Families and Futures Coalition Volunteer Officer

Key Responsibilities: 

Volunteer Coordination (40%)

• Support education coordinator with all incoming volunteer and intern applications and correspondence
• Plan with admin officer for logistics for all individual volunteers, visitors and school groups who come to the hub, including making budgets and creating itineraries
• Provide an orientation and support volunteers with relevant logistics
• Ensure all volunteer, visitor and school group visits run smoothly
• Coordinate airport pickups and drop-offs for volunteers and visitors
• Teach basic Swahili classes to volunteers

Preschool (20%)

• Help screen volunteers to select those who will do well at TST preschool
• Provide day to day support for volunteers placed in the preschool and oversee any projects they undertake

Silverleaf Afterschool Program (20%)ajira

• Support volunteers and student teachers in implementing daily afterschool program
• Help coordinate purchase of supplies and materials for afterschool program as requested

Site Management (20%)

• Support update, supply and maintenance of volunteer housing at Silverleaf and TST
• Liaise with Silverleaf as needed to handle any issues arising around the shared site**

Required Candidate Qualifications

• Tourism or volunteer support background and relevant experience
• Fluent spoken and good written English
• Willing to work more flexible, unusual hours in exchange for significant time off during the usual work week
• Comfortable using Google Drive and Google Docs/Word and Google Sheets/Excel
• Extensive cross-cultural experience

Preferred Candidate Qualities

• Energetic, extroverted and friendly with new guests
• Good to excellent Kiswahili knowledge and ability to teach basic classes OR willingness to quickly learn
• Able to handle conflict and mediate between groups with competing needs
• Drivers license or ability to drive manual vehicle