Job Vacancy @ Concern World Wide – Life and Business Skills Officer
Job Description
Concern Worldwide is a nongovernmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Concern Worldwide integrated programming approach aims to tackle all dimensions of poverty, focusing on the overlapping areas of health, education and livelihoods while maintaining our response to emergencies. Concern fully integrates equality in all its work, with emphasis on a gender transformative approach. Concern Worldwide has been operational in Sierra Leone since 1996. Programme implementation is based in four areas, namely Tonkolili District, Port Loko District and Western Area Urban and Wester Area Rural.
On this note, Concern would like to invite well experienced and professional applicants for the under mentioned additional roles:
Job Title: | LNGB Life and Business Skills Officer |
Project | LNGB – Every Adolescent Girl Empowered and Resilient (EAGER) |
Reports to: | LNGB District Supervisor |
Liaises with: | LNGB M&E Officers, LNGB Data Clerk; BLNS Officers, System Support Officer |
Job Location: | Port Loko field based |
Contract Details: | Seven (7) Months |
Job Purpose: | The LNGB Life and Business Skills (LBS) Officer will work under the supervision of the LNGB District supervisor. S/he will be mainly responsible for coordinating, facilitating and monitoring implementation of the Life and Business Skills curriculum within the program through capacity building, networking, partnership and participation of the communities. S/he will provide practical and emotional support to young girls and teach them the skills they need to enable them to live a successful independent life. S/he will work in partnership with young girls, their families and peers, to identify suitable individual transition plans. |
Main duties & Responsibilities: | Specific Responsibilities: Technical responsibilities, planning and management
Monitoring
Reporting
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Emergency response | Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Sierra Leone Programme is to respond, all staff are expected to be willing to actively participate in emergency responses, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization. |
Person specification: | Education, Qualifications & Experience Required Essential Education
Experience Required:
Desirable Preferred Qualities
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SAFEGUARDING AWARENESS Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy, which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of Programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the Programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents. |
HIV & AIDS
Concern Sierra Leone is committed to respond to HIV & AIDS and to a supportive working environment for those infected or affected. Each staff member is required to contribute to achieving this commitment by:
- Raising awareness and being updated on HIV & AIDS issues
- Protecting him/herself and colleagues
- Sharing information with colleagues and avoiding stigma and discrimination
GENDER
Concern Worldwide in Sierra Leone recognizes that the establishment of equality of opportunity between men and women is fundamental to both the achievement of fairness and to poverty elimination.
Therefore, each staff member of Concern is expected to be sensitive to equality issues in their relationships with colleagues and in their work and to participate in implementation of gender mainstreaming plans, both at the workplace and in Programme
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should apply with:
- An application letter clearly justifying how you meet the selection criteria
- Recent Curriculum Vitae including names and full contact addresses of three (3) referees, one of whom must be their current or most recent employer.
- Candidates must state the position of each referee and his/her relationship to the candidate.
- A copy of a valid labour card must be attached to ALL applications (written or electronic)
- Police Clearance will be required from the successful candidate
Applications should be sent either through email or by hard copy to the following addresses.
You can send through email to [email protected] OR deliver in Hard copy to the below locations
HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 20 Old Railway Line – Signal Hill, Freetown
HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 2B Shamel Street, Magburaka, Tonkolili.
HR Department, 25 Upper Kamara Lane, Back of EDSA sub station, Port Loko
Please mark your application as per the references stated in position above
(by email please put the reference in the SUBJECT heading).
Closing date for receipt of applications for the above vacancy is on the Wednesday 8th June, 2022
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
PLEASE NOTE THAT A COPY OF THE APPLICATION LETTER (written or typed) MUST BE SENT TO THE NGO DESK OFFICER, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, NEW ENGLAND OR EMAILED TO Email: [email protected]
“FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”
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