Closing date for applications:
ActionAid Uganda
(AAU) seeks an experienced Civic Space and Governance Advisor to provide
efficient capacity building to its staff and ActionAid Federation members
signed up to the Shrinking Space Project 5, which is aimed at expanding civic
and political space across the world. An overall objective of the
placement is to support the development of consensus on strategies for, and
programmatic policy responses to, addressing the challenges, risk mitigation;
and identifying emerging opportunities for engagement around shrinking
political space.
Closing date for applications:
ActionAid Uganda
(AAU) seeks an experienced Tax Justice Advisor, who is able to provide
efficient capacity development to both national staff at the ActionAid office
and its partner organisations. An overall objective of the placement is to
provide technical advisory support on tax justice, policy analysis, research,
campaigns and advocacy so as to hold government and corporate accountable in
the implementation of tax policies. Specifically, the Advisor will
support the tax power campaign focusing on improving transparency and
accountability in the way government generate taxes, allocate and effectively
utilize them.
Salary:
Competitive, Local salary and terms and
conditions of employment of the base location will apply
Closing date for applications:
ACTIONAID
INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTORATE: Programme
Development, Quality and Impact
Position: Monitoring,
Evaluation and Learning Officer – Shifting the Power Project
Location: Dhaka,
Nairobi, Islamabad
Duration: 18 Month
Fixed Term Contract
Salary:
Competitive, Local salary and terms and conditions of employment of the base
location will apply
Experienced in
designing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems, tools and processes in
an international development / humanitarian environment you are now looking for
a new challenge where your work will make a positive difference.
Closing date for applications:
Do you have a curious, trusting
approach to your leadership? Do you have experience with activism and training
within the NGO sector? – then you might be our next Global Platform
Manager!
Training4Change and the Global Platform
concept The GPs are training hubs located all over the world, where
volunteers, activists and NGO employees get training and participate in
projects and activities. The fundamental aim of the GPs is to empower young
people to create positive social change, through training, capacity support,
mentoring, networking, cultural exchange and incubation of young people with
innovative ideas. Please read more on our website:http://www.globalplatforms.org/who-we-are.
About Global Platform El Salvador
At the Global Platform in El Salvador
we train organizations and individuals in the knowledge, skills and attitudes
to throw off poverty and injustice and to challenge decision makers. Through
innovative trainings and capacity development, we aim to unleash the potential
of young people by giving them power to do social change. We believe that
social change is possible when youth around the world come together and create
local activities with global visions.As a Manager at Global Platform Myanmar
you will be managing a team of around 8 staff and be a core focal person for
ensuring ActionAid Denmark strategic activities around capacity
development and youth mobilization in the Central Americas region. Every
year, approximately 4000 volunteers and professionals are trained at our Global
Platforms. As the Manager at the Global Platform you will be part of a team of
approximately 100 employees around the worlds at our Global Platforms in in
Denmark, Nepal, Myanmar, El Salvador, Jordan, Ghana, Mt. Kenya, Nairobi, Jordan
and Palestine. Other new platforms are under development and expected to open
in the near future. You will report to the International Head of
Training4Change.
For more information go to
http://www.globalplatforms.org/
About the job
The platform manager is responsible the
overall leadership and management of the Global platform. It is your finest
task to keep the platform relevant, viable and innovative. This includes
Management and leadership
o
Managing and supervising the Global Platform team, ensuring training
quality and an open and constructive learning environment build on trust,
commitment and curiosity,
o
Ensure sparring and overall supervisory support to the Training coordinator
on all training and course development and manuals as well as evaluation of the
conducted trainings.
Strategic
Embedding and communicate the impact
and relevance of the global platforms work, through development of effective
branding and promotion strategy and tools. Ensure a smooth co-operation with
ActionAids Country Offices in the Central Americas regions programmatic
work.
Training and activism
o
Furthering youth engagement on the platform through innovating and
organizing impactful concepts for activities and fruitful collaboration with
Activista (see more about Activista here).
o
Identify new potential strategic partners in the region, with whom
partnerships with our training programme can be cultivated and thereby
advancing the agenda of marginalized youth in Central America.
Financial
Ensuring financial sustainability, including
responsibility to develop strategic relationships with current and new
partners, as well as raising funds, cultivating relationships with donors, and
market the platform and its activities. The GP handles all economic
tracking and reporting to AADK, AAI and donors.
Qualifications for platform manager
o
Relevant educational background
o
Experience in cultivating markets and relationships leading to more
income-generating activities
o
Experience with and ability to work within a team, preferably some years
of management experience
o
Previous experience in working with youth volunteer programs, social
movements or mobilization of young people
o
Training background and experience in facilitation
o
Vast interest in regions social and political context
o
Fluent in Spanish
o
Fluent in English
o
Previous experience from working in El Salvador or another GP is an
advantage
Personal skills
o
A high degree of maturity and trust in own abilities
o
Able to make independent decisions, while respecting the input and
position of others.
o
Innovative and entrepreneur mindset
Employment Conditions
A contract starting as soon as
possible, running for one year with the possibility of an extension.Monthly
Salary: DKK 18.141, subject to local tax.Pension: 10% of the salary.You will
pay local tax of the salary.
Housing provided or an allowance to
procure housing.
Please see further on employment
conditions in our manual found here:
http://www.ms.dk/sites/default/files/filarkiv/dokumenter/gp_staff-terms_and_conditions_manual_2014.pdf
Application
Should you have any questions, please
forward them to Mette Marie Yde, Operational Manager of Global Platforms at
myd@ms.dk.
Application deadline is 19th of
February and first interviews are expected on the 24th of February and second
interviews as well as possible personality profile on 25th -26th of
February.
As we only accept applications
submitted through our online recruitment system, please use the link/button
below.
https://delta.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=354&ProjectId=181205&DepartmentId=11133&SkipAdvertisement=true
Closing date for applications:
6 Sep 2015
ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTORATE: Programmes
Position: Humanitarian Information
Officer
Location: London
Salary: £33,664 - £34,682 per annum
Duration: Ten Months Fixed Term
Maternity Cover Contract - (with possibility of extension)
Terms and conditions of base Location
will apply
If you are passionate about making a
difference, have proven experience of developing information systems around
humanitarian policy and programming this role as Humanitarian Information
Officer with ActionAid International is for you.
Closing date for applications:
7 Sep 2015
ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTORATE: Programmes
Position: Terms of Reference for
consultancy to carry out Project Base
Location: Malawi, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Zambia and SADC region
Purpose of the Role:
ActionAid
International is the principal/lead in a consortium of six organisations
contracted by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to
implement a project which aims to ‘Strengthen Social Accountability and
Oversight Capacity for Rights-based Public Resources Management in Health and
Agriculture in Southern Africa’. The other consortium members are International
HIV/AIDS Alliance, SAfAIDS, East and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum,
Training Centre for Development Cooperation and the Public Service
Accountability Monitor programme of Rhodes University. The pre-planning phase
of the project will run from 1 August 2015 – 30 March 2016. The main
implementation Phase 1 of the project is expected to run for 3 years from 1st
April 2016 to 31st March 2019
Closing date for applications:
7 Sep 2015
ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and
Communications
Position: Business Development Manager
– Asia and Middle East (Maternity Cover)
Location: Bangkok, New
Delhi, Hanoi and Phnom Penh
Duration: Maternity cover – 9 months
Salary: £36,035 per annum
International Grade D
Purpose of the Role:
The Business
Development Manager uses an entrepreneurial approach in working with staff from
ActionAid offices throughout the Asia and Middle East region (including
programme, finance, fundraising, and M&E) to develop and submit high
quality donor proposals and tender bids that are aligned with ActionAid’s
priorities, demonstrate impact, and offer value for money. S/he is proactive in
identifying new and non-traditional sources of funding from a range of institutional
donors and working with ActionAid country staff and other fundraising teams to
leverage ActionAid’s funding prospects. S/he builds the capacity of ActionAid
country offices to develop and manage strategic consortium partnerships with
other NGOs and private sector organisations where appropriate. Skills
development and capacity building of ActionAid staff within the portfolio
countries is also a key part of the role through training, mentoring, and
feedback on proposal development processes, fundraising strategies and donor
scoping activities.
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