JOB OPPORTUNITY
Our Sansar are looking for an Outreach Officer to join our team at the Child Helpline in Birgunj.
Salary – 25,000Rs , food and accommodation also provided (for those who will be live in), health insurance, opportunities for growth with the organisation.
Outreach Officer will be responsible for assisting with the rescue of the children, through referrals from the police, community social workers, public; actively searching any new cases that might need our support; working in the field around Madhesh Pradesh to liaise with the families of the children, to check on the children’s situation, to rescue the children; helping with solution for each case, either by ensuring the children and their families get legal support with prosecution, by ensuring that we get all the permissions from the families or authorities to get the children moved to our centre, by working closely with the Social Worker and other staff to prepare individual plan for each child in a timely manner; helping with linking children with families or with permanent children’s homes; liaising with the families of the children that have already been linked, liaising with families and/or communities that the children come from, gathering constant data on the situation of the children.
Experience working with children is a must and ideal candidate will have field/outreach experience, ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders. Spoken and written English ability and basic computer skills (excel, email, and ideally Google Drive) required. Motorbike driving licence required. The candidate must have experience working with the local communities, authorities, police and a variety of stakeholders.
This is a live in position at the Child Helpline in Birgunj (other options also considered for the right candidate). We are ideally looking for someone from the area or someone who has a vast knowledge of the local communities in Terai and is able to speak Bhojpuri well.
We are looking for the new Outreach Officer to start immediately.