National Volunteer – Learning Advisor

Volunteer role: National Volunteer – Learning Advisor

Role overview

Working from home and at project location -  In this role, you will spend some time providing part-time remote support (e.g. from your home) to VSO projects or partners, and also a set period working full-time in the project location and/or VSO office.

• To support implementing partners including schools, local service providers and the community leaders to improve learning achievement (literacy and numeracy) of marginalized children.
• To develop teachers’ professional competencies community volunteers and district level project teams ensuring quality of service delivery.
• To provide mentoring and coaching support to the teachers, and community volunteers on quality teaching learning process.
• To facilitate training sessions as per project plans, objectives and deliverables.

Skills, qualifications and experience

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• At least Bachelors Degree in Education (B.Ed) and have experience of teaching, coaching and mentoring, and training to the teachers.

Experience:

• Experience in teaching learning and inclusive education
• Experience in training the teachers
• Experience of working with marginalized and vulnerable children including children with disabilities.
• Willingness to share his/her skills with colleagues in a professional but sensitive manner
• Experience in using the technology

Skills/Abilities:

• Able to frequently travel
• Able to accommodate in diverse socio-economic, and multicultural context
• Fluent in English, Nepali and motivated to learn
• Proven and practical knowledge of peer to peer support to share experience and learning
• Have enthusiasm and the adequate knowledge and experience to continuously monitor, write and evaluate project results and reports on a quarterly and annual basis;
• Good interpersonal skills combined with a flexible and adaptable attitude.
• Excellent communication skills with good command of both spoken and written

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working with/as volunteer.
• Ability to understand and speak local language of the district/community.

Desirable Criteria: (skills that could be an advantage in the role)

Knowledge/qualifications:

• Knowledge of working with community level organizations, local government, and multi-stakeholders

Experience:

• Experience in working with marginalized community.

Skills/Abilities:

• Willingness to share his/her skills with colleagues in a professional but sensitive manner
• Previous experiences of working as VSO in the field of volunteering mainly material development, teacher training would be an asset
• Able to accommodate in diverse socio-economic, and multicultural context

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Equal Opportunities

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

Allowance

As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel, vaccinations, accommodation, and medical insurance costs, along with a local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home. You will also receive some financial support to contribute to your on-going expenses at home.

Accommodation

VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.

Some background about VSO

Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.

Application Procedure

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description for more information. Once you’re ready to apply, click on https://www.vsointernational.org/volunteering/professional/jobs/national-volunteer-learning-advisor-a0m3z00000fsmzdaax  and complete the e online application form.

VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure we protect children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.