SELF-HELP GROUP
NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR
Kindernothilfee.V, which means ‘help for children in need’, is a German non-governmental child rights organisation, founded in 1959, which supports more than 1.5 million children and young people in 32 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Kindernothilfe (KNH) has been working in cooperation with local organizations in South Africa since 1979 and is currently supporting around 20 projects and programs that are implemented by direct partners.
Dlalanathi is a local non-profit-organisation who in a context of trauma and loss has a mission to create unique, healing, playful processes for children youth and families and community stakeholders to restore relationships for positive action and has agreed to coordinate the Self-Help Group Approach (SHGA) programme with the support of KNH from 2021. The SHGA will be implemented by local promoting organizations around the country, initially in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces.
The SHGA is a successful instrument that enhances the living conditions of children and their families in a sustainable way. It empowers the most vulnerable women and children within a community to attain adequate sustainable economic and social living conditions as well as political participation by unleashing and developing their individual potentials in groups and networks. The SHGA tackles the structural causes of poverty by empowering women to increase family income, to address social concerns at household and community levels and to give impetus for political change.
The SHGA Programme is coordinated by the National Coordination Office (NCO) based at Dlalanathi headquarters, consisting of the Self-Help Group National Coordinator (NC) and the Assistant National Coordinator (ANC) if need arises and the size of the programme calls for it. The NC is assigned to follow up and enrich the SHGA Programme and is therefore the focal person for the SHG Approach. The NC is responsible for coordination of the overall SHGA at the national level and is charged with the duty of building the capacity of the promoting organizations, documenting and forwarding the learning to the involved stakeholders and scaling-up the SHGA in the country.
KNH is seeking a highly motivated and competent individual to take up the position of the SELF-HELP GROUP (SHG) NATIONAL COORDINATOR (NC).
Position: Self-Help Group (SHG) National Co-ordinator.
Location: The SHG National Coordinator will be based in Pietermaritzburg. The National Coordination Office is currently located at Dlalanathi’s offices
Contract: 12 months (with a possibility of renewal annually).
Specific Responsibilities:
Coordinate the work of the SHGA promoting organizations in South Africa by following the guiding principles of the SHGA as per the respective manuals.
Travel regularly to conduct monitoring visits to the promoting organizations within the country and provide feedback to the promoting organizations.
Travel to attend the Annual NC’s Meeting and other functions that are organized by KNH from time to time.
Organize regular partner forums and trainings to provide inputs and share experiences on implementation of the SHGA.
Prepare annual budgets, workplans and reports as required.
Review and assess work plans, budgets and reports submitted by the promoting organizations.
Promote awareness on the approach to other interested organizations.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with the promoting organizations, donors and with other external governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.
Supervise the work of the Assistant National Coordinator, as is appropriate.
Provide feedback and prepare the bi-annual reports and updates to KNH as is required.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
The minimum required academic and professional skills for the job holder include the following:
A tertiary degree in Community Development or other related social sciences.
At least 3-5 years’ professional experience in managing community development programs.
Experience in:
working with rights-based approaches.
working with women and strong commitment to children’s rights.
facilitating participatory processes, such as PRA, in communities; and
facilitating budgeting and budget control.
Gender sensitivity.
Strong co-ordination and organizational skills.
Excellent monitoring, analytical, documentation and report writing skills.
Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
Strong networking and partnership building skills.
Openness to learn new approaches.
Highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access, Power-point, and Outlook.
A good team-player, self-driven, capable of meeting deadlines and able to work under minimum supervision.
Willing to travel extensively within the areas of operation and to work extended periods in the field, including externally as need arise.
Ability to interact effectively with local communities.
A valid Driver’s License with at least 5 years experience.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
If you are interested in serving as a SHG National Coordinator and meet the requirements as described above, please submit your application and motivation letter, demonstrating why you qualify for the position, together with your current CV and names of three traceable referees, one of whom should be your most current supervisor, as well as your salary expectations to Robyn Hemmens, dlalanathi Operations Director.
CVs are to be e-mailed to: [email protected] and ccd to [email protected]
Closing date for the receipt of applications is Friday 13th November 2020 at 17h00. KNH appreciates all candidates but please note that it will only enter into correspondence with shortlisted candidates. If you have not received a response by 20th November, then it means that your application has been unsuccessful.