About the job
Job DescriptionShamiri Institute is seeking energetic and self-motivated team players to join us as Shamiri Fellows to be based in Nairobi County.Shamiri Fellows are recent high-school graduates trained to deliver the 4-week Shamiri intervention without prior formal health training. Fellows receive ten hours of training and weekly supervision from Shamiri Clinical Supervisors. They lead the group-based intervention sessions with high school students with schools that we will be implementing with in Nairobi county. Prior research has shown that Thrive! Fellows are effective — thorough, skillful, clear, and adherent to protocol — at delivering the Shamiri intervention.Roles And Responsibilities
- Delivering intervention activities by facilitating group sessions.
- Observing punctuality on all matters that concern Shamiri.
- Attending supervision meetings as communicated.
- Recording group sessions attendance.
- Reporting to the supervisors any information necessary promptly.
- Acting, with supervision, to help ensure participant confidentiality, health, and safety.
Requirements
- A minimum of KCSE Grade C.
- Aged between 18-22 years.
- Demonstrate the ability to recognize and reflect on one’s own values, attitudes, beliefs, biases, emotions, and past experiences.
- Demonstrate interest in helping others and ensuring their confidentiality, fair treatment, safety, and wellbeing.
- Demonstrate commitment to the broad scope of values, ethics, and goals at the height of the Shamiri mission.
- Possess organizational and problem-solving skills; show that you are responsible. Knowledge of graphic design and video editing tools, such as Adobe suites
- Possess strong communication skills and attention to detail.
- Possess time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
About Shamiri InstituteWe are a youth-led organization shaping the future of mental health by making it affordable for all, personalized to an individual’s needs and circumstances, and integrated within existing caregiving systems and community life. This will help to build a future where young people can thrive across the African continent. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Shamiri was founded in 2018 at Harvard University by award-winning Kenyan entrepreneur and community – mobilizer Tom Osborn and rising global mental health researcher Katherine Venturo-Conerly. Since our founding in 2018, we have worked with over 10,000 youths in secondary schools across Kenya. Through our work, young people have experienced a 40% improvement in mental health and wellbeing, a 14% improvement in social relations, and a 3% improvement in academic grades.
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