Job Purpose

• As a Part-Time Soft Skills Trainer, you will deliver training and coaching to a diverse group of young people who want to develop critical employability skills.
• This will require you to deploy a comprehensive curriculum covering entrepreneurship, financial literacy, life skills, and work readiness.
• Your day-to-day tasks will include supporting, training, and guiding young people, including youth from deprived communities with little or no education, and young people with disabilities or other special needs. • Your role will require patience, understanding and adaptability to meet youth participants’ individual needs to ensure that person-centred approach.
• On top of your demonstrated experience in doing this kind of work, you will benefit from one-week training of trainers by our master trainers.
• If you are passionate about youth innovation, believe in the potential of social innovation, and enjoy working in a fast-paced and creative organisation, then we welcome you to join us.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The duties and responsibilities of the Part-Time Soft Skills Trainers are as follows:

Training of Trainers

• Take part in one-week training of trainers’ workshop to familiarize with RAINS dedicated integrated Soft Skills Curriculum.

Session Preparation

• Review and prepare all training materials ahead of each training session.
• Arrange classrooms and outdoor training spaces ready for session delivery, ensuring all training spaces are sufficiently risk assessed and fit-for-purpose.

Session Delivery and Learning Support

• Lead on the successful delivery of training sessions, to include the coordination and facilitation of both group-based activities and individual tasks.
• Provide targeted support to youth participants to start and work through tasks set with assistance from a training support volunteer.

Behaviour Management

• Successfully manage behaviour during session delivery, working within a robust Code of Conduct framework.
• Escalate any participant behavioural concerns to the RAINS team when necessary.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitor and record participant attendance and maintain other project records as required.
• Implement youth-centred participant pre-training and post-training assessments and course feedback processes.
• Provide inputs into consortium-wide training quality assessments and performance appraisals.

Other

• Facilitate planned visits and presentations to training centres from other PASEWAY partner organisations as and when required.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

PLEASE NOTE: Preference will be given to those candidates who live within the areas of the specified assemblies.

RAINS invite applications from candidates able to demonstrate the following experience, skills and values:

Requirements

• Extensive experience in the design, delivery and facilitation of training for diverse youth audiences in Ghana at the local, regional and national levels.
• Experience in delivering employability skills training to young people
• Experience of using creative training methods such as forum theatre, role play, and graphic facilitation would be highly desired.
• Experience working with disengaged/unemployed youth
• Experience of effective engagement with youth people in a group/training setting
• Experience in using participatory and activity-based training methods to deliver training and assessment activities in youth training programme
• Extensive knowledge of the local operating environment and a track record of engaging youth in mobilisation activities within the stated area of the assembly highly preferred.
• Experience in the planning, facilitation and evaluation of training processes using participatory tools.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to maintain a high standard of accuracy in all aspects of paperwork under highly compliant contracts
• High degree of motivation, initiative and time management skills

Skills

• Fluency in English and Dagbani.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative.
• Ability to work within a Training framework.
• Strategies for working within a gender-sensitive framework.
• A track record of successfully engaging young women in training is highly desired.
• A flexible approach to work – the ability to work at evenings and weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).

Values

• Demonstrated passion for working with youth.
• Interest in youth development in Ghana, especially mobilisation of marginalised youth in disadvantaged communities.
• Commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
• Ability to work to high ethical standards and to uphold RAINS guiding values and principles.

Location: Tamale & Sagnarigu