DEVJOBS List of Jobs
December 1, 2002
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Message 1 - Producer Organization/Agribusiness Advisors for Africa
Programs +b
Message 2 - Democracy
& Governance Specialist Mali +b
Message 3 - Community
Development/Training Specialist Needed +b
Message 4 - Project Director in West Africa for The
World Conference on Religion and Peace +b
Message 5 - Job Openings from
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Resumes and C.V.s - What's the
Difference?
Message 1
Producer Organization/Agribusiness Advisors for Africa Programs +b
Posted by: Susie Jones SJones@ncba.coop
Cooperative
League of USA/National Cooperative Business Association (CLUSA/NCBA) seeks
persons for FUTURE long term (minimum 3 years)
positions as Agribusiness Specialists for Producer
Organizations/Agribusiness/Cooperatives programs in Africa. These will be mid and
senior level positions. Major emphasis is on strengthening the agricultural
marketing/outgrower contract operations as well as democratic governance and
internal controls of farmer owned organizations. Requires: strong participatory
training and training of trainers experience in business skills and democratic
governance skills; experience in guiding business/marketing operations of
producer organizations in Africa; strong track record of results (income of participants increased) on similar
rural projects in Africa, minimum 6 yrs. work experience in Africa; proficiency
in French, Portuguese or English. Prefer M.A. in relevant field. Prefer work with both primary and second
level producer organizations. Please note that these are implementation, not
research/analysis, positions.
Send
resume, in English, to: Email: sjones@ncba.coop Fax to 202 638 1374 Att: Susie Jones. Resumes needed
by Dec. 6 and on ongoing basis.
Only finalists will receive response.
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Message 2
Democracy & Governance Specialist Mali +b
Posted by: Susie Jones SJones@ncba.coop
Cooperative
League of USA (CLUSA) seeks senior level Democracy & Governance Specialist for
5 year position in Mali. Position expected to begin
in approximately 6 months. Major responsibilities are: building partnerships
between local governments and civil society organizations (CSOs) which result
in: more communities with development plans and budgets which encompass the
priority needs of local communities;
more joint actions undertaken by local governments and communities to
improve conditions and accomplish goals on public issues of concern to local people;
increase in development of participatory
mechanisms to resolve conflicts; increased collaboration between local
governments and CSOs to provide public
goods and services (schools,
clinics, etc.). Requires: Fluent French and English; minimum 8 years in similar
positions primarily in Sub-Sahara Africa; strong performance record of
measurable results on similar projects in Africa; participatory training skills; strong
leadership skills; prefer masters degree in relevant field and fluency in
Malian languages.
Send
resume in English to sjones@ncba.coop or fax: 202 638 1374 Att: Susie Jones. Deadline for resumes: Dec. 20 Only finalists will receive
response.
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you learned of this job opportunity through DEVJOBS, and mention the URL of its
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Message 3
Community Development/Training Specialist Needed +b
Posted
by: Shane Tarr shanetarr@yahoo.com
An AusAID funded Project in Inner Mongolia Inner
Mongolia Grasslands Management Project Phase 2 is looking for a locally
engaged Community Development/Training Specialist for 45 months beginning as
soon as possible.
This person will work alongside an Australian
specialist, local counterpart, and a small inter-disciplinary team (including
technical experts in curriculum development, farming systems, agricultural
extension, forage production, M&E and Remote Sensing) to develop a
participatory system of user rights to support the Government's grassland
management policy. Most of this person's time will be spent at the sumu, gacha
and aili level working with herders and farmers, especially poorer herders and
farmers and women. However, this person will also be expected to work at the
banner and league level.
For this position a woman is preferred. Ideally the
person should be fluent in Mongolian but Chinese is acceptable. The person
should also have a background in the fields of social or rural development and
graduate level qualifications in the social sciences. Nevertheless, someone
with considerable experience (10 years or more) in the fields of social or
rural development would also be acceptable.
Starting date is subject to AusAID approval but
ideally as soon as possible.
For further information please contact Dr. Shane
Tarr, Australian Team Leader or Dr. Jim Taylor, Community Development/Training
Specialist at 54 Chasan Street, Ulanhot, Inner
Mongolia, China on
Tel/Fax 0482-8225404, M/P 13514821424, or email shane@experience-inc.net
Dr Shane Tarr
Australian Team Leader
Inner Mongolia Grasslands
Management Project
54 Chagan Street, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia, PR of China
Tel/Fax: +86 482 8225404 (W); M/P:
+86 13514821424
Tel: + 86 482 822 4093 (H); +64 9 373
3568 (NZ); +855 12 918112 (PNH)
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Message 4
Project Director in West Africa for The World Conference on Religion and Peace +b
Posted by: Lisa Stuffle lstuffle@wcrp.org
The World
Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) is an international, interreligious
coalition that seeks to promote dialogue and cooperation among representatives
of the world's religious traditions in order to seek common action for
peace. WCRP has been working in the
region since late 1996 to support the efforts of religious leaders to build
multi-religious cooperation and to enhance the role that religious communities
can play in the reconstruction, reconciliation and development of their
societies. WCRP is currently seeking a person to fill the position of Project
Director for West Africa in order to
continue and further develop these initiatives. Please see our web site:
www.wcrp.org for project history and more information.
POSITION
The Project
Director is responsible for day-to-day management of all aspects of WCRP's
project work in the West Africa region.
These duties will include program management, financial accountability, and
staff supervision in the regional office in Freetown covering our
work with the Inter-Religious Councils in Sierra
Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Cote
d'Ivoire. There are possibilities for the
position to assist in the development of a future Pan-Africa program. The
position must be flexible for possible re-location to other African countries
in the future. The Project Director reports to the Program Director for
Conflict Transformation at the WCRP/International Secretariat in New York.
SPECIFIC
RESPONSIBILITIES (include but are not limited to)
* Assist in
the development and support of representative inter-religious councils
throughout the region.
* Maintain
regular contact and close working relationships with relevant religious leaders
in the countries of Sierra
Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Cote
d'Ivoire; when appropriate assist in building
relationships with relevant religious leaders in other African countries.
* Travel
frequently throughout the region in monitoring and evaluating current WCRP
program activities with the Inter-Religious Councils.
* Design and
implement peace building project activities consistent with WCRP program goals
for West Africa. Assist in the coordination of WCRP
activities with women and youth groups.
* Implement a
capacity building program with the inter-religious councils including training
in finance, administration, organizational
development, strategic planning, leadership, mediation/negotiation, conflict
resolution and peace building.
* Coordinate
and facilitate regular inter-religious regional meetings to prepare and
implement region wide peace building efforts.
* Represent
WCRP with other international organizations, NGOs, local governments and organizations
in the region.
* Oversee
staff in the region, including hiring all local staff and coordination with WCRP NY in hiring
international staff.
* Prepare
regular narrative and financial reports for the International Secretariat and
periodic narrative and financial reports for project donors in coordination
with the International Secretariat in New York.
* Oversee
financial management of project grant funds and providie regular financial
reports to WCRP/International.
* Assist in
program development and proposal writing towards strengthening the projects in
the region.
* Possibility
of assistance with a new Pan-African program and the need to travel and/or
re-locate to other areas.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Please only apply if you meet all of the stated qualifications
* Minimum 3
years experience of living and working in Africa.
* Graduate
degree in international relations, peace and conflict resolution, religion, or
a related field.
* Minimum 5
years experience in field-level program implementation and management in
conflict resolution, interreligious cooperation, and/or civil society
development.
* Excellent
training skills and experience in the areas of organizational capacity building
and peace building/conflict transformation.
* Excellent
English verbal and written communication skills and effective representational
skills.
* Program
development and proposal writing experience.
* Strong
management and organizational skills, particularly in working with
multi-religious staff and groups.
* Active
involvement with a faith community.
* Knowledge
of one of the main languages in the region is preferred.
* Not a
family post.
Salary commensurate with experience. Full benefits package including life, health,
disability, housing allowance.
Fax cover
letter and resume/CV to AO (212) 983-0566, email to: aoliver@wcrp.org or mail to AO, WCRP, 777 UN Plaza, 9th Fl., New York, NY, 10017. No phone calls please. Only suitable candidates will be contacted.
Lisa Stuffle
World Conference on
Religion and Peace
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 687-2163, ext. 12
Fax: (212) 983-0566
Website: www.wcrp.org
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Message 5
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Juniorprofessur
für Wirtschaftspolitik (Assistant Professor in Public Economics)
Department of
Economics, University of Konstanz
JEL
classification(s): H, I, J
To be found
at:
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Research
Assistant
UFSIA, University of Antwerp
JEL
classification(s): C, E, F
To be found
at:
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Assistant
Professor Microeconomics/social choice theory
University of Namur
JEL
classification(s): D
To be found
at:
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FEATURED ARTICLE:
Resumes and C.V.s
-- What's the Difference?
By Peter Newfield, President, Career Resumes
Lifted from: www.careerbuilder.com
According to the dictionary, a resume
is "a summary, as of one's employment, education, etc., used in applying
for a new position." Conversely, a curriculum vitae (C.V.) is noted as
"a regular or particular course of study of or pertaining to education and
life."
In other words, a RESUME is a career
and educational summary meant to highlight your skills and experience and a
C.V. is a list meant to document every job and degree you've ever received in
your life.
When professionals working abroad
decide that they want to seek out job opportunities in the U.S. and send out their
C.V.s to American companies, they have no idea what Human Resource and
Personnel Directors are looking for when reviewing these documents. In a
typical C.V., the first category is Education, listing
preparatory/college/university information and dates right up front. If the
mechanical engineer or CEO sending this document graduated from university in
1974, that is not the most important piece of information that a headhunter or
HR Director needs to know about this person.
The C.V. continues with Work
Experience, often listing jobs going back to college days, and often listing
them in chronological order (starting with 1976 for example, and ending with
the 1997-Present position somewhere down on page 2 or 3). The C.V. is quite simply
a listing of company names, job titles, dates of employment, and job
responsibilities. Just the potatoes, without the meat and
gravy, so to speak. A professional resume, on the other hand, does not
require that you include every job you've ever held since being a counselor at Camp Thanksalot.
The C.V. is written in a paragraph
style, not broken up with bulleted or italicized information to highlight any
skills, accomplishments, or achievements for each specific position like a
resume. Each paragraph lists the responsibilities from a first person
perspective "I" and "my" - which is just not done in a
professional resume. On this side of the Atlantic, a resume is
written in the third person so as to appear more objective and factual.
The next faux pas of the C.V. is to
include personal information in the document. The applicant lists marital
status, nationality, height and weight, date of birth, and other information
which is just not necessary or warranted when applying for a job in the U.S.
Hobbies and Personal Interests are also often listed on C.V.s. But whether you
play acoustic guitar or spin wool for cardigan sweaters, it does not belong on
a resume.
A strong, professionally written
resume, however, starts out with a brief Summary of Qualifications, next is a
key word section listing your Areas of Strength or Industry Expertise, then
Professional Experience where your career experience for the past ten to
fifteen years is focused on and any experience prior to that may be summarized.
The information listed under Professional Experience is written in reverse
chronological order (most recent or present job first and going back from
there) and includes a balance of responsibilities and accomplishments for each
position.
After the work experience, Professional
Affiliations, Computer Skills, and Education sections should appear. The best
strong, to-the-point resumes should be one to two pages. Conversely, oftentimes
C.V.s go on for three or four pages.
Keep in mind that resumes are
intended to present a summary of highlights to allow the prospective employer
to scan through the document visually or electronically and see if your skills
match their available positions. A good resume can do that very effectively --
a C.V. cannot.
Peter Newfield is
President of Career Resumes, a leading resume writing service that provides
cover letters, professional resumes, and Internet posting in all fields and
industries. Career Resumes is a member of both the National Resume
Writers' Association and the Professional Association of Resume Writers. For a
free consultation and resume evaluation with a price quote, call 1-800-800-1220
or fax resumes to 1-800-927-4611.
URL: www.career-resumes.com
Email: Peter@career-resumes.com
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