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• Offer education and training support, resourcing and guidance and ensure strong national communication at all times.  The Education & Training Manager will ensure the relevance of programmes to national issues and at the same time will engage with the regional programmes and experiences in order to sharpen and ground national education and training activities;
• Be responsible for developing and disseminating materials and implementing awareness raising activities, educational courses and workshops, and mentorship programmes.  The Education and Training Manager is both a resource to and implementer of these programmes;
• Ensure that information and analysis is shared within the organization and publically through a range of organisational, public and social media;
• Be responsible for co-ordination of and/or work on specific national tasks or projects, which could include developing a clear plan of action, activity budgets, allocating roles and responsibilities, ensuring regular communication between the members of the team and reporting on the progress and challenges as required;
• Work strategically to develop strong relationships in the field and to work together with other organisations and alliances where appropriate.  This will be done in order to make specific and strategic input into these structures, based on our Regional experiences. The Education and Training Manager will work to establish and develop these partnerships within the Black Sash as a whole.

• Ensure efficient and ethical management and administration of education and training work,
• the submission of budget information to enable the development of organisational budgets;
• Ensure responsible expenditure and reporting in line with budget allocation, programme priorities and funder agreements.
• Assist in mobilising resources to subsidise and supplement the activities of the Black Sash in Education and Training Programmes, ensuring careful accountability to the National Director in her role as Chief Fundraiser;
• Provide information and participate in conceptualization as required for the development of programme proposals and reports.
• Be responsible for ensuring the appropriate branding, profiling, good standing and reputation  of the organization.

• Develop and regularly assess the overall strategy, coherence and effectiveness of Black Sash programmes;
• Develop a clear annual plan of action through strategic and appropriate allocation and organization of human and other resources;
• Maintain close liaison with Regional teams, Help Line Paralegal, Advocacy Manager and any other programme staff to ensure coherence within the organisation;
• Regularly report on the progress and challenges of programme delivery.

• Postgraduate degree in law or social sciences or a degree in law or social sciences with at least five years work experience (see experience below), or minimum of ten years work experience (see experience below);
• Valid driver’s licence;
• Minimum of five years working experience in the area of social justice in the civil society sector in South Africa with particular experience in awareness raising, education, training and facilitation;
• Minimum of three years continuous project management experience (with a provincial, regional or national scope);
• Minimum of three years continuous staff management experience (teams of three people or more);
• Materials development, media liaison, advocacy, community development, policy and research experience would be valuable;
• Sound knowledge and understanding of key issues in the area of human rights, social justice, social and consumer protection; labour issues and poverty studies;
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the broader development and political context in South Africa;
• Thorough knowledge of the SA Constitution as well as Government precepts, regulations and laws – with specific emphasis on (i) Constitutional Law, (ii) Administrative Law, (iii) Social Security Law (iv) Consumer Law and (v) Labour Law;
• Understanding of International Law and African/ International human rights instruments and conventions;
• Knowledge and understanding of the 3 spheres of Government, government departments and agencies;
• Knowledge and understanding of the role of civil society in building democracy;
• Excellent English writing and verbal communication skills in English and at least one other South African language;
• Excellent project management skills, strong planning, organisational, strategic and analytical skills;
• Confidence with information and communication technology and social media;
• Planning and organisational skills  - prioritise work and manage time effectively;
• Commitment to human rights, access to justice, development and empowerment;
• Embrace the values and policies of the Black Sash;
• Ability to lead and to work in a team and with a transparent, accountable and consultative style;
• Confidence to work at community level as well as to take part in high level public and policy forums and engage with the public media;
• Ability to think pro-actively, creatively and responsively;
• Prepared to work hard, under pressure and to deadline, often beyond normal office hours and to travel extensively.

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