Job title: Regional Representative
Date posted:
Application closing date: 7th June 2016
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Salary: ZMW 367,000-395,000
Job category/type: Programmes, International
Job description
Full time, 35 hours per week
This is a permanent local contract.
Leonard Cheshire Disability is currently recruiting for a visionary Regional Representative to join its small regional team based in Lusaka, Zambia.
It is an exciting time for Leonard Cheshire Disability. The international community is waking up to the fact that the goals of ending poverty and sustainable development cannot be achieved without including persons with disability. This role is critical to leading the strategic development and implementation of Leonard Cheshire Disability’s (LCD’s) work and further LCD’s objectives to positively impact on the lives of disabled people in Africa. This will be done through effectively managing partnerships, fundraising, employees, programmes and risk. The role will also lead on promoting the work of LCD and inclusive development to key stakeholders including governments, policy makers, donors and partners and lead on influencing initiatives with key actors in Africa.
Leonard Cheshire Disability’s International Department runs education and livelihoods projects, campaigns globally for the rights of persons with disabilities and carries out research at the Disability and Inclusive Development Centre at University College London. The Head Office is in London, and projects are managed by several offices across Africa and Asia, and delivered by a deeply rooted network of over 200 partner organisations in 54 countries across Africa and Asia.
You will be an experienced strategic leader, with extensive expertise in developing and implementing international development programmes in a number of countries and contexts across Africa; of analysing and responding to external trends in the sector, managing complex partnerships and strong leadership and staff management skills.
You will have extensive expertise in leading on fundraising, including seeking and securing new donors, successful grants acquisition of significant size, management of large and complex grants.
Join this exciting and expanding programme in an organisation that believes that disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society. The starting salary for this role is ZMW367,000 plus pension & medical.
Leonard Cheshire Disability welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
A satisfactory disclosure check is required for this post.
HOW TO APPLY:
The full job description and person specification can be downloaded here**. Please ensure that you save a copy for future reference in case you are invited for interview. Once the closing date has passed, you will be unable to return to this webpage.**
Please email CVs direct to; michelle.walker@leonardcheshire.org