Various opportunities at Voice of Children (VOC), a Nepalese NGO

Employer: Voice of Children, a Nepalese NGO working with street children and deprived families in urban poor areas.

Position: Family Development Program In Charge

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Responsibilities:

• Supervision and technical support to a team of social workers and field worker
• monitoring of the program's activities and results and report writing
• networking activities and family visits (identification of needs, counselling and information)
• development and facilitation of training/ group discussion for the beneficiaries

Person Specification:

• Intermediate/ bachelor or its equivalent in experience
• at least 2 years experience of working in social work in urban poor areas
• strong interest for social and field work and willingness to learn new skills and approaches
• relevant field level experience essential;
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Nepali;
• command of computer software

Proposed salary: Rs.12,000 (negotiable)

Position: Network In Charge
Duty Station: Kathmandu

Responsibilities:

• Identification and coordination with existing services providers to answer the needs of deprived population
• monitoring, documentation of all networking activities and reports making
• keeping the information in database encoding and maintenance
• family visits (identification of needs, counseling and information)

Person Specification:

• Intermediate/ bachelor or its equivalent in experience
• experience of working in social work and field work
• willingness to learn new skills and approaches
• sound communication skills and strong interest in social work and field work
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Nepali;
  command of computer software

Proposed salary: Rs.10,500 (negotiable)

Position: Social Worker

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Responsibilities:

• family visits (identification of needs, counselling and information)
• management of social centres in poor communities and networking activities
• supervision of field workers, facilitation of trainings and reports making

Person Specification:

• Priority in experience working as a social worker at the field in urban poor areas with deprived population
• SLC/Intermediate its equivalent in experience
• strong interest in social and field work and willingness to learn new skills and approaches
• able to speak and write Nepali and English
  Proposed salary: Rs.9,500 (negotiable)
• Position: Psychologist
  
  Duty Station: Kathmandu
  

Responsibilities:

• counsel the street and sexually abused children and assess the psychological condition
• make recommendation and coordinate with concerned person for implementation
• assessment of the situation of family and children during the case study meeting
• prepare and update reports of all the tasks and make new plans for further activities

Person Specification:

• post graduate in diploma on psychological counseling and training about psycho-social counseling
• minimum 2 years experience in the field of children. experience with street children preferred.
• sound knowledge of working with traumatized/victimized children especially sexually abused.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Nepali
• command of computer software
  Proposed salary: Rs.11,000 (negotiable)

Position: Receptionist

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Responsibilities:

• respond phone calls, emails and receive and disseminate information to the concerned person
• prepare documents (reports, letters, notices...) in Nepali and English and arrange meeting and schedules
• keep systematic store and supply materials as per request, record of office equipments and vehicles

Person Specification:

• Intermediate level or its equivalent in experience
• sound communication skills
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Nepali;
• command of computer software, able to use photocopier and scanner

Proposed salary: Rs.7,000 (negotiable)

Position: Vocational Training In charge

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Responsibilities:

• orienting, counseling children willing to attend vocational training
• networking with vocational training providers and implement the activities to facilitate job placement
• organising and conducting training for children and youth
• monitoring of the program's activities and results, reports and manual making

Person Specification:

• Intermediate level or its equivalent in experience
• at least 2 years experience of working with deprived population
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Nepali
• command of computer software
• experience in HR would be appreciated
  Proposed salary: Rs.10,500 (negotiable)

Application procedures:
Submit the CV, a PP photograph and the application letter explaining your motivation and the relevant past experience by e-mail: info@voiceofchildren.org.np or to the Post Box 8975 EPC 1936, Kathmandu in an envelop with "application for the position of ........................."

closing date for the application: 15 March 2008.

Hints from the blogpost: If you have the passion to to work for bringing about the changes for the street children and the people of deprived discriminated communities, VOC may be the right organisation for you. While preparing you CV and writing your application, make your past experience and competencies as much clear and relevant to the person specification so that the employer has better understanding about you.