Trainer

Save Youth Future Society (SYFS) is a non-governmental, non-profit and independent society founded in Gaza in 2001. SYFS work is informed by the necessity of creating independent, self-reliant initiatives that lead to the achievement of sustainable development, and which incorporate values of self-sufficiency and self-empowerment. 

SYFS in partnership with Catholic Relief Services CRS, starts to implement Envision Gaza 2020 Project (USAID-funded project) which aims to create a path for vulnerable populations in Gaza (including youth, women, and other marginalized groups) to become more resilient and self-reliant by (1) providing basic humanitarian assistance to extremely vulnerable households in the form of food and non-food items, and (2) increasing employment opportunities through short-term employment in the form of cash-for-work, cash-for-internship and cash-for apprenticeship, minor capital investments, and job training. 

As a result, SYFS intends to recruit for the following position: 

Title: Trainer
Place: Save Youth Future Society office, Gaza
Report to: Program Manager

Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension

Key Responsibilities:

Identification and recruitment of beneficiaries:  

• Jointly assess the selection of the project beneficiaries with project field assistant and project coordinator on Gaza Governorate levels.
• Connect/coordinate with relevant community centers, associations, and NGOs to outreach activities of the project. 
• Conduct joint on-the-field visits, interview and select potential beneficiaries based on vulnerability criteria as defined from SYFS and CRS.
• Organize “orientation” sessions with selected beneficiaries to make sure of their level of commitment and self-discipline as well as his/her willingness to grow with his/her activity throughout their internships.

Delivery of life skills and key internship trainings

• Plan and organize training timelines according to beneficiaries' availability at workplace.
• Deliver basic management and complementary trainings (such as Marketing) to selected beneficiaries, including theoretical and practical classes, field visits and post-field visits, according to the project methodology.
• Ensure that beneficiaries understand and implement training contents and acquired knowledge through regular and individual follow-up field visits, and mentorship visits during their internships.
• Maintain high quality of training.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with partner employers to facilitate trainings, and mentorship (at different levels, for collection of beneficiaries’ names, fees collection, etc.)
• Jointly develop a relevant communication strategy to outreach the potential beneficiaries to project services. 
• Jointly implement and coordinate monthly activities with project teams and relevant stakeholders
• Jointly assess the specific training needs. 

Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Management

• Identify and report success stories for communication purposes.
• Report to project leaderships major activities bottlenecks and assist in troubleshooting field and skills gabs among beneficiaries and assist on improved skills and developed competencies.
• Any other tasks assigned by project coordinator.