ActionAid Kenya YOUTH TRAINER

ActionAid seeks a dedicated and innovative local trainer to our Global Platform. The trainer will be part of a team running and improving the Platform’s Global Volunteer Course and Global Intern course, as well as developing new courses. Details of the job are as attached.

The Global Platform in Nanyuki, Mt. Kenya region is located in a rural setting outside Nanyuki and has been run by ActionAid as a training centre for Kenyan and Danish youth since 2009. The activities at the Global Platform are supporting the mission of ActionAid International, a worldwide movement of people committed to end poverty together and create development. Through education and awareness building in both rich and poor countries, we provide citizens with tools, skills and knowledge to enable them to act collectively to bring about social change.

Training4Change

Training4Change trains youth from ActionAid’s global youth network Activista, volunteers from high income countries, youth from ActionAid’s partner organizations in low and middle income countries, and passionate young people inspired to change their community for the better. Approximately 4000 volunteers and professionals are trained annually at courses at our training centres in Tanzania, El Salvador, Nepal, Jordan, Kenya, Myanmar and Denmark and in the near future in several other countries. As an employee in Training for Change, you will be part of a team of approximately 40 colleagues around the world. Your closest colleagues will be 6 other facilitators/trainers and a Platform Manager at Global Platform Mt. Kenya. You will refer directly to the Global Platform Manager.

The Global Platform Concept

The activities at the Global Platforms (GP) feed into the overall aim of ActionAid’s Traning4Change programme. The fundamental aim of the GPs is to empower young people to create positive social change. The GPs are founded on experiential and participatory learning techniques. The GPs create social change through training, capacity support, mentoring, networking, cultural exchange and incubation of young people with innovative ideas. The training element is central to the work and the outreach of the Global Platforms, however, the GPs are more than just youth training centres, they are spaces for innovation, incubation, creativity, solidarity, cultural exchange and growth in a myriad of ways.

How to apply:

To apply send your CV and application/motivation letter (minimum one half pages in a separate document) toglobalplatform-kenya@ms.dk . Kindly specify the position applied for on the subject line of the email. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted