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  • Posted: Jun 4, 2018
    Deadline: Jun 5, 2018
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    The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world.
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    Vocational Skills Instructor- Tailoring and Hair-Dressing

    About the job 

    The Instructor will be in-charge of conducting skills training to 50 students who will be undertaking Tailoring and Hairdressing course in Kalobeyei Settlement. The instructor will deliver high quality vocational skills training to the selected trainees for Tailoring and Hairdressing courses. The position holder will be responsible for fully preparing the trainees towards skilled job opportunities.

    Main Responsibilities

    • Prepare Schemes of work/work plans, lesson plans and lesson notes, record of work covered, learners’ evaluation and progress records, stock records for all training materials, tools and equipment in the workstation. 
    • Maintain daily class attendance register 
    • Deliver standardized curriculum for the specified Vocational Skill Courses for learners in the refugee camps and host community.  
    • Design and prepare materials, resources and information to be used in respect of programme deliver 
    • Employ appropriate teaching and learning strategies to communicate subject matter to students. 
    • Guidance and skills development to ensure that learning standards are maintained and improved.  
    • Maintain proper documentation process and records of the training progress, assessment and quality of the training. 
    • Modify, where appropriate, instructional methods and strategies to meet diverse students’ needs. 
    • Encourage the development of communication skills and higher order thinking skills through appropriate assignments to the students 
    • Develop and explain methods that fairly measure students’ progress toward students’ learning outcomes. 
    • Evaluate students performance fairly and consistently and return students’ work promptly to promote maximum learning 
    • Coordinate the advertisement, interviews and selection of the students to be trained on Tailoring/hairdressing course.  
    • Installing and management of operating equipment and fixtures for Tailoring/Hair-dressing class.  
    • Conducting safety checks on training equipment. 
    • Document lessons learned from training activities, community meeting and assist in preparing training reports.  
    • Participate in regular lessons learned feedback sessions with the project team.  
    • Conduct other duties as assigned by the supervisor and/or management

    About you: 

    • A Diploma or Certificate in Tailoring/Hair-Dressing from a reputable training institution. 
    • 2 years relevant experience in hands-on training on Tailoring and Hair-Dressing  
    • Knowledge and Skills in training Community Based Vocational courses  
    • Strong self-starter, able to take initiative 
    • Good planning and organizational skills coupled with problem solving capabilities. 
    • Hands on- community mobilization.

    DRC Core Competencies 

    In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:  

    • Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.  
    • Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.  
    • Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.  
    • Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 
    • Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

    Position Description 

    Location : Kakuma 

    Contract Duration: 5 months (renewable contingent on funding) 

    Reports to: Lead Vocational Skills Instructor 

    Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council terms of employment for National staff.

    Key stakeholders: 

    Internal: Programme Management Unit, M+E staff, implementing field teams, support team, Kakuma Senior Management Team, community workers.  

    External: Local government authorities, other NGOs, Donors and Implementing partners

    General 

    Commitments: 

    DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework

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    Community Safety Facilitator

    ABOUT THE JOB 

    The CS facilitator will play key roles in implementing the Community Safety project in Kalobeyei. Community safety Facilitator will work directly with Refugee community in Kalobeyei Settlement and host community living around Kalobeyei and local authorities to strengthen their capacity to improve safety at the community level. This includes, but is not limited to, facilitating community dialogue on conflict, provide training on conflict management and support the strengthening of community – formal security provider relationships.

    MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS 

    • Act as primary link between the assigned target communities and DRC/DDG; 
    • Responsible for assisting Local authorities in target areas with selecting target communities in accordance with DRC / DDG selection criteria and process; 
    • Liaise with community leaders and local government authorities about the safety in the assigned target communities (i.e. community entry);  
    • Facilitate dialogue and other activities aimed at reducing armed violence and including activities to strengthen local conflict management capacity and to promote better collaboration between local communities and formal security providers 
    • Ensure good cooperation with partners and other organisations working in the project target areas; 
    • Ensure excellent collaboration with DRC/DDG staff and partners from other target areas irrespective of their tribal identity; 
    • Compile the required monitoring forms and reports using the prescribed DDG formats and submit reports to the Project Coordinator Weekly and on Monthly basis. 
    • Provide inputs and participate in the development of community Safety Concept; 
    • Ensure that all tasks allocated by the DRC Kakuma Area Manager and DDG project Coordinator or their delegates are executed promptly, efficiently and in accordance with DDG operational guidelines; 
    • Take good care of all assigned equipment including communication equipment; 
    • Ensure that there are receipts for all expenses and compile all receipts according to DRC/DDG financial guidelines by the end of each week financial reporting period and submit to the Kakuma DRC Finance officer. 
    • Fully adhere to DRC/DDG procedures for security, financial management, logistics, human resources and administration; 

    DRC CORE COMPETENCIES 

    In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:   

    • Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.   
    • Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
    • Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.   
    • Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 
    • Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values

    ABOUT YOU 

    • A university degree/Diploma or equivalent work experience, preferably in peace studies, political science or related field; 
    • Exceptional understanding of local dynamics that lead to armed violence (ideally in arid and semi-arid parts of Kenya); 
    • Open-minded and committed to finding non-violent ways to mitigate conflict and promote inter-communal peace and collaboration; 
    • Cultural and gender sensitivity; 
    • A team player: able to demonstrate a constructive, cooperative and problem-solving approach; 
    • Experience with community peace and/or development work. 
    • Experience of working in insecure environments;  
    • Fluency in Ngaturkana, 
    • Strong ability to communicate constructively to various different groups of people including; community (elders, women, men, spiritual leaders etc.), warriors, Security providers (KPRs, Police, APs), Government officials (chiefs, DOs, DCs) etc.;

    REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS 

    Line manager:    DDG Project Coordinator

    Other key relationships: Internal: DRC Kakuma Protection Team leader, DRC Kakuma Area Manager, DRC Kakuma Finance and Admin officer.

    External: Local communities, local government officials, other INGOs, LNGOs and CBOs.

    POSITION DESCRIPTION 

    Location:  Kakuma, with extensive travel within Turkana County 

    Start of Contract & Duration:   Immediately, 6months (renewable contingent on funding)

    GENERAL 

    Commitments: DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff and volunteers are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework into the work of DRC.

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