Women Empowerment Program - Tailoring Instructor

Shape the future of women’s empowerment in Kenya! As Tailoring Instructor, you’ll equip women with vital skills, driving economic independence within a leading community-based organization. Use your expertise to mentor, train, and inspire, while directly impacting livelihoods. If you have a tailoring certificate and training experience, seize this opportunity to lead citizen-led change. Apply now!

SHOFCO is a leading community-based organization mobilizing the largest network of social groups in Kenya to provide holistic, needs-driven services and redefine the potential of citizen-led change.

Women Empowerment Program Tailoring Instructor

Rank: Supervisor/Assistant/Facilitator
Section: Member/Client Services
Department: Sustainable Livelihoods
Location / Work station: Kisumu-Obunga
Working Hours: Monday – Friday | 8.00 AM – 5.00PM
Reports to: Reports to Tailoring SWEP Coordinator with dotted lines to the Regional SWEP Coordinator
Direct reports: N/A

Job Purpose

To be responsible for providing Tailoring skills training to the SWEP women

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor the program and maintain relationships by communicating with the women.
• Explore ideas for the economic empowerment of members and the proper utilisation of peer mentoring techniques to this end…
• Recruit and supervise SWEP tailors.
• Identify SWEP tailors training needs and facilitate workshop sessions.
• Keep track of program activity plans and implementation schedules to ensure quality of activities and timely achievement of outputs.
• Keep beneficiaries records and maintain registry book
• Set assessment tests for the tailoring trainees
• Conduct continues trainees knowledge assessment
• Provide monthly progress reports
• Conduct follow ups on absenteeism and dropouts
• Update the training manuals
• Write lesson plans and monthly planner
• Gather customer feedback.
• Assist SWEP team in designing new products for the SWEP Merchandise
• Present the SWEP tailors during site visits and exhibitions
• Participate in exhibition and trade fairs
• Ensure Machines are regularly serviced and maintained.
• Ensure safety measures are adhered to at all times in the workshops
• Ensure resources needed to run the activities are requested on time and track usage
• Organise the trainees monthly meetings
• Assist in organising graduation ceremonies for the graduating trainees

Job Competencies

Academic Qualifications

• Certificate in Tailoring skills training
• Qualification in any relevant field

Other requirements 

• Entry level position
• Proven experience in tailoring skills training facilitation

Functional Skills

• Articulating information
• Examining information
• Providing insights
• Producing output

Behavioural Competencies/Attributes

• Upholding standards
• Interacting with people
• Convincing people
• Team working