Position Title: Project Leader for Inclusive Education
Reports to: KII Director, Shabina Bano
Collaborates with: All Program Leads and entire KHS Team
Salary Range: INR 1,60,000.00 to 1,80,000 per month CTC
Apply By: 30th April 2025
Location: Delhi Office
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Keystone Human Services International designs and implements culturally relevant community-based services and service systems that promote social inclusion and culturally valued roles. Our work with children and families and people with disabilities, as well as our efforts to support legal frameworks, create responsive support systems, and end institutionalization, are all based on the principle that everyone deserves an opportunity to become a fully participating member of their community. We are proud to be a part of a global inclusion movement, alongside advocates, leaders, and organizations form around the world. To learn more about our organization and work, visit our website at www.khs.org.
At Keystone, we are committed to an inclusive workplace. We recognize the research showing that women, people with disability, and persons from certain minority groups are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every task in the job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education and experience to meet minimum qualifications. We believe in diversity and encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for this role.
JOB SUMMARY
The project lead will be overall responsible for the project implementation. He/she will be responsible to guide and lead all school-based inclusive education programs, including providing intensive support, planning, guidance, observations and resources to ten mainstream schools across India. S/he will Support the development of teacher training materials for ten schools in Uttarakhand, as outlined in proposal. S/he works towards change within mainstream schools to include students with developmental disabilities.
Outcome of the project: Build consensus across India towards a shared vision of inclusion for people with developmental and psychosocial disability.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATION
a) Postgraduate in education, inclusive education, disability studies, management or any other related qualification with relevant experience in inclusive education
b) Experience in writing with a history of published work
c) Absolutely meticulous skills in expository writing, clear communication, and perfect English, including voice, punctuation and grammar.
d) 10-12 years of relevant work experience in education, disability or inclusive education
e) Excellent communication skills in English and Hindi, both orally and in writing, and ability to read, interpret and apply written information.
f) Microsoft Office skills and ability to learn and apply intermediate computer skills, including the use of software and other web-based systems.
g) Experience working with International NGOs, drafting documents, and providing hands on support to projects.
h) Must possess strong and effective organizational, time management, and prioritization skills; as well as the ability to work independently and maintain confidentiality
i) Ability to lead and drive the project with a vision to achieve transformational change
j) Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES
I. CULTURAL COMMITMENT
Demonstrates a strong commitment to Keystone Human Services International’s mission and values.
Adhere to all Keystone policies and procedures.
Proactively collaborates and communicates effectively and positively with all associates and departments to uphold a team environment.
Practices Keystone vision: creates an environment where all people, regardless of background and ‘ability’, can grow, make choices, and be valued and contributing members of our community.
Demonstrate behavior that supports and fosters principles of inclusion, diversity and equity
II. TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Identify 2 schools each year based on research and existing alliances
Develop collaborative agreement selected schools
Provide intensive coaching and support to two mainstream schools each year to move them towards accepting and retaining students with developmental disabilities, summating in a total of 8 schools over the course of the grant.
Using PATH planning, and other tools, develop a roadmap towards inclusion alongside each school.
Develop, design and implement an individualized intervention which focuses on whole school environment- practice, policy and culture.
Research and study the results, using the final year of the project to produce analysis, recommendation, and all of the results of this intervention.
Showcase and publish, document the results of these interventions to share the learning and promote other schools to change and shift.
Assist Uttarakhand Schools to include course modules in Disability Awareness, Law and Citizenship into the regular education classroom.
Finalize Module in Disability Awareness, Law and Citizenship for sharing with teachers.
Identify 10 schools in Uttarakhand to work with
Train teachers to deliver module in 10 schools
Gather learnings and results by connecting with teachers, students, parents, and school leaders to give feedback on the impact of these modules on the students.
III. PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
Will be overall responsible for leading the project
Development of workplan and standard operating procedures (SoPs) for the project implementation
Formulating the surveys for identifying the needs of children with disabilities using Prashast tools etc
Meeting the Principals and initiating them about the project goal and outcomes.
Conduct review meeting with all authorities and teachers
Developing the surveys and other evaluation forms
Conducting the training for teachers
Supervision and mentoring of the teachers post training
Assessment of performance of teachers post training
Awareness generation-sensitization, simulation activities for creating inclusive and barrier free environments
Identifying the areas for infrastructural changes in consultation with the school authorities
IV. MONITORING AND EVALUATION:
Review of standard operating procedures for the functioning of this project
Review of data gathered from the school and all reports generated and suggest policy inputs.
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