We are still recruiting for 2010!
Volunteering for Krizevac Project to support our projects and social-enterprises is a life changing and exciting opportunity. All of our volunteers are given pre-departure advice and a thorough in country induction and support throughout. Your home for the duration is the beautiful and peaceful ‘Mitsidi Volunteers Village’, about a 15 minute walk away from the main project sites, you will be well cared for with all meals provided in good quality and comfortable houses.

Please act now!
If you wish to apply for any of the current vacancies listed below, please send an email stating which post you are interested in and outlining why you are interested in volunteering for Krizevac Project, along with a CV detailing your skills and experience to info@krizevac.org or phone 0845 003 6004 for further details. All applicants will be contacted by telephone to discuss the next stages of the process.

Current Vacancies (updated May 2010):

URGENTLY NEEDED

1 x Head of Information Technology Training Centre
Start date: September 2010
Duration: 1 year

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and board paid for by Krizevac,
The Beehive IT and Business Training Centre will be constructed by autumn 2010. Prior to opening its doors to hundreds of hopeful graduates, we require an experienced Head who is able to design the curriculum, recruit and train a full support team. You will also recruit trainers and ensure that they have the resources they need to deliver a range of courses focusing on IT skills and business training. It will be essential to develop a sustainable business plan and train a future Head to continue the role at the end of your stay.

2 x Childcare Trainers
Start Date: September 2010
Duration: 18 months

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac. Childcare workers will be crucial members of the team offering children the best start in life in the Chilomoni Children’s Centre (due to open April 2011). A typical childcare worker in Malawi currently has just two weeks of training before starting work. Krizevac Project would like to offer the very best training to current and future childcare workers and so we require two trainers, able to write, adapt and deliver UK NVQ style training to suit a Malawian audience. It is expected that a minimum of 100 volunteers and workers will achieve the equivalent of an NVQ level 2 with a senior team achieving higher levels as a result of this volunteering placement. Suitable candidates will be expert and experienced childcare trainers or professional early years workers with an ability to confidently deliver training.

1 x Land Rover Expert
Start Date: July 2010
Duration: 4 months

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac. You will be helping to set up our Land Rover workshop and training 4 local mechanics in all aspects of Landie maintenance and repair. Krizevac project aims to transform a small fleet of ex-army Land Rovers into a not-for-profit vehicle rental enterprise. We are seeking a Land Rover enthusiast and expert who has a creative approach to working in a challenging situation.

1 x House Manager
Start Date: July 2010
Duration:  1 year

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs. Mitsidi Volunteers Village houses Krizevac Project staff and volunteers. It consists of 19 bedrooms in a mixture of accommodation types, set in beautiful wooded gardens around the main house, where everyone eats together in the evenings. We are seeking an organised and capable person who can co-ordinate all aspects of house management: overseeing 1 cook, 1 gardener, 1 cleaner, organising repairs, maintenance, making sure rooms are ready for new arrivals, managing the food budget etc. Most importantly you will be mentoring a Malawian trainee to continue this role into the future. This is an exciting job and an amazing opportunity to work as part of our fantastic team of volunteers.

1 x Landscape Architect
Start Date: July 2010
Duration:  6 months

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac.
Krizevac Project is currently building an IT training block and a large children’s centre, these two buildings are co-located on one site, next year they will be joined by an administration unit and various small enterprise units. The whole site around these buildings requires the skills of an experienced and creative landscape architect to create designs and oversee the development of all the outside areas. This will include planting designs suited to the Malawian climate as well as developing stimulating and exciting outdoor play areas for the children’s centre.

Primary School Teachers- all subject areas
Start date- varies to coincide with term dates
Duration- 1school year

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs. St James Primary School in Chilomoni is keen to offer their teachers and students support and training in all areas of the curriculum. You will work as part of the team to teach some of the 1900 students aged between 5 and 16 years old. You will also help to identify staff training needs and use your experience to develop and deliver formal training as well as offering mentoring and informal support through role modelling alternative teaching styles. You will be an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher, capable of rising to the challenge of few facilities and up to 125 children in each class.

1 x Information Technology Trainer of Trainers
Start date: September 2010
Duration: 1 year

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs. An experienced and enthusiastic IT trainer is needed to support a Malawian team of IT trainers to develop their skills in all curriculum areas. You will be able to inspire and transfer practical knowledge, so that local trainers can provide quality courses to adult learners. You will be formally training as well as mentoring and supporting through role modelling excellent training skills.

1 x Enterprise and Business Trainer of Trainers
Start date: September 2010
Duration: 1 year
Offer: Flights, medical

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs, An experienced and enthusiastic Enterprise and Business trainer is needed to support a Malawian team of Business trainers to develop their skills in all curriculum areas. You will be able to inspire and transfer practical knowledge, so that local trainers can provide quality courses to adult learners. You will be formally training as well as mentoring and supporting through role modelling excellent training skills.

1 x Children’s Centre Manager
Start Date: January 2011
Duration: 1 year minimum

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs. The first ever Children’s Centre in Chilomoni will be opening its doors to hundreds of needy families at the end of 2010. As the centre will be based on the UK Sure Start model, offering full day care, family and health support; we require an experienced Children’s Centre Manager to oversee the opening and all operations, spending the first year training a Malawian replacement to fulfil the role on completion of this volunteering post. A thorough approach will be needed to establish all policies, recruit and manage staff and operate a budget. Experience of applying for and securing funding would also be of benefit.

1 x Child Protection Trainer
Start Date: January 2011
Duration: 1 year

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs. The safety and wellbeing of all the children in our care and in the wider community is paramount. We require a dedicated and experienced child protection trainer who will be responsible for interweaving preventative chid protection into all aspects of the children’s centre. This will involve liaising local agencies, designing and delivering child protection training and building capacity by training the trainers of the future.

1 x Children’s Centre Community Development Trainer
Start Date: January 2011
Duration: 1 year

Offer: Flights, medical expenses, accommodation and food paid for by Krizevac, once the successful candidate has fund-raised a £1500 donation towards costs. When the Children’s Centre opens at the end of 2010, community involvement and activity will form the life and soul of the centre. The successful candidate for this role will be a lively, enthusiastic, experienced community development worker, skilled in all aspects of participation. You will publicise and encourage involvement, set up family learning groups and activities and listen and respond to community need to ensure centre services are relevant. Experience of securing funding would also be an advantage. Throughout your stay you will be training a Malawian volunteer to undertake the role at the end of your stay.


Construction project opportunities:
Our construction programme is currently fully staffed by volunteers for 2010, we will continue to need, architects, engineers and project managers for 2011 to take on all aspects of management design and build of:
- a two storey reinforced concrete children’s centre,
- a two storey reinforced concrete administration building,
- two single storey factories (Hydraform and timber),
- a sports academy,
- a football pitch (levelling and excavation)
- commercial properties (including a vehicle dealership),
- Millenium Boulevard (road improvement scheme and residential development),
- drainage schemes,
- road construction.
 Please phone or email to discuss up-coming opportunities

Further information on all these posts is available on request. Please also ask if you wish to view our volunteering policy and Malawi volunteer’s guide.

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Our UK volunteers are just as essential as those who choose to go to Malawi. We are looking for:

Fundraisers
Drivers to collect equipment
Administrators
Home workers to run online auctions
School link volunteers

Please enquire online if you wish to become a UK volunteer