Tailoring Trainer

Description:

About Women for Women International

We invest in women in 17 conflict-affected countries around the world as they rebuild their lives. We invest where inequality is the greatest by helping women who are forgotten— the women survivors of war and conflict. We help them learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities, and to transform their lives. The women in our direct delivery programs engage in community cohorts who learn to save, build businesses, understand their rights, improve their health, and participate towards transformation for themselves, their families, and communities. For 30 years, Women for Women International has used an integrated approach to innovate; we are a learning organization that listens to data, our country teams, and women themselves to constantly evolve and improve the way we work. 

Since 2002, we have operated in five provinces of Afghanistan. Participants of our program receive vocational training for jobs like animal husbandry, tailoring and knitting, participating in savings and self-help groups, and learn to invest in their businesses as they receive stipends. Through this curriculum, they prepare to earn an income and invest in savings. They are trained by our team to embrace and defend their rights, support decision-making in their households, and create social change in their communities. WfWI programming includes men’s engagement, where male family members and community leaders are engaged as allies and key supporters.

WfWI also support grassroots and local organizations, led by women community leaders, to gain access to resources and capacity-strengthening that improves their ability to respond to their organization and their community’s self-identified priorities. Globally, WfWI advocates to ensure that women’s participation, voice, and leadership are central to the long-term changes we’re driving. Through listening to women, we build the evidence base to engage decision-makers at every level in a transformative effort to sustain an enabling environment for women in conflict-affected contexts. 

Job Summary

Scope of work

Plan, develop and deliver training on basic and advance tailoring skills to groups of Women for Women program participants. Assess the skill level and literacy of the women and deliver material that is appropriate and applicable to the vocational training that will follow. Collaborate with the Social Empowerment, Economic Empowerment trainers to plan course material, schedule participants, synthesize material and maximize training results. Work closely with and assist the Program Officer and the Monitoring and Evaluation team to coordinate, plan and prepare training, assess and update training materials and tools and collect data from the participants.

Duties & Responsibilities

o Orient new participants about Tailoring rules and goals. Deliver all sessions from the WfWI’s curriculum according to an established schedule and provide feedback.

o Provide information to participants about other services provided by the organization such as SE, EE and vocational training.

o Assist in the delivery of training stipend, as required, by following the internal procedures established by the organization.

o Work in collaboration with Trainers and other staff to document and report any change in program participant status.

o Work in collaboration with Trainers and replace other trainers in case of their absence.

o Keep Program Officer updated on problems or issues encountered in the field. 

o Accompany the women into the vocational training, support them how to think about what they learn in forming a business and generating income from it.

o Support with business competition implementation, help the participants how to fill out the template and support those groups who are illiterate.

o Provide after class consultation on how the participants can start their own business, accompany them and support them

o Create a friendly learning environment with encouraging women to start their own business.

o Assess training material needs, take stock/inventory and ensure training equipment and tools needed are readily available.

o In collaboration with other Trainers and Program Officer identify available services and coordinating referrals based on the wishes and consent of the women participants.

v Record Keeping:

o Record attendance of participants at each training session and keep the training attendance records updated in standardized format.

o Maintain daily attendance records of participants and provide to supervisor.

o Contact participants who do not attend sessions to determine whether they should be dismissed from the program.

o Recommend women for dismissal from the program according to organizational guidelines.

o Gather information for and prepare updates on participants as needed.

o Record information about training sessions in trainer journal – including session topics, reactions to material, challenges and other relevant issues.

o Collect data for stories about participants as required along with consent forms

o Undertake written evaluation of each training session upon completion of training.

v Letter Writing and Participant Stories:

o Assist participants with letter writing.

o Support illiterate women for letter writing.

o Make notes of interesting stories.

IV.  Working Schedule and Terms of Payment

The work schedule will be 5 days per week (Sunday to Thursday) As per the organization request. The service provider cannot take any leave of absence and the salary will be deducted for the taken off days.

 In case of childbirth for the service provider, her contract shall be considered on hold for 2 months. No payment shall be given while the contract is on hold.

WfWI-Afghanistan agrees to pay the service provider 35 USD per group:

Job Requirements

Undergraduate degree, specialized training, computer & software system use. first work experience or internship. Capacity to process transactions or services.

At least two (5) years of relevant work experience, preferably with experience in training and/or teaching adults.

Must be knowledgeable of business practices in the local area and capable of providing proper advice and guidance.

Must be attuned to the particular situation and needs of the women in the program so as to give proper advice.

Good administrative and organizational skills.

Good inter-personal skills and ability to work in a team.

Basic computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email.

Fluency in local language required; English language skills an advantage.

VI.    Ethical considerations

The Service Provider must sign the Women for Women Code of Conduct, Safeguarding policy, non-disclosure agreement and whistleblower policy and be willing to adhere to its principles and expected practices. If a breach of the policy or code of conduct takes place the consultancy will be terminated immediately without any financial burden on WFWI. 

VII.    Disclaimer on copyright, data protection

All documents, project designs, drawings, data and information shall be treated as confidential and shall not without the written approval of WFWI be made available to any third party. In addition, the service provider(s) formally undertakes not to disclose any parts of the confidential information and shall not, without the written approval of WFWI be made available to any third party. The utilization of the report is solely at the decision and discretion of WFWI. All the documents containing both raw data/materials provided by WFWI and final report, both soft and hard copies are to be returned to WFWI upon completion of the assignment. All documentation and reports written as, and as a result of the research or otherwise related to it, shall remain the property of WFWI. No part of the report shall be reproduced except with the prior, expressed, and specific written permission of WFWI.

Submission Guideline

To apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter, with clear vacancy number/title in the subject line, via email to Afghanistanjobs@womenforwomen.org

The deadline for submission is Aug 25th, 2024, please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

In order to apply for any vacancy at Women for Women International, the title, vacancy number and location should have mentioned clearly in the subject line of your email else the application will be ignored automatically by the system.

Company: Women for Women International

Location: Nangahar

Posted At: 2024-08-27

Expire Date: 2024-09-07

Years of Experience: 4

Number of Vacancies: 1

Level of Education: Diploma

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