Nacosa Jobs 2021 for Community Facilitator available. See details below on how to apply for the position of Community Facilitator in Nacosa.
The Determined, Resilient, Empowered, Aids-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) programme provides a comprehensive package of core interventions to address key factors that make adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) particularly vulnerable to HIV. These include structural factors, such as gender-based violence, exclusion from economic opportunities, and a lack of access to secondary school. DREAMS layers multiple interventions at once so that AGYW are surrounded with critical support to keep them safe from HIV and other risks.
NACOSA is collaborating with No Means No Worldwide to implement IMpower, the evidence-based child safety and violence prevention program under the DREAMS program. IMpower Instructors will first go through an intensive 3-week training to learn the proven IMpower system of violence prevention, intervention and recovery. During this training, Instructors will master a 12-hour curriculum for females ages 15-19 years that imparts mental, verbal and physical skills as well as feminist philosophy and human rights.
Job Title: Community Facilitator
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Reference #: 2021033
Contract Type: Permanent/Contract
Salary: Market Related
Job Summary:
NACOSA is looking for a suitable candidate within South Africa to deliver on the implementation of the DREAMS program focusing on the delivery of Impower group-based intervention.
•Participate in 3-week training (full days, M-F) to learn the IMpower curriculum and prevention intervention
•Implementing the IMpower curriculum with girls aged 15-19 years in their own communities and facilitate group training sessions
•Be an ambassador for the IMpower programme, NACOSA and woman and children’s rights
•Contribute to the development of a comprehensive referral network of prevention and aftercare resources and providers i.e. medical, legal, social
•Conduct and collect basic M&E data from youth participants
•Liaise with local child safety, gender-based violence organizations, stakeholders, government sources, other DREAMS partners and schools to ensure active linkages and layering of services.
Requirements:
Required qualifications, skills and experience:
•A Matric Certificate
•Practical experience working with group-facilitation (advantageous)
•Practical experience working within gender based violence programmes (advantageous)
•Read, write, and speak in two official South African languages, of which one must be English
•Good presentation, communication and inter-personal skills
•Proven strong leadership and ambassadorial skills
•The ability to think critically
•A valid driver’s license (Advantageous)
Personal Competencies:
•Passionate about the rights of woman and children
•Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team
•Demonstrate sensitivity, respect, honesty and maturity in interactions
To Apply:
Application Deadline: 12/03/2021
Please note, regular travel is required for this role
PLEASE NOTE:
•Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks, consider your application as unsuccessful. NACOSA reserves the right not to make any appointment in this position.
•NACOSA respects the privacy of its stakeholders and will treat all personal information provided in line with our recruitment policy and in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.
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