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There are 6 messages in this issue:
Message 1 - Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Program Specialist +b
Message
2 - Accounts
Payable Clerk (Fulltime Position) +b
Message 3 - Scope of Work for Eduction Survey in Iraq Request for Bids from Subcontractors with Offices in Iraq +b
Message 4 - International Recruiter (Group Lead) +b
Message 6 - Job Vacancies from AWID Resource Net (Part 2)
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Posted
by: Tiamta Prasai
Plan
International Asia Regional Office
Plan
is an international
humanitarian, child-focused development
organization without religious, political or governmental affiliation.
Plan’s vision is a world in which all children realize their
full potential in societies
that respect people’s rights and dignity.
As an international child-centered development organization,
committed to the well-being of children and to supporting the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, Plan does not tolerate child abuse.
Duty
station:
Date
of entry on duty: As soon as possible
Duration
of appointment: Fixed-term: 2 years
Deadline for applications:
To provide
conceptual, technical and managerial expertise for the improvement of the
ongoing as well as the development of the new Plan's child-centered water and sanitation program/projects, in co-operation with Plan colleagues, communities, families
and partner organizations.
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Provide
expertise for the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and follow-up
of child-centered integrated water supply, hygiene promotion and environmental
sanitation interventions;
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Contribute
to the development of strategy and policy papers on integrated water supply,
hygiene promotion and environmental sanitation within Plan;
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Develop
concept notes, proposals and technical papers related to integrated water
supply, hygiene promotion and environmental sanitation;
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Assist
with the preparation of reports to donors.
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Participate in,
and encourage the development of networks to increase the impacts of
sustainable water and sanitation strategies and programs;
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Promote and practice mutual organizational
learning and sharing of information, ideas and
experience on integrated water supply, hygiene promotion and environmental sanitation
issues;
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Participate in,
and assist in the design and
development/adaptation of training modules for the capacity building activities of Plan staff and partners on integrated water supply, hygiene promotion and environmental
sanitation issues;
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Represent
Plan on water supply, hygiene and sanitation issues to other water and
sanitation institutions and organisations at a Country level;
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Represent Plan
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Develop/promote
networks at Plan level and/or with partner organizations to support the Plan
works on water supply, hygiene promotion and environmental sanitation
interventions.
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Degree (or equivalent) in Water supply and Sanitation Engineering/
Civil engineering with Water and Sanitation experience
Skills
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Ability to
communicate ideas
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Strong
management and leadership skills
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Comfortable
working as a member of a team
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Sensitivity to
working in a culturally diverse organization and region
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Fluency in
writing, reading and speaking English
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Strong knowledge
in the use of computer writing, tables, design, drawings and planning software.
Required Experience
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At least 5 years
experience at senior level in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of integrated WES program/projects, in rural areas, urban and periurban
settlements with particular attention to the slums areas;
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Experienced
in the participatory design and implementation of software components related
to WES;
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Experienced
in the integration of software and hardware components;
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Experienced in
representational roles at WES forums at national and regional levels;
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Experienced in
promoting and developing learning in WES.
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Speaks, reads
and writes English fluently;
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Speaking,
reading and writing in Bahassa will be an advantage.
Each candidate must only
submit one (1) application. Each application must include:
1.
Letter
of Motivation, dated and signed (no more than 500 words). Please provide at the
bottom of the letter the names of three (3) references with their contact
address including their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses;
2.
Curriculum
vitae dated and signed (no more than 5 pages) according to the format presented
in ANNEX 1. Any application with a CV that does not follow the provided format
will not be considered.
Remark: Applicants are informed that there is no international
accredited school in
All the applications should be sent (by post or
e-mail) to one of the following two addresses:
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Plan Laksi Post Office E-mail: asia.ro@plan-international.org
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Plan Jalan H. R. Mohammad No. 340, East |
ANNEX 1: Format
for CV
A-/ Identity
Name, Date of Birth, Years of Experience,
Current Position, Contact Address (including postal address, telephone, fax and
e-mail address)
B-/ Main Positions Held
Durations, Name and
address of organizations and Locations (start with the latest job)
C-/ Professional Experiences
Development of strategies, sectorial strategic plans and policies
Technical
assistance and expertise, research & development
Programs/projects
design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Representational
roles at national and regional levels
For each section, provide information in the format of Durations, Name
and address of organizations and Locations (start with the latest experience)
D-/ Education
Degrees, Name and address of Training Institutions, Year the degree was
awarded (start with the latest degree)
E-/ Selected Publications
Author names, Title of publication, Editor and Year of publication (start
with the latest publication)
____________________________________________________________
F-/ Attestation
Write the following:
I, hereby, attest that information above given,
presents faithfully my situation, my qualifications and my experience.
Date and Signature
Please mention clearly in your job application
letter that you learned of this job opportunity through DEVJOBS, and mention
the URL of its website - www.devjobsmail.com. Thanks.
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Accounts
Payable Clerk (Fulltime Position) +b
Posted by: Geri Critchley
MSI: Management Systems
International ( www.msiworldwide.com)
Responsiblities
To assist the A/P Manager
in processing and entering all the payables of the company, to prepare and send
payments to our venders, consultants and subcontractors, to maintain the files
of these, to maintain the Accounts Payable records in Deltek, and to provide
administrative support to the department
Required Skills
Knowledge of Deltek GCS
Premier ( MSI's accounting software package); knowledge of basic accounting; good Excel
skills , organizational skills and data entry
experience.
Preferred Skills
Prior experience with a
USAID contractor, experience in other accounting functions such as payroll or
billing, more than three years accounting experience, foreign language or an
undergraduate degree.
If interested, please
e-mail a cover letter and resume to: gcritchley@msi-inc.com
Only Metropolitan
Washington, DC area residents considered.
Please mention clearly in your job
application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through DEVJOBS, and
mention the URL of its website - www.devjobsmail.com. Thanks.
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Scope of Work for Eduction Survey in
Posted by:
Geri Critchley
Management Systems
International (MSI) www.msiworldwide.com provides monitoring and evaluation services
of various sectors receiving USAID assistance in
MSI-MEPP/Iraq requests
responses from firms that have an office in
The NEED
MSI/MEPP/Iraq needs
independent verification of school conditions and commodity deliveries made to
schools by various contractors and grantees during October and November.
SCOPE OF WORK
The respondent must have an
office in
The PROJECT COORDINATOR is
responsible for:
Hiring, training, fielding and managing a team of at least 20 local Iraqi data collectors who speak Iraqi Arabic, have very good command of written English enough so that they understand and can complete data collection instruments that are in English, have good references and are free to work a 6-day work week for the duration of the assignment.
§ Obtaining school visit permissions
§ Pilot testing the data collection instruments, and revising them
if necessary after msi review
§ Scheduling the data collection effort in an efficient manner
§ Transporting its data collectors to and from the sites to be
visited
§ Supervising the data collection effort
§ Ensuring that the field sampling strategy is implemented
§ Ensuring that the data collection instruments are correctly
completed and signed by the appropriate school principal or administrator
§ Submitting the data collection instruments to MSI on a daily
basis
§ Ensuring that the data collection effort is completed no later
than five weeks from the notification of the start date of the award.
MSI RESPONSIBILITIES
MSI will develop the data collection instruments,
select the sample of schools to be visited,
develop the data base, do the data entry, analysis and reporting of results.
MSI will produce data
collection instruments to be used for the survey in sufficient quantity for the
work to the company after the pilot testing and any modifications, as mutually
agreed upon, have been made.
SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS:
One hundred (100) secondary
schools and one hundred (100) primary schools in
PAYMENT
MSI will make two payments
for the work. A first installment of 25
percent of the total will be made upon signing the agreement. A second payment of 25 percent will be made
as soon as delivery of all data collection instruments (complete and
incomplete) is made to the MSI Field Monitoring Specialist for Education. The final payment of 50 percent will be made
ten days after receipt of all the instruments and attestation of satisfactory
completion of the work, as determined by MSI.
Partial invoices need to be submitted for the first two partial payments
and a complete invoice, indicating partial payments received must be submitted
with for final payment.
Final payment will be by
check or wire transfer from MSI’s
TERMS OF AGREEMENT
This SOW is treated as a
Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order. An illustrative, detailed budget itemizing
costs should be submitted to determine acceptability, comprehensiveness and
reasonableness of costs. No bids
exceeding US$25,000 will be considered.
MSI retains the right not
to accept any bids submitted. MSI
retains the right to award the SOW to the most qualified bidder and the one
most ready to start implementation within one week of award notification.
Bids are due in writing by
email to: kdevine@msi-iraq.com and mhassouna@msi-iraq.com by
close of business (i.e.,
TITLE OF PROPERTY
MSI retains sole right to
intellectual property as well as any copyrights resulting from the survey
including the ownership of the data collection instruments (whether blank or
completed).
Please mention clearly in your job
application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through DEVJOBS,
and mention the URL of its website - www.devjobsmail.com. Thanks.
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International Recruiter (Group Lead) +b
Posted by: Gayle Bass <gayle_bass@dai.com >
Organization name: Development Alternatives, Inc.
Place of assignment:
Job description: Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) is
international consulting firm specializing in agriculture and agribusiness, environment
and natural resources, finance and banking, enterprise development, economics
and policy analysis, and public sector management and reform. We seek an
individual to lead in the recruitment of development professionals, primarily
for international assignments in transitional and developing countries.
Responsibilities:
Oversee and monitor a team of international
recruiters including mentoring and training on the preparation and execution of
high-priority recruitment efforts for donor-funded projects and proposals;
Coordinate with the Director of Recruitment on
decisions of allocating necessary recruiting resources;
Serve as the representative for a team/teams of
international recruiters throughout DAI/ Bethesda; including close
collaboration with the technical staff in order to monitor and prepare for
upcoming proposal efforts;
Provide corporate training
to new DAI staff on recruitment policies, procedures, systems, and methods to
protect DAI’s relationships with the consulting community. Assist with training courses in recruitment,
consultant database usage, effective interviewing, employee biographical data
verification and salary negotiation; CV writing, proposal writing,
reconnaissance and conducting local recruitment;
Travel to DAI projects prior to completion to ensure
that project consultants become registered in consultant database.
Qualifications and skills required:
BA or MA in field related to business or
international development;
4 to 6 years of professional work experience with at
least 2 years of full-cycle recruiting experience (preferably international);
Strong organizational skills;
Ability to multi-task;
Detail and deadline-oriented;
Strong communication, interpersonal, presentation and
training skills;
Ability to manage support staff;
Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, databases,
Internet;
Knowledge of USAID rules and regulations, World Bank,
IDB and or ADB is preferred;
Fluent in English and
second language preferable.
Starting date: Immediately
Submit your applications to: Office of Human Resources
Applications must be emailed to: ohr@dai.com
Instructions to applicants: Interested candidates should send
resume and cover letter to the Office of Human Resources by fax at 732
358-5072; or email at ohr@dai.com ; or by
regular mail at
Please mention clearly in your job
application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through DEVJOBS,
and mention the URL of its website - www.devjobsmail.com. Thanks.
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Open Space Technology - Winning
Stakeholders' Hearts and Minds Training for Large Group Facilitators +b
March 29-
Posted by: Holger Nauheimer h.nauheimer@snafu.de
Organisations,
communities, whole countries and the entire world today are changing at
breathtaking speed. New ways of co-operation and collaboration in this rapidly
changing environment are urgently needed. Navigating this complex situation
requires new strategies and technologies to explore opportunities, design and
redesign work practices, recognise the potential in new possibilities...and to
do all of these effectively and quickly, involving players from all levels of
the organisation or the community. Open Space Technology is a workshop approach
that supports systems of all sizes in navigating and adapting to the major
changes we all experience. Since this unique and radical workshop technique was
discovered 20 years ago, it was successfully applied by thousands of
communities and non-profit organizations, as well as by private companies.
The
authors of the Change Management Toolbook offer a training course in which you
will learn how to facilitate such an exciting Open Space workshop. More
information can be found under:
http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/training_2003dj.html
Please mention clearly in your job
application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through DEVJOBS,
and mention the URL of its website - www.devjobsmail.com. Thanks.
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Job Vacancies from AWID
Resource Net (Part 2)
8)
Programme Officers & Project Manager / Aga Khan Foundation /
India
/ Closing date: December 05, 2003.
SUMMARY:
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private,
non-denominational, development agency, established by His Highness the Aga
Khan in
I. PROGRAMME OFFICER, EDUCATION:
The Foundation’s education programme
seeks to promote the holistic development of children during early childhood
and school years by enhancing the quality of stimulation and learning
experiences. A dynamic and highly competent professional is needed for the
technical oversight of this programme.
The role requires:
-the provision of technical support to
grantees through succinct analysis;
-guiding grantees in documenting processes
and impact by drawing out lessons from their work;
-addressing organisational development
needs, including technical excellence, organisational effectiveness and
financial sustainability.
Applicants will have:
-an advanced degree in education or PhD
in social sciences, preferably with a focus on school-level education,
- 7-10 years experience in the
implementation of education projects at a senior managerial position.
-A demonstrated track record in
analysing school education interventions and leveraging lessons learned is
required.
II. PROJECT MANAGER, EDUCATION:
A qualified and highly motivated
candidate is sought for the efficient and effective grant management of the
Foundation’s education projects. Primary duties will include:
-the timely execution of grant
management procedures in conformity with set requirements;
-assisting grantees in the preparation
and finalisation of annual workplans, narrative and financial reports;
-close monitoring of impact and results
generated;
- maintaining an
information and management system.
The candidate should possess:
-an advanced degree, preferably in
social sciences, with a focus on school level education;
- at least five
years of experience in implementing education projects.
- experience of
managing grants and proficiency with financial analysis, monitoring, evaluation
and impact assessment is required.
III. PROGRAMME OFFICER, HEALTH:
AKF’s health programme focuses on
building indigenous skills and competencies to deliver, manage and sustain
essential health care services primarily for women and children. The role
requires oversight of contractual and financial compliance for the health
programme. Specific tasks include:
- the review
and management of donor contracts and assisting in the development of effective
fund management and donor reporting systems;
- timely
execution of grant management in conformity with donor procedures and
requirements;
- strengthening programme management,
administration and financial systems;
-preparation of periodic narrative and financial reports, including annual workplans and budgets.
Applicants should have:
- a
post-graduate degree in management/finance or health;
- at least five
years experience in community-based health project management;
- demonstrated
financial analysis, data management and documentation skills are required.
TO APPLY:
Applicants should send a CV and covering
letter stating their suitability for the position to:
Parineeta Pradhan, Assistant to the CEO,
at fax number 011 2378 2174, or email pari@akfindia.org (Reference: DevNetJobs.org)
Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted for an interview. The closing date is 5th December.
Visit us at www.akdn.org.
9)
Trainers/Consultants // Human Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR).
BACKGROUND:
Human Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR)
is seeking individuals with business management and/or management consulting
experience to work alongside small non profit organizations ("NGOs")
in developing countries for a short term period to provide workshops, training
and guidance in organizational management, strategic planning, office
administration, fundraising, budgeting, and accounting.
One of HSHR's principle program areas is
to provide organizational capacity building and related skills training to NGOs
working on human rights issues in developing countries. This program is carried out on the basis of
requests that HSHR receives form NGOs seeking its services. Most of the groups that seek HSHR's services
work on issues related to women's rights, ethnic discrimination and poverty
alleviation.
HSHR will pay a nominal bi-weekly
stipend, and will pay for all or part of the trainer's international travel.
Examples of tasks that the
trainer/consultant might carry out include:
* Holding a workshop on developing or
updating an organization’s Mission Statement.
* The development of job descriptions
and an organizational chart.
* Excel spreadsheet training for the preparation
of budgets and management of accounting schedules.
* Training in project accounting.
* Holding a series of group sessions to
brainstorm about ideas for the development of new projects.
* The development of periodic reporting
formats and related working procedures to streamline communication and
documentation practices.
* Training in record keeping and
developing related working procedures.
* Assistance in developing a website
and/or email listserv.
* Guidance in managing public relations
and a central contacts database.
* Developing policies and procedures
(such as scheduling) for managing volunteer staff.
ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS:
To accommodate the trainer, each NGO is
asked to provide the following as their contribution to the training partnership:
1. A quiet well
lit work area with a desk and chair.
2. Access to a
printer and copy machine (if possible).
3. Access to an
email connection. (There are times when the trainer will be required to
work from a nearby Internet cafe.)
4. Housing
accommodations (which will usually be with a family).
Each trainer will be asked to take his
or her personal laptop computer, or HSHR can provide an older one on a loan
basis.
Assignments last from one month to three
months, depending on the NGOs needs, which HSHR attempts to assess
upfront. The trainer will undertake a more comprehensive assessment of
needs once she or he is in the field.
Each trainer will receive complete
administrative and managerial support from an HSHR manager during her or his
working period in the filed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Solid
work experience in either one or a combination of: business management, project
management, accounting, finance, fund- raising, or
marketing and public relations.
2. A master's
degree in business or international relations.
3. The
ability to make independent decisions and undertake follow-up action
accordingly.
4.
Competency in logical and practical thinking in a context bound framework.
5.
Analytical skills that can process a dynamic series of tangible and intangible
qualitative factors.
6. Good
listening, inquiry and communicative comprehension skills.
7.
Cultural and socio-economic awareness and respect.
8. A flexible
working attitude, yet always keeping site of the main objectives.
9.
Experience in independent travel within a developing country.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Experience
in living or working in a developing country.
2. Experience in
working as a consultant or in carrying out workshops or technical training.
Individuals with competent foreign
language skills (speaking, reading and writing) are highly encouraged to apply.
TO APPLY:
Please email your resume and a one-page
introductory cover letter to jobs@hshr.org. Please indicate any geographic preference(s)
in your letter. Since it is HSHR's goal to build a database of
consultants that it can call upon and present opportunities as they arise, there
is no application deadline. At present, HSHR has two openings for
trainers to work in
Link for more information:
http://www.hshr.org/trainersngomanagement.htm.
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Gender HIV/AIDS Programme Specialist // UNIFEM //
