Wellness Manager (I-NGO)
Job Categories:
Program Manager/ Assistants (NGO Sector)
Date Posted:
2021-09-16 02:00:00
Employment Type
Full Time
Website
Location:
Eastern Province
Salary:
Negotiable
Phone:
Description:
Job Purpose
The Wellness Manager alongside the Home-Based Education Manager will be responsible for identifying children within the Home-Based Education programme that are most at risk of neglect and maltreatment in their home/community/schools and design intervention strategies accordingly, including educational interventions for parents.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all children on the programme are healthy and strong to receive their weekly exercises/lessons.
- When working with parents, children and other stakeholders, promote human rights for children with disabilities and explain the child protection policy.
- Establish and develop strong relationships with the Social Welfare department and orphanages, and ensure that any cases of neglect/maltreatment are referred to the department.
- Network with other NGOs that assist children with disabilities to ensure the organisation is continually learning and sharing lessons in child protection interventions.
- Conduct continuous Monitoring and Evaluation, supporting the M&E coordinator with data collection and analysis within the programme.
Required Skills and Competencies;
- Ability to initiate development projects in local communities within this geographic location
- Ability to patiently develop and nurture relationships over time with remote communities
- Extremely organized and efficient in completing tasks
- Ability to work effectively with remote or minimum supervision
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Strong financial management skills
- Flexibility with assisting with projects that may fall outside of the immediate job description
- Confident and eloquent in hosting both local and international guests
- Excellent and efficient administrative skills
Primary Areas of Accountability:
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Development Studies or relevant field
- Must have a minimum of 5-7 work experience working with a non-profit in Zambia with a focus on Wellness Management
- Confident in leading community meetings and reporting to local authorities and government partners
- Proficiency with financial management (using Excel, online banking and non-profit accounting systems)
- Knowledge of education for children with special needs and the social/academic challenges faced by children who develop differently
- Experience leading female empowerment clubs or programmes an advantage
- Experience working with differently-abled children is an advantage
- Demonstrated knowledge and compassion for disabled children
- Competency with designing and administering questionnaires
- Competency with leading focus groups
- Fluency in English and Nyanja
- Fluency in Goba and Lozi will be an added advantage
- Competency with organizing and analysing data collected from questionnaires
- Must be willing to stay and work in Eastern Province
If you meet the minimum hiring requirements for the above position, please email your CV and Cover letter clearly stating your salary expectations to: jobs@bemconsult.com and copy in bemconsult@outlook.com
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