Assistant Village Director- Karnataka

Job Title: Assistant Village Director

Department: Family Like Care (FL)

Reporting to: Village Director- Family Like Care

Locations: Karnataka

Please note: This is a residential role, so people with experience and interest in working with vulnerable youth in residential care settings will be preferred.

Proficiency in Kannada, both written and spoken, is mandatory.

About the Organisation:

SOS Children's Villages of India are an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organization working for the holistic development of parentless children as well as women and children from vulnerable families. For over 60 years, we have reached over 65000 children through our 32 SOS Children's Villages and 28 community projects in India positively impacting over 83000 lives.

We continue to provide children without parental care or at the risk of losing it, a value chain of quality care services that goes beyond childcare alone, to ensure comprehensive child development as well as ways to strengthen communities and families as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect.

Purpose and Objective:

The Assistant Village Director leads the SOS Children's Village. He/she coordinates all village activities and is responsible and accountable for the overall development of the SOS Children's Village. He/she ensures the quality of child care within the framework of the SOS family childcare model. He/she supports the development of all village coworkers, directly guides and supports each SOS mother to ensure the well-being of the SOS families.

The Assistant Village Director (In-charge) ensures that the individual needs and rights of children are addressed and respected. He/she ensures the implementation of the organization's policies and guidelines, effective planning, evaluation, reporting and financial management & Statutory Compliances and is the face of the organization for the outside world.

Job Responsibilities:

1.Ensuring the overall development of children of the SOS Children's Village: The Assistant Village Director (In-charge) ensures that the needs of children and youth are identified, respected, protected and addressed. He/she builds positive relationships with children through day-to-day interactions. He/she interacts with children to support them in their development and to guide them to settlement as good and successful people. He/she is the legal guardian of the children and is responsible for the children under his care & accountable to their biological roots, to government machinery for child protection, to other legal bodies & all stakeholders.

2. Ensuring quality and value-based education and supporting Youth in Skilling for self- reliance: To empower Youth with skills and prepare them for employability.

3. Ensuring the overall management (Finance & Administration) of the SOS Children's Village: Prepare annual budget for the Village, seek approval and monitor operations of the program to ensure compliance to the budget. He /She coordinates the planning and budgeting, monitoring and evaluation processes for the SOS children's villages. He/she accounts for the implementation of the organisation's policies, manuals, standards and guidelines and implements administrative systems promoting the efficient and responsible use of financial resources and property. He/she presides over the Village Committee, Child Admission Committee and Child Protection Committee, and cooperates closely with representative / coordinating functions. As legal representative of the organization, he ensures compliance with all legal requirements of the work.

4. Guiding and supporting SOS Mothers and SOS families: The Assistant Village Director ensures that framework conditions for a high quality of child care within the SOS families are given. He/She supports the development of strong and long-term family ties and ensures a secure and developmental environment for children. He/she visits SOS Families on regular basis. He is available, accessible and dependable for SOS Mothers as a guide and support in their responsibilities.

5. Guiding and supporting SOS Youth Co-workers: The Assistant Village Director ensures that framework conditions for a high quality of youth care within youth facilities/youth care Programs are given. He/She ensures that youth Programs offer career, learning and development opportunities for youths and maintains an overview of and interest in the needs and development of youths. He visits the youth facilities on a regular basis and supports youth co-workers.

Qualifications & Experience:

Education:

Master's degree in Social Work/Social Sciences (Bachelor's degree in Education will be added advantage).

Experience:

Leadership experience at a senior management/executive level, preferably within the NGO or public sector; minimum 10 years practical experience in one or more of the following functional areas: child and/or youth care, community development, human resource management, psychology, education.

Languages:

Proficiency in Kannada, both written and spoken, is mandatory.

Working conditions

Posted in Children's Village as a residential co-worker. Travel as and when required.

Applications can be shared at [Confidential Information] with the subject line- Application for Assistant Village Director- Karnataka.