Table of Contents:

There are 14 messages in this issue:

Message 1 - Senior Programme Manager +b

Message 2 - Senior Advisor Sustainable Pro-Poor Tourism +b

Message 3 - Research Associate +b

Message 4 - Senior Advisor Pastoral Livestock +b

Message 5 - Senior Advisor International Livelihoods and Value Chain Development +b

Message 6 - Advisor Public Finance and Basic Services +b

Message 7 - Senior Advisor PHC/Public Health Financing and Governance +b

Message 8 - Senior Advisor in Inclusive Business-Exports Promotion +b

Message 9 - Senior Advisor in Industrial Development +b

Message 10 - Senior Advisor Water, Sanitation and Hygiene +b

Message 11 - Senior Advisor in Biofuels +b

Message 12 - Senior Advisor in Sustainable Tourism +b

Message 13 - Junior Advisor Tourism +b

Message 14 - Senior Advisor Tourism +b

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Senior Programme Manager +b

Posted by: Mathijs Euwema

Name of company or organization : International Child Development Initiatives

Place of Assignment :  Netherlands  

Job description : We are looking for a colleague with a special interest and a proven track record in working on behalf of disadvantaged children and their families.

The person will be ICDI\'s main \'anchor\' for a new programme activity: the International Palestinian Children Initiative (IPCI.) The focus of this programme is to create holistic, high-impact interventions that will support the healthy development of Palestinian girls and boys. IPCI is a joint programme of ICDI and its Palestinian partner organization The Trust of Programs for Early Childhood, Family and Community Education.

The new Programme Manager will be expected to have set up IPCI as a sustainable, long term programme after one year. It is, therefore, an absolute requirement that he/she has a solid knowledge of the region and funding agencies, and has access to high-quality networks both in the Middle East and other parts of the world. We hope that, given additional funding, the post can be changed into a full-time position.

The Senior Programme Manager\'s key responsibilities are to design, draft and develop new proposals and projects; monitor and evaluate projects; draft reports; provide technical assistance and training during project implementation; contribute to organizational strategic planning and development; identify and pursue funding opportunities; contribute to action research; network and represent ICDI and the IPCI programme; and support and advise junior programme managers.

ICDI is an international development not-for-profit organization. ICDI promotes the well-being of children growing up in difficult circumstances. We work to improve the policies and practices which affect these children by NGO capacity building, programme development, research and training.  We believe in the power of children and young people, and support their rights in addressing the underlying causes for the problems they face. We are based in Leiden, the Netherlands (see: www.icdi.nl).

The assignment is, in principle, a 3 day per week part-time position for one year with a one month probation period. The working relationship could lead to a permanent contract, when all involved parties agree and the necessary funds are raised. 

Job qualifications : We are looking for a colleague with a university degree in the social sciences and with a special interest and a proven track record in working on behalf of disadvantaged children and their families. The candidate should be familiar with international human development issues, action research, programme development, training, and NGO capacity building. Furthermore it is essential that he or she has extensive experience in successful institutional and other creative forms of fundraising.Experience in the Middle East region is a requirement.

Nationality : Only persons with residence and working permits for the EU should apply.

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Part-time job

Start-up date : 1 November 2008

Salary range : The gross honorarium for a three-day working week will be € 2,100.

Deadline for submission of applications : 20 September 2008

Submit applications to : Bregje van Bemmel at this email address bregje@icdi.nl  

Instructions to applicants : Application letters, CV\'s and contact details for at least three references should be sent by email to the HR and Administration Manager, Bregje van Bemmel, bregje@icdi.nl with cc mathijs@icdi.nl. The application deadline is 20 September 2008.For more information on this vacancy please contact Mathijs Euwema, Director, mathijs@icdi.nl, or Nico van Oudenhoven, Senior Associate, nico@icdi.nl.  

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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Senior Advisor Sustainable Pro-Poor Tourism +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 and (2) increasing access to basic services in the sectors of water, sanitation & hygiene, education, health and renewable energy. We aim at achieving 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.

SNV Kenya focuses most of its capacity building support to the Arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. SNV currently operates in three portfolio offices namely: South Rift, located in Nairobi but serving the districts of Kajiado, Narok and Transmara; North Rift located in Eldoret, serving the Districts of Keiyo,  Marakwet, Pokot, Koibatek, Nandi, Baringo, Turkana, West Pokot, Uasin Gishu, Mount Elgon and Transmara and North Kenya located in Nanyuki, serving the districts of Samburu, Laikipia, Isiolo, Marsabit and Moyale.

With a population of 32 million people, 75% living in rural areas, the achievement of the Government of Kenya’s long term development goals will require an acceleration of growth, and a greater emphasis on growth in the rural areas. The government of Kenya has identified tourism as one such vessel of economic development for poverty reduction because of its unique characteristics such as the focus on rural areas, the potential for local participation in the value chain, the multiplier effect potential, among many others.

SNV Kenya seeks to complement the government and other industry stakeholders in using tourism as a strategic tool in wealth creation and local economic development. SNV Kenya currently covers three region specific destinations namely: The North Rift, with Lake Baringo National Park and Lake Bogoria tourism resorts, the South Rift, with Nairobi National Park, Amboseli National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve and North Kenya with wildlife sanctuaries like Samburu game reserve, Shaba game Reserve, buffalo springs game reserve; Bisan Adhi game Reserve and a number of private and community owned conservancies which are frequently visited by tourists. SNV aims overall to contribute towards destination management efforts currently on-going and particularly informed by the need to mainstream the pro-poor dimension.

SNV is looking for a senior Sustainable Pro-poor Tourism Advisor to provide strategic direction in up-scaling the country tourism Programme. The Tourism Advisor will be part of the North Kenya Portfolio (NKP), comprising of advisors from other sectors, with duty station Nanyuki. The Advisor will deliver advisory services to local clients in NKP and steer national processes with national actors in the tourism industry. As the country leader in tourism, he/she will have an active role in coaching and steering tourism advisors in the other 2 portfolios of SNV/Kenya, in delivering services within their proscribed destinations.  She/he will report to the Northern Kenya Portfolio Coordinator.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

A.      Advisory services

1.       Identify and assist relevant client/client groups to conduct investment studies, identify and profile investment opportunities in the destination of operation.

2.       Advise tourism ventures in the target regions on pro-poor tourism approaches and facilitate  the development of viable bussineses that satisfy the financial, economic  ecological and socio-cultural criteria of healthy bussinesses.

3.       Provide technical advice to selected viable tourism bussinesses, (facilitate the development of strategies, business plans, quality products and services and facilitate the link with financial institutions and the market).

4.       Facilitate multi-stake holder platforms in selected destinations with a view to enhance over-all performance of the destination.

5.       Work with local capacity builders to support vocational skill development on various tourism services to increase employment.

6.       Provide technical assistance on destination governance.

B.      Learning / teamwork:

1.       Coach other advisors of the tourism team.

2.       Lead tourism sector in the identification of best practices, share and promote learning of them; identify the needs for training and/ or alliances; promote the participation of SNV in thematic national and international networks related to thematic expertise.

3.       Actively participate in national/international learning and experiences sharing networks, and feed the knowledge back into the team.

4.       Pro-actively develop the tools and review achieved results within the context of the strategic objectives and lead collective learning of clients, sector teams and expertise group from the lessons learnt.

C.      Knowledge development

1.       Lead the tourism sector in the identification of best practises, document interesting results and lessons, promote SNV participation in thematic national and international networks and contribute to internal and external knowledge development Knowledge competencies and skills

2.       Identification of new knowledge sources for clients and team members

3.       Contribute to the documentation and knowledge development in the Tourism sector in Kenya and ESA Cluster.

D.      Positioning

1.       Steer the tourism team in reviewing and transitioning SNV tourism strategy inline with destination management strategy.

2.       Proactively link pro-poor tourism initiatives with mainstream tourism industry.

3.       Proactively develop, expand and maintain effective and efficient Pro-poor tourism related networks with key stakeholders and partners for the purposes of leveraging for better impact in the sector.

4.       Play an active role in partnership building and resource mobilization activities of SNV.

5.       Assist client organizations in setting up networks and where possible collaborative partnerships with similar and complementary initiatives with actors in the tourism industry with special attention to linkages between the tourism value chain players for effective local benefits.

DESIRED APPOINTMENT DATE: ASAP

SALARY SCALE: 11 minimum € 2795,02 – maximum € 4294,82 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

CONTRACT PERIOD: starting a.s.a.p. for 3 years.

Job qualifications : KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

•        Masters degree in tourism or related field like economics or business management with sufficient experiences in planning, development and marketing of tourism businesses and ventures. 

•        Proven knowledge in theories and practices of destination management , supply chain management, tourism value chain development, pro-poor tourism approaches

•        Proven knowledge and experiences in organisational development, multi- actor facilitation and learning processes, networking and building alliances, good governance and social inclusion

•        Minimum of Ten (10) years of relevant working experience, Five (5) of which must be in pro-poor tourism and poverty related advisory programming.

SKILLS, ABILITY TO:

•        Analyze and synthesize complex development issues and interpret them into SNV’s advisory services, especially in the area of pro-poor tourism;

•        Adapt rapidly to changing context and needs and demands of tourism sector and clients  organizations in the country and SNV in general;

•        Devise methodologies to capture and share knowledge and/or contribute to quality of advisory practice in advisory teams

•        Coach and mentor colleagues and providing feedback to improve performance.

•        Apply gender aspects to tourism situation and specific interventions.

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Salary range : Given in Text

Deadline for submission of applications : 30-09-08

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 Christine Ogolo (cogolo@snvworld.org) under reference number KE 3951, until 30th September 2008.

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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Research Associate +b

Posted by: Sahba Sobhani

Name of company or organization : UNDP

Place of Assignment :  USA  

Job description : TERMS OF REFERENCE

Partnerships Bureau

“Growing Inclusive Markets” Initiative

Consultant-Research Associate 

Post Title:   Consultant

Post Level:  Special Service Agreement (SSA)

Time frame:          11 September – 31 December  2008  (80   days consultancy)

Duty Station:       New York-HQ

Bureau/Office:    Growing Inclusive Markets, Private Sector Division, Partnerships Bureau

Background

Over the last few years, UNDP has been examining and encouraging the role that business can play in accelerating development. This work, and the role of the private sector in development in general was further catapulted into a top priority after the release of the report of the Secretary-General by the UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development in March 2004 in its report, Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor. UNDP is now keen to build on this work and identify how business can contribute to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by examining and reviewing the experience of companies in developing pro-poor business models. The new flagship UNDP multi-stakeholder Initiative on “Growing Inclusive Markets” is UNDP’s most visible strategic and sustained global advocacy tool for the important role of the private sector in achieving the MDGs.

Under the over-all supervision of the Programme Manager of the Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative, the Consultant/Research Associate  will be working with key experts and members of the Initiative Team in  the research, production and writing of a series of discrete deliverables  (a background paper and a guidance note )  and provide overall research assistance to the Initiative in preparation for a toolkit produced for  UN country offices to partner with companies to effectively implement and disseminate pro-poor business models

Specific tasks

The Consultant will be responsible for the following   outputs:

1.       Background Paper on “ Patient Capital and Blended Financing Models in financing  Pro-Poor Business Models”

Based on existing methodologies and a comprehensive analysis of both primary and secondary case studies, the consultant will conduct a desk study on “Patient Capital and Blended Financing Models in financing pro-poor business models”.

2.       Guidance Note for Strategy Note on “Putting the Growing Inclusive Markets Approach into Action: Initiatives and Localization Agenda”.  Given the positioning of the Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative Report as a “provocation for action”,  the second deliverable is a strategy note that will be developed in collaboration with the Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative  Team to provide the basis for the terms of the reference for the post Report launch implementation strategy including the potential setup of a fourth work stream for Implementation.  This strategy note will be developed by the current GIM team but will require the commissioning of a guidance  note of lessons learned from existing initiatives currently underway including  country level public private foras and action research platforms, and activities by other institutions involved in the space of inclusive business

The consultant will provide principal research assistance for the following output:

1.       Diagnostics to Implementation Growing Inclusive Markets  Toolkit  to assist in the development of business models and facilitate country level partnerships with the private sector  by using GIM’s three step approach to identify and capture inclusive business opportunities: identify opportunities, understand the market conditions, and find solutions.

Job qualifications : Position Requirements

•        Effective oral and written communications skills

•        Attention to details , problem-solving ability and strong follow-up skills

•        Proven ability to work independently and effectively, and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

•        Must be able to answer phones, keep calendars, order supplies, enter data, file, copy fax

•        Excellent organizational, time management, and strong interpersonal skills

•        Note taking skills, summarizing meetings and teleconferences

Qualifications

•        Masters degree in economics or public policy. 

•        3 years of relevant experience and expertise in issues related to the private sector, the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and in-depth knowledge of “pro-poor” business and their potential to contribute to development

•        Excellent writing skills, as well as strong analytical aptitude, communication and presentation skills

•        Computer proficiency: MS word and Power Point

•        Fluent in English, proficiency in French and/or Spanish is a strong asset.

Selection process

In accordance with UNDP consultancy procedures, traditional procurement rules will apply, in line with new guidelines pertaining to Special Service Agreement contracts (SSA). As such, UNDP considers the application and the performance during an interview as a technical offer to this request for proposals. Candidates that have been short listed will be asked to submit a financial offer / daily fee separately – both elements (technical and financial) will be relevant to make a decision for the assignment

Nationality : No

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : 15 September 

Deadline for submission of applications : 10 September 2008

Submit applications to : Growing Inclusive Markets Secretariat  at this email address NA

Instructions to applicants : Selection process

In accordance with UNDP consultancy procedures, traditional procurement rules will apply, in line with new guidelines pertaining to Special Service Agreement contracts (SSA). As such, UNDP considers the application and the performance during an interview as a technical offer to this request for proposals. Candidates that have been short listed will be asked to submit a financial offer / daily fee separately – both elements (technical and financial) will be relevant to make a decision for the assignment.

Follow-up : Applicants need not do follow-ups 

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Senior Advisor Pastoral Livestock +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Cameroon  

Job description : SNV develops the capacity of partner organisations through advisory services and knowledge development. In all our work, special attention is given to issues of governance, gender and inclusion.   

SNV Cameroon intervenes through four teams of advisors. Two teams are based in Yaoundι (a National Portfolio and a Forestry focused Portfolio covering a vast forest zone in the East, Centre and South Provinces of Cameroun) while the other two are in Bamenda (covering the North-West Province) and in Maroua, covering the Extreme-North Province. In each area, multidisciplinary teams of advisors provide Capacity Development Services to local NGO producers and governmental organisations amongst others.   

SNV seeks to influence a positive and lasting improvement of poor people’s livelihoods through the development of market value chains (namely Timber and Non Timber Forest Products [NTFP] and pastoral livestock & bi-products) and access to basic services, namely drinking water and quality primary health care. In the latter sector, our aim is to help achieve significant increase of access to quality health services with a special focus on governance and equity issues. To reach these objectives we work on capacity building of local organizations, governance issues and we seek to bridge the micro-macro divide. In these efforts we work with various civil society organizations, mutual health organisations and local government & municipality structures.

SNV Cameroon is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of Senior Advisor in Pastoral Livestock. The successful candidate will play a significant national advisory role as Pastoralism Thematic Leader (30% of the time) as well as provide technical advice and support to local actors, local communities and tribes for; improved interaction of service users and providers, more efficient planning and services governance for overall improved quality equity and social inclusion of local communities in the Province.    

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•        Provides thematic leadership to pastoral livestock issues of the Cameroon country programme

•        Supports team and partners’ knowledge of  pastoral livestock and their various levels of implementation and progress

•        Reinforces local actors’ capacities so as to enable and monitor progress towards the MDG pastoral goals

•        Supports organisations and local actors to get a better understanding of micro and macro economic issues affecting populations in the Extreme North Province

•        Helps develop and reinforce effective and result orientated partnerships and sharing of knowledge between relevant actors

•        Develops / reinforces pastoral service providers’ capacities to develop and engage in a regular and constructive dialogue with pastoral livestock users with a view of making services more relevant to the latter

•        Reinforces capacities of public services and partners for more equity in access to pastoral livestock and to measure progress towards such equity

DESCRIPTION OF DUTY STATION:

Name: Maroua.

Medical facilities: Good medical services in hospitals, private clinics and pharmacies.

Educational facilities: Good French international schools. The national schools are of fairly good quality.

Security situation: Good. Nevertheless, continuous monitoring of safety measures is necessary.

Accessibility: Regular flights, reasonable to good roads, adequate transport facilities.

Communication: Internet, satellite phone, telephone, state and private media (TV, radio and press).

SALARY SCALE: 11 Minimum € 2795,02 maximum €4294,82 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

CONTRACT DURATION: 2 years, with the possibility of renewal

DESIRED APPOINTMENT DATE: As soon as possible

Job qualifications : REQUIREMENTS: 

•        Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (development, economics, etc) 

•        Proven track record of working with pro-poor approaches, social inclusion and gender, sustainability and governance related issues in a development context

•        Knowledge and proven experience in Pastoralism and livelihood

•        Knowledge of and experience with the functioning of government/public sector, private sector and civil society organisations, including private public partnerships

•        Excellent analytical skills combined with a practical and pragmatic approach oriented towards lasting results

•        Excellent oral and written communication skills

•        Knowledge of and experience with participatory techniques, coaching, networking, learning, alliance building and team building

•        Work experience: Minimum of 7 years of relevant working experience in a developing country, preferably in Africa

•        Broad experience in capacity building, facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development, organisational learning, change processes, and strategy formulation

•        Knowledge of (inter) national strategies for poverty alleviation, rural development

•        Knowledge of SNV cross-cutting themes as governance, gender equity and social inclusion

•        Pragmatic, good and patient negotiator and solution orientated approach

LANGUAGES: 

•        Fluent  French and English ( English is the official working language of SNV) 

•        Very good knowledge of data processing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet)

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Salary range : Given in Text

Deadline for submission of applications : 16 September 2008

Submit applications to : Carine Mbeng at this email address cmbeng@snvworld.org  

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Carine Mbeng (cmbeng@snvworld.org), HR SNV-Cameroon, before 16 September 2008 with reference number CM 4136.

We do not appreciate any commercial mediation based on this advertisement. 

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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.

Senior Advisor International Livelihoods and Value Chain Development +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Cameroon  

Job description : SNV develops the capacity of partner organisations through advisory services and knowledge development. In all our work, special attention is given to issues of governance, gender and inclusion.   

SNV Cameroon intervenes through four teams of advisors. Two teams are based in Yaoundι (a National Portfolio and a Forestry focused Portfolio covering a vast forest zone in the East, Centre and South Provinces of Cameroun) while the other two are in Bamenda (covering the North-West Province) and in Maroua, covering the Extreme-North Province. In each area, multidisciplinary teams of advisors provide Capacity Development Services to local NGO producers and governmental organisations amongst others.   

SNV seeks to influence a positive and lasting improvement of poor people’s livelihoods through the development of market value chains (namely Timber and Non Timber Forest Products [NTFP] and pastoral livestock & bi-products) and access to basic services, namely drinking water and quality primary health care. In the latter sector, our aim is to help achieve significant increase of access to quality health services with a special focus on governance and equity issues. To reach these objectives we work on capacity building of local organizations, governance issues and we seek to bridge the micro-macro divide. In these efforts we work with various civil society organizations, mutual health organisations and local government & municipality structures.

SNV Cameroon is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of Senior Advisor in International Livelihoods and Value Chain Development. Experience with various environments and experience/interest in inclusive business is an asset. The successful candidate will play a significant national advisory role and provide support to the other teams in key cross cutting approaches and issues and advisory services to national clients.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•        Implement SNV Cameroon strategy in contributing to sub-sectors (Pastoralism, NTFP, Timber & second Transformation) and value chain analysis

•        Evolve the value chains selected and translate them into continued support activities to a wide range of actors within the value chains with the aim of creating income and employment opportunities

•        Develop the concept of Inclusive Business to link small stakeholders to national or international market through major enterprises

•        Ensure updated information about trends, market developments and market requirements (regulations, quality standards, trade conditions) in sub-sectors

•        Identify key stakeholders, actors and Local Capacity Builders (LCB) in the value chains and support initiatives to establish market linkages, networks and partnerships between them

•        Identify leverage points and design intervention strategies for value chains development including the enabling environment. Support the actors/stakeholders in the selected value chains through participatory processes and by providing advisory services

•        Establish networks and where possible collaborative partnerships with similar and complementary initiatives, undertaken by other organizations, institutions or programs

•        Take the lead within the SNV team to further develop and fine-tune the value chain development concept, give strategic direction to the scaling up of the program activities, give technical backstopping and guidance to the SNV CMR teams, provide on-the-job support and coaching of advisors and LCB on the above mentioned issues.

•        Assist local private stakeholders to develop win-win relationships with relevant private sector organizations (IB approach)

DESCRIPTION OF DUTY STATION:

Name: Yaoundι

Medical facilities: Good medical services in hospitals, private clinics and pharmacies

Educational facilities: Good French and American international schools for primary and secondary education

Security situation: Good. Nevertheless, continuous monitoring of safety measures is necessary

Accessibility: Daily international flights, reasonable to good roads, adequate transport facilities

Communication: Internet, Satellite phone, Telephone, State and Private media (TV, Radio and Press)

SALARY SCALE: 11 Minimum € 2795,02 maximum €4294,82 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

CONTRACT DURATION: 2 years, with the possibility of renewal

DESIRED APPOINTMENT DATE: As soon as possible

Job qualifications :

REQUIREMENTS: 

•        Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (development, economics, etc) 

•        Proven track record of working with pro-poor approaches, social inclusion and gender, sustainability and governance related issues in a development context

•        Knowledge of and experience with the functioning of government/public sector, private sector and civil society organisations, including private public partnerships

•        Excellent analytical skills combined with a practical and pragmatic approach oriented towards lasting results

•        Excellent oral and written communication skills

•        Knowledge of and experience with participatory techniques, coaching, networking, learning, alliance building and team building

•        Work experience: Minimum of 7 years of relevant working experience in a developing country, preferably in Africa

•        Broad experience in capacity building, facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development, organisational learning, change processes, and strategy formulation

•        Knowledge of (inter) national strategies for poverty alleviation, rural development

•        Knowledge of SNV cross-cutting themes as governance, gender equity and social inclusion

•        Pragmatic, good and patient negotiator and solution orientated approach

LANGUAGES:

•        Fluent  French and English ( English is the official working language of SNV) 

•        Very good knowledge of data processing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet)

Education : Masters degree  

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Salary range : Given in Text

Deadline for submission of applications : 16 September 2008

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Carine Mbeng (cmbeng@snvworld.org)  HR SNV-Cameroon, before 16 September 2008 with reference number CM 6543.

We do not appreciate any commercial mediation based on this advertisement. 

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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.

Advisor Public Finance and Basic Services +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Cameroon  

Job description : SNV develops the capacity of partner organisations through advisory services and knowledge development. In all our work, special attention is given to issues of governance, gender and inclusion.   

SNV Cameroon intervenes through four teams of advisors. Two teams are based in Yaoundι (a National Portfolio and a Forestry focused Portfolio covering a vast forest zone in the East, Centre and South Provinces of Cameroun) while the other two are in Bamenda (covering the North-West Province) and in Maroua, covering the Extreme-North Province. In each area, multidisciplinary teams of advisors provide Capacity Development Services to local NGO producers and governmental organisations amongst others.   

SNV seeks to influence a positive and lasting improvement of poor people’s livelihoods through the development of market value chains (namely Timber and Non Timber Forest Products [NTFP] and pastoral livestock & bi-products) and access to basic services, namely drinking water and quality primary health care. In the latter sector, our aim is to help achieve significant increase of access to quality health services with a special focus on governance and equity issues. To reach these objectives we work on capacity building of local organizations, governance issues and we seek to bridge the micro-macro divide. In these efforts we work with various civil society organizations, mutual health organisations and local government & municipality structures.

SNV Cameroon is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of Advisor in Public Finance and Basic Services. The successful candidate provides technical advice and support to local actors, decentralised and governance related organisations for improved interaction of service users and providers, more efficient planning and service governance for overall improved quality and equity to national clients.    

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•        Support team and partners’ knowledge of  public finance and governance policies and their various levels of implementation and progress

•        Reinforce public finance and basic service organisation capacities to improve, sustain and monitor progress in terms of quality, accessibility and efficiency of related field services including MDG goals

•        Support organisations and local actors to get a better understanding of micro and macro economic issues affecting public finance and basic services

•        Help develop and reinforce effective and result orientated partnerships and sharing of knowledge between relevant actors

•        Develop / reinforce health service providers’ capacities to develop and engage in a regular and constructive dialogue with health users with a view of making services more relevant to the latter

•        Engage with and manage key clients at institutional and organizational levels

•        Based on an analysis of macro context trends, develop and implement a strategy for strategic partnerships with development partners at (inter-)national and local levels serving to strengthen the positioning, effectiveness and impact of our advisory practice

•        Contribute to the development and the implementation of SNV operational strategy in Cameroon

•        Assist in the identification of opportunities of resource mobilisation to support our advisory practice

•        Identify new clients in public finance and basic services

•        Manage clients and contribute to the results of the team

DESCRIPTION OF DUTY STATION:

Name: Yaoundι

Medical facilities: Good medical services in hospitals, private clinics and pharmacies

Educational facilities: Good French and American international schools for primary and secondary education

Security situation: Good. Nevertheless, continuous monitoring of safety measures is necessary

Accessibility: Daily international flights, reasonable to good roads, adequate transport facilities

Communication: Internet, Satellite phone, Telephone, State and Private media (TV, Radio and Press)

SALARY SCALE: 10 Minimum € 2349,63 maximum €3776,60 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

CONTRACT DURATION: 2 years, with the possibility of renewal

DESIRED APPOINTMENT DATE: As soon as possible

Job qualifications : REQUIREMENTS: 

•        Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (development, economics, public finance, etc.) 

•        Proven track record of working with pro-poor approaches, social inclusion and gender, sustainability and governance related issues in a development context

•        Knowledge of and experience with the functioning of government/public sector, private sector and civil society organisations, including private public partnerships

•        Good analytical skills combined with a practical and pragmatic approach oriented towards lasting results

•        Good oral and written communication skills

•        Knowledge of and experience with participatory techniques, coaching, networking, learning, alliance building and team building

•        Work experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience in a developing country, preferably in Africa

•        Experience in Public Private Partnerships (PPP) is an asset

•        Knowledge of (inter) national strategies for poverty alleviation, rural development

•        Knowledge of SNV cross-cutting themes as governance, gender equity and social inclusion

•        Pragmatic, good and patient negotiator and solution orientated approach

LANGUAGES: 

•        Fluent French

•        Good knowledge of English (official working language of SNV) 

•        Very good knowledge of data processing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet)

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Salary range : Given in Text

Deadline for submission of applications : 16 September 2008

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Carine Mbeng (cmbeng@snvworld.org), HR SNV-Cameroon, before 16 September 2008 with reference number CM 6542.

We do not appreciate any commercial mediation based on this advertisement.

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Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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.

Senior Advisor PHC/Public Health Financing and Governance +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Cameroon  

Job description : SNV develops the capacity of partner organisations through advisory services and knowledge development. In all our work, special attention is given to issues of governance, gender and inclusion.   

SNV Cameroon intervenes through four teams of advisors. Two teams are based in Yaoundι (a National Portfolio and a Forestry focused Portfolio covering a vast forest zone in the East, Centre and South Provinces of Cameroun) while the other two are in Bamenda (covering the North-West Province) and in Maroua, covering the Extreme-North Province. In each area, multidisciplinary teams of advisors provide Capacity Development Services to local NGO producers and governmental organisations amongst others.   

SNV seeks to influence a positive and lasting improvement of poor people’s livelihoods through the development of market value chains (namely Timber and Non Timber Forest Products [NTFP] and pastoral livestock & bi-products) and access to basic services, namely drinking water and quality primary health care. In the latter sector, our aim is to help achieve significant increase of access to quality health services with a special focus on governance and equity issues. To reach these objectives we work on capacity building of local organizations, governance issues and we seek to bridge the micro-macro divide. In these efforts we work with various civil society organizations, mutual health organisations and local government & municipality structures.

SNV Cameroon is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of Senior Advisor in Primary Health Care / Health Financing and Governance. The successful candidate will play a significant national advisory role as Health Thematic Leader (30% of the time) as well as provide technical advice and support to local actors, district health teams and mutual health organisations for; improved interaction of service users and providers, more efficient planning and service governance for overall improved quality and equity of health services in the Province.    

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•        Provides thematic leadership to the health financing work of the Cameroon country programme

•        Supports team and partners’ knowledge of public health policies and their various levels of implementation and progress

•        Reinforces local actors’ capacities so as to enable and monitor progress towards the MDG health goals

•        Reinforces health districts’ capacities to improve, sustain and monitor progress in terms of quality, accessibility and efficiency of health services

•        Supports organisations and local actors to get a better understanding of micro and macro economic issues affecting health services in the Extreme North Province

•        Helps develop and reinforce effective and result orientated partnerships and sharing of knowledge between relevant actors

•        Develops / reinforces health service providers’ capacities to develop and engage in a regular and constructive dialogue with health users with a view of making services more relevant to the latter

•        Reinforces capacities of public services and partners for more equity in access to health services and to measure progress towards such equity

DESCRIPTION OF DUTY STATION:

Name: Maroua.

Medical facilities: Good medical services in hospitals, private clinics and pharmacies.

Educational facilities: Good French international schools. The national schools are of fairly good quality.

Security situation: Good. Nevertheless, continuous monitoring of safety measures is necessary.

Accessibility: Regular flights, reasonable to good roads, adequate transport facilities.

Communication: Internet, satellite phone, telephone, state and private media (TV, radio and press).

SALARY SCALE: 11 Minimum € 2795,02 maximum €4294,82 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

CONTRACT DURATION: 2 years, with the possibility of renewal

DESIRED APPOINTMENT DATE: As soon as possible

Job qualifications : REQUIREMENTS: 

•        Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (development, economics, etc) 

•        Proven track record of working with pro-poor approaches, social inclusion and gender, sustainability and governance related issues in a development context

•        Knowledge and proven experiences in Primary health care and public health financing systems

•        Knowledge of and experience with the functioning of government/public sector, private sector and civil society organisations, including private public partnerships

•        Excellent analytical skills combined with a practical and pragmatic approach oriented towards lasting results

•        Excellent oral and written communication skills

•        Knowledge of and experience with participatory techniques, coaching, networking, learning, alliance building and team building

•        Work experience: Minimum of 7 years of relevant working experience in a developing country, preferably in Africa

•        Broad experience in capacity building, facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development, organisational learning, change processes, and strategy formulation

•        Knowledge of (inter) national strategies for poverty alleviation, rural development

•        Knowledge of SNV cross-cutting themes as governance, gender equity and social inclusion

•        Pragmatic, good and patient negotiator and solution orientated approach

LANGUAGES: 

•        Fluent  French  and English ( English is the official working language of SNV) 

•        Very good knowledge of data processing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet)

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Salary range : Given in Text

Deadline for submission of applications : 16 September 2008

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Carine Mbeng (cmbeng@snvworld.org), HR SNV-Cameroon, before 16 September 2008 with reference number CM 3732.

We do not appreciate any commercial mediation based on this advertisement.

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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.

Senior Advisor in Inclusive Business-Exports Promotion +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Bolivia  

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 in Inclusive Business and Exports Promotion will include:

•        Strategic positioning: Identify and interpret opportunities and/or barriers and threats of advisory practices and ensuring information transfer to the team; ensure up to date contextual analysis and interpretation regarding the commodities exports sector;

•        Network development: Develop, expand and maintain effective and efficient local and regional networks with relevant stakeholders; identify possible new clients; functions as the interface between SNV and the client;

•        Engagement and strategic scoping; Initiate multi-actor assignments at sub national or national level; prepare proposal / strategies and ensure approval on contracts; compose teams for assignments and establish contacts and agreements;

•        Advisory Services: Lead assignments and being directly responsible for their successful implementation; act as account manager for specific assignments and / or clients; determine whether or not and when other disciplines should be involved; manage and monitor progress and resources allocation and deployment; be responsible for contracting process, monitor quality of services delivered by involved organizations and local capacity builders within assignments; identify potential conflicting interests and initiate appropriate actions; ensure clients satisfaction on quality of services and processes during the assignment;

•        Review and Evaluation of Advisory Services: Contribute to feedback process, coaching and evaluation of achieved results for clients and SNV; lead the collective learning; be responsible for timely and high quality evaluation processes, coordinate the evaluation process and monitor with clients; propose corrective measures and lessons learned based on evaluations; ensure identification of follow up assignments, ensure planning and coordination of actions;

•        Coaching Advise other team members, both professionally as operationally; coach associated partners on quality within context of assignments;

•        Knowledge development: Contribute to internal and external knowledge development; participate in knowledge development / expertise groups and in external and internal networks; ensure 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 2 years and with possibility of extension based on performance.

INFORMATION ON APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Ms. Jennifer Chumacero (seleccion@snvbo.org) under reference number BO 6580, until 10th 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

Job qualifications : ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:

•        Masters Degree in economics, business administration, international trade or equivalent.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION:

•        Proved knowledge of the Latin-American context, especially regarding economic development and agro industrial and productive development.

•        Experience in promoting business in development countries.

•        Knowledge of commodities’ and special commodities’ markets, forestry sector (desirable) especially connecting Latin America or other developing countries with United States of America and/or Europe.

•        Experience in the development of public policies for the promotion of exports and the development of potential products with emphasize on small and medium enterprises.

•        Desirable knowledge of market development for the tourist sector.

•        Proven capacity of engaging local productive initiatives to international markets.

•        Experience in research, quantitative analysis and preparation of technical documents.

•        Strong negotiation skills, leadership and results oriented.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

•        Professional Background: Minimum 8 years of professional work experience, including at least 5 years of international experience as consultant or in an advisory position in a 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 : 10 September 2008

Submit applications to : Jennifer Chumacero  at this email address seleccion@snvbo.org  

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Ms. Jennifer Chumacero (seleccion@snvbo.org) under reference number BO 6580, until 10th 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

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.

Senior Advisor in Industrial Development +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Bolivia  

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 in Industrial Development will include:

•        Strategic positioning: Identify and interpret opportunities and/or barriers and threats of advisory practices and ensuring information transfer to the team; ensure up to date contextual analysis and interpretation regarding the commodities exports sector;

•        Network development: Develop, expand and maintain effective and efficient local and regional networks with relevant stakeholders; identify possible new clients; functions as the interface between SNV and the client;

•        Engagement and strategic scoping; Initiate multi-actor assignments at sub national or national level; prepare proposal / strategies and ensure approval on contracts; compose teams for assignments and establish contacts and agreements;

•        Advisory Services: Lead assignments and being directly responsible for their successful implementation; act as account manager for specific assignments and / or clients; determine whether or not and when other disciplines should be involved; manage and monitor progress and resources allocation and deployment; be responsible for contracting process, monitor quality of services delivered by involved organizations and local capacity builders within assignments; identify potential conflicting interests and initiate appropriate actions; ensure clients satisfaction on quality of services and processes during the assignment;

•        Review and Evaluation of Advisory Services: Contribute to feedback process, coaching and evaluation of achieved results for clients and SNV; lead the collective learning; be responsible for timely and high quality evaluation processes, coordinate the evaluation process and monitor with clients; propose corrective measures and lessons learned based on evaluations; ensure identification of follow up assignments, ensure planning and coordination of actions;

•        Coaching Advise other team members, both professionally as operationally; coach associated partners on quality within context of assignments;

•        Knowledge development: Contribute to internal and external knowledge development; participate in knowledge development / expertise groups and in external and internal networks; ensure 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 2 years with a possibility of extension based on performance.

Job qualifications : ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:

•        MBA in economics, business administration, industrial engineering or equivalent.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION:

•        Proved knowledge of the Latin-American context, especially regarding economic development and public policies related to the promotion of the industrial sector.

•        Experience in promoting business in development countries especially within countries that promote innovative public policies for the industrial sector.

•        Experience in the development of public policies for the promotion of the industrial sector, for technological innovation, specifically oriented to small and medium enterprises.

•        Proven capacity of engaging local productive initiatives with international best practices.

•        Experience in research, quantitative analysis and preparation of technical documents.

•        Strong negotiation skills, leadership and results oriented.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

•        Professional Background: Minimum 8 years of professional work experience, including at least 5 years of international experience as consultant or in an advisory position in a 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 : 10 September 2008

Submit applications to : Jennifer Chumacero  at this email address seleccion@snvbo.org  

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Ms. Jennifer Chumacero (seleccion@snvbo.org) under reference number BO 6579, until September 10th 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

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.

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 £α 2.795,02 ‘V Maximum £α 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

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.

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

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.

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;

•        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.

COMPENSATION:

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 Business Administration or Tourism.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION:

•        Strong knowledge of local and international tourism sector, including networking with public and private main organizations, companies and investors working within this sector.

•        Experience in development and implementation of proven successful sustainable tourism initiatives at local and or international level

•        Proven experience on tourism destination development, including product development, market strategic positioning, tourism product development and private public partnerships

•        Proven experience of resource mobilization for touristic initiatives

•        Experience in successfully application of principles of Social Corporate Responsibility (SCR)

•        Strong strategic thinking skills as well as negotiation and networking skills.

•        Experience in the application of theory models related to community based

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 Pamela Espinosa (recruitmentla@snvworld.org) under reference number NI 6510, until 11th 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

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.

Junior Advisor Tourism +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Mozambique  

Job description : SNV has been active in Mozambique since 1996. In the first years its program was based in Nampula province in Northern Mozambique working together with the Netherlands Embassy in the implementation of an integrated rural development program. Since 2003 SNV has extended its activities to the South and Central parts of Mozambique through its offices in Maputo and Beira (about 30 advisors). Presently SNV’s focus is on Education, WaSH, Horticulture Value Chain Development (banana, cashew) and Sustainable Tourism. Partnership agreements have been signed with Netherlands Embassy (complementarily agreement in Education, WaSH, Domestic Accountability and Growth and Equity), Unicef (WaSH), UNWTO (STEP), UNDP (AA4) and many local organizations.

Nampula programme in tourism is on its early stages. It includes a partnership with a private sector investment, who is interested in involving the surrounding community to benefit from the commercial activities in the lodge. For SNV, this is an opportunity to work to improve local linkages of tourism interventions. We work in close collaboration with the Provincial Directorate of Tourism, helping them frame the policies to foster tourism in this Northern province. We are also creating a network of local tourism operators to broker knowledge and lessons learnt in community based tourism and local supply chain for tourism investments. More interventions are under analysis.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Junior Advisor Tourism will be based in Nampula. His/her core tasks will include:

•        Strategic positioning: Identifying and interpreting opportunities and/or barriers and threats of advisory practices and ensuring information transfer to the team; conducting routine supportive analysis to support decision making process;

•        Network development: Identifying possible new clients; functions as the interface between SNV and the client; maintain a network of clients as a tool to attracting more clients and be part the local tourism forums;

•        Engagement and strategic scoping: Composing teams for assignments and establishing contacts and agreements; discusses the engagement process with team and checks requirements; conducts research in proposal phase;

•        Advisory Services: Under the leadership of more senior colleagues,  participates in assignments and takes necessary actions for their successful implementation;

•        Review and Evaluation of Advisory Services: Contributes to feedback process, and evaluation of achieved results for clients and SNV; supports the collective learning; ensures timely and high quality evaluation processes, supports the evaluation process and monitoring with clients; proposing corrective measures and lessons learned based on evaluations; participates in the identification of follow up assignments, ensuring planning and coordination of actions;

•        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.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTY STATION: Nampula, Central Mozambique

•        Health Services: Health care is mediocre in Nampula. For intensive care, Maputo and South Africa are easy to reach thorough daily flights.

•        Security: Nampula is a quiet city. One can walk through the streets without any problem. But it is recommended not to walk alone at night.

•        Access to transportation: two daily flights from Nampula to Maputo, weekly flights to Pemba/Dar Es Salam/Nairobi and Maputo/Johannesburg.

•        Education:  There is one English speaking school with American curriculum, kindergarden to 9th grade, but it is not of international standard.

SALARY SCALE: 8 minimum €2235,91 – maximum €3022,47 gross per month (hypo tax will be deducted) depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

CONTRACT PERIOD: starting a.s.a.p. for 2 years.

Job qualifications : SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION:

Education:

•        Bachelor or Master degree in Tourism or a relevant field, such as Business Administration, Economics or any other related discipline, in combination with a specialization in planning, development and marketing of tourism products;

Work experience:

•        Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience; knowledge on private sector development and value chain approach to tourism sector; experience in capacity building, facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development, organizational learning, change processes, and strategy formulation; Knowledge of (inter) national strategies for poverty alleviation, tourism and rural development;

•        Track record in working in diverse and decentralized teams of professionals in an innovative setting; able to work independently, in a professionals and dynamic work environment.  Committed to strengthening an innovative, inspiring and dynamic work-place environment united by conviction to pursue development beyond convention.

•        Experience on tourism destination development, including product development, market strategic positioning, tourism product development and private public partnerships;

•        Strategic thinking skills as well as negotiation and networking skills;

•        Experience in the application of theory models related to pro poor tourism;

•        Knowledge of value chain approach for economic development;

LANGUAGES AND OTHER SKILLS:

•        Fluent in Portuguese and English (official working language of SNV). 

   Very good knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet

Education : Bachelors degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Deadline for submission of applications : 10 September 2008

Submit applications to : Marta Madera at this email address mmadeira@snvworld.org  

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Marta Madera (mmadeira@snvworld.org) under reference number MZ 2250, until 10 September 2008.

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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 Tourism +b

Posted by: Sandra S. van Doesburg

Name of company or organization : SNV/Netherlands Development Organization

Place of Assignment :  Mozambique  

Job description : SNV has been active in Mozambique since 1996. In the first years its program was based in Nampula province in Northern Mozambique working together with the Netherlands Embassy in the implementation of an integrated rural development program. Since 2003 SNV has extended its activities to the South and Central parts of Mozambique through its offices in Maputo and Beira (about 30 advisors). Presently SNV’s focus is on Education, WaSH, Horticulture Value Chain Development (banana, cashew) and Sustainable Tourism. Partnership agreements have been signed with Netherlands Embassy (complementarily agreement in Education, WaSH, Domestic Accountability and Growth and Equity), Unicef (WaSH), UNWTO (STEP), UNDP (AA4) and many local organizations.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Advisor Tourism will be based in Beira. His/her work area includes Sofala province with occasional support to SNV’s tourism program in Maputo, Inhambane and Nampula. He/she will also be required to contribute to the tourism program of SNV East and Southern Africa.  The main responsibilities 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 regional  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 directly 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.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTY STATION: Beira, Central Mozambique

Beira is the second town in Mozambique, it has approximately 500,000 inhabitants. Its port is a major gateway for Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Health services: Acceptable, specialist services available in Maputo and Johannesburg.

Education: International school, Catholic university of Mozambique

Security: Good

Access to transportation: Beira is a one-hour flight from Maputo (twice daily) and Johannesburg (three times per week). Travel by road to Maputo (1200 Km, 14 hours), or Mutare (Zimbabwe, four hours) is possible as the national network is generally good.

Internet: Broadband internet is available (wireless or ADSL)

CONTRACT PERIOD: Two years with possible extension, starting 1 November 2008

SALARY SCALE: 11 minimum € 2795,02 – maximum €4294,82 gross per month depending on relevant working experience, excluding attractive secondary conditions and individual allowances.

Job qualifications : SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION:

•        Education: A Masters degree in Tourism or a relevant field, such as Business Administration, Economics or any other related discipline, in combination with a specialization in planning, development and marketing of tourism products;

•        Experience: Minimum 7 years of relevant working experience; knowledge on private sector development; Broad experience in capacity building, facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development, organizational learning, change processes, and strategy formulation; Knowledge of (inter) national strategies for poverty alleviation, tourism and rural development; good analytical and reporting skills; familiar with planning and management techniques; good networking and partnership building; advocacy and lobbying

•        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. 

•        Strong knowledge of local and international tourism sector, including networking with public and private main organizations, companies and investors working within this sector.

•        Proven experience on tourism destination development, including product development, market strategic positioning, and links with other sectors (basic services and economic development)

•        Proven experience of resource mobilization for supporting tourism investments;

•        Strong strategic thinking skills as well as negotiation and networking skills.

•        Knowledge of value chain approach for economic development

LANGUAGES AND OTHER SKILLS:

•        Fluent in Portuguese and English (official working language of SNV)

   Very good knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet

Education : Masters degree 

Job type :  Full-time, long-term

Start-up date : asap

Deadline for submission of applications : 10 September 2008

Submit applications to : Marta Madera at this email address mmadeira@snvworld.org  

Instructions to applicants : INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION:

You can send your application letter and CV (in English) to Marta Madera (mmadeira@snvworld.org), under reference number MZ 2681, until 10th September 2008.

Follow-up : Personal follow-ups allowed

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.