An exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team and support social behaviour change, education and job creation is available at gold-youth. We are looking for a full-time Field Support Officer as part of our Provincial Team to support in the delivery of gold field services to Social Franchisees that are implementing the gold model in their communities.
Job Title: Field Support Officer
Job Location: Northern Cape
Requirements :
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Networking skills
- Leadership skills
- People management skills
- Mediation skills, with a temperament given to dialogue and the resolution of issues
- Computer skills – MS Office
- Excellent understanding of peer education and capacity building of stakeholders
- Understanding of GoLD’s training approach, especially the learning model and experiential learning methodology
- Planning and task management
- Good administration skills
- Report writing skills
- Fluent in English and Xhosa or Sotho or isiZulu
- Knowledge of budget management
Characteristics
- Initiative and innovation
- Willingness to go the extra mile
- Creative Problem-solver
- Team-player
- Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change
- Ability to create necessary structure for effectiveness
- Ability to translate vision into workable, structured pieces of work
- Committed to community transformation through youth
- Comitted to living out a lifestyle of character, strong values and personal vision
Qualifications
- Relevant qualification in teaching, psychology, social work, development practice or equivalent experience
- At least two years’ experience in youth peer education programme management including management of related programme stakeholders or relevant community experience
- Valid Drivers Licence essential
Please check the gold-youth website: http://goldyouth.org/category/vacancies/ for Full Job Profile. Please send a 2 page CV with a covering letter to [email protected] with “Field Support Officer” in the subject line.
Aplication Deadline: 31st Jan, 2019