CREA
Job Overview
Location: Patna, Bihar
Reporting: Project Lead – Feminist Leadership, Movements & Emerging Leaders Initiative
Working Hours: 40 hours per week (Full-time; Remote & Field based)
Expected Start Date: Immediate
About the job role
The Program Associate – Meri Panchayat Meri Shakti (MPMS) 3.0 shall work on feminist leadership and movement building on intersections of Gender, Climate Change and SGBV for UP Bihar and Jharkhand. The MPMS program aims to enhance the capacity and knowledge of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs), young girls, and women’s collectives regarding gender-based discrimination and violence, particularly in the context of climate change, in the targeted geography of UP Bihar and Jharkhand.
The Associate will be responsible for supporting field coordination, documentation, and logistics for training and capacity-building programs in assigned locations. This includes conducting daily check-ins with field coordinators and facilitators to monitor on-ground implementation. Additionally, the Associate will engage with various government officials and departments as outlined in the program, particularly focusing on Panchayat Raj and Central Training Institutes in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The Program Associate will work closely with the Program Coordinator, Field Coordinators, and Field Facilitators, who directly engage with young girls, EWRs, women’s collectives, and other community stakeholders. The Associate will receive overall support and supervision from the Team Lead and Project Lead.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Coordination with Partners
▪ Ensure timely Coordination with local CBOs, field coordinators and facilitators
▪ Follow up on and assist local partners and community mobilizers prepare activity plans.
▪ Conduct day-to-day correspondence during the implementation of planned activities with local partners, and report progress and challenges to the Program Coordinator on a regular basis.
▪ Plan and conduct regular field visits to mentor and handhold partners on different programmatic activities.
▪ Attend public events of partners.
▪ Support community-/partner-based training sessions and meetings.
▪ Participate and help in planning CREA trainings as required and as per annual work plans.
▪ Engage with structurally excluded groups CREA works with, including Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) and adolescent girls with disability etc.
Advocacy and Networking
▪ Support CREA’s advocacy initiatives on climate and gender in UP, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
▪ Work with different stakeholders and networks as per the program objectives and CREA’s vision/mission
Reporting and Documentation
▪ Support in collecting, consolidating and reviewing data/information from partner organizations.
▪ Support in collecting stories of change and other data from the field.
Support in Logistics & Community Mobilisation
▪ Fill out partner travel reimbursement forms and other documents for meetings and workshops.
▪ Organize and manage logistics in coordination with the logistics team and local partners for training workshops, campaigns, meetings and consultations, and provide necessary assistance on the same (online and in-person logistics
▪ Send out meeting invite letters, follow up on invitees and prepare resource and meeting folders
▪ Represent CREA in various fora, as and when required.
▪ Prepare drafts of training checklists, handouts or other materials as requested by the supervisor
Qualifications and Skills
▪ Minimum 2-4 years of work experience in the facilitation of training, workshops or working with community-based organisations, especially with young girls and Women Panchayat representatives
▪ Prior experience in facilitating training and workshops for climate and gender (desirable)
▪ Postgraduate in social science or a relevant field
▪ Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in the feminist ecosystem
▪ Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in English and Hindi
▪ Good IT skills
▪ Willingness to travel
▪ Ability to train, build capacity and manage relationships with youths / young girls
▪ Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams ▪ Good organizational skills.
▪ Excellent interpersonal and team player skills.
Note: This job description is a general outline of the key responsibilities and qualifications required for the role and may include additional responsibilities to realign with the specific needs of the organisation.
Life at CREA
Founded in 2000, CREA is an international feminist human rights organization based in New Delhi, India. It is one of the few feminist human rights organizations based in the global South, led by Southern feminists, working at community, national, regional, and international levels. Together with partners from a diverse range of human rights movements and networks, CREA’s work focuses on building feminist leadership, strengthening movements, expanding sexual and reproductive freedoms, promoting rights- based approaches to reducing gender-based violence (GBV), and advancing the human rights of structurally excluded people.
- We like to think of ourselves as a fearless, interrogative, colorful, edgy, sexy flock of birds flying freely to explore, to imagine and to build freedoms together.
- If you are one who is ready to challenge the system when it is needed, you could be one of us.
- If you believe you wish to build a world where an individual must have the agency and right to make choices about sexuality, reproduction and human rights, then you will find the room to explore here.
- Constant learning and sharing of knowledge is an expectation that team members have from CREA, and CREA from team members.
What is being offered:
We are committed to providing a working environment with constant learning and equal opportunity for all. We co-create an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. The salary range for this position is INR 35,000–50,000 per month depending on the candidate’s qualifications and experience and the organisation’s internal equity.
Insurance
▪ Medical insurance of INR 3 lacs/person for employee, spouse/partner and children or any designated individual in the case of single persons, against any kind of hospitalization
▪ Personal accident insurance of INR 3 lacs for employee
Leaves / Holidays
20 days’ annual leave
12 holidays as per the CREA list of holidays
12 days of sick/casual leave
One week of winter break at the end of the year
Note - Please include “Program Associate – Meri Panchayat Meri Shakti (India)– [Your Name]” in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further process.
CREA is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, gender-diverse persons, and individuals from marginalized communities.
