Imarisha Vijana Centre
Job Position: Career Guidance Officer
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Kwacha Afrika is seeking a Career Guidance Officer to operate the Labour Market Information and Training Centre (Imarisha Vijana Centre) and to provide information, elementary guidance and advice to young women and men who are looking for employment or who would like to start a small business.
The main clientele will be unemployed youth between 18 and 30 years who had no opportunities to advance beyond Secondary education and who are struggling to make a living. The position will be based in Mombasa running for 12 months with the option for renewal.
Background to the project: The DFID-funded Kuza Project through its Imarisha Vijana approach intends to train, mentor, and refer or link unemployed youth to opportunities in either formal or informal sectors.
It focuses on providing Labour market information, Career Guidance, Short term skills training, Mentoring and other referral services.
Imarisha Vijana Centre- is a one stop service location / drop in centre for Mombasa youth to guide them towards finding employment or to starting a small business.
The project is aligned to the objectives and plans of the Mombasa County and the national government.
Responsibilities
Specific activities are likely to include:
- Managing Imarisha Vijana Centre
- Advertising and announcing the services of the Imarisha Vijana Centre
- Registering and assessing clients (employment seekers)
- Providing job related information to clients
- Counselling clients regarding employment
- Arranging and organising training (including contracting trainers)
- Networking, especially with potential employers
- Sourcing and selecting participants for training
- Arranging follow up to training through mentoring
- Coordinating referral services
- Referring clients to specialised services (e.g., training, micro-finance)
- Maintaining an updated database
- Produce reports
- Manage financial resources
Selection criteria
We are looking for a dynamic and energetic team player with:
- Familiar with local labour market and local economic and business activities (formal and informal) and knowledge of local skills development and microfinance institutions
- Working knowledge of local employment procedures and strong experience in providing career guidance
- BA or at least higher Diploma in social science, psychology or related fields
- Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and organisational skills
- Self-starter and eager to learn
- Excellent written, spoken and numerical skills. Fluency in English is essential, knowledge of Kiswahili is desirable
- Experience in East Africa, particularly Kenya. Experience in Mombasa is desirable
Duration and timing: This is a full time, fixed term position, based in Mombasa for an initial period of 12 months. It’s start date is 1st of July or even earlier. Depending on performance and need, there is the possibility that the contract will be extended.
How to apply:
To apply
Please send your CV and a short cover email to Evans Kasena: kasena@kwachaafrika.org
Cc Michael.Musyoki@adamsmithinternational.com by Wednesday 17th June 2015.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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