Kigali, Rwanda
£33,000 per annum
Permanent
Full Time, 35 hours per week
About VSO
Role overview
As well as a competitive salary, the package includes comprehensive health and pension benefits. You will be well supported with accommodation, children’s education and relocation costs if you are recruited from another country.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
How to apply
Start date: 1st February 2015
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£33,000 per annum
Permanent
Full 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.
VSO Rwanda’s current programme portfolio focuses on education and inclusion, and an emerging secure livelihoods programme. Working with a range of partners and funders we support education system strengthening and are promoting inclusive education pedagogies. We are also embarking on early childhood development programming. Working together with a highly-motivated team, you will translate our strategy into lasting, meaningful improvements in the lives of the country’s poorest people. You will work with our strategic partners to shape our goals, create national strategy, raise our profile, network with government agencies, donors and other international agencies, and generally be a walking, talking embodiment of our values and vision. You will champion and lead on impact focused programming. You will also provide oversight on how our people are managed, take responsibility for financial and resource management and legal compliance.
Skills, qualifications and experience required
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced development professional to provide strategic, programmatic and operational leadership to one of VSOs biggest programmes. You will have at least 10 years experience in successfully managing development programmes and 5 years experience of leading a country team. You will also demonstrate confidence in context and poverty analysis and in leading a team to interpret this as they develop and deliver effective evidence based programmes.
As an experienced senior manager you will l have excellent leadership, negotiation and relationship-building skills. Your ability to demonstrate the impact of your programming on the lives of poor and marginalised people will be key to your success in planning and resourcing innovative programmes. Experience securing external funding and managing multiple grants is essential.
As well as a competitive salary, the package includes comprehensive health and pension benefits. You will be well supported with accommodation, children’s education and relocation costs if you are recruited from another country.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
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 ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
Application closing date: 24 Nov 2014
Interview/Assessment date(s): Week Commencing 24th November 2014Start date: 1st February 2015
Click here to download the job description in PDF format
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