GSLA Mentors at Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation that provides development programs and humanitarian relief around the globe, regardless of race, political affiliation, gender or belief.

Reporting To: Project Officer

Responsibilities Overview:

• Monitor and mentor groups on the GSLA methodological best practices.


• Should attend weekly group meeting as indicated in GSLA training manual phases that will be provided.


• Resolve GSLA members’ conflicts diplomatically and by following the group constitution.


• Refer GSLAs and their members to access other critical services as needed.


• Encouraged participation of all members in meeting procedures


• Check group records for accuracy and consistency


• Request group to recall learning elements from training when deviations are noted


• Encourage group-to-group learning when there are deviations from the norms


• Prompt and guide the groups to think about their constitution during procedures


• Provide group with clear coaching to clarify deviations


• Provide correct technical guidance to group


• Appropriately mentor the conduct of group leaders


• Broaden the network of the groups to the reach other service providers/private sector/sponsors and even open doors to otherwise out-of-reach reach opportunities.


• Correctly collect data from group records

Key competencies:

• Should have ever practised or promoted any community based or membership savings methodologies.


• Should demonstrate social skills such as communication skills and socially acceptable behaviours.


• Empathy & compassion.


• High level of self-awareness and openness to self-reflect.


• Practice active listening and take feedback seriously.


• Should demonstrate an entrepreneurship mindset in order to promote a market-led system.


• Should demonstrate the ability to train/impart skills to other people.


• Ability to collect data.


• monitoring and enhancing the performance of the groups by providing encouragement and constructive feedback.

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