GSLA Mentors at Islamic Relief

Reporting To: Project Officer

Responsibilities Overview:

• Monitor and mentor groups on the GSLA methodological best practices.
• Should attend weekly group meeting as indicated in GSLA training manual phases that will be provided.
• Resolve GSLA members’ conflicts diplomatically and by following the group constitution.
• Refer GSLAs and their members to access other critical services as needed.
• Encouraged participation of all members in meeting procedures
• Check group records for accuracy and consistency
• Request group to recall learning elements from training when deviations are noted
• Encourage group-to-group learning when there are deviations from the norms
• Prompt and guide the groups to think about their constitution during procedures
• Provide group with clear coaching to clarify deviations
• Provide correct technical guidance to group
• Appropriately mentor the conduct of group leaders
• Broaden the network of the groups to the reach other service providers/private sector/sponsors and even open doors to otherwise out-of-reach reach opportunities.
• Correctly collect data from group records

Key competencies:

• Should have ever practised or promoted any community based or membership savings methodologies.
• Should demonstrate social skills such as communication skills and socially acceptable behaviours.
• Empathy & compassion.
• High level of self-awareness and openness to self-reflect.
• Practice active listening and take feedback seriously.
• Should demonstrate an entrepreneurship mindset in order to promote a market-led system.
• Should demonstrate the ability to train/impart skills to other people.
• Ability to collect data.
• monitoring and enhancing the performance of the groups by providing encouragement and constructive feedback.