NAL’IBALI IS HIRING STORY SPARKERS X40 POSITIONS

<h3><strong>Story Sparkers &lpar;x40&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Msunduzi Municipality – KZN<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Vulindlela North &ast; Vulindlela South&ast; Edendale &ast; Imbali &ast; Northern and Central Area<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Overview<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Nal’ibali &lpar;isiXhosa for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;here’s the story”&rpar; seeks to spark and embed a culture of reading in children<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>from birth to 12 years of age across South Africa by cultivating enticing reading content in all South<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>African languages&period; We are launching a USAID-funded programme in the uMgungundlovu District of<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>KZN that will strive to improve the early learning outcomes and school readiness of children from the<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>local communities&period; The activities will focus on supporting families&comma; early childhood educators&comma; and<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>other community members who engage with young children&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Can you be a Story Sparker&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>To be a Story Sparker&comma; you must be fluent in English and isiZulu&comma; have a Matric certificate&comma; be computer<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>literate&comma; and demonstrate previous work experience with strong administration skills&period; Most<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>importantly&comma; you must be enthusiastic about growing the love of reading in your community&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>interested in children&comma; and able to engage with children and teachers&period;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Applicants must live within walking distance of the above areas&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Responsibilities<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Conduct home visits to support parents with programme content&comma; support parent and community<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>training workshops&comma; assist with community mapping and participant recruitment&comma; support activations<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>in the community to raise awareness about reading&comma; distribute reading materials to parents and ECD<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>centres&comma; act as a brand ambassador and promote the project in the community and report on key<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>activities&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Closing Date&colon; 3 April 2024<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>2-year contract<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>To apply&comma; complete the form at USAID SS Recruitment or email work&commat;nalibali&period;org with your name&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>surname&comma; Msunduzi Story Sparker in the subject line for the link&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>If you do not hear from us by 1 May 2024&comma; please consider your application unsuccessful&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<a class&equals;"maxbutton-1 maxbutton" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nalibali&period;org&sol;sites&sol;default&sol;files&sol;media&sol;tip-sheets&sol;story&lowbar;sparkers&lowbar;x40&lowbar;0&period;pdf"><span class&equals;'mb-text'>VIEW ADVERT HERE<&sol;span><&sol;a>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;