Programme Officer – CIDC – ‘HCL Uday’- HCL Foundation (HCLF)

Apply by 22nd Sep 22

HCL Foundation (HCLF) was established in 2011 as the CSR arm of HCL Technologies. It is a not for[1]profit-organization, that strives to contribute towards national and international development goals, bringing about lasting positive impact in the lives of people, through long term sustainable programmes. The foundation aims to alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive growth and development.

Active community engagement ensures optimal long-term gains and upward accountability. HCL Foundation works through Life Cycle Based, Integrated Community Development Approach with thematic focus on Education, Health, Skill Development & Livelihood, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction & Response. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain central in all initiatives of HCL Foundation, thus ensuring comprehensive development.

Presently HCL Foundation is implementing five flagship programmes, namely HCL Samuday & HCL Grant – Rural Development programmes; HCL Uday & Clean Noida – Urban Development programmes; HCL Harit (The Green Initiative) – Environment Action programme and 4 special initiatives – Power of One, Sports for Change, HCL Foundation Academy and My E-Haat.

For more details, please visit our website – https://www.hclfoundation.org

VISION To be the source for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development.

MISSION Nurture clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential in partnership with its employees, communities and stakeholders, while promoting volunteerism and establishing international standards of strategic planning, implementation and measuring impact.

HCL Foundation video link – https://youtu.be/DK1wtWG_zJQ

HCL Uday video link – https://youtu.be/AciD-wbA5_4 

HCL Uday HCL Foundation’s flagship urban community development programme – UDAY, seeks to create green, clean, healthy and empowered communities. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, it is developing an integrated solution to break the vicious cycle of urban poverty.

Defining Uday’s approach is its intrinsic belief that urban poor aspire to a life of dignity and self- respect. With the right opportunities, they can take charge of their lives, dare to imagine a different future and work towards it. Our strategies are carefully designed, such that they speak both to their environment and to their ambitions.

Uday’s unique ‘Convergence’ approach brings this philosophy to life. Uniting critical stakeholders– the state, non-profits and HCL volunteers in a rich partnership, it meets its responsibility to the community and supports them in realising their dreams.

Aligned to HCL Foundation’s vision statement, HCL Uday also aims to create source codes for urban socio[1]economic development, prototypes, using step by step approach, convergence and dialogue with duty bearers such that these can be adopted and scaled up by diverse set stakeholders, including communities themselves.

HCL Uday addresses vital issues prevalent in urban areas like access to quality education, universal access to health, sustainable livelihood opportunities, improved water, sanitation and hygiene, environmental conservation including enhanced green cover and solutions to city waste, through campaigns and on ground action for positive urban transformation. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain fundamental.

Currently, HCL Uday is being implemented in 11 cities

HCL Uday – Quality Education for all

HCL Foundation’s belief in the power of communities to lift themselves out of poverty and lead a life of dignity and self-respect lies at the heart of Uday. Echoed across all interventions under Uday, this approach sets the community on the path of resilience and success.

HCL Uday, through its various initiatives, works purposefully towards creating meaningful opportunities that allow communities to imagine an alternate future. The education initiatives of HCL Uday play a critical role in facilitating this transformative change by nurturing critical thinking abilities, and imparting soft-skills that are needed to lead a better quality of life.

HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and adults and promotes education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. Our education initiatives foster human resource development through interventions across all stages of life. Aligned to Goal 4 & Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Agenda, following area the key objectives of our education initiatives:

• Promoting access to quality early childhood development and pre‑primary education for improved school readiness
• Ensuring equal access to all levels of education
• Strengthening quality of primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
• Strengthening leadership skills and creation of participatory decision-making spaces to inculcate democratic governance structures within the schools
• Ensuring basic literacy and numeracy skills for the youth and adults
• Eliminating gender disparities in education We work towards the realisation of these objectives through the following projects

Early Childhood Care & Development (ECCD) – Strengthening Aanganwadi Centres (Early Stimulation and School Readiness)

§ Quality Enhancement of State Schools – ‘My School’ – Improving enrolment and learning outcomes of students through interventions across 4 domains –

(i) Infrastructure Strengthening (child friendly, inclusive spaces);

(ii) Creating Dynamic Learning Spaces (trainings & capacity building sessions);

(iii) trengthening Leadership & Management (creating a participatory form of management including all stakeholders – principal, teachers, students, parents, SMC members, community);

(iv) Community Engagement & Participation

§ Bridge and Remedial Education Centres – Gurukuls (Preparing Children Living in Difficult Circumstances for school, mainstreaming and remedial, after-school support and life skills)

§ Scholarship for meritorious students – ‘My Scholar’

§ Gender Empowerment through a self-efficacy model – ‘My Worth’

§ Inclusion & Child Protection

§ Promoting digital platforms & technology innovations that revolutionise the teaching-learning process

JOB DESCRIPTION Programme Officer- CIDC

Location: Noida HCL Foundation works through a convergence of partners who run programmes for Children Living in Difficult Circumstances (further referred to as CIDC) across various locations. The programmes include protection, education, mainstreaming, remedial support and life skill imparted through bridge education centres called ‘Gurukuls’. ‘Gurukuls’ cater to children belonging to age groups 3 to 18 years of age. This would also include working on specific strategies for children in the pre-school age group, young children as well as adolescents between 6 to 14 years of age.

Vacancy released by HCL Foundation
Vacancy code HCLF/JD/Uday/CIDC/1808022
Programme name HCL Uday
Date of posting 22nd August, 2022
Last Date to Apply 22nd September, 2022
Location Noida

Roles & Responsibilities

• Providing technical support towards effective implementation of HCL Uday CIDC programmes addressing all stages of life
• including early, primary, secondary, adult, digital, sports and civic education as well as imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life.
• Drafting detailed reports to boost the understanding of context of CIDCs in India and HCL Uday Districts basis the geo-political, cultural, community, situational and other factors to strengthen programmes.
• Developing strategies for protection of CIDCs in emergencies and oversee their implementation. – Conducting rapid assessments to identify areas within the specified cities where children are employed in hazardous forms of labour/living in most difficult circumstances and devising a strategy to engage them in meaningful recreational and educational activities
• Developing strategies to identify mobile children living on streets/children living in difficult circumstances/out of school children and work towards their holistic development with a special focus on mainstreaming them into schools where they can access quality education.
• Creating a joyful learning environment through implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum focused on bridging and remediation
• developing foundational skills using innovative techniques such as drama in education, TLM based delivery, sports, arts, culture and music. – Devising strategies for prohibition of Child Labour through a structured programme (10 sectors of NOIDA, 5 sectors of Lucknow and around the identified areas of Bengaluru and Hyderabad).
• Working towards mainstreaming of the children into formal school and monitoring progress through well[1]documented case records with clear M&E indicators.
• Follow-up and ensure remedial support to mainstreamed students to safeguard their integration and adjustment into the school system such that there is no drop-out.
• Regular meetings and advocacy with schools to ensure that children are receiving same quality of education and care as in the Gurukul centres.
• Organizing alumni meetings, events and developing these students as community champions/role models leading a life that their peers in the community aspire towards. – Monitor programme progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets, making adjustments to programme design as necessary.
• Ensure that programmes continue to be informed by and integrated with other themes at HCL Foundation such as early childhood care & development, health & nutrition, skill development & livelihoods, environment and gender & inclusion.
• Work with the Child Protection Task Force at HCL Foundation, train stakeholders/partners/volunteers, etc. who come in contact with children on HCLF’s Child Protection Policy and Procedures. – Identify and document child protection and welfare issues and ensure that relevant duty bearers are informed.
• Contribute towards the development of case studies, manuals, SOPs, policies for management of CIDC programmes.
• Engagement of volunteers in activities and supporting them in planning and implementing their monthly and quarterly activity calendar.
• Planning regular field visits to project locations along with volunteers to understand the needs of the students and monitor the field level implementation of activities by NGO partners.
• Preparing a comprehensive monthly calendar of activities including academics, sports, arts, music and other extracurricular activities for all centres in coordination with HCL Foundation supported NGOs as well as HCL volunteers.
• Maintaining and updating database of project related information.
• Maintaining and updating database of volunteer activities, number of volunteers engaged from various accounts and the total number of volunteering hours generated.
• Maintaining pictorial database of Gurukul and volunteer related activities and functions. – Conducting floor walks with business account volunteers as and when required to ensure effective engagement volunteers in the project

Attributes and Experience:

• Excellent track record of having worked in the development sector especially in the area of child protection, education, sports, arts and developing partnerships with various stakeholders related to the education ecosystem and on-ground monitoring and implementation of programmes.
• 3-5 years of experience of working with CIDC/ child protection/ state schools, especially primary and secondary schools, with evidence of working on quality education, curriculum development, community mobilization, data collection, analysis and documentation.
• Ability to deliver on time, independently, to work with a range of stakeholders, including the ability to perform in a corporate environment and present the work at various forums.
• Experience of managing complex and time-sensitive processes.
• Experience in programme management, volunteer engagement, networking.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Masters in Social Work, Education-related fields, Child Development, Child Psychology or allied areas
• Project Management and Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Documentation and communication

Salary Range: Salary commensurate with experience.

How to apply: – Please submit your CV and a cover letter with the subject line – HCLF/JD/Uday/CIDC/1808022/ –

Attach two page write up on “What is the situation of CIDC in the city you live in, your observations and what is your proposed solution to solving the problem of CIDC?” – Send your application to meha.tiwari@hcl.com marking shweta_joshi@hcl.com in cc latest by September 22, 2022 Due to high applicant volume, we regret that we are not able to send personalized responses to all applicants. Applications are accepted until the position is filled.

HCL Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and promotes inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from all genders, people with disabilities, people with all orientations to apply