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There are 9 messages in this issue:
Message 1 - Local Consultants Border
Security Evaluation, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan +b
Message 2 - Border Security Evaluation
Team Leader (Senior Consultant), Eurasia +b
Message 3 - Border Security Evaluation Consultant (Mid-level),
Eurasia +b
Message 4 - Senior Programme Manager
+b
Message 5 - Senior Advisor Sustainable
Pro-Poor Tourism +b
Message 6 - Senior Advisor Pastoral
Livestock +b
Message 7 - Senior Advisor International
Livelihoods and Value Chain Development +b
Message 8 - Advisor Public Finance
and Basic Services +b
Message
9 - Senior
Advisor PHC/Public Health Financing and Governance +b
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Local Consultants Border Security
Evaluation, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan +b
Posted by:
Recruitment ( recruitment@msi-inc.com
)
Name of company or organization : Management Systems International (MSI)
Place of Assignment
: Kyrgyzstan
Job description
: Local Consultants Border Security Evaluation, Kyrgyz Republic and
Tajikistan
Company
Profile: Management Systems
International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in
Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical
assistance. Today, it has over 100 projects under management worldwide and its
technical expertise has been expanded to include implementation of a range of
analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth,
organizational capacity building, education, and natural resource management. At the beginning of 2008, MSI joined Coffey
International, Ltd., a global multi-disciplinary professional services
organization with offices in 20 countries around the world. MSI became a part
of Coffey International Development (Coffey ID), one of seven divisions which comprise
the Coffey Group. Together, we aspire to create extraordinary outcomes for our
clients, our staff and the communities in which we work. For more information
on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Position
Summary:
Management
Systems International/MSI, is recruiting for local
Consultants in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan with experience in the
research, design and/or implementation of border security programs in the
Eurasia Region. They will be key members
of a team conducting a short-term evaluation of the USG-funded border security
activities in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. The objectives of the evaluation are to
determine the effectiveness of these activities and to identify lessons learned
that will benefit USG border security programs in the two study countries and
in the region as a whole. The local
consultants will provide key expertise for a field study involving data collection
in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
*Only
citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan are eligible for this position.*
Responsibilities:
• Provide on-the-ground expertise in local
law enforcement and other border control issues to support evaluation team.
• Support the evaluation team in the
completion of field case studies and the final evaluation report through
evaluation expertise.
Job
qualifications : Qualifications:
• Three (3) to five (5) years experience
working on law enforcement programs and a strong understanding of border security
programming in the selected countries.
• Evaluation expertise and experience is
desirable.
• Knowledge of donor assistance in law
enforcement is highly desirable.
• Fluent in the relevant local language
and should have very good written and spoken English.
Only
candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone
calls, please.
To
apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com.
Nationality : Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
Education :
Bachelors degree
Job
type :
Short-term consultant
Deadline
for submission of applications : October 8, 2008
Instructions
to applicants : To apply, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com
Follow-up : Applicants need not do follow-ups
Important Message: Please mention clearly in your
application letter that you learned about this job vacancy through DEVJOBS,
and mention the URL of DEVJOBS, which is
http://www.devjobsmail.com.
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Border Security Evaluation Team Leader
(Senior Consultant), Eurasia +b
Posted by: Recruitment ( recruitment@msi-inc.com )
Name
of company or organization : Management Systems International (MSI)
Place
of Assignment : A place not listed
Job
description : Border Security Evaluation Team Leader (Senior Consultant),
Eurasia
Company
Profile: Management Systems
International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in
Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical
assistance. Today, it has over 100 projects under management worldwide and its
technical expertise has been expanded to include implementation of a range of
analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth,
organizational capacity building, education, and natural resource management. At the beginning of 2008, MSI joined Coffey
International, Ltd., a global multi-disciplinary professional services
organization with offices in 20 countries around the world. MSI became a part
of Coffey International Development (Coffey ID), one of seven divisions which
comprise the Coffey Group. Together, we aspire to create extraordinary outcomes
for our clients, our staff and the communities in which we work. For more
information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Position
Summary:
Management
Systems International/MSI, is recruiting for a senior-level Team Leader with
experience in the research, design and/or implementation of border security
programs, preferably in the Eurasia Region.
S/he will lead a short-term evaluation of the USG-funded border security
activities in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. The objectives of the evaluation are to
determine the effectiveness of these activities and to identify lessons learned
that will benefit USG border security programs in the two study countries and
in the region as a whole. The evaluation
will involved a desk study in Washington, D.C. and a field study involving data
collection in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Up to 70 work days are anticipated for this consultancy.
Responsibilities:
• Desk Study: Approximately twenty (20) working days to
research and write the literature review and desk assessment.
• Case Studies: Approximately ten (10) working days to
develop criteria for selecting case study countries and to develop the
methodology that will be used during the field visits. This time should include any consultations
with the resource panel.
• Field Visits: Approximately ten (10) working days to
conduct field visits to each selected country (not including travel to
countries). The evaluation team will be
expected to complete field case studies in a single visit to the region.
• Case Studies and Report
Development: Approximately twenty (20)
days to prepare case studies and the draft evaluation report, and up to ten
(10) days to complete the final report after receiving comments from the U.S.
Department of State’s Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe
and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) consultative/resource panel.
Job
qualifications : Qualifications:
• Fifteen (15) and no less than ten (10)
years relevant experience in leading complex evaluations of USG foreign
assistance programs.
• Experience in the research, design
and/or implementation of border security programs, particularly those involving
training, infrastructure development, and technical assistance is
desirable.
• Professional experience in Eurasia is
desirable.
• Must be fluent in English and have
excellent research, writing, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Must be able to effectively manage the
study team.
• Must be able to quickly obtain a Secret
level security clearance, candidates with current or past security clearance
preferred
Only
candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone
calls, please.
To
apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com.
Education
: Bachelors degree
Job
type : Short-term consultant
Deadline
for submission of applications : October 8, 1008
Instructions
to applicants : To apply, please visit www.msiworldwide.com
Follow-up
: Applicants need not do follow-ups
Important Message:
Please mention clearly in your application letter that you learned about this
job vacancy through DEVJOBS, and mention
the URL of DEVJOBS, which is http://www.devjobsmail.com.
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Border Security Evaluation Consultant
(Mid-level), Eurasia +b
Posted by: Recruitment ( recruitment@msi-inc.com )
Name of company or organization : Management Systems
International (MSI)
Place of Assignment :
A place not listed
Job description : Border Security Evaluation
Consultant (Mid-level), Eurasia
Company Profile:
Management Systems International (MSI) is a global international
development firm based in Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and
long-term technical assistance. Today, it has over 100 projects under
management worldwide and its technical expertise has been expanded to include
implementation of a range of analytical and field projects in democracy and
governance, economic growth, organizational capacity building, education, and
natural resource management. At the
beginning of 2008, MSI joined Coffey International, Ltd., a global
multi-disciplinary professional services organization with offices in 20
countries around the world. MSI became a part of Coffey International
Development (Coffey ID), one of seven divisions which comprise the Coffey
Group. Together, we aspire to create extraordinary outcomes for our clients,
our staff and the communities in which we work. For more information on MSI,
please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Position Summary:
Management Systems International/MSI is recruiting for
a mid-level Consultant with experience in the research, design and/or implementation
of border security programs, preferably in the Eurasia Region. S/he will be a key member of a team
conducting a short-term evaluation of the USG-funded border security activities
in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
The objectives of the evaluation are to determine the effectiveness of
these activities and to identify lessons learned that will benefit USG border
security programs in the two study countries and in the region as a whole. The evaluation will involve a desk study in
Washington, D.C. and a field study involving data collection in Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan. Up to 50 workdays are
anticipated for this consultancy.
Responsibilities:
• Case
Studies: Approximately ten (10) working
days to develop criteria for selecting case study countries and to develop the
methodology that will be used during the field visits. This time should include any consultations
with the resource panel.
• Field
Visits: Approximately ten (10) working
days to conduct field visits to each selected country (not including travel to
countries). The evaluation team will be
expected to complete field case studies in a single visit to the region.
• Case
Studies and Report Development:
Approximately twenty (20) days to prepare case studies and the draft
evaluation report, and up to ten (10) days to complete the final report after
receiving comments from the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the
Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE)
consultative/resource panel.
Job qualifications : Qualifications:
• Five (5)
to ten (10) years experience in the design, implementation and assessment of
border security programs.
• Specific
experience with border security projects that include training, infrastructure
development, and technical assistance provision strongly preferred.
• Experience
in research/assessment design and methodology required.
• An
advanced academic degree in a field relevant to border security is highly
desirable.
• Professional
experience in the Eurasia region is also highly desirable.
• Must be
fluent in English and have excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Must be
able to quickly obtain a Secret level security clearance, candidates with
current or past security clearance preferred
Only candidates who have been selected for an
interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com.
Education : Bachelors degree
Job type :
Short-term consultant
Deadline for submission of applications : October 8,
2008
Instructions to applicants : To apply, please visit www.msiworldwide.com
Follow-up : Applicants need not do follow-ups
Important Message: Please mention clearly in your
application letter that you learned about this job vacancy through DEVJOBS,
and mention the URL of DEVJOBS, which is
http://www.devjobsmail.com.
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Senior 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
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 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
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 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
Yaoundé (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
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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
Yaoundé (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:
Yaoundé
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.
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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
Yaoundé (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:
Yaoundé
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.
.
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 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 Yaoundé (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.
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