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
