Associate- Early Childhood Education

Position:	Associate- Early Childhood  Education	Function:	Public Health
Location:	Madhepura, Bihar	Reporting Relationship:	Project Lead/ Program  Manager
Nature of Employment:	Fixed- term ( Until July 2026)	Number of Positions:	Two (02)

ABOUT AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION

The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged,  with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact  interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Founded over  two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by  the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji, and the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, AIF has  impacted the lives of 21.01 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India.

Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and  governance standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and responsible management of resources.  As per statutory mandates, AIF is registered under 80G and 12A. These registrations and certifications are  tangible evidence of the organization's existence, credibility, and compliance with the applicable legal and  regulatory frameworks while demonstrating a firm commitment to its vision and mission. Learn more  at www.aif-india.org 

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

MANSI, AIF's Public Health Initiative works with the Government to strengthen the delivery of public  health services in geographically hard-to-reach and socio-economically vulnerable communities. Adopting  a life-stage approach, MANSI aims to address the critical Health & Nutrition needs of adolescent girls,  young couples, pregnant and nursing women, newborns, and children under five. Training Frontline  Health Workers (ASHAs, ANMs, & AWWs) in Home-Based Care (HBC) to strengthen individual and family  knowledge about healthy behavior during and after pregnancy, MANSI ensures that pregnant women and  children receive preventive, promotive, and curative care to survive and thrive. The initiative empowers  adolescent girls in sexual and reproductive health and promotes mental well-being. Addressing childhood  undernutrition and anemia across all age groups, MANSI also promotes the adoption of nutrition habits  and feeding practices through behavior change activities in communities and focused supplementation  efforts. Over the last 15 years, the program has served 438,471 pregnant women, provided a continuum  of care to 320,134 newborns, trained 16,584 Frontline Health Workers, and empowered 97,902  adolescent girls to build agency and menstrual equity.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned quality Early Child Education (ECE) activities and  community level engagements in the allotted block.
• Responsible to develop ECE implementation activities plan (weekly and monthly) and implement as per  timeline of the project.
• Responsible for Anganwadi and school mapping and microplanning.
• Facilitate and coordinate quality and timely trainings of Anganwadi Workers, Helpers, caregivers and other
• project stakeholders on ECE.
• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings,  workshops and seminars.
• Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities.
• Responsible to support the field team in coordinating the Mothers Groups, PTM and SMC.
• Responsible to ensure the implementation of Child Safeguarding Policy, RTE and NEP.
• Ensure the enrollment of the Anganwadi children in school.
• Responsible to collect, collate and analysis project data.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Graduate/ MSW/MA Sociology/B.Ed./M.Ed.
• Good knowledge of Hindi and working knowledge of English language.
• 0-2 years of experience in working with Anganwadi, community (SMC, SHG, PRI members, Volunteers) • Experiences and Knowledge of working on ECE and ICDS system would be added advantage • Basic understanding on ICDS and school system
• Prior experience of working with children
• Willing to travel extensively
• Familiar with technology.
• Proficiency in written & verbal communication skills
• Capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals.

Position Availability: Immediately

Salary and Benefits: We offer competitive salary and excellent benefits, be commensurate with experience.

To apply click here.

Please note: Due to the potential volume of responses, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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