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There are 7 messages in this issue:
Message 1 - Country Director Mali
and Burkina Faso +b
Message 2 - Senior Advisor Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene +b
Message 3 - Senior Advisor in Biofuels +b
Message
4 - Senior
Advisor in Sustainable Tourism +b
Message 5 - Junior Advisor Tourism
+b
Message 6 - Senior Advisor Tourism
+b
Message 7 - Senior Advisor in Renewable
Energy +b
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Country Director Mali and Burkina Faso +b
Posted by:
Beverly Isanjiri
Name of company or organization : Kickstart
International
Place of Assignment
: Mali
Job
description : KickStart cherche quelqu’un qui comprend bien l’anglais
et le français pour la poste
du Directeur Nationale Mali
basée à Bamako. Prière de
lire ci-dessous:
KickStart
is an award-winning social enterprise founded in Kenya with a mission to help
millions of people escape poverty in developing countries through economic
empowerment rather than traditional aid.
Where most organizations focus on alleviating the effects of poverty,
hunger, disease, squalor and lack of empowerment, KickStart
addresses the root cause of poverty: lack of wealth. KickStart does this
by designing, manufacturing, distributing, marketing and selling low-cost
capital equipment to poor people that enables them to make more money and lift
themselves out of poverty. For example our range of ‘MoneyMaker™’
human-powered irrigation pumps enables subsistence farmers to increase their
productivity and incomes by a factor of 4 to 10, transforming their farms into
profitable enterprises.
We
currently have country programs in Kenya, Tanzania, Mali and Burkina Faso with
our headquarters in San Francisco, USA, and Nairobi, Kenya.
Scope
of Job
The
Country Director for KickStart Mali will be
responsible for managing, expanding and reporting on KickStart’s
operations in Mali and Burkina Faso, and to support fundraising and donor
reporting requirements as necessary. All
activities support the primary Kickstart mission of
getting people out of poverty in Mali & Burkina Faso, by promoting the
sales and usage of KickStart’s award winning MoneyMaker branded irrigation pumps. The Country Director reports to the Chief
Operating Officer based in KickStart’s Africa Office
in Nairobi (Kenya).
Principal
Accountabilities
 Manage and Strengthen the Mali and Burkina
Faso program by implementing and expanding KickStart
plans and strategies which comprise the following key strategic functions:
i. The operation and optimization of the
Private Sector Supply Chain Network (Manufacturer 
Distributor Retailers  Small-scale farmer) for pumps
& other equipment.
ii. The design/improvement, set-up and
management of a Marketing/Awareness Creation Program to accelerate the adoption
of our MoneyMaker technologies.
iii. The design/improvement, set-up and
management of a Sales Program to:
a. Sell our award-winning Money Maker
technologies
b. Gather marketing intelligence/inform
Marketing & Promo campaigns
iv. The design/improvement, set-up and
management of an Impact Monitoring Program which will track, measure
socio-economic impacts and key performance metrics.
• Manage staff and activities with the
mission of increasing sales and adoption of irrigation pumps, maximizing
cost-effectiveness and ensuring timely and accurate reporting of KickStart’s activities, finances and social impacts.
• Human Resource Management: Recruit, manage, and increase capacity /
capabilities of KickStart-Mali & Burkina Faso
team members. Ensure the timely and
effective implementation of the KickStart performance
management program – with the goal of building a motivated, high performing
team.
• Managing and reporting on all aspects of
the operation. This includes the 3 components of our field program (above), and
also includes financial and operational management and reporting. Manage a budget of $700,000 to $1,000,000 per
annum
 Coordinating with KickStart
International’s Nairobi and San Francisco offices on both strategic (program
design and implementation) and tactical issues.
 Liaising/collaborating and building
relationships with all KickStart’s development partners
– implementers/service providers and donors - and relevant government agencies.
 Ensuring that all activities/programs
undertaken are consistent with the mission and the basic policies and strategic
approaches developed and used by KickStart.
Job
qualifications :  Degree level
or equivalent in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics,
Political Sciences or Social Sciences or related field
 10 plus years of progressive responsible
experience in International Development or in senior position in a private
sector organization.
 People Management Experience – managing,
mentoring, and developing people and a high performing team
 Capital equipment sales and marketing
experience preferred and/ or enterprise development experience in an
international NGO
 Knowledge of finance and audit as well
managing and developing budgets
 Excellent personal communication, negotiation &
report writing skills
 Results/Performance Orientation – proven
“self-starter”
 Sales & Marketing Experience – retail
marketing of consumer goods, and supply chain management
 Knowledge and Experience in Micro Finance – a
plus
 Strong analytical abilities and detail
orientation
 At least 2 years experience living and
working in Sub-Saharan Africa - preferably in Francophone West Africa and
specifically in Mali
 Fluent in English and French and ideally with
knowledge of Bambara language
 Shares KickStart’s
values and believes in its Mission
 Exposure / Knowledge of Rural Development
Nationality : N/A
Education :
Bachelors degree
Job
type :
Full-time, long-term
Start-up
date : As soon as possible
Deadline
for submission of applications : 30th August 2008
Submit
applications to : Beverly Isanjiri
at this email address HR@kickstart.org
Follow-up : Phone call follow-ups are OK
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Senior Advisor Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
+b
Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg
Name
of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands
Development Organization
Place of Assignment
: Kenya
Job
description : SNV Netherlands Development Organisation 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, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH), 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 the WaSH sector, SNV Kenya 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).
SNV
Kenya support to water, sanitation and hygiene is guided by impact targets
emanating from the MDG-based National Water Services Strategy (NWSS) 2007-2015
as domesticated by the Water Services Boards and urban (utility) and rural
(community-based) Water Service Providers who provide a primary entry points
for WaSH services. To ensure increased access to
adequate and sustainable WaSH services, SNV Kenya
seeks to work with WaSH service providers (and support programmes)
in providing access to clean water to rural (pastoralists) communities and the peri-urban poor. Working with and through client
constellations, our efforts are geared towards bridging (inter)sectoral divides by fostering relationships between key
players involved in WaSH service delivery and water
(and other natural) resource management to sustain the water supply and
quality.
MAIN
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Refine and evolve the WASH concepts and
strategies developed to date at the Country and Portfolio level and translate
these into action-oriented initiatives by a multitude of actors within the
sector, thereby giving due attention to power relations that foster inequality
and hamper a conducive environment for service provision to the poor.
2. Maintain up-to-date information on sector
developments through an on-going analysis of trends and issues and identify,
together with all relevant stakeholders the requisite capacity development
services geared towards increasing access to safe and sustainable drinking
water and basic sanitation.
3. Support initiatives of local actors to
influence 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
4. Delivery of advisory services to public,
civil society and private sector organizations towards enhanced delivery of
water and sanitation services in Northern Kenya.
5. Investigate and stimulate public-private
and civil society partnerships to ensure quality of water and sanitation
services and enhance pro-poor service delivery.
6. Follow up and contribute actively to
national policies and developments related to water and sanitation and analyze
them in terms of their opportunities and implications for improved service
delivery
7. To support other SNV advisors in the
development of competencies and skills in order to provide the above mentioned
services to clients and partners in an effective and efficient manner.
8. Fulfill a leading role in WaSH knowledge development, brokering and networking
(dissemination) within SNV Kenya
9. To participate actively in existing
networks of WaSH services in Kenya and at
international levels and explore emergent opportunities for further evolution
of the practice.
10. To identify and pursue opportunities for
external funding of SNV¡¦s technical and organizational advisory services in WaSH.
Working
in a team of 10 advisors, the advisor will especially link up with the other
BASE and PIE advisors to build on synergy and unity of purpose to realise the SNV mission.
DESCRIPTION
OF DUTY STATION: Nanyuki, Northern Portfolio, Kenya
Medical
and educational facilities: Fair medical facilities in Nanyuki
and good medical facilities in Nairobi (2.5 hours by good tarred road).
Schooling:
Fair (in Nanyuki), good international schools in
Nairobi
Security
situation: Peace is prevailing throughout the country
Accessibility:
Daily flights with KLM/Kenya Airways and several connecting flights from
Nairobi.
CONTRACT
PERIOD: 3 years with possible extension
DESIRED
APPOINTMENT DATE: ASAP
SALARY
SCALE: 11 Minimum £á 2.795,02 ¡V Maximum £á 4.294,82 depending on working
experience.
Job
qualifications : REQUIREMENTS:
Education:
„X Professional with a Masters degree in Water
Resource Management, Sanitary Engineering, Public Health or other relevant
degree with specialization in water sanitation and hygiene service provision.
„X 8-10 years of experience in water resource
management and/or WaSH service delivery including 5
years as senior advisor or consultant
Specific
Knowledge / Skills:
„X Comprehension of WaSH
approaches and concepts;
„X Affinity with the legal and institutional
framework for WaSH service delivery in Kenya;
„X Experience with service delivery
mechanisms, including financial management and cost recovery mechanisms;
„X Knowledge of good (water) governance
practices, gender-sensitive and empowerment principles approaches;
„X Comprehension of, and preferably experience
with, political and socio-economical context of Kenya;
„X Ability to generate knowledge and publish
articles on WASH.
Knowledge
and skills for the position:
„X Application of theoretical models related
to development processes, organizational (OD)- and
institutional (inter-organizational, ID) development (Capacity Development
Services);
„X Advocacy, networking / lobbying and
knowledge brokering;
„X Strategic analysis of WASH environment both
nationally as well as internationally;
„X Coaching;
„X Searching for knowledge and knowledge
development (internet, knowledge institutes)
Other:
English required. Computer skills including Word, Excel and
Geographic- and Management Information (GIS-MIS) systems.
Education :
Masters degree
Job
type :
Full-time, long-term
Start-up
date : asap
Salary
range : Given in Text
Deadline
for submission of applications : 11 September 2008
Submit
applications to : Christine Ogolo
at this email address cogolo@snvworld.org
Instructions
to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION
You
can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Ms. Christine Ogolo (cogolo@snvworld.org)
until September 11, 2008.
For
corporate information, please visit us at www.snvworld.org
Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed
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Senior Advisor in Biofuels
+b
Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg
Name
of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands
Development Organization
Place
of Assignment :
Honduras
Job
description : At SNV we help organisations
succeed and scale by unlocking and harnessing their true potential for
transformative social change. With more
than 950 professional technical advisors located in 90 offices in more than 30
developing countries, we provide strategic and contextualized advisory,
knowledge and advocacy services to more than 1800 leading public, private and
social sector organisations in Africa, Asia, the
Balkans, and Latin America to accelerate and sustain their fight against
poverty. Driven by the
principles of economic and social inclusion, SNV catalyses scalable and lasting
solutions that increase employment and income opportunities and access to basic
services for the low-income segment.
CORE
VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS: SNV aspires to think different and catalyze development
beyond convention – not because it is easy, but because four decades of
experience on-the-ground have shown us that
sustainable solutions require integrated and contextualized approaches,
tailor-made strategies, and the ability to help our clients evolve. At SNV, we
believe in principled leadership driven by passion, inquisitiveness,
connection, results-orientation and integrity.
CORE
FUNCTIONS of the Senior Advisor Biofuels will
include:
• Strategic positioning: Identifying and
interpreting opportunities and/or barriers and threats of advisory practices
and ensuring information transfer to the team; Ensuring up to date contextual
analysis and interpretation regarding biofuels
sector.
• Network development: developing,
expanding and maintaining effective and efficient local and regional networks
with relevant stakeholders; identifying possible new clients; functions as the
interface between SNV and the client;
• Engagement and strategic scoping;
initiating multi-actor assignments at sub national or national level; preparing
proposal / strategies and ensuring approval on contracts; composing teams for
assignments and establishing contacts and agreements;
• Advisory Services: leading assignments
and being direct responsible for their successful implementation; acting as
account manager for specific assignments and / or clients; determining whether
or not and when other disciplines should be involved; managing and monitoring
progress and resources allocation and deployment; being responsible for contracting
process, monitoring quality of services delivered by involved organizations and
local capacity builders within assignments; identifying potential conflicting
interests and initiating appropriate actions; ensuring clients satisfaction on
quality of services and processes during the assignment.
• Review and Evaluation of Advisory
Services: contributing to feedback process, coaching and evaluation of achieved
results for clients and SNV; leading the collective learning; being responsible
for timely and high quality evaluation processes, coordinating the evaluation
process and monitoring with clients; proposing corrective measures and lessons
learned based on evaluations; ensures identification of follow up assignments,
ensuring planning and coordination of actions.
• Coaching advising other team members,
both professionally as operationally; coaching associated partners on quality
within context of assignments.
• Knowledge development: contributing to
internal and external knowledge development; participating in knowledge
development / expertise groups and in external and internal networks; ensuring
lessons learned being shared and applied in daily practice; possibly being
appointed as national or sub regional focal point of an expertise network.
SALARY
SCALE: 11 minimum € 2795,02 – maximum € 4294,82 gross
per month depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive
secondary conditions and individual allowances.
CONTRACT
PERIOD: starting a.s.a.p. for 3 years and renewable based on performance.
Job
qualifications : ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:
• Academic level of Masters Degree in
economics, business administration, environmental science, agro-economy or
equivalent.
SPECIFIC
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION:
• Proved experience in project design and
in promoting biofuel projects. Knowledge of value
chain approach for economic development in biofuels
• Knowledge and/or expertise in CDM
related to biofuels, CER’s market and VER markets;
and using market-based approaches for an expanding biofuels
sector.
• Experience in resource mobilization
techniques within the sector.
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
• Professional Background: Minimum 8 years
professional work experience, including at least 5 years of international
experience as consultant / advisory position, private or development
organization. Knowledge of the international development or international
business field preferred;
• Language: A proven track record working in a
multi-cultural and diverse environment.
Experience working in a bilingual (English & Spanish) environment
with sufficient proficiency required.
• Culture: Proven track record in working
in diverse and decentralized teams of professionals in an innovative setting;
able to lead, stimulate, inspire and coach professionals in a dynamic work
environment. Committed
to strengthening an innovative, inspiring and dynamic work-place environment
united by conviction to pursue development beyond convention.
Education :
Masters degree
Job
type :
Full-time, long-term
Start-up
date : asap
Salary
range : Given in Text
Deadline
for submission of applications : 11 September 2008
Submit
applications to : Pamela Espinosa at this email
address recruitmentla@snvworld.org
Instructions
to applicants : INFORMATION/APPLICATION:
You
can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Mrs. Pamela Espinosa (recruitmentla@snvworld.org) under
reference number HN 6489, until the 11th of September 2008. For further information regarding SNV Latin
America, please visit our website at www.snvla.org
and www.inclusivebusiness.org
For
corporate information, please visit us at www.snvworld.org
Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed
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Senior Advisor in Sustainable Tourism +b
Posted by: Sandra S.
van Doesburg
Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization
Place of Assignment
: Nicaragua
Job description
: SNV, we help organisations succeed and scale by unlocking and
harnessing their true potential for transformative social change. With more than 950 professional technical
advisors located in 90 offices in more than 30 developing countries, we provide
strategic and contextualised advisory, knowledge and advocacy services to more
than 1800 leading public, private and social sector organisations in Africa,
Asia, the Balkans, and Latin America to accelerate and sustain their fight
against poverty. Driven
by the principles of economic and social inclusion, SNV catalyses scalable and
lasting solutions that increase employment and income opportunities and access
to basic services for the low-income segment.
CORE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS: SNV
aspires to think different and catalyze development beyond convention – not
because it is easy, but because four decades of experience on-the-ground have
shown us that sustainable solutions require integrated
and contextualized approaches, tailor-made strategies, and the ability to help
our clients evolve. At SNV, we believe in principled leadership driven by
passion, inquisitiveness, connection, results-orientation and integrity.
CORE FUNCTIONS of the Senior
Advisor in Tourism will include:
• Strategic
positioning: Identifying and interpreting opportunities and/or barriers and
threats of advisory practices and ensuring information transfer to the team;
Ensuring up to date contextual analysis and interpretation regarding tourism
sector.
• Network
development: developing, expanding and maintaining effective and efficient
local and regional networks with relevant stakeholders; identifying possible
new clients; functions as the interface between SNV and the client;
• Engagement
and strategic scoping; initiating multi-actor assignments at sub national or
national level; preparing proposal / strategies and ensuring approval on
contracts; composing teams for assignments and establishing contacts and
agreements;
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