Mentor wanted 1715 views

Date: 30th October 2018

OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER

Title of the Voluntary Role: Mentor

Work sites: Kweneng East: (Molepolole, Mogonono, Mosokotso, Mmanoko, Kopong, & Lentsweletau)
Gaborone: (Broadhurst, Old Naledi & Gaborone West)

HOPE worldwide Botswana (HwwB) is looking for young women between the ages of 18 and 29 years interested in volunteering as mentors (for school going adolescent girls and out of school young women). The role will be reporting to facilitators in Kweneng East and Gaborone.

Objective: To provide mentoring support and linkages to appropriate services, enabling the smooth implementation of the DREAMS program within Kweneng East district and Gaborone.

Key Tasks:
• Support recruitment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in DREAMS program
• Engage AGYW to find a safe space for AGYW to meet
• Facilitate group meetings for the AGYWs
• Deliver some of the training curriculum as indicated in the Safe Space Guide
• Build a credible relationship with the AGYWs
• Serve as role models for the AGYWs
• Refer AGYWs to access services and existing resources in their community
• Support facilitators by creating an active environment where a mentor appears as a ‘guide by the side’ encouraging the sharing of knowledge by and with active participants.
• Conduct follow up home visits to AGYW
• Identify and report success stories and most significant changes on monthly basis.
• Report progress on mentorship.
• Participate in QA meetings with DREAMS staff and Case workers.

Please note that this is not considered a permanent or full time job but an opportunity for developing people skills and other relevant skills while volunteering to empowering adolescent girls and young women. The role requires a passion for relationship building with adolescent girls and young women.

Qualifications with Age Restrictions:

Mentor for adolescent girls 10-14 years (17 posts)
• Maximum of 19 years of age
• Minimum of a BGCSE or equivalent (with 36 points or above) or has just completed form 5

Mentor for adolescent girls 15-19 years (36 posts)
• Between 20 to 24 years of age
• Minimum of first year at a tertiary institute and still studying

Mentor for adolescent girls 15-19 years (15 posts)
• Between 25 to 28 years of age
• Minimum of a tertiary qualification in Business Studies, Communications, Economics, or any related qualification
• Must be engaging in work related to the qualification stated above and able to provide at least four (4) hours a week

Behavioural Aspects:
• Must be a young woman from the community and slightly older than the target population, whom the AGYW in the program would identify with, admire and would feel comfortable approaching her.
• Must have social skills and critical thinking capability.
• Must be a good communicator and trust worthy.
• Should be able to organize meetings and complete forms.
• Should be available to work with the community of adolescent girls and young women including during weekends.
• Can be a peer leader that is then capacity built and supported to become a mentor.
• Previous working experience with young people especially AGYW is added advantage.
• Ability to interacting with other levels of HwwB staff.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced commercial environment with serial deadlines.

Application be addressed to:

The Country Director,
HwwB,
Private Bag 289,
Gaborone.

Application should be hand delivered to HOPE worldwide Botswana offices in Molepolole (Borakalalo ward) or HwwB head office (Plot 31366, Gaborone North).
;
Closing date: 6th November 2018; 16:30 hrs.