Drishti Hiring for Head, Special Education Needs and Training & Development at Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time

Introduction

Drishti is a 25 year old organisation offering services that support children (K-12) with behaviour or academic challenges.

Drishti services may directly impact the child or adult stakeholders who are working with these children. Services that impact the child directly are assessments & therapy (counselling, special education, etc) and those that indirectly impact the child (through adult stakeholders) are capacity building programs and therapy support programs.

Drishti partners with various institutions such as schools and colleges in order to further its reach.

In addition to serving out of its centres in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune, Drishti serves populations in other geographical areas as well.

Use of innovation and technology and a strategic focus on impact have helped Drishti scale to being the largest such organizations in India.

Job Description

This is an exciting and challenging leadership position at Drishti focusing on creating impact through development of capacities among stakeholders working toward inclusive education. It exploits academic knowledge & experiences for development of training and course materials, and requires effective conduct of various capacity building services via both, online* and offline channels.

(* via project Prabhav)

Job Responsibilities:

Organization

• Prepare SEN, NIOS, T&D & e-IEP calendar (communication, CRM, etc.)

• Acquisition of new clients

• Re-engagement with existing clients

• Develop SOPs for department activities

• Develop and implement strategies aligned with organization business goals

• Budgeting for the department

• Team development/bonding

SEN

• Yearly planning (Goals, Registrations, IEP approvals & Schedules).

• Capacity Utilization.

• Plan and perform informal assessments

• IEP definition QES

• Remedial session execution and monitoring

• Preparation / monitor usage of aids/resources as required

• Periodic review of Progress (vis-à-vis IEP)

Training & Development

• Delivering effective induction / refresher programs

• Conducting Training Need Analysis at the Organizational and Individual level

• Managing all training needs and activities

• Managing feedback and improvisation

• Creating reports of training programs

• Ensuring weekly updates and reporting on the primary documents

• Development of new capacity building programs (courses, workshops, webinars, etc.)

• Managing all content development and training as per plan

• Constantly striving to improve both content and delivery for optimum capacity building outcomes

• Managing content and training team

Educational Qualification:

• M Ed Special Education, OR

• M Ed (general) with Diploma in Counselling/Special Ed

Personal Attributes

• Excellent Conceptual & Analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills & time management skills

• Attention to details

• Ability to create and maintain work networks/relationships

Job Types: Full-time, Regular / Permanent

Salary: ₹45,000.00 – ₹55,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Day shift

Experience:

• total work: 5 years (Preferred)