11/08/2015
Lawyers of Hope and
Play for Hope (US) are working on joint projects to care for the vulnerable
youth of Rwanda through sports training, Christian discipleship, education, and
life skills training. Sites include training sites for neighborhood and
vulnerable youth and a education/soccer academy for extremely vulnerable youth.
It is in this regard
that Lawyers of Ho
pe is looking for professional, qualified employees for a
short period of 3 months to occupy the following positions.
How To Apply
Deadline for
application is Tuesday, 11 August 2015 at 12:00pm (noon).
Interested
candidates need apply with a hard copy including motivation letter, CV, and
copy of diploma where required to Lawyers of Hope offices
Job
Descriptions
1. Office
Manager (1 post)
General
Description:
The office manager
will manage the office including compiling and filing financial and narrative
reports, keeping staff schedules, and all general duties it requires to keep
the office operationally. This is a full time position.
Requirements:
- Proficient
oral and written English and Kinyarwanda.
- Degree
or achieving degree in finance or related field.
- Experience
with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Quickbooks
- Minimum
3 month experience working with Sports Related NGO in financial field.
- Ability
to coordinate schedules and manage time.
- Good communication
skills. – Strong Christian faith
Primary
Responsibilities:
- Compile
and file narrative reports on activities done by staff in Kefa Project to
Lawyers of Hope every Friday to Country Coordinator.
- File
grant requests and pick-up petty cash from Lawyers of Hope accountant and
distribute according to budget to complete grant requirements.
- Track
receipts and expenditures per guidelines and report every week to Lawyers
of Hope accountant.
- Complete
weekly action plan for responsibilities.
- Keep
documents secure per guidelines.
- Attending
weekly devotion.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate
office schedule for when staff is required to come and to keep basic
attendance of staff during staff meetings.
- Translation
of information as needed by international donors.
- Contact
person for organization.
- Make
sure office has sufficient supplies for completing tasks.
2. Technical
Director (1 post)
General
Description:
The technical
director is in charge of all of sports related activities within the project,
including developing long-term program design and managing and following-up on
coaches. This is a full time position.
Requirements
- Minimum
of 5 years coaching experience.
- Experience
as previous technical director is recommended.
- Previous
professional playing experience is a bonus.
- Proficient
in English and Kinyarwanda.
- Good
leadership qualities.
- Certification
with injury prevention programming
- Coaching
Certification
- Strong
Christian faith
Primary
Responsibilities
- Oversee
and approve all practice plan development with coaches.
- Create
3 month coaching goals and programming
- Track
progress for 3 month coaching goals with weekly and monthly action plans.
- Visit
training sites for quality control and assessment.
- Oversee
implementation of injury prevention programming.
- Assist
in creation of tracking all sites athletically.
- Create
equipment grants for coaches
- Attending
weekly devotion.
Secondary
Responsibilities
- Resolve
any conflict not solved amongst coaches and their committee.
- Resolve
any conflict between office manager and education director.
- Management
of visiting coaches to visit sites.
- Seeking
tryouts for athletes.
3.
Educational/Chaplain Director (1 post)
General
Description
This is a part-time
position.
Requirements
- Minimum
1 year chaplaincy experience.
- University
Degree.
- Experience
with Rwandan legal system. Law degree is a bonus.
- Basic
understanding of education system and requirements.
- Strong
Christian faith
Primary
Responsibilities
- Planning
academy athlete bible devotions.
- Coordinate
speakers to come to academy to teach them.
- Oversee
academy education reports to ensure boys are academically eligible.
- Work
with academy manager for long-term planning and overseeing implementation
of academy boys’ future.
- Coordinate
with local churches and organizations to recruit and partner with
volunteer chaplains for training sites.
- Oversee
Monday staff devotions.
- Oversee
general athlete school sponsorships.
- Attending
weekly devotion.
- Coordinating
devotions for training sites with coaches.
Secondary
Responsibilities
- Resolve
any conflict between office manager and technical director.
- Resolve
any conflict between academy athletes and academy staff.
- Resolve
any conflict between volunteer chaplains.
- Help
with making sure legal requirements are being followed by organization.
4. Academy
Manager
General
Description:
Requirements:
- Proficient
oral and written English and Kinyarwanda.
- University
degree or in process
- Minimum
2 years of sports academy management experience.
- Minimum
3 years of coaching background
- Coaching
certification
- Experience
with making reports and handling finances.
- Strong
Christian faith
Primary
Responsibilities:
- File
grant requests and pick-up petty cash from Lawyers of Hope accountant and
distribute according to academy budget to complete grant requirements.
- Manage
staff at academy.
- Create
weekly academy action plans and implement said plans.
- Provide
weekly narrative reports of academy activities.
- Resolve
disputes that occur at academy between athletes or between staff and
athletes.
- Work
with education director for long-term planning and overseeing
implementation of academy boys’ future.
- Report
to Education Director.
- Attending
weekly devotion.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
- Take
care of medical needs of academy athletes.
- Ensure
that proper food is purchased for academy athletes.
- Coordinate
home visits for academy athletes.
- Help
plan celebrations for academies.
- Contact
person for academy.
- Assist
in tutoring athletes.
5. Academy
Educator/English Trainer/Equipment Manager (1 post)
General
Description
Requirements:
- Proficiency
in English, non-native Kinyarwanda speaker strongly preferred.
- Minimum
secondary Degree in Pedagogy.
- Minimum
two years experience with sports equipment management.
- Basic
understanding of sports equipment.
- Good
communication skills.
- Ability
to create English training course.
- Strong
Christian faith
Primary
Responsibilities:
- Creation
and implementation of in-house English training course for academy.
- Evaluating
academy athletes English ability and other classroom progress.
- Day to
day English interactions with academy athletes.
- Paying
school fees and checking on school progress for academy athletes.
- Basic
tutoring help during evenings for academy athletes.
- Tracking
and signing equipment to coaches for practices and matches according to
equipment policies.
- Creating
weekly action plan for English training.
- Attending
weekly devotion.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
None
6. Injury
Prevention/Strength Training Coach/Media Specialist
General
Description
Requirements:
- Certification
in Injury Prevention
- Strong
understanding of Functional Movement Screen.
- Understand
basic exercise correction and strength training modalities.
– Strong
understanding of TRX Suspension training.
- Ability
to capture photos and tell stories.
- Background
in soccer coaching strongly preferred.
- Strong
Christian faith
Primary
Responsibilities:
- Creation
of weekly action plans for strength training and injury prevention
trainings.
- Training
academy athletes in injury prevention twice per week.
- Visiting
other training sites as warranted to create injury prevention programs.
- Reporting
two stories of transformation with accompanying media to Lawyers of Hope
per month.
- Sending
photography and updates to Play For Hope US for updating Facebook, Instagram,
and other forms of social media.
- Covering
project events with photography and written stories.
- Attending
weekly devotion.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
- Assist
office manager in compiling weekly reports as needed.
- Assist
coaches in soccer trainings as needed.
7. Coach (7
posts)
General
Description
Requirements:
- A
minimum of 2 years coaching experience with a football specific
organization.
- Coaching
Certification
- Good
leadership and communication skills.
- Having
coaching experience internationally is strongly preferred.
- Having
worked with coach trainers outside of Rwanda strongly preferred.
– Strong Christian
faith
Primary
Responsibilities:
- Attending
weekly devotion.
- To
attend all required coach-planning meetings.
- Running
practices a minimum of twice per week at their training site.
- Creation
of practice plan for every practice that is run.
- Weekly
action plan and report evaluating success of action plan.
- Working
with head of chaplaincy to coordinate devotions at least once per week.
- Overall
team coordination for practice times and meetings.
- Coordinate
two matches per month for their youth.
- Taking
attendance of athletes at practice sites.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
- Creating
communication between non-coaching staff and children.
- Assist
technical director in finding tryouts with professional teams for their
youth.
- Researching
and creating sustainability projects. (Implementation will begin in
November)
- Three
home visits of athletes on their team per month to see how they are
living.
- Assisting
youth’s problems to the best of their ability with availability of resources
and community support.
8. Goal
Keeper Coach (1 post)
General
Description
Part time job
Requirements:
- Have a
certificate in goalkeeper coaching.
- A
minimum of 1.5 years experience with coaching goalkeepers.
- Professional
experience as a goal keeper is strongly preferred.
- Good
leadership and communication skills.
- Strong
Christian faith Primary
Responsibilities:
- Creating
weekly coaching action plans.
- Training
academy goal keepers a minimum of twice per week.
- Creating
and tracking goal keepers progress in trainings.
- Attending
weekly devotion.
- Pending
transportation money traininggoal keepers from training centers.
- Coaching
goal keepers as needed at matches.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
- Assisting
in strength training program at academy as needed.
9.
Coach/Administrative Assistant (1 post)
General
Description
Requirements:
- A
minimum of 2 years coaching experience with a football specific
organization.
- Coaching
Certification
- Good
leadership and communication skills.
- Having
coaching experience internationally is strongly preferred.
- Having
worked with coach trainers outside of Rwanda strongly preferred.
- In
progress or finalized university degree.
- Experience
managing finances and creating reports.
Primary
Responsibilities:
- Attending
weekly devotion.
- To
attend all required coach-planning meetings.
- Running
practices a minimum of twice per week at their training site.
- Creation
of practice plan for every practice that is run.
- Weekly
action plan and report evaluating success of action plan.
- Working
with head of chaplaincy to coordinate devotions at least once per week.
- Overall
team coordination for practice times and meetings.
- Coordinate
two matches per month for their youth.
- Taking
attendance of athletes at practice sites.
- Assisting
office manager and educational director in tracking finances, report
creation, compiling reports, and all other duties as needed.
Secondary
Responsibilities:
- Creating
communication between non-coaching staff and children.
- Assist
technical director in finding tryouts with professional teams for their
youth.
- Researching
and creating sustainability projects. (Implementation will begin in
November)
- Three
home visits of athletes on their team per month to see how they are living.
- Assisting
youth’s problems to the best of their ability with availability of
resources and community support.
Lawyers of
Hope office: c/o Receptionist
KG 563 St,
Kacyiru/Gasabo
Behind
Umubano Hotel in Solace ministries Building.
For more
information, please contact us on
Tel:
0785247005.