Point of View is hiring a Freelance Trainer for digital technology workshops!

Consulting Trainer, Sexuality Gender and Technology program, Point of View

Application deadline: October 5, 2020

Application requirements: CV and cover letter; details below.

About us

Point of View is a Mumbai-based non-profit that strengthens and amplifies the voices of women and persons of other marginalised genders. We remove barriers to voice, speech and expression using the tools of technology, media, art, and culture, and our work is a combination of the digital and the on-ground. Through one of our programs, Sexuality, Gender and Technology, we equip women, girls, queer and trans persons across various sections of society to freely inhabit digital domains.

Role description

You will be training young grassroots community activists and domestic workers from West Bengal, all of whom are Bengali-speaking, in a series of online workshops on 1) building their knowledge on digital literacy, rights, and security; and 2) building skills and capacities related to navigating and using mobile phones and digital technology as per their needs and local realities.

Essential Candidate Skills

1. Excellent Bengali-speaking and communication skills.
2. Ability to work patiently with a mixed group of participants at varying digital literacy and skill levels from grassroots communities in an entirely online environment.
3. Ability to present and incorporate creative ideas in the virtual workshops and make them interactive and interesting.
4. Interest in and ability to develop training methodologies — including presentations in Bengali and English, a combination of lecture + interaction, etc. — based on the curriculum and content that Point of View will provide for the training sessions.
5. Deep interest in and knowledge of gender, digital security, and digital technology in the Indian context.
6. Candidates with work experience in a similar or related area of work preferred.
7. Since a significant number of our participants are young activists, a young trainer is preferred.

Job Location: Virtual

Duration

4 virtual training sessions a month — 1.5–2 hours each — from October 2020 to December 2020
2 virtual training sessions a month — 1.5–2 hours each — from January 2021 to March 2021

Start date: Immediate

Application requirements and deadlines

To apply, please email the following to info@pointofview.org by October 5, 2020:

• An updated resume or CV.
• A cover letter of no more than one page explaining why you are the ideal candidate. Tell us everything we can’t get from the CV — your motivations, strengths, limitations, and passions, and why this job is of interest to you at this point in time.