Job opportunity - Street Children / Slum Children and Sexual Health

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The Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA), Bangalore, is

urgently searching for Assistant Program Manager & Trainer (fulltime) for its

Sexuality & Sexual Health program for teenage

Street & Slum Children in India. (with the option of becoming the main project

manager/trainer after 1,5 years)

Job Description:

Secretarial and management tasks in support of the Sexuality

Project coordinator (personal assistant);

Interpreter / translator during trainings and meetings of the

Sexuality Project „³ translate between English and Kannada (and

sometimes also Tamil and Telugu);

Co-develop training activities and modules on sexuality, sexual

health and life skills (both trainings for adult NGO staff, as well

as small-group intervention activities for street and slum children);

Co-organize and conduct training programs and (occasional)

conferences on the issue;

Assist in training and coaching of the 5 South Indian street and

slum children¡¦s NGOs that will field-test the Sexual Health

Intervention program;

Coaching of individual staff members on how to work effectively on

sexual health with teenagers;

Contacts to relevant donor agencies, including report writing;

Expand and maintain contacts to the broader Indian NGO world

(networking with relevant NGOs);

Advocacy for sexual health of street and slum children (towards

press/media, NGOs and governmental institutions, as well as

internationally); (after 1,5 years) gradually take over the principal

coordinating role for the entire project.

We are looking for someone who:

Is willing to make a serious commitment to stay in the job for a

minimum of 4 years;

Has a relevant Masters Degree, preferably with post-graduate

training or PhD in a relevant field;

Has a minimum of three years of relevant work ( & training)

experience (preferably at the senior level);

Has a positive attitude towards the full range of sexuality issues;

Has a positive attitude towards working with street / high-risk

slum children and youth;

Has good computer skills (incl. good internet skills, MS Office,

Powerpoint);

Has excellent oral communication skills;

Is Fluent in English and Kannada (both writing and speaking), and

speaks/understands Tamil and Telugu well (oral);

Starting date: October 1st, 2005.

For further job details, ways to apply, as well as more information

on the contents of our program, see the project's website:

http://www.streetkids-SRH.org

Thanking you,

Mr. Meindert Schaap,

Coordinator.

E-mail: <meindert_in_india@...>