Restless Development Volunteer Peer Educators Jobs Vacancies in Tanzania

Do you want to be a Volunteer Peer Educator in your university/college with
Restless Development Tanzania?

Restless Development (www.restlessdevelopment.org
is the leading global youth-led development agency whose mission is to place
young people at the forefront of change and development. We have been in Tanzania
since 1993; delivering rights based youth development initiatives in rural and
urban communities through peer-to-peer education led by national and community
volunteers. Presently, the focus of our work is in sexual and reproductive
health and rights, livelihoods and employment, and civic participation across
the Southern Highlands and excluded areas of Dar Es Salaam and Dodoma.

Restless Development Tanzania is recruiting enthusiastic and self-motivated
young university students to be volunteer peer educators in our Next Generation
of Leaders program in Universities based in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma. Selected
volunteer peer educators will participate in an intensive 5 days training
designed to equip them with the skills and knowledge to deliver the Next
Generation of Leaders activities. You will work part-time in your respective
university/college for a period of 12 months engaging in-university/college
youth health and HIV prevention and leadership and career development
activities.

What will it involve?

Training

As an implementer of the peer educator program, you will be trained for 5 days.

The aim of the training will be:

· To provide volunteers peer educator with information and knowledge relevant
to carrying out the peer and work assigned to them

· To provide skills and methods necessary to best deliver, monitor and evaluate
the peer education activities.

· To impact on your life through improvement in knowledge and your personal
behaviour change, life skills, career development, livelihoods and
entrepreneurship skills that will eventually enable you prepare yourself for
job market, self employment as well as enable you to take positive control of
your sexual and reproductive health.

Placement

12 months as a volunteer peer educator in your relevant university/college

What will you do?

You will be based in the university/college leading the implementation of the
NGL activities with the support from the dean of the students’ office. You will
be expected to work with the existing college/university structures including
student government organizations, groups, youth at risk, health workers and
students on a daily basis. You will lead sessions on SRHR and Rights, Condom
demonstrations, Educational sessions on risky behaviours, youth employment and
livelihoods such as leadership, career development , outreach events.

Will you get paid?

To be accepted on the program, you must be willing to be a VOLUNTEER.

What will Restless Development expect of you?

· To work as a team and be collectively accountable for all Restless
Development activities in your college/University.

· To abide by Restless Development value, volunteer code of conduct, and all
the policies governing Restless Development volunteers.

· To remain on the programme for the full 12 months.

What can you expect from Restless Development Tanzania?

· 5 days of training as mentioned above. During this period you will receive
transport allowance as per prevailing rates, meals and accommodation will be
provided.

· Restless Development will work closing with the dean of students office to
sensitise and prepare the university/college to receive the volunteer peer
educators and also support the implementation of the programme.

· Restless Development programme team will conduct monthly support and
supervision visits to all volunteer peer educators in our university and
college we are working.

· You will benefit from a career development session to build your capacity in
seeking for employment

· A certificate will be provided at the end of your service.

Selection criteria

Age 18 – 28 years old
Be a university or college student
Having served as former Restless Development volunteer or any other youth led
organization will be an added advantage.

Still interested?
You are required to complete an application form and in the spaces provided
demonstrate why you think you we should be considered as a volunteer peer
educator.
 

Application Instructions:
Interested candidates are required to follow the link below to apply