Careers at Shakti

Shakti is looking for a Funding Officer who can advocate and develop funding opportunities for the organisation.

Skills /Qualifications Required:

- Ideally have a degree in business administration or finance
- Have excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Relevant work experience in fundraising
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Able to think laterally and innovatively
- Have good command of spoken and written English
- Be able to lobby and advocate for new projects and their funding
- Ability to build good interpersonal relationship with staff, funders and networks
- Be Multi-lingual (with knowledge of at least one ethnic language apart from English)
- Be empathetic towards working with women and children
- Participate in crisis call response work for women seeking support
- Full driving license required

The Position is based in Auckland and will be full time for 35 hours a week. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Shakti has vacancy for a position of Coordinator based in Christchurch. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Though past experience of having worked in women’s organizations in New Zealand/overseas will be an advantage, appropriate training will be provided to the right candidate.

Skills Required:

- Able to advocate for women's issues and human rights
- Preference will be for candidate with educational background either in Women & Gender Studies, Law, Counseling, Social Policies or Social Work
- People management skills
- Should ideally have a women-centric perspective
- Have decision-making skills
- Be able to coordinate crisis work
- Be able to coordinate and manage a multilingual team, regionally (with knowledge of at least one Asian/Middle Eastern language apart from English)
- Full driving license preferred

Shakti Community Council Inc. is a non-profit, community organization, providing social services to Asian, African and Middle Eastern communities in New Zealand. We need highly motivated and enthusiastic person who like to work with women not-for-profit organization.

Interested applicants are requested to email their CVs to:
HR Officer at hrd@shakti.org.nz or post to P.O. Box 24417 Royal Oak, Auckland
Tel # 6345427

Position is based in Auckland. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Training would be provided.

Skills Required:
- Prefer candidate with educational background either in Social Work, Women & Gender Studies, Law or Social Policy.
- Excellent computer skills
- Report Writing Skills
- Good telephone skills.
- Networking and lobbying Skills.
- Administration skills
- Understanding of cross cultural environment
- Full driving license
- Multi-lingual (with knowledge of at least one Asian, African or Middle Eastern language apart from English)

Qualities:
- Ideally, have a feminist perspective.
- Passion to work in Human Rights area.
- Have a vision for better future for ethnic women and families in New Zealand.
- Able to advocate and stand up for women’s issues.

Interested candidates are requested to email their application letter and CV to
Cresencia Deri Tel: 09 636 8514
Email: hrd@shakti.org.nz, or
Post at P.O. Box 24448, Royal Oak, Auckland

Position is based in Auckland. : Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Past experience in a women’s organisation would be an advantage. Training would be provided.

Skills Required:
- Prefer candidate with educational background either in Social Work, Women & Gender Studies, Law or Social Policy.
- Excellent computer skills
- Knowledge of some government legislation, policies and regulations.
- Ensuring compliance at all Shakti member organisations and maintain quality standards approved by CYFS and NZQA.
- Report Writing Skills
- Good telephone skills.
- Networking, lobbying Skills.
- Administration skills
- Understanding of cross cultural environment
- Full driving license
- Multi-lingual (with knowledge of at least one Asian, African or Middle Eastern language apart from English)

Qualities:
- Ideally, have a feminist perspective.
- Passion to work in Human Rights area.
- Have a vision for better future for ethnic women and families in New Zealand.
- Able to advocate and stand up for women’s issues.


Interested applicants are requested to email their CVs to
hrd@shakti.org.nz
or
post to P.O. Box 24448,
Royal Oak, Auckland
Ph 09- 634 5427

SETAC Ltd is looking for a Course Coordinator. Position is based at Henderson, Waitakere.

Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Skills Required:

- Ability to coordinate educational courses
- Ability to network with tutors, students and manage the administration work
- Ability to organize training /workshops
- Have good knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access
- Able to work in a cross cultural environment with diverse refugee and migrant women
- Be multi-Lingual (with knowledge of at least one Asian, African or Middle Eastern Language apart from English)
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Good phone manners and ability to build good interpersonal relationships

Preference will be for candidates who will have an understanding of women surviving domestic violence

Interested applicants are requested to email their application letter and CV to
hrd@shakti.org.nz
setac@shakti.org.nz
Tel: 09 6345427 / 09 8359510

SETAC Ltd is looking for a qualified English Language Teacher to teach a class of 15 women students over a 12 week period. The course will be delivered 2 hours a day, 5 days a week, Monday to Friday from 10 am to 12 pm. Position is based at Henderson, Waitakere and there will be three such batches a year.
Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Skills Required:

- Preference will be for candidates who will have an understanding of women surviving domestic violence
- Able to work in a cross cultural environment with diverse refugee and migrant women
- CELTA Qualified.

Interested applicants are requested to email their application letter and CV to
hrd@shakti.org.nz / setac@shakti.org.nz
Tel. 09 6345427 / 09 8359510

We are looking for an efficient student/ graduate to assist in working with ethnic youth and developing and facilitating support programmes for ethnic children in family violence.

Position is paid part-time/fulltime: 14 to 28 hours a week, 9am-4pm. Hours are negotiable.

Skills Required:

- Prefer candidate with educational background either in Social Work, Women & Gender Studies, Law or Social Policy
- Excellent computer skills
- Report Writing Skills
- Good telephone skills and networking capacity
- Administration skills
- Understanding of cross cultural issues for youth within ethnic communities
- - Multi-lingual (with knowledge of at least one Asian, African or Middle Eastern language apart from English)

Qualities:

- Passion to work in Human Rights area
- Have a vision for better future for youth and ethnic children in New Zealand
- Able to advocate for children's and young person’s issues

Shakti Community Council is looking for efficient and enthusiastic women volunteers representing Asian, African and Middle Eastern communities. Positions are based in Tauranga, Christchurch and Auckland to assist Shakti's staff in providing support services to ethnic women and children victims of domestic violence in areas of language translation, Crisis pick-up, telephone counselling etc.

Interested volunteers should ideally have an understanding of women’s issues, have a passion to work in the Human Rights area, able to advocate for women's rights / issues.
Hours are negotiable. Training and transport expenses will be provided.