Our Mission
To
enable orphaned and vulnerable youth to realize their maximum potential by
providing them with a safe and secure living environment, health care,
education and necessary life skills. Education and service are used to model
and create socially responsible citizens in Rwanda and around the world.
enable orphaned and vulnerable youth to realize their maximum potential by
providing them with a safe and secure living environment, health care,
education and necessary life skills. Education and service are used to model
and create socially responsible citizens in Rwanda and around the world.
Career Vacancies –
October, 2014
Position
1: Executive Advisor
1: Executive Advisor
Reporting
Line: The Village Director
Line: The Village Director
Rationale
Being operational for 7 years, Agahozo-Shalom
Youth Village has grown fast and there is a pressing need to ensure and
strengthen the quality of our programs/activities while we continue to deepen
our external relations within our local and international community of
supporters. One of our key goal is to focus on self-sustaining initiatives in
order to reduce the pressure on fundraising.
Youth Village has grown fast and there is a pressing need to ensure and
strengthen the quality of our programs/activities while we continue to deepen
our external relations within our local and international community of
supporters. One of our key goal is to focus on self-sustaining initiatives in
order to reduce the pressure on fundraising.
It is in view of the foregoing that there is a strong need of an Executive
Advisor to provide daily strategic support in line with realizing the Village’s
mission. He / she will work closely with the Village Director in the execution
and coordination of tasks to ensure the smooth running of the Village’s
operations and development.
Position 2: Communication
& development officer (cdo)
Reporting Line: Executive
Advisor
Advisor
Job purpose:
Serving
as the communication person, the CDO will be in charge of all areas of
internal and external communications and development. She/he will plan
and execute a dynamic communication strategy, which will:
as the communication person, the CDO will be in charge of all areas of
internal and external communications and development. She/he will plan
and execute a dynamic communication strategy, which will:
(i)
Promote the mission of ASYV;
Promote the mission of ASYV;
(ii)
Enhance the visibility of ASYV;
Enhance the visibility of ASYV;
(iii)And
help to develop and foster strategic partnerships with existing and
potential supporters of ASYV in the community and abroad.
help to develop and foster strategic partnerships with existing and
potential supporters of ASYV in the community and abroad.
The good candidate should be a Strategic thinker, excellent in writing,
planning,
public speaking and organizational skills.
Our Kids
The youth of Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village come from all 30 districts in
Rwanda.We aim to select four representatives from each of these districts every
year. All of the children carry the culture of their home, unique talents,
and the insatiable desire to learn and grow. Despite bearing the
weight of incredible hardship, the ASYV kids are survivors. Our students
have insurmountable drive and the determination to overcome their past and
create a brighter future. We invest in Rwanda’s most vulnerable orphans with
the confidence that they are capable of great accomplishments. The ASYV
students are delightful, inspiring, and eager to grow up into happy,
successful adults.
How to apply:
Interested
candidates should submit their motivation and application letters
together
with detailed up to date Curriculum Vitae, photocopies of academic and
professional
certificates and full contact details of three referees.
candidates should submit their motivation and application letters
together
with detailed up to date Curriculum Vitae, photocopies of academic and
professional
certificates and full contact details of three referees.
Applications
should be sent only by email on: career@asyv.org
(We regret that no hard copies will
be received and only short listed
candidates will be contacted).
should be sent only by email on: career@asyv.org
(We regret that no hard copies will
be received and only short listed
candidates will be contacted).
Closing Date: 31st
October 2014
