Job Description

Cesvi is an international non-governmental humanitarian organization, working in 26 countries throughout the world. Cesvi is dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of poverty in the world’s poorest countries through the mobilization and active participation of the recipients of aid. Cesvi has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1998 in three key areas. Environment, Health and the Protection Sectors.
Cesvi’s activities in the protection sector revolve mainly around support to vulnerable children and orphans. Following a traditional course of action adopted by Cesvi in various countries around the world, a “House of Smiles” was inaugurated in Harare in 2005. In this ‘House of Smiles’, children who are orphaned and those living and working in the streets receive material and psychological assistance to enable them to regain their lost self-esteem.
In order to capacitate these vulnerable children with music skills, Cesvi requires the services of a volunteer with a passion is sharing their expertise with these children for at least 1-2 hours maximum per day.

Job Title: Volunteer- Music Trainer
Workstation: The House of Smiles (HoS) Harare
Start date: TBA
Duration: Subject to Volunteer’s availability
Salary: No remuneration will be paid
JOB SUMMARY
Key Responsibilities of the volunteer
The Volunteer Music Trainer has the sole responsibility of scouting, enrolling and training street children who drop-in at the House of Smiles (HoS) how to play various musical instruments that include Marimbas, piano and guitars. The idea being to scout for talent and nature it to the fullest such identified talent. And where possible, to link particularly gifted children with music academies for further talent development and growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

Main tasks and responsibilities
 Registering and Keeping the daily attendance register of the children attending Music Classes.
 Training and teaching children how to play Marimba Instruments, other related instruments,
dances, etc.
 Identifying talent and nurturing such identified talents for further development.
The Volunteer Music Trainer has the added responsibility of identifying and courting potential music academies to take an interest in developing musically talented children from challenged backgrounds, particularly street children, as a street exit strate

 Assisting in linking particularly gifted children with music academies for continued talent development and consolidation.
 Network with relevant organisations and entities in the music industry with a view to foster partnerships and mutual relationships.
 Building relationships with the children.
 Helping to identify children in difficulty and linking them with the House of Smiles Staff for
psychological support and for further management.
 Assisting in Protecting the younger children and girls from bullying by the older children.
 Writing periodic progress performance reports of the enrolled children.
 Performing any other duties as requested from time to time.

Qualifications and Experience

Requirements
Essential
 Proven competency in playing Marimbas, piano and guitar.
 Competencies and patience in training and working with raw beginners who have not handled or played
a Marimba, piano or guitar before.
 Passion and dedication in interacting and working with children from challenged backgrounds,
particularly street children.
 Excellent and demonstrated team player.
 Ability to write reports.
 Able to work under minimal supervision.
Desirable
 Excellent oral and written communication skills.
 Experience in collaborating with diverse stakeholders, such as local CSOs, partners, government officials,
donor representatives, and visitors, both local and international teams.
 Excellent interpersonal and attributes
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
 Transparency: ability to build trust amongst the children and other staff members, thus contributing towards the achievement of the overall objective and the desired measurable results of the activity.
 Inclusiveness: understands and accepts the diversity of the challenges faced by children on the streets and provide a tolerant, positive, and supportive environment that fosters respect, protection and building a relationship of trust.
 Professionalism: promote the organization’s interests, objectives and values in a diligent and professional manner,
 Accountability: takes responsibility of individual and collective actions, promotes CESVI vision and mission.
Functional competencies
 Ability to work under pressure, as part of a team or independently, and meet deadlines consistently,
 Ability to respond to requests on short notice and simultaneously plan and execute several activities,
 Proven leadership, interpersonal, and gender sensitivity, with the ability to build and motivate slow
learners.

How to Apply

THE POSITION IS OPEN TO ZIMBABWEAN NATIONALS ONLY.
Interested suitably qualified and experienced persons should submit, by the 27th June 2024.
 
a CV (maximum 3 pages), inclusive of at least 3 contactable references from organisations worked for
a cover letter (maximum 1 page) in the same file of the CV

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted on the status of their application.
Indicate on the subject: Volunteer Music Trainer
DO NOT send any certificate or IDs as annexes, as this will be asked at a later stage
Send application to e-mail address: [email protected]
SAFEGUARDING
Cesvi has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons or partners.
Cesvi commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records check or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process performance.
PLEASE NOTE: due to the high number of applications received, feedback will be only provided to short-listed candidates. Only short-listed candidates will be updated on the status of their applications and will be subjected to first go through safeguarding checks with the ZRP criminal records clearance.