Freelance Facilitator

**Job Advert Summary**:
In delivering ‘social science that makes a difference’ the Research Divisions, Units, Institutes and Centres of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) undertake policy-oriented research from its offices in Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, and Pietermaritzburg. Our public purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act of 2008.

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) was established in 1968 as a statutory research council mandated to undertake and promote research in the human and social sciences. Its mandate and objectives are outlined in the Human Sciences Research Council Act, Act No. 17 of 2008. It is recognised as a juristic person (legal entity) and is governed by a Board whose members are selected on the basis of relevant expertise and experience and appointed in accordance with the requirements of Act 17 of 2008 by the Minister of Science and Technology.

The mentorship programme and capacitating of skills to junior employees is a very important mandate of the HSRC. The junior employees consist of MA interns and PhD interns who are referred to as the junior researcher trainees. This particular request is intended to help build the mentors’ capacity and the relationship between them and their mentees. Furthermore, a selected group of researchers in the HSRC.

The Capacity, Growth and Innovation unit within the Human Sciences Research Council seeks to secure the services of an experienced mentoring programme facilitator to offer a three-day workshop to mentors and mentees. The workshop objective is to develop an effective mentoring programme.

The facilitator should have a proven track record in facilitating mentorship workshops, have an excellent command of the English language, possess the necessary qualifications, and have the necessary experience to engage with the (senior colleagues) mentors and the mentees (junior colleagues).**_ _**

**Freelance Facilitator (1 Position)**

**Ref: Mentorship programme facilitator 05/2023**

**Minimum Requirements**:

- A relevant Master’s / PhD degree in the Social Sciences or the Humanities and have a track record of facilitating similar workshops;
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in facilitating mentorship workshops;
- 3 years (minimum) traceable references for similar assignments; facilitator should furnish at least 3 letters of reference from institutions who can attest to the facilitator’s experience in similar assignments.
- The facilitator must be able to offer the training during the week of 22-26 May 2023.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Work with HSRC mentors and mentees during the week of 22-26 May 2023 to develop an effective mentorship programme;
- Demonstrate, through a detailed proposal, that he or she has the necessary skills, competencies, and experience to undertake this assignment:

- Provide evidence of own experience, e.g. references (please include details in CV).
- Be familiar with, and have an understanding of a research environment and be willing to tailor-make and customise the training programme to suit the HSRC.

**APPLICATIONS**:

- A cover letter of motivation indicating your suitability and goals for the position.
- A detailed CV, as well a certified ID copy.

**Application Instructions**:

- Attachments must be less than 1MB, there is an on-screen option to resize.
- The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of its staff complement who are SA Citizens, black, female or disabled._

**The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment.**

**APPLICATIONS FROM RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED