Ayala Consulting offers unique professional opportunities to gain experience in social protection, work with high-profile international organizations and national governments, and aid poor and vulnerable populations.

The Accountant Junior provides support to the team in Malawi in all accounting matters for the project. This position is for a 2 year assignment. This position is based in Lilongwe, Malawi, but additional training may be required in the company's headquarters in Quito, Ecuador.

Ayala Consulting

Ayala Consulting specializes in the design and implementation of Social Protection programs including Conditional/Unconditional Cash and In-kind Transfer programs, Cash for Work programs, and National Registries. Our principal clients include the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, Department for International Development, and various national governments worldwide. We are committed to fostering a culturally diverse work environment and providing opportunities for dedicated individuals to grow with the company.

Administrative Functions

• Analyzing daily finance transactions and journal entries
• Preparing monthly reports
• Verifying and reconciling contract payment orders and vouchers, and reports to substantiate general transactions prior to settlement.
• Accounting control by through the elaboration of policies and procedures

Responsibilities

The accountant will be responsible for proper accounting of program funds and expenditures. The key responsibilities will amongst others, include:

• Maintain an up-to-date record of the program’s financial transactions
• Review of general ledger reconciliations: reviews general ledger postings and reconciliations (bank, receivables, payables) up to the preparation of the final trial balance
• Conduct field visits to district to inspect records and reconciliations;
• Reporting: consolidation of district reports
• Compile and submit timely financial reports as per donor requirements
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelors Degree and a professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, etc
• At least 3 years post qualification accounting experience
• At least 1 year international work experience
• Good knowledge of computerized accounting software.

To apply for this position please send your CV to jsilva@ayalaconsulting.com.ec.

This is an immediate opening; selection will be made as soon as possible.

This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to gain experience in the field. The ideal candidate is motivated to assume responsibility and provide high-quality work to consolidate their career in the finance within the development and social protection fields.

Ayala Consulting offers unique professional opportunities to gain experience in social protection, work with high-profile international organizations and national governments, and aid poor and vulnerable populations.

The Procurement Officer will be responsible for planning and controlling the finance function of the program. This position is for a minimum 1 year assignment.

Ayala Consulting

Ayala Consulting specializes in the design and implementation of Social Protection programs including Conditional/Unconditional Cash and In-kind Transfer programs, Cash for Work programs, and National Registries. Our principal clients include the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, Department for International Development, and various national governments worldwide. We are committed to fostering a culturally diverse work environment and providing opportunities for dedicated individuals to grow with the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Procure goods and services according to donor rules and procedures
• Participate in the preparation of bidding documents, tendering, evaluation of proposals and selection of successful bidder
• Prepare draft contract documents for Internal Procurement Committee (IPC)’s consideration
• Maintain minutes of IPC meetings
• Establish and update an effective inventory control system
• Establish a procurement planning and monitoring system in line with donor templates
• Ensure value for money and establish cost controls
• Facilitate and guide all implementers in making the right decisions on procurement of goods and services
• Prepare annual/ quarterly procurement plans and reports for timely submission to Government of Malawi and donor organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting or its equivalent.
• At least three years experience in performing procurement related activities in reputable and high performing public sector organization
• Demonstrate extensive practical experience and skills in all aspects of International and National Competitive Bidding and experience in procurement procedures with regard to KfW and EU-funded programs and Government of Malawi procurement procedures.
• Computer literate. Good knowledge of MS Office applications
• Excellent communication, writing and reporting skills.

Suitably qualified and experienced candidates should e-mail their application letters enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae (CVs), plus references to: Juan Carlos Silva: jsilva@ayalaconsulting.com.ec.

This is an immediate opening, and selection will be made as soon as possible.

This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to gain experience in the field. The ideal candidate is motivated to assume responsibility and provide high-quality work to consolidate their career in the finance within the development and social protection fields.

Ayala Consulting offers unique professional opportunities to gain experience in social protection, work with high-profile international organizations and national governments, and aid poor and vulnerable populations.

The Communication Specialist will be responsible for the development, production, and implementation of a Communication Strategy to communicate and gain support for reforms to the Social Welfare Fund Cash Transfer Programme. The Communication Specialist will provide professional services under this contract for a period of 12 months at part time, beginning on the date of the contract signing.

AYALA CONSULTING

Ayala Consulting specializes in the design and implementation of Social Protection programs including Conditional/Unconditional Cash and In-kind Transfer programs, Cash for Work programs, and National Registries. Our principal clients include the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, Department for International Development, and various national governments worldwide. We are committed to fostering a culturally diverse work environment and providing opportunities for dedicated individuals to grow with the company.

BACKGROUND

Ayala Consulting has been hired by the Yemen Social Welfare Fund (SWF) to further develop the operational processes and procedures of the Yemen Cash Transfer (CT) Programme.
Social protection is a main pillar in Yemen’s poverty reduction strategy. The SWF, established in 1996, is the only public cash-transfer based social safety net in Yemen. The Fund currently has over 1 million beneficiary households, however the 2007 Poverty Assessment concluded that the SWF covered only 13 percent of the poorest population and nearly two-thirds of beneficiaries were above the national poverty line. As a result of these findings, the Government of Yemen (GoY) has authorized a program of fundamental reforms to the SWF to improve targeting of the poor, strengthen service delivery capacity, and implement a new legal and policy framework.

SCOPE OF WORK

The lack of an overall communication strategy for dissemination of SWF messages at the governmental, institutional, public and beneficiary levels is a serious challenge for the SWF, particularly as the SWF undertakes reforms to the targeting and eligibility criteria which will affect beneficiaries. The Communication Specialist will be responsible for developing and leading implementation of appropriate Communication Strategy and activities to support the operational improvements to the SWF and gain support and transparency at all levels.

This position requires 100% fluency in Arabic. Please do not apply if you are not fluent in Arabic.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives for this contract are the following:

• Develop a communication strategy to: increase awareness of and gain support for the SWF reform process; increase understanding and acceptance of graduation of many beneficiaries and inclusion of new households; and strengthen operational processes and field work.
• Produce communication and training materials for each process of the Program.
• Train stakeholders (central levels) of the Program on the use of the communication material developed for each stage of the Program cycle.
• Detect and overcome internal and external barriers caused by changes as a result of the Program reform, through the use of communication activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Development of Communication Strategy: The Communication Specialist is responsible for developing a Communication Strategy to guide the development and implementation of communication activities.
• Development of Work Plan: The Work Plan should contain a detailed timeline of all communication activities to be taken, along with the person responsible for each one.
• Determination of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation: For each communication objective and its corresponding communication activities, the Communication Specialist will determine major indicators for monitoring implementation of communication activities and evaluating their respective success rates.
• Development of Communication Activities: The Communication Specialist is responsible for development of all communication activities determined in the Communication Strategy, with support from the company’s Graphic Designer in company headquarters. All materials must be delivered in both English and Arabic.
• Training: The Communication Specialist is responsible for training central level SWF personnel in the use of the developed communication materials and activities, for both internal and external audiences.
• Implementation: Communication activities, both to internal and external audiences, will be implemented along the program cycle timeline of the pilot project, as detailed in the Work Plan developed. As the communication activities are implemented, feedback should be recorded and evaluated and necessary adjustments made to the Strategy, Work Plan, and communication activities themselves, so that they are ready to be used for roll out on a national level.

Ayala Consulting will provide the following support to the Communication Specialist during the execution of contract:

• Orientation on SWF operations and especially the reform process;
• Access to all relevant project documents including Operational Manual and Technical Annexes;
• Facilitation of access to relevant internal and external SWF stakeholders;
• Technical Guidance and Coordination;
• Technical support of a Graphic Designer in company headquarters.

QUALIFICATIONS The candidate must have at least a bachelor’s degree in Communication or a related field. Experience working with international development projects and/or social development programs strongly preferred.

This position requires 100% fluency in Arabic. Please do not apply if you are not fluent in Arabic.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in design and production of communication campaigns;
• Demonstrated ability to produce successful communication campaigns for a variety of audiences;
• Previous experience in Social and Behavior Change Communication and/or Communication for Development;
• Previous experience in training and capacity building;
• Superior writing skills;
• Native Yemeni or minimum 1 year experience working in Yemen;
• Native Arabic speaker and fluent in English;
• Strong work ethic, ability to work in a multicultural environment;
• Willing to travel in the governorates.

PLACE OF WORK As this is a contract position, the Communication Specialist is responsible for providing their own equipment, software, and/or other materials necessary to execute their responsibilities. They will work from the Ayala Consulting Office at the SWF Headquarters, or the second office of Ayala in the Diplomatic Area in Sana’a. Furthermore the Communication Specialist will be expected to travel within the governorates.

Qualified and experienced candidates should email their current CV with a cover letter and references to Juan Carlos Silva, Human Resources Manager, at jsilva@ayalaconsulting.com.ec, AND Isabelle Prime, Resident Consultant, at iprime@ayalaconsulting.com.ec, with the Subject: COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST.

About VSO

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.

Role overview

• To ensure that VSO's security framework is embedded in management ways of working and practices across all VSO programmes.
• Security Orientation & Training: Develop, design and implement a global training plan to ensure that all employees in country offices are trained in how to work within VSO's security framework.
• In-Country Security Planning: Maintain and implement a global framework that can be adapted by each country.
• Emergency response and crisis management: Ensure that each country has a current, up to date emergency response and crisis management plan and support and provide advice on maintaining this.
• Advisory & monitoring services of VSO's security framework.
• Liaison and networking: Implement a communications process and plan for sharing appropriate security information with stakeholders.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

In order to meet business requirements, the candidate will be required to travel 75% of the time to implement the training and standards in countries. Therefore a comprehensive understanding of global security management, key objectives and initiatives of the INGO community is required.
Proven experience of composing and delivering effective safety and security training, as well as the ability to conduct security risk assessments and develop customised security management plans.
A sound understanding of the INGO industry and organisations' duty of care, is also required.
Proven expertise in assessing, developing and implementing security policies.

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.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

About VSO

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.

Role overview

The primary aim of this commission is to assess the outcomes of the VSO EU Aid Volunteer pilot project, covering the implemented period August 2013 to December 2014. Full terms or Reference are available by emailingAndrew.harrington@vsoint.org

Skills, qualifications and experience required

For this work we require consultants with:
• Experience of undertaking evaluation in a development context
• Track record of applying findings from evaluation within an organisational context
• Previous experience of evaluating EC funded projects is desirable
• Experience of undertaking project evaluations in Asia or South East Asia
• Experience of developing and using on-line survey methods and tools (e.g., SurveyMonkey)
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, with experience of working collaboratively with local teams of development professionals.

Submissions should be no longer than 5 pages (excluding annexes). All proposals should be submitted electronically to Andrew Harrington (andrew.harrington@vsoint.org) in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format by 17th November 2014. Late proposals will not be accepted. Interviews will be held by Skype week commencing 24th November 2014

About VSO
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.

Role overview

• Develop a framework for VSO's secure livelihoods development work in Africa based on the current and expected future context, which can demonstrate impact on a large number of marginalized people.
• Identify 4-5 core livelihood ‘approaches’ that VSO can work effectively on at scale and that are fundable or attractive to social investors
• Document those 4-5 livelihoods approaches into concrete concept notes that can easily be adapted by each country office to approach potential donors/investors
• Identify what additional technical capacity VSO needs to invest in to strong SL programmes
• Identify key corporate and institutional partners VSO could work with on those 4-5 livelihoods approaches
• Document what VSO’s core competencies in livelihoods are

Skills, qualifications and experience required The work requires a consultant who has a deep understanding of the African socio-economic context and how power dynamics, education, environmental and gender disparities impact on inequality. The consultant will also be familiar with is how donors, investors and other INGOs are working in this field.

The consultant needs to determine where VSO core strengths and offerings match the needs of marginalised communities and the opportunities that the current context in Africa represent for them.

Supported by the Secure Livelihoods Global Advisor, the consultant will liaise closely with a team of senior Programme Managers/Country Directors and a Regional Director who will feed into and guide the work.

Location and salary for this role can be discussed further.

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please visit the application page on our website at

http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005pujI

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.

Application closing date
24 Nov 2014

Interview/Assessment date(s)
To be confirmed

Start date
As soon as possible

About VSO

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.
It's an exciting time to join VSO Cambodia, one of the longest standing INGOs in Cambodia.

Role overview

You’ll lead VSO Cambodia’s programme team as we embark on an exciting and ambitious phase of expansion, building on our successful and highly-regarded programmes in Education, Livelihoods, and Good Governance. You will be responsible for ensuring our programming is even more evidence-based, effective, and demonstrative of VSO’s unique contribution to development as captured by our theories of change. You’ll help us to increase the scale of these programmes by networking with development partners to identify and develop significant funding prospects. You’ll help us to increase the influence of these programmes by cultivating a culture of learning, and ensuring this is publicised and shared with others – including through targeted advocacy work. You will be working with a team of dedicated professionals, and building their capacity and confidence to deliver ever-stronger programmes. You’ll be spending a lot of time working with our key partners and our community of international volunteer professionals. But you’ll also be spending considerable time networking with donors, government, businesses, and other INGOs, raising VSO’s visibility and reputation in the right development discussions, and pursuing our policy objectives. Through this exciting and challenging role you will see on a daily basis how you are making a difference to the lives of poor people in Cambodia.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

We’re looking for a strategic and practical leader with extensive programme management experience in international development sector. So you’ll know all about managing complex and multi –partner consortia, managing donors, securing funding, partner relationships, monitoring and evaluation and be confident overseeing large programme budget. Also you’re up to the challenge of motivating and developing high performance team culture with your ability in people management relationship building and working effectively with multi-cultural team, international and national volunteers. And as well of being analytical and flexible, you’re results driven and capable of facilitating change. You will have good understanding and experience of evidence –based advocacy with sectoral knowledge in the field of education, livelihood, governance, health, youth development with gender mainstreaming. More than that your experience working in Cambodia context and understanding of local language would be a great advantage.

How to apply

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 the link http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005puiZ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure you have the right to work in Cambodia before you apply.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION

Ayala Consulting is looking for new human talents for the position of Junior Project Officer to integrate its work teams in development programs in the social protection field.

Ayala Consulting offers unique professional opportunities to acquire competences inherent in work in the social protection field and therefore to develop a professional life plan through experience with hands-on Project Management, work with high-profile international organizations and national governments, and aid poor and vulnerable populations.

The Junior Project Officer provides operational support to teams in the field, including assistance in project design, assistance in management of the program process cycle, and preparation of technical documents. The Project Officer position includes up to one year of training in our methodology and operational assistance in our Quito office, with the ultimate objective of going on mission to execute processes in the field.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The Junior Project Officer will be mainly responsible for the following:

· Participating in the elaboration of operational documents describing the functioning of programs, including Operations Manuals, Technical Annexes, Training Guidelines, forms for data collection in the field, among others.

· Being involved in activities related to the development of software (testing, functioning, and training).

· Doing research on topics related to the social protection and disasters fields.

Once sufficient experience has been acquired in terms of Project design (documentation), the Junior Project Officer will be able to assist Senior Consultants in various activities in the field related to:

· Provision of technical support during the implementation of processes and,

· Capacity building of local counterpart staff and provision of feedback to compile lessons learned.

COMPETENCIES

Professionalism:Knowledge and understanding of project execution and project monitoring systems. Proven ability to think critically, work under pressure, meet commitments, and show persistence in facing challenges.

Communication:Speaks and writes clearly and effectively. Listens to others and shows real commitment to maintaining open, two-way communication with supervisors and other team members.

Teamwork: Committed to working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve project tasks for the team. Willing to learn from others and open to giving and receiving feedback.

Focus on the Client: Seeks to understand problems from the clients’ point of view, identifies clients’ needs and finds appropriate solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:Minimum 1 to 3 years of experience in project management or related fields. Experience in the field and in subjects related to social protection with an emphasis on social safety net is a plus.

Education:Degree in economics, public administration, engineering, project management or a related field. Master’s degree in project management preferred.

Languages:Fluency in English required (oral and written). Knowledge of Spanish and/or French a plus.

Flexibility for travel required.

WHO WE ARE

Ayala Consulting specializes in the design and implementation of Social Protection programs including Conditional/Unconditional Cash and In-kind Transfer programs, Cash for Work programs, and National Registries. Our principal clients include the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, Department for International Development, and various national governments worldwide. We are committed to fostering a culturally diverse work environment and providing opportunities for dedicated individuals to grow with the company.

Our Company is characterized by its work for the client with a fully-trained work team to provide fast and appropriate operational solutions applying the Company’s own values and concepts at all times. Therefore, our human talent is previously trained in our Quito office with our own methodology and once ready for the project, they are sent to the respective mission countries.

To apply for this position please send your CV to xharo@ayalaconsulting.com.ec. This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to gain experience in project design, implementation and management. The ideal candidate is motivated to assume responsibility and provide high-quality work to consolidate their career in the development and social protection fields.

Please note: Due to the high volume of applicants, we are unable to personally reply to everyone. We will contact you if you are selected for an interview.

About VSO

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 development goals of VSO Bangladesh include eliminating absolute poverty and reducing income inequality; achieving economic growth; and ensuring social justice. These development goals all are cantered on people. To achieve the goals, VSO Bangladesh has developed its thematic area Livelihood Rights with the focus on collective agro based programming, initiative based youth & women entrepreneurship programming and rural based women & youth employment programming. We hope that with the successful implementation of these initiatives through our partnerships, we will be able to create to make a significant lasting change in the lives of the poor and marginalized people we are aiming to.

Role overview

You’ll lead VSO Bangladesh’s livelihood programme’s team and will be responsible for ensuring our programming is even more evidence-based, effective, and demonstrative of VSO’s unique contribution to development as captured by our theories of change. You’ll help us to increase the scale of the programme by networking with development partners to identify and develop significant funding prospects. You will be working with a team of dedicated professionals, and building their capacity and confidence to deliver ever-stronger programme in livelihoods. You’ll be spending a lot of time working with our key partners and our community of international volunteer professionals. But you’ll also be spending considerable time networking with donors, government, businesses, and other INGOs, raising VSO’s visibility and reputation in the right development discussions, and pursuing our policy objectives.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

The manager is responsible for the overall management and delivery of livelihood programmes. The Livelihood Sector Manager is responsible for leadership, management and supervision for all aspects of the livelihood sector and ensure that the whole team, both in the in Dhaka and also in partner organisation, is performing to a high standard and delivering the proposed outcome and impact . S/he will be the public face of the programme, and will have overall responsibility for managing resources , partnership , with the objective of scale up the programme.
The person should have the experience of planning, designing and managing programmes with many stakeholders, delivering in challenging contexts to deadline.
Ability to understand wider objectives of the programme. Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes, including risk management.
Should possess the strong leadership and people management skills, managing within large complex global teams in a matrix management environment. strategic representation of VSOB programme to institutional donors & government and influencing for funding commitment. Ability to build strong working relationships across the organisation at all levels, inspiring confidence and credibility with employees.
Strong influencer of others, particularly at a senior level. Ability to work effectively with globally dispersed teams.
For further details, please go through the attached Job description.

The position will be advertised Nationally and Internationally both.

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 the link http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005qFJM and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

VSO, a dynamic international development organization with more than 50 years of experience in Tanzania, is expanding its job creation program in Tanzania and is looking for talented and dynamic new Program Manager:

Program Manager 1 position

If you enjoy working on innovative projects with clear impact on poverty and work within multi-disciplinary skilled teams, this is your chance!

Your principal responsibility will be to ensure high quality program/project outcome delivery by providing effective and efficient implementation of the projects.

You will have strong understanding of the economic and development context of Tanzania, excellent project management skills, track record of project delivery as well as a creative and open minded spirit.

The persons we are looking for will be qualified to master degree level and have at least 3 years of experience.

To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form available on http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities

VSO, a dynamic international development organization with more than 50 years of experience in Tanzania, is expanding its job creation program in Tanzania and is looking for talented and dynamic new Head of Programs:

Head of Programs 1 position

If you enjoy working on innovative projects with clear impact on poverty and work within multi-disciplinary skilled teams, this is your chance!

Your principal responsibility will be to ensure high quality program/project outcome delivery by providing effective and efficient implementation of the projects.

You will have strong understanding of the economic and development context of Tanzania, excellent project management skills, track record of project delivery as well as a creative and open minded spirit.

The persons we are looking for will be qualified to a

Essential:

Mastery of knowledge in development studies.

Evidence of progressive experience in evidence-based programme development, management and leadership culminating in a senior management role for at least three years.

Ability to demonstrate:

· Successful team leadership and management experience in a complex INGO.

· high level involvement in strategy development and implementation work

· Innovation in development especially in moving development outcomes into advocacy.

Ability to manage:

· Significant-sized budgets successfully.

· Fundraising and M&E expertise

· Representation and negotiation skills – ability to negotiate difficult deals and maintain relations with external stakeholders.

· Advanced computer skills in MS Office word, outlook and excel.

Ability to travel and spend time away from base and home as required.

Desirable:

· Good understanding of the Tanzania development context

· Strong business sense and appetite for new ideas.

· Skills in developing info-graphics and presenting models visually.

If you’re interested in applying for any of these roles, please access the link below to download the job descriptions and read more details about the position, skills and experience we are looking for.

To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form available on http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities

About VSO

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.

Role overview

The HR Business Partner role will report into the Senior HR Business Partner for the Europe region which is part of a global business partnering team within VSO International. The role will work closely with key senior Managers within the UK and Ireland to develop, drive and implement the people plan to deliver high performance whilst acting as a strategic partner to drive change and transformation across the region. The HR Business Partner will have a specific remit to partner and will provide a generalist service covering all human resources functions and work closely with our Resourcing and Learning and Development teams.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

To be successful in delivering the role, you will be a qualified Human Resources professional and a highly experienced strong generalist, with experience of working at business partner level or within the model, supporting Senior Managers. You will be able to advise on employee relations, performance and reward, engagement, change management, learning and developing and resourcing.
You will have the ability to advise and influence senior managers in people management matters to ensure they are resolved quickly and effectively. Very good interpersonal & communication skills and the ability to build professional relationships is a must. You will have a commercial and financial awareness and be able to work in a diverse, flexible and fast paced environment.

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please follow this link (http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005pGVi) and 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.
Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before you apply.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Competitive salaryFixed Term, 2 years, with potential for renewalFull Time, 35 hours per week

About VSO
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.

Role overview
This role will provide expert methodological support and strategic insight to VSO programme development processes in Horn and East Africa region to ensure that our interventions are pro poor (anti poverty), address exclusions that result in poverty, are accountable and are based on the 3 elements of sustainable development (social, economic and environmental coherence). It will also champion and support the development of reflective practice in country offices and across the region, and with VSO as a whole.

Skills, qualifications and experience required
You will be visionary, innovative and a people person. As an experienced senior manager, you will have gained at least 10 years progression in the development, implementation and management of development programmes with hands on experience of working through participatory development methodologies as a practitioner and as a strategist.

You will also have gained skills in facilitating a range of key development processes as a practitioner and a trainer among Gender/ poverty analysis, stakeholder mapping, social exclusion/value for money analysis, environmental, social and economic impact assessment and intervention analysis; participatory rapid appraisal, action research, monitoring and evaluation and other participatory methodologies. You will have experience of working effectively with theories of change and be able to demonstrable capacity in communicating strategy, models and change processes visually, as presentations and as written narratives.

You will also have knowledge of the HEA’s social, economic and environmental context. Thematic expertise in one or more of VSOs key programmes areas would be an advantage: education, health, secure livelihoods, participation and governance, gender or climate change.

This position may be based in any of our country offices in Horn and East Africa.

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please visit the application page on our website. 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.

Application closing date
07 Dec 2014

Interview/Assessment date(s)
15th December 2014

Start date
1st February 2015

About VSO

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.

Role overview

The new Pakistan country strategy is in the process of development and will focus on building resilience and active citizenship through volunteers. VSO Pakistan works through a partnership model with Civil Society Organisations, governments and the corporate sector. VSO Pakistan is looking for a very enthusiastic, energetic and experienced Country Director to lead our programmes in Pakistan implementing and maximising the impact of VSOs contribution to overcoming poverty and disadvantage. Importantly, you will be securing resources, raising the profile of VSO and volunteering within Pakistan and representing VSO to Government and International agencies, donors and the corporate sector. Through a rights-based resilience-building approach, this is your chance to provide a meaningful contribution through your leadership to VSO Pakistan’s strategic priority thematic areas of: Disaster risk reduction and disaster management, peace-building and conflict resolution and gender based violence through VSO’s global goal areas of governance, livelihoods, education and health.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

As an experienced leader in the development sector, you will have managed programmes in challenging and changing environments and be able to use your excellent leadership, negotiation and relationship-building skills to create and implement VSO's strategy in Pakistan. You will have proven leadership and management skills, including people management skills, strong financial management experience, including budgeting and charitable financial governance. Experience in securing significant funding is essential alongside the knowledge of how volunteering contributes to development.

How to apply

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 the link http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005s2mBand complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

ole overview

VSO Pakistan has a clear programme strategy – working with local and national partners in both government and NGOs including NGO umbrella networks. As a result of programme regeneration so far, VSO Pakistan focuses on support to the education, livelihoods and governance sectors. VSO Pakistan’s strategy includes ambitious funding targets that require additional scoping and identification of funding opportunities, developing “signature packages” to support country office funding plans and the design and writing of competitive bids. As the country office identifies their funding needs and opportunities, additional short term targeted support is required to increase the capacity of specific offices and capitalise on current opportunities.
There are known sources of institutional and bilateral donor funding. Pakistan is a priority funding country for many donors such as US, EC, WB, SIDA, SCD, ADB and UN because of ongoing development priorities and openness in democratic development. A Programme Funding Researcher is needed to support the VSO Pakistan office to analyse donor priorities and plans to identify areas of opportunity and overlap with VSO Pakistan’s programme priorities.
Scope of Work: The Programme Funding Researcher will be expected to do the following:

1. Gather and analyse donor priorities in country:
   a. Review priority donor operations and funding plans (donors to be set) – evaluate their funding priorities identifying priorities against thematic area, geographical region and key implementing partners
2. Present research in writing and verbally
   a. Provide an analysis of the donor priorities in an easy to use format for the country programme
   b. Provide a map and synthesis of key areas of overlap between donor priorities and VSOP’s programmes
   Deliverables
   • Written reporting providing an analysis of donor trends and priorities against set matrix (region, themes etc) – including findings and recommendations
   • Presentation to VSO Pakistan and key VSO stakeholders of donor trends and priorities including key findings and recommendations
   Essential:
   • Strong interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills used in international settings
   • Proven ability to research new funding opportunities and to make appropriate judgements about their potential to realise significant restricted income
   • Experience of research and institutional donors (e.g. EC, USAID, DFID, UN or other institutional funders)
   • Fluent in spoken and written English
   Desirable:
   • Knowledge of VSO’s vision, mission and values, particularly in relation to the VSO’s capacity development approach through volunteer placements.
   • Understanding of key development issues in Pakistan

Skills, qualifications and experience required

Essential:
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills used in international settings
• Proven ability to research new funding opportunities and to make appropriate judgements about their potential to realise significant restricted income
• Experience of research and institutional donors (e.g. EC, USAID, DFID, UN or other institutional funders)
• Fluent in spoken and written English
Desirable:
• Knowledge of VSO’s vision, mission and values, particularly in relation to the VSO’s capacity development approach through volunteer placements.
• Understanding of key development issues in Pakistan

The consultant can be based in Islamabad (or remotely with regular communications with VSO Pakistan team )

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 the link http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005rw17and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

About VSO
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.

Role overview
This is a Maternity Cover to the SPM Social Inclusion and Governance with a start date of 9th March 2015 for a period of 6 months. The position would be filled through secondment.

Skills, qualifications and experience required
Ideal candidate should have more than 5 years experience in international development with exposure to issues of Disability Rights. Strong experience of managing large and complex grants, managing teams in a multicultural contexts, strong Budget management Skills are essential. Earlier experience of working in Rwanda or any other East African countries would be preferred

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please follow this link (http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005rpDz)and 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.

About VSO

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.
It's an exciting time to join VSO Cambodia, one of the longest standing INGOs in Cambodia.

Role overview

You’ll lead VSO Cambodia’s programme team as we embark on an exciting and ambitious phase of expansion, building on our successful and highly-regarded programmes in Education, Livelihoods, and Good Governance. You will be responsible for ensuring our programming is even more evidence-based, effective, and demonstrative of VSO’s unique contribution to development as captured by our theories of change. You’ll help us to increase the scale of these programmes by networking with development partners to identify and develop significant funding prospects. You’ll help us to increase the influence of these programmes by cultivating a culture of learning, and ensuring this is publicised and shared with others – including through targeted advocacy work. You will be working with a team of dedicated professionals, and building their capacity and confidence to deliver ever-stronger programmes. You’ll be spending a lot of time working with our key partners and our community of international volunteer professionals. But you’ll also be spending considerable time networking with donors, government, businesses, and other INGOs, raising VSO’s visibility and reputation in the right development discussions, and pursuing our policy objectives. Through this exciting and challenging role you will see on a daily basis how you are making a difference to the lives of poor people in Cambodia.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

We’re looking for a strategic and practical leader with extensive programme management experience in international development sector. So you’ll know all about managing complex and multi –partner consortia, managing donors, securing funding, partner relationships, monitoring and evaluation and be confident overseeing large programme budget. Also you’re up to the challenge of motivating and developing high performance team culture with your ability in people management relationship building and working effectively with multi-cultural team, international and national volunteers. And as well of being analytical and flexible, you’re results driven and capable of facilitating change. You will have good understanding and experience of evidence –based advocacy with sectoral knowledge in the field of education, livelihood, governance, health, youth development with gender mainstreaming. More than that your experience working in Cambodia context and understanding of local language would be a great advantage.

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 the link http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005puiZ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure you have the right to work in Cambodia before you apply.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

About VSO

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.

Role overview

We work in 8 countries across Asia and the Pacific – the region which is home to two thirds of the world’s people living in poverty. Our programmes focus on Asia and the Pacific’s pockets of extreme poverty – often found within some of its most vibrant economies, like India. This role will support our programmes to secure the funds we need to implement exciting and innovative programme strategies across the region, and make an impact on poverty. VSO’s programmes in South Asia cover Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan and include livelihoods, health, education and civil society strengthening, capacity building and governance. We need people to provide funding leadership across Asia and the Pacific whilst optimising income generation from a range of donors – including the EC, USAID, UKAID, trusts, foundations and the private sector.
The Business Development Manager for South Asia will provide high quality, targeted support to enable the VSO’s South Asia country offices to be well positioned to meet their ambitious funding targets. This post will work with the country offices to capitalise and build upon the opportunities in country. The Business Development Manager will help the country offices to define an actionable funding plan for their programmes (livelihoods, education, health, participation and governance), identify funding opportunities appropriate for each programme and prepare winning proposals for a variety of restricted funding sources. The post will coordinate with the country offices, regional and global teams to create high quality, feasible proposal applications. You will work with VSO's country office in South Asia and VSO's regional and global funding teams to communicate funding needs, priorities and opportunities, enhancing VSO’s profile and ultimately enabling them to secure long term, high value funding.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You're a talented fundraiser with proven track record of securing in significant levels of restricted income across a range of funding streams – institutions, trusts, foundations and the private sector. You have worked with institutional funders including the EC, USAID, DFID and the UN – you have proven experience of establishing and cultivating strong donor relationships that have delivered substantially increased income. You are a strategic thinking and have developed funding strategies that have delivered against targets and a proven ability to research new funding opportunities - you are able to make appropriate judgements about their potential to realise significant restricted income. You have developed high quality proposals and are effectively able to communicate complex matters clearly to stakeholders. You are able to network effectively - linking our priority projects with realistic funding prospects, inspiring donors about VSO's way of working and development programmes.

The post will be based in South Asia and will be dependent on visas and eligibility to work – the post must be based in Dhaka (Bangladesh), or Bangkok (Thailand). Please see the Job Description for further details of skills and competencies required.

How to apply

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 the link http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005sMIx and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Dear all,

Enterprise Uganda, VSO and Youth Business International (YBI) are jointly seeking the services of a skilled research consultant / team of consultants to undertake a thorough market assessment across 3-5 target regions of Northern Uganda. The five target regions are: Acholi, West Nile, Lango, Teso and Karamoja – depending on projected cost this could potentially be reduced to three regions. The analysis is likely to include between 1 – 2 weeks in the field.

Maximum budget available - Please note, the maximum budget available for this evaluation is: £20,930

Purpose and scope of the Market Assessment Study

This study is intended to be a practical input for the implementing organisations in sign-posting youth towards business and vocational employment sectors with sufficient profitability and wage margins, whilst helping them avoid over-saturated areas. We would like to know what capital requirements are required to set up businesses in a range of sectors, what is the growth potential, potential for creating additional employment, survivability rates etc.

A second key objective for this study is to provide information on predicted future economic and market opportunities to allow youth to proactively position themselves to seize them. It is further intended that, at the same time as identifying opportunities, the study will identify the real barriers and requirements to accessing these opportunities.

The study is intended to strongly complement the participatory youth needs assessment conducted by YBI and EUG at NUYEP project inception, which provides information on perceived opportunities, barriers and constraints to entrepreneurship from the target group perspective. It will also build on the market relevance research conducted by VSO for the YDP which assesses market opportunities, skills and other requirements needed to access them from a vocational/technical occupation perspective. Copies will be provided on appointment.

We are interested in recommendations and suggestions for institutionalising market assessment data collection to feed regularly into programming and provide youth with accurate, up-to-date information. This study is intended as a starting point for exploring the different options for VSO, EUG and YBI to implement this more systematically going forward.

For full information, please see Terms of Reference attached.

Applications for this consultancy should be emailed to annie.barber@youthbusiness.org by 9am (UK GMT) on Wednesday March 4th, 2015, with ‘*Northern Uganda Market Assessment*’ in the subject line.

Proposals should be no longer than 4 pages, excluding CVs, budget and example piece of work. Proposals should include:

· Up-to-date CV

· Short overview of how the candidate meets the qualifications, experience and skills requirements (no more than one page)

· Description of proposed approach and methodology

· Projected budget – including projected travel and in-country accommodation and subsistence costs. Holding tax must also be included where relevant. Payment milestones should also be included.

· An example piece of work from a similar assignment

About VSO

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.

Role overview

Leading our People function in Myanmar, you will provide superb HR advice on people management and volunteer management. You will also lead on the provision of high quality support services to our country programmes, enabling us to deliver high quality programming and achieve strategic objectives with ever greater impact. In this role you will be HR business partner with the country director to deliver ambitious plans for our country programme in Myanmar, positioning it as one of VSO’s largest in Asia. This is a rare opportunity to bring people together and build a programme from the bottom up that will have a significant and lasting impact on the lives of poor people at this pivotal period in Myanmar.
As a member of the country Senior Management Team, you will influence and provide strategic advice, develop and lead on the implementation of our people strategies, ensuring that we continue to work together in a high performing team to achieve our country strategic goals. You’ll be working with international and national staff and a large number of volunteers in VSO – as well as global, regional and country teams, making sure we get the most out of our resources. You will lead on interpretand and implementing VSO’s policies providing specialist advice and guidance on recruitment and selection, visas, work permits, induction, performance management, and learning and development for both employees and volunteers. This could also include change management. This role will provide a great opportunity to develop your skills and career with one of the best known international NGOs.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

Whether you have a professional HR qualification or a background in the operational side of things, you’ll bring us extensive experience of HR management. Your experience in international organisations -particularly in the development sector- plus your understanding and experience of working with international and national volunteers, will be a great advantage. You will understand the importance of building strong relationships with people at all levels, with excellent communication skills in English and the Burmese language. Key competencies for the role include: Working well with others; Leading the future and Striving for excellence. You need to be analytical, organised, customer-oriented and adaptable, and a good problem-solver. You will be committed to VSO’s purpose, values, and to diversity and equality.

This is a national hired post. You will have the right to work in Myanmar. We will be unable to provide a work visa to non- Myanmar nationals.
VSO is committed to a policy of equal opportunities, values inclusion and seeks to have a diverse workforce.
Applications are welcome from people of all origins, ethnicities, religions, gender, age and disability. Every application will be reviewed against the above requirement with the position only.
Due to a high volume of applications, only short listed candidates will be contacted.

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download and read full details of the job description. To submit your application, click on link https://vso.secure.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005qM6XIAUand complete all relevant fields on the online application form or email ZinMar.Kin@vsoint.org to submit your application if you have any difficulty in accessing the internet.