JOB DESCRIPTION
Job title: District Lead
Department :Program Implementation
Location :Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Lalitpur, Gorakhpur, & Uttarakhand (Udham Singh Nagar)
Reporting to :Program Manager
Level Of Contact With Children: 2 (Sporadic or occasional contact with children)
The position holder shall be responsible to adhere & work within the ambit of Plan India’s Safeguarding Policy & Gender Equality Policy.
ABOUT PLAN INDIA
Plan International (India Chapter), also referred to as Plan India, is an Indian registered not-for-profit organization that is constantly striving to advance welfare and development for children and equality for all girls and women in India. Through its grassroots social development work, Plan India seeks to create lasting impact in the lives of poor and vulnerable children, their families and communities, by gender transformative child-centered community development.
Since 1996, Plan India has improved the lives of millions of children and young people by enabling them to access and benefit from the safety nets and schemes of the government for child protection, quality education and healthcare services, healthy environment, livelihood opportunities and participation in community development. To know more about Plan India, visit www.planindia.org
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are the first line of defence against COVID-19. It is widely recognized that access to clean, running water and soap for handwashing is a critical need that must be met in our global response to the pandemic
A clean schools has huge potential to create a cycle of opportunities, moreover, early years of a child’s life are very crucial as they lay the foundation to future learning and development and healthy hygiene routines last throughout their lives. Young children are fast learners, they adapt new behaviour more easily than adults, once capacitated they can challenge existing practices around them and can also lead to the adaption of new behaviour. Plan India believes in the potential of young children, have been promoting children as change agents on various health and hygiene related programmes and have successfully harvested the ripple effect of child led interventions.
Plan International-India Chapter, acknowledge the importance of realizing the human rights to food, water and sanitation to end poverty, eliminate inequalities and reach the SDGs. And children are the key to reach the objective hence, the proposed project will embed best practices of sanitation and hygiene into a habit among children, parents and community for improved improve health and nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant and lactating women.
The project Goal is to strengthen the school hygiene programme to ensure better health and hygiene outcomes for children, their family and community. The project objective is institutional strengthening and building information, education and communication of children, young women and other key stakeholders.
KEY FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES
• Overall responsible for quality implementation of programme in district.
• Lead the team members and provide supportive supervision.
• Provide hands on support for quality implementation of program at district level.
• Develop Monthly, Quarterly and Annual work plan and ensure the implementation as per the plan
• Manage and supervise the project team for smooth implementation of programme
• Participate in State and district level meetings & workshops and share the programme updates with the Govt. Counterparts
• Ensures that the tri-level modules are implemented in selected schools using the 5-Step Experiential Learning Method.
• Coordinate’s capacity building of implementing partners and provides on-going technical guidance.
• Identify obstructions through regular field visits using checklists and finding solutions
• Planning and conduction of TOT at district level
• Ensuring implementation of field activities at district level.
• Monitoring and Supportive supervision to school teachers and field staff for school sessions/ digital sessions
• Liaisoning with media person for visibility of project at district, block and community level.
• Conduction of extracurricular activities with school children to make the learning enjoyable.
• Planning and conduction of Special Days Celebration as per the state and community culture.
• Facilitate the process of Community-based activity through active involvement of government officials, NGOs, schools, etc.
• Organize the monthly meeting with project staff and build their capacity
• Capacity building of project staff through regular sessions in meeting and through demonstration for delivery of quality services.
• Reporting for monthly, quarterly and annual reports and submission in timely manner
• Support in providing best practices, case studies related to program on Monthly/Quarterly basis
• Advocacy and liaison with government departments in promoting the project activities and involve them for program greater participation.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• Applicant must Graduate in social sciences, or related sciences and has 3 to 5 years working experience.
• The project requires good planning and organizational ability.
• Must be proficient in reading and writing English and preferably local languages and have
• demonstrated ability to produce professional reports/documents.
• Must have Coordination skills.
• Must have good writing and reporting skills.
• Must have planning and organizing skills.
• Should have experience working with the government officials.
• Should be able to work with the children, supporting them with counselling expertise.
• Should be a team player and worked in a competitive and professional environment.
• Sensitive to gender issues, stigma and barriers to social inclusion.
• Willing and able to travel extensively throughout the project areas
COMPENSATION & EMPLOYMENT
Plan is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child rights and child protection.
How to apply
Please send us your updated resume along with a suitability note (Single Word document only) at planindiacareers@planindia.org . Please mention “District Lead DBSI – Preferred Location” (Kindly mention the preferred location) in the subject.
Last date of application is 6th July 2025
Given the volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Job Email ID: planindiacareers(at)planindia.org
