Project Officer-ICS Volunter

Unguja, Tanzania
Fixed Term, 12
Full Time, 40 hours per week

About VSO

ICS is a UK government-funded development programme that brings together 18 to 25-year-old from all backgrounds to fight poverty in. Tanzania ICS is implemented by VSO Tanzania in Kagera, Kilimanajaro and Mbeya Region. VSO has worked in this regions to tackle issues in Education, Health and Livelihoods.

Role overview

you will ensure successful delivery of project. You will provide support to a team of 2 volunteer team leaders and 24 youth volunteers. You will be promoting and encouraging appropriate behavior and ensuring safety and security standards procedures are met and understood by the team. You will ensure good partner relationship between VSO and partners we work with and other stake holders. You will represent VSO in meetings at the community.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

• We are looking for dynamic and influential person to join the VSO ICS Tanzanian Team to lead and manage our project in Zanzibar, unguja 
• Your principal responsibility will be to ensure high quality project outcome delivery within the project budget and scope. 
• You will have excellent management skills, sound judgment, strong analysis and planning skills and the capacity to manage a substantial workload with responsibility for financial accountability and delivery of this project. 

The person we are looking for will, be:
1. qualified to degree level, have at least 1 year experience in
managing people. 

2. able to develop clear and realistic plans and deliver agreed objectives within deadlines

Interviews will be held in Dar es Salaam on 5th February 2014

VSO values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and aim to be an equal opportunities employer. We strongly urge Residents in Kagera to apply. 

Due to anticipated interest in this post, only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

How to applyTo submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
Application closing date: 19 Nov 2014
Interview/Assessment date(s) : 14th/11/2014
Start date: 1st /12/2014

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