responsibilities.

- Support Social Mobilizers (SMs) to mentor girls. This may include providing ideas for group discussion topics and coaching the Social Mobilizers (SMs) on how to handle difficult topics.

- Support the Social Mobilizer in identifying and supporting girls at risk of dropping or failing out of school using Room to Read’s risk and response protocol.

- Facilitate Social Mobilizer weekly and monthly review meetings to discuss and identify solutions to challenges Social Mobilizers (SMs) are facing in program implementation and in working with the girls and communities.

- Develop subsequent plans for capacity building of partner staff (wherever applicable) and Social Mobilisers.

- Conduct annual performance review of Social Mobilizers (SMs).

- Support the Program Officer/Program Manager in conducting the Social Mobilizers’ training. This may include co-facilitating training sessions.

- Directly conduct life skills sessions with girls on critical issues like sexual and reproductive health, career plans and any other as deemed fit.





- Develop a linkage with school authorities and communities are supportive of the program – liase for a Girls Education Program room dedicated for life skills classes and mentoring.

- Participate in regular training and meetings with Room to Read staff.

- Ensure feedback is given to specific Social Mobilizers or Program Assistant and recorded in written regularly.

- Develop a school profile for each of the enhanced schools and regularly update.

- Writes case studies 4 in a year.

- Participate in donor site visits and provide information to donors about Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program as needed

Family, school and community engagement:

- Lead on parents’ workshop and parents meeting as planned with support from Social Mobilisers.

- Identify local needs of the community and explore topics for probable parents meeting topics.

- Regular meeting and providing program update to school staff including head teachers and creating playing the role of a catalyst promoting the school to think of girl’s education and solutions to problems affecting girls in the catchment area of the school with support from Social Mobilizer.

- Share list of scholarship schemes and entitlements with parents in an accessible form.

- Maintain a database of all the schemes and benefits our girls’ scholars are getting and facilitating all girls to get the same.

Liaising, networking and building linkages at the field, block and district level:

- Plan and organize training and meetings for government officials (block and district level).

- Building linkages with like-minde

📌 Associate, Girls' Education Program (Telangana)
🏢 Room to Read
📍 Telangana