Careers at Shakti

This position is based in Tauranga. The Coordinator will be required to do case management, advocacy, network, manage daily operations of centre and staff.

Skills Required:
- Prefer candidate with educational background either in Women & Gender Studies, Law, Counselling, Social Policy or Social Work
- Basic understanding of managing a centre
- Gender analysis
- Be multi-lingual (with knowledge of at least one Asian, African or Middle Eastern language apart from English)
- Able to meet contractual obligations
- Computer skills
- Telephone skills
- Administration skills
- Understanding of cross cultural environment
- Full driving license
- Ability to communicate to different stakeholders

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

Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience in working with women’s organisations. Past experience is an advantage. Training will be provided.

We also welcome those who wish to join Shakti as volunteers.

Interested candidates can forward their CVs to:
hrd@shakti.org.nz Or Post to:
Shakti Community Council Inc.
P O Box 24448
Royal Oak, Auckland
Tel. No.: (09) 634 5427

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

Skills Required:
- Have excellent administration skills
- Ideally have a degree in human resource management or business administration
- Have good communication, organisation and conflict resolution/management skills
- Relevant work experience in office administration and human resource
- Ability to coordinate, motivate and work with people
- Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Able to think laterally and innovatively
- Have good command of spoken and written English
- Knowledge of New Zealand Human Resource Policies
- Ability to build good interpersonal relationship with staff, clients, networks and other relevant stakeholders.
- 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

Please email your CV to hrd@shakti.org.nz Suitable candidates will be contacted within 7 working days of receipt of CV.

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

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.