Organizational Development Specialist Job Vacancy at World Vision Zimbabwe

Job Title:    Organizational Development Specialist    Application Deadline Date:    01 Jul 2012
Position Location:    Harare    Position Start Date:    01 Aug 2012
Region:    Africa\Southern Africa    Position End Date:    31 Jul 2014
Requisition Category:    International    Recruitment Priority:    Need Immediately
Country Name:    Zimbabwe    Program/Office Name:    Zimbawe
City/Province:    Harare    Employee Type:    Expatriate
Job Grade Level:    16    Recruitment Status:    Advertising in Progress
Is this a family post?    Family - Spouse with Children       
        Requisition Num:    2012AFSCMAA-8VGLJU


PURPOSE OF POSITION:

This position will build technical competence and organizational capacity of the public sector, professional bodies as well as that of local NGOs at several levels in order to strengthen their overall response to the welfare of children in Zimbabwe. This will include (but not limited to) facilitating the development of tailored capacity building plans that may include, but are not limited to training, mentoring and support in the areas of planning, finance and administration, advocacy, governance, management and leadership, and monitoring and evaluation.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

        Lead organizational/institutional capacity building component for local organizations and structures including areas of NGO Success Competencies such as Leadership, Governance, Administration, HR Systems, Financial Systems, Organizational Management, Program Management, and Project Performance Management.
        Training experience with local partners in resource-limited settings in key skills above.
        Provide leadership and coordination in the development, dissemination and promotion of programs in local organizational/institutional capacity building.
        Provide, or request technical expertise to local partners, including technical capacity in M&E, OVC, and other program areas as appropriate and needed.
        Needs assessments, program design, start-up, phase-in, phase-out, customer service, communications, reporting, monitoring and/or evaluation activities.
        Ensure World Vision program standards meet or exceed donor expectations
        Encourage and facilitate the documentation of best practices and lessons learned, directed toward multiple audiences, to influence policy formation, develop capacity and foster professionalism.
        Perform other duties as assigned.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

        REQUIRED:
        Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences or a related field.
        Minimum 3 years’ experience in Local Organization Capacity Building.
        Experience in assessing technical capacity of organizations, developing customized capacity building plans, and providing individualized training, mentoring and on-site support in various technical areas of need.
        Good knowledge of Local Capacity Building tools especially in the OVC Sector.
        Field-based NGO work experience, in health, OVC, capacity building or program leadership, with a minimum of 3 to 5 years total development experience.
        Strong communication skills particularly advanced writing skills, and the ability to build relationships cross-culturally.
        Must be experienced and familiarity with USAID compliance reporting requirements preferred.
        Must be able to multi-task, provide training, leadership, innovation and be customer focused.
        Ability to communicate effectively cross-culturally. Excellent communications skills in English.

        PREFERRED:
        Build and maintain relationships with external and internal partners in order to enhance their understanding of program standards and strategies.

How to Apply;
https://jobs.wvi.org/webjobs.nsf/WebPublished/9DA661072776F05388257A25002AFE58?OpenDocument