“Youth For Achievements” (YFA) Educational NGO
TITLE: Project Officer/ Monitor
TERM: Full time
START DATE/ TIME: February 2007
DURATION: 15 months
LOCATION: Yerevan, Armenia
JOB DESCRIPTION: “Youth For Achievements” Educational NGO is seeking
for a qualified person to fulfill the position of Project Officer/
Monitor for “Youth Engaged in Society” (YES) school debate club creation
project.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Promote the project in target regions and engage 30 new secondary
schools;
– Recruit teachers and train mentors;
– Supervise the debate club activity in 80 schools involved;
– Organize monthly mentor meetings;
– Pay continuous attention to project website and periodically update
it;
– Organize project competitions at interschool and regional levels,
including coordination of the judges’ activity during the interschool
competition and National Debate Championship.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
– Higher education preferably in the field of education;
– Relevant work experience related to human rights education, civil
society development and training of teachers;
– Ability to supervise and direct the activity of 80 mentors in
schools;
– Profound communication skills and ability to equally well liaise with
school administrations, teachers and students;
– Ability to train teachers with the already developed manual and
methodology;
– Demonstrated teamwork not only within YES project, but also in
interaction with other YFA staff;
– Ability to travel to project target sites up to 80% of working time;
– Upon necessity ability to support other projects and activities of the
organization;
– Excellent knowledge of Armenian and good working knowledge of English
languages and computer literacy.
REMUNERATION/ SALARY: Competitive
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Please submit your resume to YFA Office at:
13/2 Khanjyan str., 4th floor or email it to: yfa@… stating the
position you are applying for in the subject line. Only short-listed
candidates will be invited for an interview.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of
this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its
website – www.careercenter.am, Thanks.
OPENING DATE: 25 December 2006
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 08 January 2007, by COB.
ABOUT COMPANY: “Youth For Achievements” is an educational NGO created
with the mission to promote ideas of democracy, human rights and
humanism and operates in Armenia since 1994. The organization implements
a wide range of projects mainly in the fields of education, human rights
and civil society development. For additional details about the
organization and the project itself visit: www.yfa.am or www.debates.am.
ABOUT: The project was initiated in 2004 and currently covers over 50
schools of 7 towns of Armenia (Echmiatsin, Metsamor, Armavir, Abovyan,
Hrazdan, Gyumri and Vanadzor) and Yerevan and will be expanded to
additional 30 schools in 2007. The goal of YES project is to support
development of civil society through creation of debate clubs in
secondary schools.
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“Youth For Achievements” (YFA) Educational NGO
Yerevan, Armenia
– Promote the project in target regions and engage 30 new secondary
schools;
– Recruit teachers and train mentors;
– Supervise the debate club activity in 80 schools involved;
– Organize monthly mentor meetings;
– Pay continuous attention to project website and periodically update
it;
– Organize project competitions at interschool and regional levels,
including coordination of the judges’ activity during the interschool
competition and National Debate Championship.
“Youth For Achievements” Educational NGO is seeking
for a qualified person to fulfill the position of Project Officer/
Monitor for “Youth Engaged in Society” (YES) school debate club creation
project.
