St.Xaviers College, Mumbai
About us:
The XRCVC is a resource unit for visually challenged persons and is involved in a range of support services and development work with visually challenged persons.
The centre has an active advocacy programme looking into accessibility issues for persons with vision impairment. Our core areas of focus have been Copyright Challenge – access to the printed word and financial accessibility. We have also been involved in other accessibility issues- such as scribe guidelines, accessible infrastructure etc. To know more about us you can visit our website www.xrcvc.org
In the last 4 years the XRCVC has been recognised as a nodal organisation working in the field. We believe in working in small and dynamic teams which can multitask.
Who are we looking for to join Our Team?
An enthusiastic candidate with a Social Science background (Masters and Social work orientation preferred). Able to direct ones own work as well as take on the responsibility of cutting across expertise and roles in the full running of the XRCVC and its activities. We are looking forward to candidates willing to commit for at least 3 years.
The role involved would be:
– Administrative responsibilities to run the centres day to day activities
– Documentation and communication involved in reporting and correspondence
– Volunteer coordination for visually challenged students and persons
– Student counselling and Student development work
– Driving the Advocacy programme at the centre
– Conceptualising, conducting and implementation of the awareness programmes and modules
– Being able to plan and strategise XRCVC activities and plans
We are open to any person starting off fresh or with 2-3 years of experience. Remuneration will be based on experience.
Application Process: 20th April 08. You can send in your applications to jobs@xrcvc.org or contact us on 022-22623298 or 022-22932698. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Neha Trivedi
XRCVC
# 022-22623298