Samara, a community organization of sexual minorities and sexworkers in Karnataka is recruiting people at senior level. It is a good opportunity for people committed to sexual minority and sexworker human rights issues. Here is Samara’s AD:
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Vacancies in a HIV Prevention Project (Bangalore City)
Samara, a community organisation of sexual minorities and sexworkers, is implementing a focused HIV-AIDS prevention project among sexual minorities in Bangalore City. The main goal of the project is to build an effective, result based and sustainable model for HIV prevention with men who have sex with men and transgenders.
Project Manager (1 post)
Key Roles and Responsibilities
· Managing the implementation of all project activities
· Supporting and handholding the staff
· Monitoring the project outputs and reporting on results, including sending regular reports to the funding agency
· Responsible for staff recruitment, induction and capacity building
· Assist Project Direction Team in conducting regular review and planning meetings with staff
· Establish linkages with other organizations for various purposes
Qualifications and Skills Specification
· Minimum 3 years of experience, preferably in HIV-AIDS Prevention Projects
· Ability to manage high calibre/high performing teams
· Fluency in Kannada and English
Organizational Development Coordinator (1 post)
Key Roles and Responsibilities
· Provide day today hand holding support to the organization
· Facilitate and organise capacity building workshops
· Give inputs for proper governance of the organisation
· Support and ensure proper project implementation
· Provide strategies for effective community mobilisation and collectivisation.
· Build and maintain alliances with other organisations and individuals
· Liaison with the funding agencies for effective program implementation
Qualifications and Skills Specification
- Minimum 4-5 years of experience, with the ability to provide strategic leadership oversight to the organizational design, management and implementation
- Ability to manage high calibre/high performing teams
- Excellent relationship management skills; with the ability to network
- Fluency in Kannada and English
- Excellent computer skills
Interested candidates can send in their CV along with three references to samaraban@gmail.com before 30th September 2009. Samara can be contacted by phone at (080) 22113795.