ICS - Country Programme Leader – India – 18 initial months contract - £21,000 pa
International Citizen Service (ICS) is a DFID funded programme to
work with in-country and UK volunteers (50/50 ratio) designed to have a
positive development impact on poor communities while also achieving the
personal and social development of the volunteers, giving them the
knowledge and confidence to turn into social action following the
programme. Raleigh International is one of the delivery partners in the
VSO led Consortium.Raleigh's India Country Programme Leader (CPL) is one member of the staff team based in southern India responsible for representing and delivering Raleigh International's programmes. The role involves the day to day planning and management of the ICS programme including delivery and development, project planning, crisis management, safety, logistics, transport, training, managing volunteer leaders, routine budget control and managing the in-country office.
We are looking for a professional with proven and extensive experience of developing and delivering sustainable community development programmes overseas and managing the welfare and activities of groups of youth volunteers (18- 25) and Volunteer Team Leaders to achieve the programmes aims.
Prior experience of delivering overseas development programmes in a management role on a similar scale is an essential requirement for this role.
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Application deadline: Midnight - 19th November 2012.
The successful candidate must be available to start in India in early January 2013.
Due to the expected number of applicants for this role, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the application deadline, please assume that your application has not been successful.
To apply: Applicants should submit, by email, a CV and short covering letter/supporting statement (no more than two pages of A4) to hr@raleighinternational.org. Previous applicants for the role of Country Programme Leader with Raleigh should not apply.
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