Arpan - Director - Training & Advocacy

About Arpan

Arpan is a globally recognized, award winning NGO working towards the elimination of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in India. Based in Mumbai, Arpan is India's largest NGO providing CSA Prevention and Intervention services for both children and adults. As a critical stakeholder for state and non-state actors, Arpan is a leading voice in the space of CSA and uses advocacy and research to push for policy and systemic change at the local, state and national levels. Since 2007, Arpan has impacted over 1.6 million (16 lakh) children and adults. More details are available at www.arpan.org.in

Objective:

Scaling Arpan's Advocacy practice across domestic and international audiences to further the issue of Child Sexual Abuse across India

Key Objectives:

Scale Arpan's existing initiatives across the country, by working closely with local, state and central government.

Work closely with both government and Arpan leadership team to design new initiatives that are impactful and can be run at large scale through both physical and digital means.

Manage large internal and external teams to ensure high quality execution of programs

The major responsibilities are:

- Build long term alliances with relevant Govt, education bodies at state and national level, non govt agencies, and schools to mainstream child protection focusing on CSA

- Integrate Personal Safety Education (PSE) (Arpan's school curriculum for children) in state curriculum across all states and UTs of India

- Manage training team to ensure effective high-quality delivery of programs

- Provide high quality leadership to large team to ensure Arpan continues to be a great place to work

Job Challenge

- Creating measurable impactful programs that bridge both digital and traditional models of delivery

- Building a low attrition, high quality, motivated team, and providing direction and mentorship to large, young and diverse teams

Core Competencies:

- Experience of leading advocacy initiatives pan India.

- Track record of managing large teams

Educational Qualification:

Post-Graduation in Project Management, Sociology, Psychology, Child Development, Social work and other related fields

Desired Work Experience:

Having experience of project management for at least 15 years, advocacy with the govt and working with the government for 7-10 years.

Desired Attributes:

Prior experience of digital delivery of programs mandatory. Strong leadership and management skills

Salary Budget : Based on the competencies & depending on qualification and years of experience