Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Build and Manage Strong Relationships with Scholar Support Ecosystem
Liaise with SUN Committees to work with public school leadership (principals and Bursars) to support successful and efficient onboarding, and continuous scholarship recipient support
Liaise with the SUN and Gender department to identify students who meet the eligibility criteria for support
Collaborate with Scholarship Officer, SUN facilitators and Gender to deliver mentorship and school holiday programming, including leading on logistics planning
Liaise with families and build their capacity to support scholar's learning and well-being, ensuring they understand their role in the scholar's mentorship
Build strong relationships with local organizations and government institutions supporting vulnerable girls, including teen moms, to create and advance partnerships for recruitment and support of scholars
Spearhead Case Management and Scholar Welfare/wellbeing
Implement scholar welfare/well-being and serve as mentor to scholarship recipients as necessary
Continuously engage the parents/guardians and beneficiaries to ensure the students are enrolled in school, and are informed on any matters arising; Escalate any issues to the Scholarship Officer for action
Identify and flag students at risk of dropping out or those in need of psychosocial support.
Meet with new scholarship students and their families; to onboard them to scholarship programs and policies and ensure they are ready to report to school
Partner with SUN committees on all of the above, working towards community ownership/accountability
Escalate needed cases to Gender
Data Management & Support Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Manage recruitment pipeline from various sources, collecting streamlined data in an organized manner
Conduct data audit and maintain up-to-date scholar data.
Ensure scholars submit necessary documents in a timely manner for continued support
Support with all necessary data collection through home and school visits
Plan home visits for scholars
Maintain up-to-date Scholarship Database
Support Innovation
Contribute to the department's ways of work and process evaluations to improve approaches to delivering the interventions.
Provide insights as they arise to improve programmatic impact and efficiency
Required Skills:
Psycho-social counselling
Data manipulation, analysis and management
Communication
Partnership development
Networking
Qualifications:
At least 2 years of experience working in educational programs or community-based organizations supporting youth.
Minimum Diploma-level education. A bachelor's degree is an advantage
Certification in counselling
Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build personal relationships with students, staff, local community leaders and members, school and government officials
High sense of professionalism in performing duties.
Dedicated, proactive, and results driven.
Detail oriented and well-organized
Propensity to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
SHOFCO Offers:
A dynamic and supportive working environment with a diverse team committed to inclusive development.
Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience and qualifications.
SHOFCO is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve.