Job Description
Shamida’s Vision: We want to see every Ethiopian woman and child have a safe and loving home
Shamida’s Mission: Our Mission is to change the lives of destitute women, orphans and vulnerable children through Protection, Care, Empowerment, & Economic Development.
Shamida’s Values: Radically Inclusive: We welcome, value & respect everyone. Empowering: we give responsibilities, abilities, through skills and knowledge. Learning: we are progressive organization. Leadership: We are pioneers in what we do
Purpose of Post:
To professionally assess the education level of children in the shelter and provide individualised teaching program to help children to achieve their potential.
To help children grow a positive social skill, behaviour and learning non-violent ways of expressing themselves and their emotions
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Education (35%)
- Professional assessment of each child’s ability and designing a learning programme to meet their individual needs
- Conducting regular and planned teaching programmes relevant to individual children’s needs
- Follow-up of those children who are not regular attendees of programme
- Participate, in collaboration with other staff team members, in running life-skills and any other shelter-based activities
- Keep good, accurate and confidential records of all education sessions and make referrals to those who require psychological or psychiatric assessment/treatment
- Provide weekly life skills lessons on education and learning skills within the Life Skills program.
- Participate in regular child care review meetings to help the team build on strategies to best help individual children/their behaviours/their life-plans.
- Monitor children’s needs in order to remediate educational deficiencies
- Create a classroom environment that is conductive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Team & Partnership Working (30%)
- Work with the Shamida team to deliver the service and contribute for good team spirit
- Support the head teacher to ensure quality education is delivered at shelter.
- Support and provide appropriate recommendation regarding best interest determination (BID) panel to guarantee best interest of the children.
- Advocate for educational referral support services for beneficiaries
Planning and Reporting (25%)
- In collaboration with the project team and stakeholders prepare detail annual and quarters action plan and ensure the implementation.
- Closely work with Head Teacher and project staffs in the course of implementing the school program.
- Facilitate and ensure the involvement of children as primary stakeholders in all project work.
- Ensure preparation of timely and quality monthly, quarterly and annual project progress reports.
Respect of confidentiality (10%)
- Strictly respect the confidentiality of data, being the property of the project beneficiaries and Shamida
- Ensure beneficiaries files/ data are properly put and locked
- Comply with Shamida policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedure
- Comply with Shamida policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedure
- Respect the confidentiality regarding the content of interview during assessments.
General:
Comply with Shamida child safeguarding policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Responsible for: Educational classes, life skills training at the shelter
Responsible to: Head teacher
Sex: Female
Job Requirements
Experience
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience for BA and 1 year for MA holders
Education/ Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in psychology or social work
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Be empathetic and have an understanding of the issues surrounding vulnerable children
- Ability to work in a team and independently
- Experience in childcare facilities in providing childcare and support to children of all ages;
- Extensive knowledge on UNCRC and ACRWC
- Experience using evidence-based modes of therapy;
- Experience in the areas of protection including GBV, child protection and psychosocial support
- Interested to work under pressure and in harsh environment
- Previous related experience in NGO setup is an advantage
- Excellent interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills;
- Experience and ability to work with children of all ages including teenagers;
- Ability to participate in collective, non-hierarchical decision making within small team and all staff environments;
- Ability to work both independently and as a team member;
- Essential computer literacy (MS word, excel and internet)
- Able to coach and supervise
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants can submit their non-returnable Cover letter and CV’s through “E-MAIL” to Jobs@shamidaethiopia.com before March 27, 2022
Please mention the Job Title on subject of the email, application letter & CV. Failing to do this may lead to disqualification
