Latest Recruitment at Rafiki wa Maendeleo Trust

Rafiki wa Maendeleo Trust (RWMT) is a charitable organisation operating in rural Rarieda sub-county in Siaya County. The organisation began as a grass-root CBO in 2003 to assist orphaned children and youth with a focus on community empowerment and development.

Vision: People believe in themselves and work together to build a vibrant and progressive community.

Mission: Empower people and build their capacities to create positive change for children and youth within their community.

Purpose Of The Position

Train students in specific technical skills area (Plumbing) and prepare them for formal examinations/trade test.

Job Responsibilities

Training

• Carry out Curriculum Development for plumbing training.
• Develop lesson plans for training.
• Take part in recruitment process of the new students.
• Provide counseling to the students, address their disciplinary issues and assist in Conflict Resolution among them.
• Prepare the students for their final examination and facilitate internal examinations.
• Accompany the class to the examination center whenever called upon.
• Ensure all qualified students are registered for the exams.
• Assist in ensuring that all qualified students pay their contributions to the exams.
• Ensure that the institutions values and principles are communicated to the students and their caregivers.
• Ensure that the institutions rules and regulations are clearly communicated to the students.
• Ensure the students participate in all other related institutions activities.

Information Management

• Keep and file daily attendance registers for the students as well examination records.

Economic Mentoring to Students

• Train and mentor students to acquire skills in developing items for sale and ensure self-sufficiency.
• Facilitate students to meet production deadlines and relevant targets.
• Train the students on how to deal with possible clients so as to enable them have competitive advantage.
• Train the students on how to determine prices of their finished products to enable them engage in profitable ventures out of the acquired skills.
• Train the students on the possible ways of marketing their skills as well as their finished products.

Maintenance of Equipment

• Implement basic procedures that are geared towards ensuring better security of inputs.
• Carry out regular maintenance of equipment and assets i.e. oiling of the machines
• Request inputs from the inventory (and procurement) and allocate them to students for use.
• Report any damage caused and repairs needed in class and respective equipment.
• Lock and open the class (workshop) in the morning and evening.
• Provide recommendations that can improve security of the class and RWMT equipment.

General Maintenance

• Assist in general repair and maintenance on areas that are relevant to the incumbents’ expertise whenever called to.
• Advise the organization promptly on different areas that are related to the incumbents’ field.
• Come up with products for the organizations use whenever called to.

Production

• Spearhead production ventures of the organization with the help of students and casuals where necessary as per the set timelines.
• Supervise casuals and students work in regards to production.
• Ensure that the final products are of good quality so as to maintain satisfaction of RWMT clients.
• Take part in wage preparation of the casual staff engaged in production.
• Take part in conducting interviews for the casuals and staff in incumbent’s area of expertise.

Internal Administration

• Provide quality and timely delivery of production and training reports in their agreed format and deadlines to facilitate follow-up and improvement of the work.
• Maintain follow-up system to ensure efficient processes of production and training activities.
• Actively maintain the internal referral system to ensure beneficiaries are provided with maximum support from the organization’s various expertise.
• Actively participate in the Saturday Psycho-Social Support, for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in the program and build the community’s capacity to eventually run the Saturday PSS on their own.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities which may be assigned by the management from time to time and which are related to the achievement of RWMT’s mission and vision.

Qualifications

• At least Governments Trade Test I and a diploma in the area of technical skills training from a reputable Polytechnic or/and Technical Institutions.
  • Carpentry and Joinery
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Sales and Marketing
• At least two (2) years relevant experience in a similar position.
• Must possess good facilitation/training skills.
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to build harmonious relationships with students.
• Must have developed good intercultural orientation and strong public relations skills.

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Purpose Of The Position

Supervise and develop the Training and Resource Center to be a center of excellence in technical skill-building for Rarieda District; lead the technical skills training team and provide training (as instructor) in line with approved TVETA curriculum and project standards.

Job Responsibilities

Coordination of Training Activities

• Develop a creative and comprehensive plan to market and grow RWMT training programs; lead outreach, networking and awareness-creation initiatives amongst the community, with partners and stakeholders.
• Provide overall guidance and direction on technical skills training activities for the project.
• Coordinate scheduling of timetables for various classes.
• Coordinate the preparation and regular review of curricula for the various technical skills training areas.
• Monitor the training process including development of lesson plans by instructors, delivery processes and connected activities.
• Ensure the timely registration of qualified students for the examinations.
• Ensure that instructors and students participate in all relevant RWMT activities.
• Supervise the process of internal examination of students.
• Oversees student exchanges and other events.
• Lead continual reviews and assessments of services offered by the Center.

Training

• Supervise the development of lesson plans for training.
• Coach instructors in learner-centered teaching approaches.
• Recruit new students.
• Resolve conflicts amongst students and instructors.
• Address student disciplinary issues.
• Teach students on the area of skills training.

Information Management

• Oversee interview process of prospective students.
• Ensure database of students’ personal details and related student records are correct and always up to date.
• Ensure proper data collection and updating of the family profiles to RWMT-sponsored students conform to the RWMT criteria.
• Ensure instructors are maintaining daily attendance registers for the students.
• Keeping (filing) examination records.

Maintenance of Equipment & Buildings

• Implementation of RWMT policies that are geared towards ensuring security of material, equipment and buildings.
• Ensure instructors carry out regular maintenance of machines and equipment, and report any needed building repairs.
• Ensure instructors report any damage caused and repairs needed in class and respective equipment.
• Ensure opening and locking of classrooms in the morning and evening.
• Provide recommendations that can improve security of the class, equipment and buildings.

Economic Mentoring to Students

• Train and mentor instructors and technical students to acquire skills in developing items for sale to boost their self-sufficiency.
• Facilitate instructors and students to meet production deadlines and relevant targets.

Partnership, Networking and Collaboration

• Ensure strong partnerships between RWMT, the government, business and corporate enterprises as well as with other relevant partners.
• Represent the organization in any relevant stakeholder’s meetings.
• Ensure that the organization upholds the government’s policies and procedures of providing quality Technical Education Services.
• Support the Executive Director in liaising with all relevant prime partners for the technical training program

RWMT Values and Ethics

• Ensure compliance with RWMT policies, values and principles by instructors, students under training and their caregivers.
• Protect and help build the reputation of RWMT in the community.

Internal Administration

• Approve the allocation of inputs from the inventory in storage for use by instructors and students
• Maintain and keep up-to-date and accurate records and reports of activities and beneficiaries according to the organization’s requirements.
• Actively maintain the internal referral system to ensure students are provided with maximum support from the organization’s various experts.
• Maintain follow-up system to ensure efficient processes.
• Provide monthly production and training reports in pre-developed formats to facilitate follow-up and improvement of the work.
• Provide quality and timely delivery of all program reports in their agreed format and timeframes.
• Ensure that the integrity of information collected and presented is not compromised in any way whatsoever.
• Participate in Training and Resource Center concept paper and proposal development for donor funding.
• Review projects’ operational budgets in conjunction with the project teams, project accountant and the Finance and Administration Manager.
• Ensure that casual staff member’s working under the Training and Resource Center are rotated and substituted appropriately.
• Take part in the process of wage preparation for the casual staff members working within Training and Resource Center.
• Oversee student ‘earn as you work’ program.
• Ensure that the Training and Resource Center is well-organized and runs smoothly on day-to-day basis.

Governance and Management

• Ensure effective monitoring of all activities undertaken.
• Oversee performance appraisal process of relevant staff members under your supervision.
• Provide timely advice to the Senior Management Team on issues likely to affect/impact project implementation.
• Actively participate in the management and development of RWMT as a whole as a member of the Senior Management Team.
• Line management of all instructors, coordinators, interns and relevant support staff for the Training & Resource Center.
• Provide timely advice to the Executive Director on issues likely to affect/impact project implementation.
• Actively participate in the Saturday Psycho-Social Support Program for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children and build the community’s capacity to eventually run the Saturday PSS on their own.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities which may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time and which are related to the achievement of RWMT’s mission and vision.

Qualifications

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Education or in any of the following specialization, Business Administration, Applied Science & Technology or equivalent from a recognized institution with focused on education/skills-development.
• Higher National Diploma or Diploma from a Technical Institution i.e Trainer Level 1 or 11 on specific technical trade.
• At least five (5) years’ experience in supervision and management; preferably in Technical training sector (TVETA).
• Should have experience in curriculum development specific to (TVETA)

Key competencies:

• Good leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with business community, senior government officials and staff.
• Must have developed good intercultural orientation and be ready to work in close collaboration with people of various ethnic, educational and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Strong public relations skills and including the ability to represent the organization publicly with confidence and integrity
• Should possess strong communication, negotiation, and administration skills.

Special Working Conditions

• The position requires the incumbent to work in a rural set up, long and odd hours when necessary to meet deadlines or respond to specific situations.