Friday, August 1, 2014

Yuwalaya is Hiring

We are HIRING!!!

Dear Young and Energetic Friends

Yuwalaya, a youth led nonprofit, nongovernment organization working with and for youths in Nepal is developing various creative materials on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) targeted at children and adolescents (4-6, 7-9, 10-14, 15-19 age groups) with special focus on Fire, Earthquake, Landslides, Disease, Flood and Cold wave. So we are looking for some energetic, enthusiastic and creative youths for the following post to complete the following mentioned tasks:

A. Facilitator cum Material Developer - 5 persons
  • Design and facilitate workshop/training/focus group discussion with children and adolescents on DRR.
  • Develop creative materials on DRR (Fire, Earthquake, Landslides, Disease, Flood and Cold wave) for children and adolescents (4- 6, 7-9, 10-14, 15-19 age groups).
  • Develop training materials and user's guide targeted at various users' group.
  • Conduct in-depth review and analysis of the existing DRR materials.

Requirements:
  • Minimum +2 graduate (Preference will be given for child club graduates)
  • Have child and adolescents friendly approach and appropriate ideas
  • Past experience in child/adolescents participation
  • Demonstrated facilitation and training skills
  • Experience on designing, illustration, script writing for drama, comics and advocacy materials will be an advantage
  • Should be able to think and work beyond the box
  • Should possess basic report writing, documentation and computer skills
  • Team spirit and ability to work under pressure

B. Designer cum Illustrator - 1 person
  • Illustrate conceptualized materials that are child friendly and reflects cultural sensitivity.
  • Design behavior change communication (BCC) materials as and when required for the organization.

Requirement:
  • Passionate about illustration/drawing/designing (Preference will be given for Fine Arts students)
  • Should have working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or Adobe Indesign
  • Should be able to bring beyond the box ideas and creativity into designing the materials
  • Learning attitude and interest on child and adolescent issues
  • Ability to work under pressure

C. Admin and Finance Officer - 1 person
  • Perform administrative and financial service like bookkeeping, accounting, preparing payment and petty cash disbursement.
  • Inventory procurement and management.
  • Prepare financial reports.

 Requirements:
  • Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or equivalent with at least 1 year work experience in similar position
  • Ability to work under pressure with limited supervision
  • Good spoken and written English

We are looking for youths who can be a part of our team and our dream. If you meet these criteria and are ready to start work from the first week of August, 2014; then send your application with your CV and letter of interest to us by no later than 2nd August, 2014 addressing the President of Yuwalaya, Jgawal, Lalitpur at yuwalaya.youth@gmail.com. Please label your email “Application for the position: (position name – mentioned above)”.

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