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By 2030, we’ll reach 50 million underserved children. Through a top-tier, community-led Early Childhood Development system, we’ll ensure every child, regardless of income or background, achieves full brain and body development by age 6.

A world where all children reach their full potential.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Key results

• Establishing strong connections with state stakeholders & officials.
• Strengthen coordination across the state, district & field level for smooth program rollout.
• Become trusted advisor on ECCE. 
• Ensure timely & quality execution of program activities.
• 5 Support planning & delivery of trainings & workshops.
• Track data, document progress & share regular updates

Key activities

• Liaise between RL and WCD for approvals, documentation, and updates.
• Regularly Communicating with all key stakeholders alongside senior officials. 
• Coordination with district officials for program activities & monitoring.
• Taking ownership of the projects/work streams and managing it end-to-end. 
• Prepare dashboards, reports & presentations for review meetings.
• Developing and maintaining relations with multiple government officials.
• Draft official letters, notes, and briefs for departmental communication.
• Support the design & delivery of training for AWWs, Supervisors, CDPOs & other officials.

Areas of responsibility 

• Government liaison & coordination
• Being a team player and supporting the team.
• Prepare a calendar and tracker sheets, track progress, analyze data, and prepare & share updates & reports.
• Assist in planning, coordination & administration tasks.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Ability to liaison with government systems on a regular basis. 
• Ability to take leadership in ambiguous situations, even when unsupervised.
• Good working knowledge of Excel and Canva.
• Seamless communication with your managers and colleagues.
• Close alignment with RL's core values and principles.
• Mission-driven, enthusiastic, and optimistic—committed to transformation.
• Experience of 2-3 years in the development sector.
• Good communication skills for coordination & reporting.
• Self-motivated, accountable & capable of working independently in a government environment.
• Fluency in Odia ​