Zimbabwe Job: VSO, Programme Officer

Employment at VSO as Programme Officer

Harare, Zimbabwe Successful candidate will be advised Fixed Term, Full Time, 40 hours per week

 

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

 

The Programme Officer shall assist the Country Director in developing, implementing and monitoring the country programme strategy and projects, ensuring alignment with VSO international programme framework, the relevance of programmes within the local context, and efficiency and effectiveness in programme implementation. Programme Development and Delivery: Ensure project outcome delivered to quality required by the programme (with specified risks and benefits), to schedule within set budgets and scope. Provide a key co-ordination and implementation role, ensuring project management standards are followed and deadlines met. Project coordination, monitoring and reporting: Support VSO partners to effectively plan, implement and report on projects in compliance with VSO and donor requirements. Advocacy: Assist volunteers and partners to ensure advocacy plans for all projects are achieved. Facilitate the development of national and regional advocacy plans and initiatives. Facilitate advocacy information exchanges, learning visits/platforms. Volunteer placements, coordination and support: Ensure the skill-share portfolio of projects containing strategically placed volunteers is maintained and expanded, including overseeing and participating in volunteer recruitment, selection, and orientation in country in coordination with the country director. Programme monitoring and reporting: Coordinate with volunteers and partner counterparts to produce narrative reports to donors and ensure they comply with donor requirements. Communication and visibility of VSO: Facilitate the production of relevant materials and information on VSO and its work to donors, strategic partners and stakeholders to enhance visibility of VSO for marketing purposes. Ensure that up-to-date information on VSO is available and is on the website, newsletters and other marketing streams. Budgeting and Forecasting: Manage project financial budgets and targets, providing accurate and timely information on expenditure. Project Team Management: Establish, lead and motivate the project team, ensuring regular progress review meetings in place and behavioural expectations established. Liaise with external suppliers as necessary. Lead performance management for all the programmes team members. Resource Mobilisation: Ensure appropriate human resource in terms of skills, competencies, capabilities and capacity is made available across VSO globally to facilitate the effective design, implementation and monitoring of the project. Grant Management: Effectively manage donor grant allocated to project, ensuring appropriate reporting in place. Oversee the project budget and monitor all income and expenditure monthly and prepare regular reports for VSO and the project donors

 

A degree in social sciences/Public Health A Masters degree will be an added advantage Class 4 drivers licence is a must Ability yo work with communities in rural areas

 

The candidate should willing to travel abroad and to rural areas.

 

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we’re looking for. To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

 

30 Jan 2017

 

Shortlisted candidates will be notified

 

1 April 2017

 

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