Kopila Valley Sewa Samaj (KVSS)
“A world where every child is educated, safe, and loved”.
Kopila Valley Sewa Samaj is a non-profitable NGO registered in Surkhet, Nepal to provide support for children and families in our community. Our programs include a residential children’s home, women’s empowerment center, sustainability, school, health and wellness, and family development. We provide our students a free education, educational materials, health treatment and medicine, counseling, and a place to live. With our innovative future program, we strive to provide our children with career guidance, and scholarships for further studies. We do this with our funding partner BlinkNow Foundation and in close ties with the local government and communities.
The BlinkNow Foundation is a 501(c)(3) based in New Jersey which, through its country office in Nepal, oversees these programs in rural Nepal. Every day we strive to create a sustainable organization working to educate all of Kopila’s children until they are ready to enter the world as happy, skilled, confident, self-sufficient adults. We believe we can serve as a model for quality education in Nepal. We will strive to provide our children with scholarships (should they choose to pursue higher education), the skills required to enter the world as global citizens, and ambassadors for change.
Kopila Valley Sewa Samaj (KVSS)
“A world where every child is educated, safe, and loved”.
Kopila Valley Sewa Samaj is a non-profitable NGO registered in Surkhet, Nepal to provide support for children and families in our community. Our programs include a residential children’s home, women’s empowerment center, sustainability, school, health and wellness, and family development. We provide our students a free education, educational materials, …
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Job Category | : | NGO / INGO / Social work > Project coordinator/ officer |
Job Level | : | Mid Level |
No. of Vacancy/s | : | [ 1 ] |
Employment Type | : | Full Time |
Job Location | : | Birendranagar-1, Surkhet, Nepal |
Offered Salary | : | Negotiable |
Apply Before(Deadline) | : | Aug. 31, 2023 23:55 (8 months, 3 weeks ago) |
Education Level | : | Graduate (Masters) |
Experience Required | : | More than 4 years |
Professional Skill Required | : | Planning Budgeting Team Building Project Management Skills Careercounseling |
Program Coordinator - Futures Program
Futures program is one of the flagship programs of KVSS, which aims at preparing each child for independence and self-reliance through guidance counseling, career education programing, scholarships and higher education fund, and life skills workshops for life after Kopila Valley School.
Position Summary:
The Futures Program Coordinator is overall responsible to plan, implement, monitor and ensure quality program deliverables coordinating with Kopila Valley School and KVSS team so that the children could develop program their full potentials and become self-reliant. The incumbent is excellent at coaching, mentoring and providing support to students and alumni using relevant tools and techniques in exploring their talents, searching for relevant educational institutions and job opportunities, including apprenticeship, on the job, etc. He/she will have coordinating role with various academic institutions and vocational training providers.
Futures program coordinator ensures frequent communications with Kopila Valley Alumni Association members so that a supportive and enabling environment is created. He/she is responsible for documentation of program updates and sharing of updates, and periodic reports with the supervisor.
Application Deadline: Rolling Basis
Must Haves
Education: Graduate in Social Science, or any relevant discipline/s
Experience: At least 4+ years of proven experience in relevant field
Language: A good communicator, and fluent in English and Nepali would be an added advantage
Skills and Abilities: Ability to manage, mentor and lead children and their activities. Self initiator and can work colloboratively and independently with least supervision required.
The Main Responsibilities
Detailed Responsibilities
1) Lead Futures Program in planning, implementation, monitoring and database management, budgeting and reporting
2) Team leadership and management- supervise Futures Program team by setting goals, priorities, and enhance effective integration amongst programs
Additional expectations
The above list of responsibilities is not comprehensive, and the Program Coordinator - Futures Program may be required to take on additional responsibilities, as determined by his/her manager.
Key Characteristics
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