Job Description

 Aide et Action (India) Recruitment 

Aide et Action (India):

Aide et Action (India) is a development organization working in the field of education. In India              Aide et Action is registered as a Not-for-Profit organization under Section 25 (corresponding to Section 8 Companies Act 2013) of the Companies Act, 1956.

We at Aide et Action, work with the vision of ‘Changing the world through education’. Our mission is to ensure access to quality education for the most vulnerable and marginalised populations, especially children, so they can take charge of their own development and contribute to a more peaceful and sustainable world.

Our programs are managed through Offices in Bhopal, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad & Patna.  In line with the emerging needs of our organization, we now seek to fill in the following position. 

Position:                             Consultant – (Communications – National Care Leavers Network) (NCLN)

Number of Vacancies:        1

Location:                             Delhi/NCR, India (blended)

Nature of position:               Consultant 

Duration:                              11 months 

Languages Required:          English, Hind

Summary of Position

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 contain legal provisions that make Aftercare of children, who have attained the age of eighteen years and are leaving a Child Care Institution, the responsibility of the state, for three years, and in exceptional circumstances, for two additional years. The National Youth Policy, in 2014, states that “while the government is working to create support and rehabilitation systems for youth at risk, it is essential to simultaneously build systems to ensure that youth are not forced to put themselves into situations that constitute physical or mental risk. A targeted awareness and outreach program for youth that are likely to be at risk must be developed and undertaken as a matter of priority.” In this context, Aide et Action through its Guwahati Regional Office will be implementing the “Facilitating effective transition of care leavers from Alternative Care to Independence” project supported and funded by UNICEF, Delhi,India office. The project aims at building a National Level association of all State Care Leavers associations to provide a pan-India support platform for care leavers. The initiative shall function as the hub for various initiatives supporting Care Leavers across the country and facilitating common grounds that shall help in facilitating effective mainstreaming of the Care Leavers in the country. 

The Mission Vatsalaya outlines After-care with aim to support the children who are leaving a childcare institution on completion of 18 years of age by providing them with financial support to facilitate their re-integration into mainstream of society. Such support may be given from the age of 18 years up to 21 years, extendable up to 23 years of age to help her/him become self-dependent. In spirit of above, many states have formal or informal networks of care leavers. The networks are essentially involved in supporting care leavers with legal identity documents, housing, job placement and mental-emotional support for their overall wellbeing. Many networks are still at a developing stage and progressing towards being self-reliant and sustainable. Many states are yet to form networks or formally bring together careleavers.Here also, the challenge is to ensure active participation by females and to reach-out to even vulnerable groups like physically and mentally challenged groups, those who are HIV/AIDS infected and those who are from LGBTQ+ community. In short, the care experienced groups is in itself a vulnerable section and there is even more vulnerability among them. Many of them are not traceable with no proper database at state or national level. Thus, this programme aims to further expand and strengthen the national level platform for careleavers towards sustainability. The National Care Leavers Network is an independent body of care leavers, owned, managed, and run by care leavers themselves. An external body comprising of representatives from NGO, government and other stakeholders may provide handholding support for a short period of time till the collective is up and running on its own, and systems of leadership, membership and operations are set up. Specifically, the initiative aims to promote the setting up of care leavers networks in all states and facilitate the creation of an umbrella national care leavers network that works as a federation of all state level associations and NGO led networks. Currently the core membership of National Care Leavers Network is 35 careleavers from nine states.

In above context, the project NCLN is looking forward for a team member:The Communications Consultant to support the project in all its communication, social media campaign and graphic communication activities. 

Key Functions

Produce and manage digital media communications and its outreach

Design infographics, posters, reports, presentations etc for internal as well as external circulation

Social media engagement around program events (both pre and post event), blogs, op-eds, publications and other key communication opportunities

Coordinate events online and offline

Closely work with the AEA India Communication team, and ensure better communication outreach of the project.

Documentation

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Digital media communication and outreach

Strengthen program’s social media outreach by maintaining regular social media activity

Develop creative content in form of impactful infographics, visuals, and short audio-videos products for project’s or AeA’s social media handles, including but not limited to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, and Instagram

Social media engagement around program events (both pre and post event), blogs, op-eds, publications and other key communication opportunitiesTrack program’s engagement on digital platforms including social media, website, emails, events and online publications.

Extracts insights from these numbers to build better content and maintain a monthly or campaign-based reports for these activities

Support in sharing of project’s work within and outside the institution through internal platforms, social media platforms, recap mailers etc.

Organize and manage all digital assets, such as publications, photos, videos, slide decks and other content.

Create and manage interactive emailers through platforms like Pardot and Mailchimp and support in managing email distribution lists, etc.

2. Design support

Visual designing of infographics, posters/banners and short audio-video clips for social media and targeted communication campaigns planned for events, articles, reports or other publications based on given design guidelines using basic design software such as Canva

Assist team in designing impactful and engaging PowerPoint presentations with use of appropriate graphics and design elements

Basic designing and formatting of project documents using Microsoft Word/PowerPoint

3. Other communication support

Support in editing articles, project briefs or program content based on provided language guidelines

Support planning and outreach for offline and online events

Assist in keeping a track of latest developments, news, and updates globally and in India on CareLeavers’ issues

Assist in managing media database (such as press releases, media coverages and media contacts) for program communications

Support in coordinating with program team for updates, review or inputs

Closely work with the AEA India Communication team, and ensure better communication outreach of the project.

Qualification and Experience:

This position is most suitable for a communication professional who has worked on children issues  using multimedia formats, particularly digital media, for communicating with diverse audiences.

Master’s degree, preferably in mass media/communication/journalism/similar

At least three years of full-time post-study work experience in communication, preferably on child rights/children issues

Excellent writing and editing skills in English and Hindi.

Experience in creating and managing social media content. Knowledge of search engine optimization in web content development is highly desirable

Proficient in creating eye-catchy digital content (in visual/audio/video formats) with use of basic designing software such as Canva

Basic photography and video editing skills are desirable

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Ability to convert complex information in well-organized, simple language for wider audience

Ability to take the initiative, brainstorm, think creatively, juggle multiple priorities and work under pressure with tight deadlines.

The candidate must be willing to try new approaches and ideas and be innovative.

Flexible and self-motivated, with capacity to multi-task and prioritize, a self-starter having ability to manage the tasks with minimum guidance

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Canva, Photoshop or any designing tool is a must

Preference will be given to skillful candidates who are also care experienced 

Compensation: The consultancy is spread between May 2024 till March 2025. The incumbent will be paid on monthly consultancy fee of INR.45,000 per month. Travel and per diem allowances will be as per AEA’s policies and subject to project budget provisions. Relocation support will not be provided.

To apply: Aspirants who possess experience & competencies as per the job specification mentioned & consider themselves suitable are encouraged to email their updated CVs along with a Cover Letter highlighting their suitability for the position to recruit.guwahati@aide-et-action.org   with the subject line: Consultant – Communication-NCLN by 25th April 2024. Incumbents are also requested to kindly provide details of their current/last drawn salary in the covering note.

Aide et Action is an equal opportunity employer. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Due to the high volume of applications, not all applicants will receive a response from Aide et Action. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted further. We regret the inconvenience.

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