Never Again Rwanda is human rights, peace-building organization that was founded in 2002 and is registered as a Rwanda non-governmental organization. The founding members recognized that the minds of young people were used to destroy Rwanda and leading up to and during the 1994 Tutsi Genocide. Even as a post-genocide society, they observed that
division continued to exist between young Rwandans. Guided by a vision of a nation where young people are agents of positive change and work together towards sustainable peace and development, the founding members established Never Again Rwanda (NAR) to empower youth with opportunities to become active citizens. NAR has four programs: Governance & Rights; Social Economic Development; and Peace–‐building: Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Program (under development).
This job position falls under the Empowering Young Women Entrepreneurs (EYE) Project, which is generously supported by USAID from the American people. The EYE Project’s goal is to contribute to the empowerment of Rwandan women through vocational skills and leadership training so they can gain paid employment, or to be self-employed, and understand and stand up for their rights. The project targets 156 out-of-school female youth between the ages of 18-24 from vulnerable backgrounds to be trained over a period of 3 years (i.e., 52 trainees per year).
Never Again Rwanda (NAR) is urgently seeking for a qualified English teacher to equip the currently enrolled young EYE women in vocational school with basic English knowledge that is very practical and related to their area of specialization. We would like the EYE women to comfortably communicate and be able to express themselves in simple good English. The women are being trained in tailoring, catering, hairdressing, wielding, electronics and construction.
SPECIFIC DUTIES
• The teacher has the challenge of creating a syllabus that is very practical, applicable and relevant to the trainees.
• Give a monthly report to NAR on all the improvements that the trainees have made during her/his teaching period.
• The teacher is expected to teach two hours twice in a week and he/she is required to create a timetable that’s indicates syllabus per lesson. This table will indicate what topics are scheduled for each day of the week.
• NAR expects the English lessons and syllabus to be very practical as a way of preparing the trainees to join the job market more comfortably.
• The teacher is required to share her teaching materials, examination materials as well as results with the NAR’s Program Director and SED Program Officer for comments and approval.
• Together with the SED Officer the teacher is required to arrange a class visit with her at least once in a week, in order to monitor the productivity of the English class and also for the SED Program Officer to able to make a progress report on the English classes.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
• He /She must have a degree in Education, Languages or the relevant to it.
• Must have 1 or more year of English teaching experience and has a clear picture and methods on how to teach English to young women from the rural areas of Rwanda.
• Must be proactive and a self-initiator because this is a new approach in assisting and improving the women’s capacity so they must fully understand the purpose and goal of these English classes.
• Must have experience in teaching rural women or students with no English background.
• Must be ready and prepared to fully integrate with the women in order to fully have product full results.
• Must be result orientated.
CONTRACT TYPE
It’s a three months’ contract, with two hours of teaching per day for two days in a week.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates are requested to submit their CV and cover letters addressed to the NAR’s Programs Director not later than August 13th 2012 by 5:00pm at the NAR office in Kacyiru. Their cover letter should briefly mention a few methods on how they are effectively going to teach English to these rural women enrolled in the EYE Project.
For any more information send an email to nar.economic@gmail.com or call 0788426025.
