CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: International Rescue Committee
Country: Kenya
Closing date: 30 Nov 2014

Background:The International Rescue Committee has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been operational in Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgadud regions) and Mogadishu implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, Governance, protection, GBV, WASH and health reaching out to more than 200,000 conflict and drought affected people.

SCOPE OF WORK:

Working under the supervision and guidance of the Deputy Director Programs (IRC Somalia), the Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator is a key member of the Somalia country Senior Management Team (SMT). The WPE Program Coordinator is the senior most technical and program expert on WPE programming within the Somalia program, and provides leadership, guidance, coordination and technical support to IRC’s GBV programs throughout Somalia. As a member of a larger research team, the WPE Program Coordinator also is responsible to ensure safe and effective implementation of current and subsequent research projects in the WPE program.

Minimum Requirements:

· MA/S or equivalent in health (MPH), social science, humanities or other related degree;

· At least 2 years experience in direct service provision for survivors of sexual violence and domestic violence with a focus on case management and clinical care;

· Experience with remote management;

· Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of national and international staff

· Knowledge, skills and experience in participatory methods, community development and partnership

· Excellent interpersonal, communication, and and problem-solving skills

· Demonstrated effective coordination and networking skills

· Proven experience managing multiple funding sources, producing donor proposals and reports

· Excellent written and oral English skills

· Excellent computer skills in programs such as: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

· Previous experience in emergency preparedness and response,

· Experience working with Somalia populations in the region

· Experience working with UN cluster structures and GBV sub-clusters

How to apply:

Full description of this position and application details can be viewed through our website www.rescue.org/careers.

Country: Somalia
Closing date: 02 Nov 2014

CARE is an International NGO working in Somalia. CARE and its partners work with vulnerable communities to address the underlying causes of poverty and promote peace and development, through its strategic goal to reduce poverty by empowering women, enhancing access to resources and services, and improving governance. CARE is looking for suitable candidate to fill the position of Area Manager for Rural Women Programto be based inGarowewith frequent travel to project areas.

1. JOB SUMMARY

The Area Manager has the overall responsibility for managing programme activities within a defined geographical area and will report to the Programme Coordinator – Rural Vulnerable women. The incumbent will contribute to strategic planning and lead in management of all programmatic aspects within the defined geographical area. The Area Manager is responsible for maintaining high quality and accountable programme design and delivery. The Area Manager works within a clearly defined regional strategic framework, and under the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator.

The position will be directly responsible for grant management, staff oversight, and liaison with partners, donors, government and other stakeholders who are key to achieving the results of the program. The program will address the needs of vulnerable rural women and will be designed around a theory of change that is based on continuing assessments, studies of the underlying causes of poverty and learning from existing interventions. The program will work closely with CARE’s strategic partners and other local NGOs, community groups/associations, local elders, women organizations, local government, research institutes and private sector - in recognition of the fact that addressing the underlying causes of exclusion and marginalization will need the involvement of all these stakeholders.

1.Key Roles & responsibilities

Result Area 1 –Programme Design and Delivery.

To be responsible for all aspects of delivering a high quality and accountable programme within the defined geographical area:

Ensuring a local quality assurance system is developed and followed. This includes:

A)Programme Design

· Initiating strong collaborative relationships with the impact group which allows it to contribute to program design;

· Working with the field staff, technical advisors, PQU, strategic partners, research institutes and local government to gain a strong mutual understanding of the underlying causes of vulnerability, poverty, marginalization amongst impact group,

· Identification of key priority areas for funding in a way that ensures synergy and inter-linkage within each geographic area and in line with the LRSP and the program’s theory of change and strategy.

B)Implementation Management.

· Providing staff with direction and input at all major stages of programme cycle,

· Ensuring timely implementation and reporting,

· Ensuring all staff have synchronized work plans which are in line with strategic priorities,

· Work with the Programme Coordinator, PQU and Field staff to ensure the development of simple monitoring techniques in defining programme direction and measuring programme impact.

C)Cross Cutting themes.

· Work with the Program Quality unit to ensure that interventions are gender and conflict sensitive.

· In collaboration with the PQU identify issues and engage in advocacy with relevant stakeholders

· With support from the technical advisors, PQU, work with partners and others stakeholders to instill good governance practices.

D)Strategic Planning and operational management.

· Provide input and advice to CARE Somalia CMT on strategic planning, program strategies and operational issues

Result Area 2 –Partnerships

· Ensure strong collaborative relationships with strategic partners involved within the program area.

· Ensure strong collaborative relationships are developed between the intended impact group, CARE and partner staff. Ensure strong input by the intended impact group in program strategy, design and monitoring

· Support Identify partner capacity needs and provide input to PQU or PS departments where strategic partners are in need of specific capacity building support that can be provided by CARE

· Ensure strong collaborative relationships with key government departments and relevant private sector organizations/

· Ensure the program is implemented in line with partnership principles as outlined in CI policies.

Result Area 3 - Staff management

· Oversee field staff as appropriate

· Apply performance management systems to ensure consistent, strong performance within the team.

· Identify capacity gaps and recommend opportunities to build the capacity of direct reports and other program staff to ensure implementation in line with CI principles and CARE policies

· Collaborate with PQU for staff training/capacity building on areas of key focus (gender, governance, civil society, M&E, advocacy, conflict)

Result Area 4 - Contract management and Compliance adherence

To be responsible for achieving programme compliance with the organizational quality and accountability commitments, Task includes:

· Manage grants in line with CARE & donor regulations, formats and requirements

· Contribute to ensuring compliance to CARE and donor policies

· Ensure progress against grant proposals/work plans

· Ensure quality and timely submission of reports in line with donor requirements

· Ensure adequate financial management in liaison with the CARE Somalia finance department

· In collaboration with the PC and risks and grants unit facilitate timely audits and evaluations as required.

· Coordinate grant management with other Area Managers for those grants that are across multiple Areas

Result Area 5 - Representation Coordination and Stakeholder management.

As overall responsible for the operations in the region; he she will ensure that CARE maintains excellent and productive relations with all key stakeholders, especially beneficiaries, local authorities and the humanitarian community. Tasks include:

· Overall area representation of CARE at relevant and senior forums/ meetings,

· Ensuring other staff are appropriately representing CARE at relevant forums/ meetings,

· Conducting regular stakeholder analyses to ensure that CARE has good understanding of dynamics/ relationships,

· Ensuring that all staff maintain beneficiaries and communities at the centre of CARE’s stakeholder list,

· Engaging in coordination processes amongst local authorities and key stakeholders and within the organization for greater impact within the programs.

Result Area 6 – Staff safety and security.

The area manager has a role in ensuring staff safety and security with technical support from the

Safety and security advisor. As such, he will be responsible for ensuring programs are delivered in a safe and secure manner. Key tasks include:

· Work to ensure that security management protocols and procedures are updated, made locally relevant and applied consistently,

· Work with the security advisor to ensure that risks to staff, beneficiaries and assets are mitigated through a deterrence, acceptance, protection and program-enabling lens.

2.Required Qualifications (minimum requirements)

Experience

• Minimum Bachelors Degree of Social Science or any other related field
• At least 5 years’ experience working in conflict/post conflict context, with preferred work experience in Somalia.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a project or program management setting
• At least 2 years’ experience in working with pastoralist communities in Africa, preferably in the Horn
• Demonstrated experience in development and recovery programming
• Demonstrated experience in program assessments, problem analysis and program design

Skills/capacity:

• Team player, who is able to develop strong collaborative relations across the organization, in both the program and program support departments
• Good leadership and negotiating skills
• Proven capacity of managing programs through partnerships
• Strong gender and conflict analysis skills, and the ability to articulate and design programs using a rights based approach
• Proven budgeting and financial management skills
• Ability to develop and articulate program ideas related to Peace building, governance and civil society
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and coach field staff
• Ability to work and live under difficult conditions.

3.Decision Making Authority

Contributory/collaborative:

Program design, program strategy, program approaches, fundraising, and development of partnerships.

Final decision making authority:

Day to day grant/project management, reporting, staff management, implementation

4.Working Conditions

This is a posting in Garowe with frequently travel to Las Anod, Badhan, Hudun, Bocame and other project areas when required depending on security conditions. Somalia is unstable and insecurity often prevents access to some areas of the country.

How to apply:

Interested candidates who meet the criteria above are encouraged to send their application letters and detailed CVs to hrgarowe@som.care.org by 2^nd November 2014 @ 3:30 pm. Please indicate ‘Area Manager – Rural Women Program’as the subject line of your email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer promoting gender, equity and diversity. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Organization: INTEGRITY
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 31 Oct 2014

About the Programme

DFID DRC, in partnership with Girl Hub, has launched a new gender programme with a focus on the economic empowerment of adolescent girls. La Pépinière (meaning ‘greenhouse’ or ‘incubator’) takes a multidimensional approach (at programme, policy and organisational levels) to improving the situation of women and girls in DRC, with a particular focus on adolescent girls and economic empowerment. The overarching objective of the programme is to economically empower adolescent girls through innovations focused on Kinshasa and Kasai Occidental provinces.

Scope of Work

Integrity is bidding for this opportunity and seeking short and long-term experts specialising in the economic empowerment of adolescent girls in the DRC. We are currently recruiting for the positions listed below.

Role: Team Lead

Profile

• Relevant work experience in DRC, and/or Francophone Africa more broadly
• At least 10 years experience working in one (or more) of the possible technical areas in this project
• Demonstrated ability to provide Duty of Care and manage complex projects in fragile environments
• Demonstrated understanding of DFID and other donor’s related DRC portfolio
• Experience and in-depth understanding of gender in fragile contexts
• Experience and in-depth understanding on working on women and girls’ economic empowerment, in particular networks/associations of informal workers and adolescent girls
• Experience managing large-scale donor programmes in DRC
• Experience of DFID programming
• Experience with fund/grant management, especially in fragile and conflict affected states

Role: Monitoring and Evaluation Experts

Profile

• Experience and understanding of Francophone Africa context, preferably in DRC
• At least 7 years experience in designing and implementing monitoring an evaluation frameworks in DRC and/or other fragile and conflict-affected states
• Experience of behavioural change, social norm change and how to monitor and evaluate this.
• Demonstrated capacity to design and implement research including evaluation, participatory M&E and research into action, using a range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
• Experience and in-depth understanding of gender in fragile contexts
• In-depth understanding of women and girls’ economic empowerment, in particular networks/associations of informal workers and adolescent girls.
• Experience designing and implementing baseline and perception surveys in DRC and/or other fragile and conflict-affected states
• Demonstrated understanding of developing M&E frameworks for DFID programmes (desirable)

Role: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Experts

Profile

• Experience and understanding of Francophone Africa context, preferably in DRC
• At least 7 years designing and implementing qualitative and/or quantitative research projects
• Experience of the following technical tasks in fragile environments:
• o Sampling methods and processes
• o Tool design
• o Programming of instruments
• o Data cleaning
• o Quantitative analysis and statistics
• o Qualitative analysis
• o Training local researchers on research skills
• Demonstrated experience applying mixed methods to complex development problems
• Capacity to design research approaches on adolescent girls programming and to conduct operational research
• Experience designing and implementing girl-led participatory research.

Fluency in French and English is required for all roles.

How to apply:

If you are interested in applying please email a covering letter and CV, outlining your relevant skills and experience to applications@integrityresearch.com.

Please also state “DRC – Women and Girls” in the subject line.

Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Integrity is an equal opportunities employer. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by UK data protection laws.

Organization: Women for Women International
Country: Nigeria
Closing date: 05 Sep 2014

Organizational OverviewIn countries affected by conflict and war, Women for Women International supports the most marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community, and connect to networks for support. By utilizing skills, knowledge, and resources, she is able to create sustainable change for herself, her family, and community.

Since 1993, Women for Women International has served more than 407,000 women in 8 conflict-affected countries, including Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Sudan.

Project Background

Women for Women International-Nigeria (WfWI-N) is implementing an eighteen month project funded by the MAC AIDS Fund titled, “HIV/AIDS Curriculum Improvement and Program Enhancement Project.” The overall goal of the project is to increase HIV/AIDS education, testing, and uptake of services among women, through the following key objectives:

• Improve WfWI’s understanding of existing local services and barriers women face in accessing HIV/AIDS services;

• Improve WfWI’s health referral system, particularly for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services, in the communities where we work, to better support women’s health needs;

• Update, expand and enhance our existing HIV/AIDS curriculum and training materials based on information gained from the mapping exercise;

• Evaluate the effectiveness of WfWI’s revised curriculum;

• Monitor the progress and challenges of 100 new participants in the WfWI-N 12 month program who will pilot the new Health curriculum.

Objectives of the Work: Curriculum Revision Design and Implementation

To accomplish the key objectives of the “HIV/AIDS Curriculum Improvement and Program Enhancement Project,” WfWI seeks a qualified Consultant to support WfWI to design and implement an assessment of the effectiveness of the new HIV/AIDS curriculum that is being developed under the project and referrals to existing HIV/AIDS services that WfWI-N provides to participants.

The assessment will also enable WfWI to understand the relevance and effectiveness of the revised HIV/AIDS Health curriculum which aims to improve participant’s understanding of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, as well as knowledge of available, local resources. It should build off of the data that WfWI-N routinely collects related to health and wellness indicators.

The assessment should provide WfWI with lessons about the health training curriculum, methodology, and delivery to inform additional expansion of these activities to other communities to improve the lives of socially excluded women at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and other WfWI countries. In cases where the curriculum and delivery fell short of objectives, the assessment should recommend solutions or alternative approaches for future work.

Finally, the assessment will also serve as an excellent opportunity to build the capacity of WfWI-N staff who observe and understand the assessment process.

Assessment Period

September – November 2014 (design)

November 2015 - January 2016 (implementation)

Location

International, with travel to Nigeria

Scope of Work

Briefing and Desk Review:

At the start of the assessment period, WfWI-N and WfWI-HQ staff will brief the researcher on the specifics of the project, evaluation objectives and scope of work. The evaluator is expected to review all relevant documents to gain understanding of the program and project activities.

Assessment Design and Methodology:

The consultant will finalize an assessment design and methodology that incorporates feedback from WfWI-N and WfWI-HQ. It will also specify an appropriate methodology taking into consideration the project timeline, pilot nature of the project, and resources.

Desk Report:

The consultant will submit a desk report that captures the assessment design and methodology, initial findings from a desk review of documents and M&E data and provides an outline of the final report. The report should also specify the schedule and contents of progress reports to WfWI-N and WfWI-HQ.

Field Work:

The evaluator will work closely with WfWI-N to collect data in the field, which will involve travel to Jos, Nigeria.

Final Evaluation Report:

The consultant should produce a final evaluation report that captures results of the assessment. It should incorporate feedback from WfWI-N and WfWI-HQ, and where there is disagreement in interpretation and recommendations, to include those in the report. The final evaluation report will provide detailed insight into the effectiveness of the new curriculum and of the referrals to existing HIV/AIDS services of WfWI-N towards reaching the overall goal of improving HIV/AIDs prevention and treatment in the region.

Timeline and Deliverables

DeliverableTimeline • Desk report (including assessment design and methodology final report outline) September 2014 • Communication with WfWI-N and WfWI (HQ) on existing curriculum and referral methods etc. September –November 2014 • Field Work/Data collection in Nigeria following the 100 women in the pilot group after completion of Health module November 2015 • Draft evaluation report November 2015 • Review and feedback of evaluation report by WfWI December 2015 • Final evaluation report, to include

• Executive summary

• Background

• Assessment design and methodology

• Data analysis and results

• Conclusions

• Lessons learned

• Recommendations January 2016

General Terms and Considerations

The Consultant should anticipate being involved in discussions with WfWI-Nigeria and WfWI-HQ and provide recommendations on the project’s direction.

WfWI will commit to provide the necessary documentation and support needed for the Contractor to successfully conduct the work.

Qualifications

• Working experience in training in HIV/AIDS education, testing, and uptake of services among women;

• Working experience in West Africa within the public health sector;

• Experienced trainer of trainer;

• Excellent knowledge and experience of appreciative, participatory approaches;

• Have working experience with the poorest of the poor women with low literacy rates;

• Strong communication skills ability to listen to teams and integrate reflection;

• Fluent in English - knowledge of local language would be an advantage.

How to apply:

All interested candidates should submit the following application materials: a proposed work plan, profile or CV, calendar and budget on how they will complete the above mentioned tasks to http://www.womenforwomen.org/about-us/careers latest by September 5, 2014. It should not exceed 2 pages.