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Table of Contents: (Feb-7-2008)
There are 5 messages in this issue:
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1 - Manager – Industry & Rural Services
Division +b
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2 - Technical Advisor for Economic Research
and Analysis +b
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3 - Senior Advisor Water and Sanitation
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4 - Chief of Party, Property Rights and
Resource Governance +b
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5 - Job Vacancies from Idealist.org
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Manager –
Industry & Rural Services Division +b
Posted by: Yvonne Kohler
Name of company or organization : Swisscontact
Place of Assignment : Bangladesh
Job description
: The Project:
Katalyst, a market development project is entering a new 5
years stage funded by a donor consortium comprised of DFID-UK, SDC-Switzerland,
Cida-Canada and the Dutch Embassy in Dhaka. Swisscontact, as the lead agency, and GTZ International
Services are implementing this project. Over the first 5 years of
implementation, Katalyst grew to a well established
organization in Bangladesh and abroad. It is active in around 20 sectors, and
has around 60 professional staff and presently 6 expatriates.
Katalyst consists of a number of divisions active in:
• Market Development of Generic Business Development Services,
like media and ICT;
• Developing of urban Industries like furniture and health;
• Developing rural agriculture in sectors like vegetables,
maize or fishery;
• Improving the business Environment by working close to local
and national government institutions.
Gender, the environment and
working conditions are cross-cutting issues and are included in the aforesaid
components. More details can be obtained from the website www.katalystbd.com .
Overall Function:
The position is in charge of
the overall management of one of the main divisions of Katalyst,
including responsibility for personnel management, as well as the management of
all related planning, implementation and oversight functions. The main
responsibility under this position is to develop, implement and document an
approach to systemic market development in selected sectors as outlined in the
Business Plans and approved by the Management Board.
The Industry & Rural
Services Division Manager equally supports the General Manager to ensure
overall coherence of the project as well as project performance in line with
the guidelines and targets of the business plan. This is a senior position in
the project and re-quires the ability to bring together approaches, concepts
and tools from similar projects in Bangladesh and beyond into a coherent whole.
While initially leading a team of around 15 local experts in analyzing markets
and engaging with the private sector to achieve poverty reduction through a
higher growth, the position is expected to take on more over-all project
management tasks over the years.
Job qualifications
: Qualifications:
• Male or female professional with an orientation in either:
economics, business development; industrial or agricultural economics or
regional and rural development.
• Experienced in working with the private sector.
• Ability to work independently and to contribute to
achievements in a sometimes difficult environment.
• An interest and familiarity with the most recent trends in
private sector and small enterprise development.
• At least 5 years experience in an international agency in one
of the above mentioned related fields, out which 2 years at project
manager/team leader or at deputy level
• Excellent English comprehension and expression.
• Work experience in South Asia.
• Intercultural sensitivity and communication skills and a
willingness to learn Bangla.
• Expected age: 35-45.
Education : Masters degree
Job type : Full-time, long-term
Start-up date
: 01st June 2008
Deadline for submission
of applications : 29th February 2008
Submit applications to : Yvonne Kohler at this email address yvonne.kohler@swisscontact.ch
Instructions to applicants : Applications by email only:
Yvonne Kohler, Head of Human
Resources / Services, Zurich
Please note:
• Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will
be contacted. No phone calls, please.
• Deadline for submission is 29th of
February 2008.
For more detailed information please visit our website www.swisscontact.org.
Follow-up : Applicants need not do follow-ups
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Technical
Advisor for Economic Research and Analysis +b
Posted by: Yvonne Kohler ( yvonne.kohler@swisscontact.ch )
Name of company or organization : Swisscontact
Place of Assignment : Bangladesh
Job description
: The Project:
Katalyst, a market development project, is entering a new 5
years stage funded by a donor consortium comprised of DFID-UK, SDC-Switzerland
and Cida-Canada and the Dutch Embassy in Dhaka. Swisscontact, as the lead agency, and GTZ International
Services are implementing this project. Over the first 5 years of
implementation, Katalyst grew to a well established
organization in Bangladesh and abroad. It is active in around 20 sectors; has
around 60 professional staff and presently 6 expatriates.
Katalyst consists of a number of divisions active in:
• Market Development of Generic Business Development Services,
like media and ICT;
• Developing of urban Industries like furniture and health;
• Developing rural agriculture in sectors like vegetables,
maize or fishery;
• Improving the business environment by working close to local
and national government institutions.
Gender, the environment and
working conditions are cross-cutting issues and are included in the aforesaid
components. More details can be obtained from the website www.katalystbd.com.
Overall function:
The main function of the
position is to coordinate and support the overall conceptual development and
innovation processes within Katalyst, thus
contributing to the overall consistency in concept design and implementation.
To this end, the advisor will cooperate closely with all divisions of Katalyst (in a transversal way), and support overall
economic analyses, translating them into economic strategies, monitoring change
and drawing lessons for remedial action from it; this in at least 20 sectors of
the economy. The position equally coordinates the implementation and further
development of the overall monitoring system of the programme.
The function requires an
exceptional ability to quickly understand the private sector and to translate
this into practical recommendations. Analyzing complex research findings is an
important element in this.
Job qualifications
: Qualifications:
• Male or female professional with academic background in
Economics, preferably PhD;
• Demonstrated experience in economic research and analysis;
• Team player;
• Innovative thinking, and capacity to
translate innovative ideas into sound methodological approaches;
• Ability to work independently and to contribute to
achievements in a sometimes difficult environment;
• In-depth familiarity with the most recent trends in private
sector and small enterprise development;
• Excellent English comprehension and expression;
• Intercultural communication skills and a willingness to learn
Bangla;
• Clear communicator and good writer;
• Good facilitation skills;
• Expected age: 30-50
Education : Masters degree
Job type : Full-time, long-term
Start-up date
: 01st April 2008
Deadline for submission
of applications : 29th February 2008
Submit applications to : Yvonne Kohler at this email address yvonne.kohler@swisscontact.ch
Instructions to applicants : Applications by email only:
Yvonne Kohler, Head of Human
Resources / Services, Zurich
Please note:
• Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will
be contacted. No phone calls, please.
• Deadline for submission is 29th of
February 2008.
For more detailed information please visit our website www.swisscontact.org.
Follow-up : Applicants need not do follow-ups
Important Message: Please mention clearly in your application letter that you learned about this job vacancy through DEVJOBS, and mention the URL of DEVJOBS, which is http://www.devjobsmail.com .
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Senior Advisor
Water and Sanitation +b
Posted by: Colette Agbodjogbe ( cagbodjogbe@snvworld.org )
Name of company or organization : SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Place of Assignment : Benin
Job description : SNV Netherlands Development Organization is working in over
33 developing countries across the world. In these countries, we are dedicated
to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own
development. The emphasis of our work is on poverty alleviation through (1)
increasing Production, Income and Employment (PIE) and (2) increasing access to
Basic Services (BASE) in the sectors of Water and Sanitation Education, Health
and Renewable Energy. We aim to achieve considerable impact in both
¡¥impact areas¡¦. We do this through providing advisory services,
facilitating knowledge development, brokering and networking, strengthening
local capacity builders, supporting the establishment of local capacity
development funds and carrying out advocacy at national and international
levels.
Within its general objective to contribute to poverty reduction, SNV is in the
process of focusing its activities on the improvement of basic service delivery
within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals. In relation to the
Water & Sanitation sector, SNV Benin aims to contribute to MDG 7
(Environmental Sustainability), target 10: halving the number of people without
sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation (incl. hygiene).
In Benin, SNV is acknowledged for its strong support to the decentralization
process and to the Municipalities. SNV Benin is actively involved in the
implementation of water-works as well as of sanitation facilities through a
number of joint programs such as Programme d¡¦Appui à la Gestion Intégrée des Ressources en Eau au
niveau Local ¡VPAGIREL- (financed through the
European Union Water Facility Funds), Projet Hydraulique et Assainissement en Appui au Développement Institutionnel ¡VHAADI- (funded by Belgium) and Programme Pluriannuel du secteur de l¡¦Eau et l¡¦Assainissement
¡VPPEA- (funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN)).
A strong partnership has been developed with local governments as well as with
private actors.
SNV Benin Strategic orientation in water and Sanitation sector is to contribute
to improve the access of the population to clean drinking water and to
sanitation services linked to drinking water by improving the performance of
the structures and the management of the infra-structures through the
enhancement of the juridical ¡V institutional framework and professional
performances of its actors. Our added value lies mostly on improving governance
of the sector at municipal level in order to enable adequate access of poor
communities to drinking clean water and sanitation services.
Our advisory team of international and national WASH experts will deliver
capacity development services to a range of government, non-government and
private sector clients mainly at the meso and macro
levels, with particular emphasis on analysis/diagnosis; public-private
partnerships, inclusive approaches; and strengthening of the enabling
environment.
In order to enhance its capacity development advisory team, SNV Benin is
looking for a suitable candidate to fill a position of Senior Advisor Water and
Sanitation
Main responsibilities and tasks
• Establish and maintain an active dialogue with government and non-government
institutions in the water sector at all levels
• Provide advisory services to public and private sector organizations towards
enhanced delivery of water and sanitation services
• Mobilize expertise of service providers in the water sector and linking them
to state level initiatives to ensure access to water supply and sanitation
services on an equitable and sustainable basis for rural areas
• Supporting initiatives of local actors to influence on and contribute to
policy and strategy development within the water sector, facilitating scaling
up and rolling out of lessons learnt at the local and national level
• Investigate and stimulate public-private and civil society partnerships to
enhance quality of water and sanitation provided
• Support local actors build capacity to access to water in a sustainable
manner
• Develop and maintain contact with local organizations connected to water and
sanitation issues and to keep the portfolios informed about relevant
development and opportunities
• Develop, together with SNV advisors and clients, systems for improved
accountability, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evidence-based result
management
• Extend and contribute to institutional alliances of SNV within water sector,
at all levels in Benin and the West African region; specific attention should
be given to the relation with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Cotonou
• Contribute actively to knowledge development and sharing within the West and
Central Africa Region, both outside and within SNV
• Assume a leadership role within SNV Benin in the identification, formulation,
execution, monitoring and reporting of/on SNV programs in the water sector such
as PAGIREL, HAADI, PPEA, etc.
In addition the adviser will provide input and give advice (on demand as well
as self-initiated) to the regional SNV management team for decision making with
regard to national/regional positioning, and support positioning and networking
at corporate level. In coordination with your colleagues network leaders you
will support synergy between sectors as well as mainstreaming good governance
practices, gender equity and social inclusion, ensuring quality and
effectiveness of SNV work.
Job qualifications : Education:
ooo Professional with a Masters degree in Water Resource Management, Sanitary
Engineering, or in the area of institutional development and capacity building
linked to water and sanitation issues, or other relevant degree.
ooo 8-10 years of experience in water resource management and/or W&S service
delivery including 5 years as senior advisor or consultant
Specific Knowledge / Skills:
ooo Comprehension of W&S approaches and concepts;
ooo Affinity with the legal and institutional framework for W&S service
delivery in Western Africa;
ooo Experience with service delivery mechanisms, including financial management
and cost recovery mechanisms;
ooo Project cycle and Public contract management
ooo Knowledge of/experience with good (water) governance practices,
decentralization and deconcentration,
gender-sensitive and empowerment principles approaches;
ooo Comprehension of, and preferably experience with, political and
socio-economical context of Benin;
ooo Ability to generate knowledge and publish articles on W&S.
Knowledge and skills for the position:
ooo Change process management and application of theoretical models related to
Capacity Development Services [development processes, organizational (OD)- and
institutional (inter-organizational, ID) development];
ooo Multi-stakeholder approach
ooo Strong track record, recognized expert in WASH and outstanding level of
performance.
ooo Commitment and active involvement in SNV¡¦s mission and strategy.
ooo External focus: ability to advocate and network.
ooo Advocacy, networking / lobbying and knowledge brokering;
ooo Strategic analysis of W&S environment both nationally as well as
internationally;
ooo Leadership skills: coaching and inspiring people to share knowledge and
improve the quality of their work; leading easily groups of people with
different styles, cultural backgrounds and geographic settings
ooo Searching for knowledge and knowledge development (internet, knowledge
institutes)
Other: Computer skills and ability to work in a challenging and dynamic
context. Affinity with government (at all levels), rural organisations and the private sector and their way of
working. International experience is needed. Good command in French and
English.
Nationality: Position is not for Benin national
Education : Masters degree
Job type : Full-time, long-term
Start-up date : 01-03-2008
Deadline for submission of applications : 19-02-2008
Submit applications to : Mrs. Colette Agbodjogbe at
this email address cagbodjogbe@snvworld.org
Instructions to applicants : Description duty station:
Cotonou is the biggest city of Benin. It has 1
million inhabitants.
Medical services: Good medical services are available but in case of
serious illness repatriation will be necessary.
Educational services: Good primary and secondary schools (French school and
English international school).
Security: Good.
Accessibility: Good, daily flights to Europe, telephone and
internet-connections are good (VSAT installation).
Salary Scale 11: £á 2.740,22 minimum ¡V maximum £á 4771,97 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on
relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and
individual allowances.
Desired appointment date: 1st March 2008.
Contract period: three years with possibility of extension
Information on the application
You can apply by sending your application (CV and
cover letter in English) to: Mrs. Colette Agbodjogbe
(cagbodjogbe@snvworld.org), under reference number BJ
6330 until the 19th of February 2008.
NB: Only selected candidates will be
informed
Follow-up :
Applicants need not do follow-ups
Important Message: Please mention clearly in your application letter that you learned about this job vacancy through DEVJOBS, and mention the URL of DEVJOBS, which is http://www.devjobsmail.com .
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Chief of Party, Property Rights and Resource
Governance +b
Posted by:
Jim Thorn
Name of company or organization : ARD, Inc.
Place of Assignment : USA
Job description : ARD, Inc. (http://www.ardinc.com)
has become leader in the land tenure and property rights (LTPR) “practice area”
for the United States Government. Our land tenure and property
rights work includes land policy, land tenure legal reform, conflict and
disputes resolution, broadening land access including land reform and
resettlement, land administration, land markets, land use planning and natural
resource property rights. This practice area continues to grow, and to meet
immediate programming and technical needs, ARD seeks a highly qualified, home
office-based Chief of Party with:
-- Excellent personnel and team participation, management and coordination
skills;
-- Significant USAID programming experience and support to USAID operating
units - this includes work plan development, SOW development,
results-based reporting, and financial/budget management;
-- Broad general knowledge of international development programming work,
particularly in natural resources management, agricultural development, rural
finance, land use planning, and natural resource management;
-- Specific knowledge of the role of property rights in development programming
in at least one specific technical subject, and in at least one or two USAID
programming regions;
-- Field level experience with residence in developing countries, as well as
short-term technical assignments;
-- Excellent public relations, communication, and client management skills; and
-- The necessary skills to ensure the coherence and consistency of product and
performance of technical and support personnel under tight deadlines.
Job qualifications : The successful candidate will
meet at least the following minimum qualifications in addition to those above:
-- Minimum Masters Degree in a field directly related to property rights
(natural/land resources, anthropology; rural sociology, agriculture economics,
and/or law).
-- Ten years or more of progressively responsible work in managing and
implementing land tenure, land reform, and/or natural resource governance
programs;
-- Five years of progressively responsible supervisory work including
direct supervision of professional and support staff; and assembling
teams of natural resource management, land tenure, property rights, gender
and/or resource governance professionals to respond to complex assignments;
-- At least four years of substantial managerial and technical experience in
natural resource management sector issues (water, forestry, wildlife, watersheds,
land use planning, pastures, etc.), with broad geographic experience;
-- At least one foreign language, preferably French/Spanish/Arabic;
-- Proposal development, proposal management and MCC programming experience are
a plus.
Education : Masters degree
Job type : Full-time, long-term
Start-up date : Immediate
Deadline
for submission of applications : Open until filled
Submit applications to : Home Office Jobs at this
email address homeofficejobs@ardinc.com
Instructions to applicants : To apply: Please
email current curriculum vitae (CV) in reverse chronological format to homeofficejobs@ardinc.com. Please refer to COP-PRRG in the
subject line. Applicants must complete
the U.S. Department of Labor’s Equal Employment Opportunity form using Job
Code: COP-PRRG. Applications that do not meet the minimum requirements listed
above will not be considered. No phone calls will be accepted.
ARD, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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