OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER – Mentor (with a Stipend)

Title of the Voluntary Role: Mentor (with a Stipend)

Work sites: Kweneng East: (Molepolole, Mogonono, Mosokotso, Mmanoko, Kopong, & Lentsweletau)

HOPE worldwide Botswana (HwwB) is looking for young women between the ages of 19-21 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.

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

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 & Age Restrictions:

Mentor for adolescent girls (30 posts)
• Aged from 19 to 21 years of age
• Minimum of a BGCSE or equivalent (with 36 points or above)

Behavioral 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.