Monitoring, evaluation and Learning Officer FUNDACION PARAGUAYA

FUNDACION PARAGUAYA is an international NGO working in the field of education, entrepreneurship and microfinance in several countries in Latin America aiming at supporting some similar initiatives in Tanzania.

Main Job Purpose:

To support FUNDACION PARAGUAYA in monitoring the supporting program delivered to local partners in general in close collaboration with service providers and translate findings in management decisions in order to improve performances.

Position in Organization

The M&E Officer reports to the Program Manager

Duty Station

Morogoro, with frequent visits in the intervention areas, namely Njombe and others to be identified.

Timeframe

January 2012 to December 2012 (1 year) with possibility to renew annually for up to four additional years.

Scope of Job

- Organization and logistics of all M&E activities

- Supervising data collection

- Regularly undertake field visit to collect data and information

- Managing the database system and analyze data

- Advise the program manager on how to improve performances of the program giving the lesson learned during implementation

- Facilitate workshop and trainings with enumerators and partners

- Regularly communicate with head office, service providers, partners via phone, Skype, e-mail

- Produce reports according to the reporting schedule and templates

- Perform any other duties assigned by the management.

Primary Qualifications

- At least five years experience in M&E, particularly in education and entrepreneurship

- Proven experience in data analysis

- Degree in Social Sciences, Education or related

- Dynamic behavior

- Good organization skills

- Capacity to interact in a multinational environment

- High degree of commitment and integrity

- Good reporting skills

- Excellent in written and spoken Kiswahili and English

- Computer literacy particularly in Microsoft Word, Excel, E-mail, Skype and possibly Database and Statistical software

- Tanzanian nationality

- Women are particularly encouraged to apply for this position

Interested and qualified candidates should send the applications with CV, letter of motivation, names and addresses of three reliable referees to:

FUNDACION PARAGUAYA in electronic form to:

Lfsanabria@fundacionparaguaya.org.py

jcorvalan@fundacionparaguaya.org.py

Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Please do NOT send certificates; only CV and letter.

Closing date for applications is 09 December 2011 at 5 pm.

Monitoring and evaluation officer, HIV and health, Sierra Leone

With 140 partners working on Health in 40 countries, Christian Aid are brilliantly placed to tackle the broad ranging challenges of Community health, HIV and other diseases impacting vulnerable groups and communities in these countries. We are a vibrant team, carrying out highly innovative work on HIV and Community health. For you that means the chance to build on your existing knowledge of Community health, HIV, malaria and other poverty related health issues, and really get to gips with the issues.

Christian Aid has worked in Sierra Leone for over 25 years and on HIV programmes since 2003. We work through a distinct partnership approach which reflects a firm belief that local organisations and people are best suited to solve their own problems. There are currently five national partners working on HIV prevention, care and support. Two of Christian Aid’s partners, the Methodist Church of Sierra Leone (MCSL) and the Network of People living with HIV (NETHIPS) are implementing programmes promoting rights and providing care and support for people living with HIV in the Western area and all districts in Sierra Leone.

Christian Aid in partnership with four national partners in Sierra Leone and Nigeria has recently won a grant from Comic Relief to implement the ‘People living Positively (PLP) – south-to-south learning to scale up effective HIV care and support interventions in Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

The programme aims to increase access to quality care and support services for PWHIV and their families, in collaboration with other healthcare providers; improve livelihood and economic security of HIV-affected households through mobilisations of savings and loans associations; reduce HIV-related SDD through a rights-based approach; and strengthen organisations led by or representing people living with HIV. Cross-cultural learning between the two countries will be actively supported, to facilitate sharing of good practice and scaling up of proven methodologies.

The result will be improved quality of life of PWHIV and their families in Sierra Leone and Nigeria to live in their communities as People Living Positively. Christian Aid Sierra Leone is recruiting a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to provide technical advice and support to two partners to effectively monitor the programme.

The role requires a motivated, dynamic and innovative person, able to deliver results from a wide spectrum of projects. Team working and coordination skills will therefore be pertinent to this position The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work closely with the SPO in the HIV unit to support partners in the programme implementation, to demonstrate high levels of reliability and ability to deliver quality programme reports on time. You will accompany implementing partners in monitoring and evaluation of the PLP Comic Relief project – health intervention and ensure they have relevant capacity using a result-based management approach to develop appropriate M&E framework, log frame and tools for this project. You will support partners to collect baseline data to assess HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and practices, quality life and access to care and support services, develop and use participatory tools including: focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews and PRA mapping techniques.

Experience of working in international development organisations and managing partnerships will be an added advantage.

To be able to execute this role effectively you will have a degree in Social Work, Development Studies, Public Health, Community Health or another relevant field.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions. Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Innovation and creativity

Please describe a situation where you came up with an improved approach to getting work done or addressing an issue.

Describe the situation
What made you consider modifying/implementing a new way of doing things?
Describe the new approach you came up with
How was it an improvement over the existing approach?

Communicating and sharing Ideas/information

It is important to be receptive to others’ ideas and opinions. Tell us about a time when you had to elicit comments or feedback from another team member on an important issue.

How did you let them know that you were interested in what they had to say?
What questions did you ask?
In the end, did you have a good idea of that person’s ideas about the issue?
What was the result?

Delivering goals and objectives

Please describe a project you supervised that required your setting goals, timelines and expected results.

What was the project?
What project goals and deliverables did you recommend?
What steps did you take to ensure your goals, timelines and deliverables were realistic?
How did you ensure that the proper quality of work was maintained?

Team working

Tell us about a time when you realized that you needed to involve other members of your team in order to achieve a shared objective.

What objective was involved?
How did you come to realise that other team members needed to be involved?
How did you go about involving others?
How did the other team members react to getting involved?
What was the outcome?

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organization, so you can expect a range of rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Download the role profile (70 KB pdf)

To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed International application form to sierraleone@christian-aid.org quoting the reference number below.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Job reference: MEO/SL1011/HK

Closing date: 12 noon, Thursday, 15 December 2011

Interview date: To be confirmed

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome application from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Country manager, Bangladesh

More than half the world lives in poverty. Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of dignity, freedom and hope, of power over their own lives. Christian Aid has a vision – an end to poverty – and we believe that vision can become a reality. We are striving to bring lasting change to the lives of the poorest communities. We work wherever there is great need, helping people to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion, caste or creed. If you’re passionate about positive change across the world, then this job might be for you.

Already working in international development with another charity or NGO – possibly as a manager or within a team in a similar area – you’ll see this as an excellent opportunity to take a step up. But whatever your background, you’ll be keenly aware of the issues affecting the country and the region and will have proven that you’re a strong team leader. As you’ll be working with a diverse range of people, both within Christian Aid and from outside organisations, you’ll need to be a confident negotiator and articulate communicator. English language is essential for this post and fluency in local language is desirable.

You will need to be able to provide strategic leadership to Christian Aid’s work in, and on, the country, ensuring the country programme and staff contribute to, and are supported by, Christian Aid corporate strategies. You will need to be able to manage, develop and empower staff working for Christian Aid in the country to take responsibility within a devolved and decentralised region or continent, working within the corporate framework, agreed annual plans, budgets and defined delegations of authority. You will lead and manage change, lead advocacy efforts, build strong networks and relationships and resolve conflict. You will have sectoral experience in at least one or more of the following: social development, women’s development, community development, livelihoods, rights-based approaches, emergency response, Disaster Risk Reduction and climate change. You will need experience of gender mainstreaming/social exclusion and of policy development and strategic planning.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Innovation and creativity

Describe a time when you anticipated and took steps to address resistance to organisational change. Explain the reactions you anticipated, the steps you took to address resistance and the outcome.

Effectiveness and accountability

Describe a time when you examined ways to improve the delivery of programmes or organisational performance in order to improve impact and / or provide greater value for money. Explain how you identified what improvements to make, the actions you took and the results.

Team work

Describe a time when you partnered your team with a team in another organisation, department or area in order to achieve an organisational or project related goal. Describe the challenges involved and issues faced and how you dealt with them to ensure success.

Operational leadership and management

Describe a time when you were faced with making a difficult decision that carried significant risk for you or your organisation. What was the situation? Explain how you assessed and managed the risks involved.

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. So you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Download the role profile (30 KB pdf)

To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed International application form to: drecruitment@christian-aid.org (quoting the reference number). Alternatively, your completed application form can be printed out and posted to us at:

Christian Aid
Bangladesh Country Office
10/17 Iqbal Road (4th floor)
Mohammadpur
Dhaka 1207

Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only short listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. If you have not been contacted by 14 January 2012, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.

Preference will be given to applicants who have current and valid permission to work in Bangladesh.

Job reference: BD/2011/1201

Closing date: 5pm (Bangladesh time) Thursday 21 December 2011

Interview date: Between 16 and 22 January 2012

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of caste, race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage applications from socially excluded communities, religious minorities, people living with disabilities and especially encourage women candidates to apply.

Senior programme funding officer, Haiti

Haiti is a country in crisis, after the earthquake. We are currently raising vital funds to support the essential work of our Haitian partners as they reach out to the devastated populations across Haiti. We need a new Senior Programme Funding Officer to join our team.

The level of need in Haiti has meant that there are a large number of donors that want to support the relief and reconstruction efforts. Our partners on the ground in Haiti have the capacity to deliver real and meaningful support in some of the most devastated and affected areas. We want to ensure that they have the funds they need in order to continue their essential work.

The senior programme funding officer will have a key role to play in liaising appropriately with the different donors in Haiti, in ensuring the efficient and effective management of externally funded projects and in building relationships with new possible donors to ensure successful fund-raising for new projects where appropriate.

You will have experience in successfully raising money from donor agencies; reporting back successfully to them and in maintaining good relationships with them. You will relish the challenge of doing this in a difficult setting.

In order to work with the partner organisations, with the wider Christian Aid and with the donors in Haiti you will need an excellent level of French and English. A good working knowledge of Creole is highly desirable.

More than half the world lives in poverty. We aim to put a stop to that. So we campaign against the structures and rules that keep people poor. And we work with local organisations to give people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion. If you’re as determined as we are to end poverty and injustice across the world, work with us to make change happen.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Networking

Can you describe an occasion which illustrates your ability to establish useful and strategic contacts with new possible donors for your organisation?

Providing and implementing solutions

Describe a project where you were given the task of identifying and ensure required resources.

Planning and organising

Describe a specific project or activity in which you had to identify tasks and set priorities for others. Tell us how you went about planning and organizing so that the group would reach the goal.

Decision making

Please describe the last time you had to make an important decision when delivering a project or assignment, and how you made that decision.

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Download the role profile (33 KB pdf)

To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed International application form to Nadine Lemite at: nlemite@christian-aid.org quoting the job reference number below.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

Job reference: HT015

Closing date: 12 midnight, Friday 30 December 2011

Interview date: 16 January 2012 (To be confirmed)

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Assistant Director: System Control Department of Transport RSA

(Office of the Chief Financial Officer)
(Chief Directorate: Management Accounting)
(Directorate: Management Accounting & Budgeting)


Assistant Director: System Control
(Sub-directorate: System Control)
Salary: R221 058 per annum (Ref. 82221/4)

Requirements: • 3-year tertiary qualification in Finance or an equivalent qualification with 3 years' relevant experience in system and internal control.

The following would serve as strong recommendations: • Knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Treasury Regulations • Extensive experience in BAS, PERSAL and LOGIS • Good interpersonal as well as written and verbal communication skills • Computer literacy • Willingness to work beyond normal working hours.

Duties: • Maintain the BAS system and ensure that all financial transactions are posted to the correct cost centre • Maintain the code structures and security profiles • Manage and monitor the interface of the transversal system on LOGIS, PERSAL and BAS • Monitor the interface of the LOGIS commitment on BAS • Identify and institute corrective measures for financial system risks • Monitor the proper integration of the financial system • Enhance the awareness of the BAS system in the Department • Enhance training and capacity development in the Section • Maintain entities and Safetyweb.

Enquiries: Ms D Mabula, tel. (012) 309-3712

Please note: The successful candidates must be willing to sign an oath of secrecy with the Department. Applicants will be expected to be available for selection interviews and assessments at a time, date and place as determined by the Department. All appointments are subject to the verification of educational qualifications, experience, citizenship, reference checks and security vetting.

The Department of Transport is an equal opportunity, representative employer. Qualified women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be accompanied by form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department (or at www.gov.za) and a recent, updated, comprehensive CV (experience must be comprehensively detailed, ie positions held and dates), as well as certified copies of all qualifications and an ID document. Failure to submit the requested documents/information will result in your application not being considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The Department reserves the right not to fill the posts.

Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number, to: Department of Transport, Private Bag X193, Pretoria 0001 or hand-deliver in Room 4042, at 159 Forum Building, cnr Struben and Bosman Streets, Pretoria, for attention: Recruitment Unit.


Closing date: 19 December 2011

Please note: Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.


Communication will be conducted with shortlisted candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful.

Assistant Director: Budgeting

(Office of the Chief Financial Officer)
(Chief Directorate: Management Accounting)
(Directorate: Management Accounting & Budgeting)


Assistant Director: Budgeting
(Sub-directorate: Budgeting)
Salary: R221 058 per annum (Ref. 82221/3)

Requirements: • 3-year tertiary qualification in Finance or an equivalent qualification with 3 years' experience in budgeting.

The following would serve as strong recommendations: • Knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Treasury Regulations and Treasury guidelines • Extensive experience in BAS, PERSAL and LOGIS • Good interpersonal as well as written and verbal communication skills • Computer literacy • Willingness to work beyond normal working hours.

Duties: • Coordinate the medium and long-term budget planning in line with the budget process • Ensure that the accounting information provided by the system is accurate, relevant and reliable • Coordinate and consolidate the budget inputs for the Department and public entities reporting under the Department • Manage all correspondence to and from the National Treasury • Coordinate the 10*10 meeting between the National Department and the Provincial Department • Compile allocation letters for public entities • Compile the inputs for the strategic plan and annual report • Provide support to Programme Managers during the budget process.

Enquiries: Ms J Mahamba, tel. (012) 309-3898

Please note: The successful candidates must be willing to sign an oath of secrecy with the Department. Applicants will be expected to be available for selection interviews and assessments at a time, date and place as determined by the Department. All appointments are subject to the verification of educational qualifications, experience, citizenship, reference checks and security vetting.

The Department of Transport is an equal opportunity, representative employer. Qualified women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be accompanied by form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department (or at www.gov.za) and a recent, updated, comprehensive CV (experience must be comprehensively detailed, ie positions held and dates), as well as certified copies of all qualifications and an ID document. Failure to submit the requested documents/information will result in your application not being considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The Department reserves the right not to fill the posts.

Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number, to: Department of Transport, Private Bag X193, Pretoria 0001 or hand-deliver in Room 4042, at 159 Forum Building, cnr Struben and Bosman Streets, Pretoria, for attention: Recruitment Unit.


Closing date: 19 December 2011

Please note: Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.


Communication will be conducted with shortlisted candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful.

Assistant Director Department of Transport RSA

(Branch: Road Transport)
(Chief Directorate: Driving Licence Card Account)
(Directorate: Driving Licence Card Account)


Assistant Director: Focus Revenue
Pretoria
Salary: R221 058 per annum (Ref. 82221/2)

Requirements: • 3-year Bachelor's degree/diploma in Accounting or equivalent qualification • Minimum of 3 years' relevant experience in Accounting.

The following would serve as strong recommendations: • Good knowledge of and experience in Pastel Accounting • Skills in reading and interpreting Pastel reports • Sound knowledge of the PFMA and Treasury Regulations • Computer literacy, with MS Excel spreadsheet experience • Analytical and problem solving skills • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) • Sound mathematical and accounting skills • Planning and organising skills • Management and leadership skills • Decision making skills.

Duties: • Ensure that proper control measures are implemented and practised for recovery from the provinces and Driving Licence Training Centres (DLTCs) • Analyse bank accounts and report deviations to the Chief Financial Officer • Review weekly bank reconciliations and ensure that outstanding reconciling items are followed up and cleared timeously • Draw Pastel detail reports and monitor the reconciliation of all suspense accounts • Check that the trading entities' bank accounts are not overdrawn and, if they are, investigate and report to a higher authority • Ensure that revenue is correctly reflected on the trial balance • Report to the CFO on the outstanding debtors balances per DLTC on a monthly basis • Correct all incorrect receipt allocations on Pastel • Ensure compliance with banking requirements as prescribed in the Treasury Regulations • Monitor compliance with regard to norms and standards • Prepare weekly bank reconciliations and reconcile deposit transactions • Monitor the recovery of all monies due to the Department • Resolve accounts queries and disputes raised by customers • Compile and provide information regarding customer queries • Process and allocate bank statement transactions on the system • Compile revenue/sales reports (R751) and upload them on the accounting system • Prepare and send statements and invoices to customers on a monthly basis • Check that all exceptions have been cleared prior to month-end closure • Check the trail balance daily and investigate any deviations, and ensure that accounts that must be zero are zero and that others are close to closure • Assist in compiling financial statements • Compile performance agreements for reporting staff, and monitor staff performance and provide guidance and support.

Enquiries: Ms T Zwane, tel. (012) 309-3989

Please note: The successful candidates must be willing to sign an oath of secrecy with the Department. Applicants will be expected to be available for selection interviews and assessments at a time, date and place as determined by the Department. All appointments are subject to the verification of educational qualifications, experience, citizenship, reference checks and security vetting.

The Department of Transport is an equal opportunity, representative employer. Qualified women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be accompanied by form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department (or at www.gov.za) and a recent, updated, comprehensive CV (experience must be comprehensively detailed, ie positions held and dates), as well as certified copies of all qualifications and an ID document. Failure to submit the requested documents/information will result in your application not being considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The Department reserves the right not to fill the posts.

Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number, to: Department of Transport, Private Bag X193, Pretoria 0001 or hand-deliver in Room 4042, at 159 Forum Building, cnr Struben and Bosman Streets, Pretoria, for attention: Recruitment Unit.


Closing date: 19 December 2011

Please note: Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.


Communication will be conducted with shortlisted candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful.

Deputy Director: DLCA

(Branch: Road Transport)
(Chief Directorate: Driving Licence Card Account)
(Directorate: Driving Licence Card Account)


Deputy Director: Driving Licence Card Account (DLCA)
Pretoria
Salary: All-inclusive salary package of R434 505 per annum (Ref. 82221/1)

Requirements: • 3-year Bachelor's degree/National Diploma in Accounting • 5 years' financial management experience.

The following would serve as strong recommendations: • Advanced knowledge of and experience in Pastel Accounting • Skills in reading and interpreting Pastel reports • Good knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Treasury Regulations • Computer literacy, with MS Excel spreadsheet experience • Analytical and problem solving skills • Good communications skills • Good mathematical and accounting skills • Management and leadership skills • Project management skills.

Duties: • Provide managerial accounting services • Prepare monthly finance management accounts • Liaise with and provide information to the internal and external auditors, CFO and other relevant stakeholders • Perform any management or administrative duties to ensure that the trading entity is managed properly and complies with reporting requirements • Respond to audit queries timeously and formulate management comments for all finance-related internal and external audit findings • Monitor, check and review processed financial transactions, including journals and payments • Verify the accuracy of claims by the contractor for the production of credit driving licenses in consultation with the service provider • Review, authorise and effect payments to service providers after ensuring adherence to internal policies and applicable legislation • Maintain and manage the account structures on Pastel • Ensure compliance with banking requirements as prescribed by the Treasury Regulations • Check that all suspense accounts are timeously reconciled and that the transactions reflected can be explained and supported by valid documents • Manage and present on-the-job capacity development programmes to enhance the job performance of staff • Monitor quality control of the work of subordinates • Monitor the planning, organising and delegation of work to subordinates.


Enquiries: Ms T Zwane, tel. (012) 309-3989

Please note: The successful candidates must be willing to sign an oath of secrecy with the Department. Applicants will be expected to be available for selection interviews and assessments at a time, date and place as determined by the Department. All appointments are subject to the verification of educational qualifications, experience, citizenship, reference checks and security vetting.

The Department of Transport is an equal opportunity, representative employer. Qualified women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be accompanied by form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department (or at www.gov.za) and a recent, updated, comprehensive CV (experience must be comprehensively detailed, ie positions held and dates), as well as certified copies of all qualifications and an ID document. Failure to submit the requested documents/information will result in your application not being considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The Department reserves the right not to fill the posts.

Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number, to: Department of Transport, Private Bag X193, Pretoria 0001 or hand-deliver in Room 4042, at 159 Forum Building, cnr Struben and Bosman Streets, Pretoria, for attention: Recruitment Unit.


Closing date: 19 December 2011

Please note: Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.


Communication will be conducted with shortlisted candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful.

Programme Manager The Mvula Trust

The Mvula Trust is the leading NGO in the rural water supply and sanitation field in South Africa, with a solid track record, high-calibre staff and a network of relationships and partnerships with the major stakeholders in the sector. The mission of the Mvula Trust is to improve the health and livelihoods of poor and disadvantaged South Africans using and maximising community-based approaches to facilitate delivery of integrated and sustainable water, sanitation and related services, while ensuring that people’s voices are heard. The Trust employs 90 people in 8 offices and manages funds of about R165 million annually.

PROGRAMME MANAGER
24-month performance contract
• Barkly East (Eastern Cape Province)


From the area office in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, and reporting to the Regional Director, the successful candidate will manage the implementation of rural water and sanitation programmes.

Primary responsibilities: • Manage the planning and implementation of rural water and sanitation programmes • Manage and achieve accelerated, efficient and cost-effective implementation of project milestones and targets • Liaise with and report to clients • Ensure effective financial management and control • Manage project staff and contractors • Manage the training and development of relevant project staff • Produce and implement technical drawings, plans and strategies • Ensure quality and the sustainability of projects • Promote and advocate the Mvula Trust’s vision, values, approaches and methodologies.

Requirements: • A National Diploma/BTech degree, preferably in Civil Engineering/Construction Management field or equivalent qualification • A minimum of 7 years’ relevant programme management experience • Practical experience in and sound knowledge of the technical aspects of rural water and sanitation programmes • A commitment to rural development principles and the vision of the Mvula Trust • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing • Sound MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) • A valid driver’s licence and reliable motor vehicle.

Please do not send any certificates, diplomas or testimonials.



NB: Interested candidates must avail themselves for interviews at any date/venue and time as determined by the Mvula Trust. It is in the interest of the organisation to conduct the interviews in the month of December 2011.

Closing date: 9 December 2011



The Mvula Trust is an equal opportunity employer. Correspondence will be entered into with short-listed candidates only. If you have not heard from us within 30 days of the closing date, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. The Mvula Trust reserves the right not to make any appointment.

Public Finance Management Reform Adviser Ministry of Finance, Samoa

The Government of Samoa is seeking to recruit a Public Finance Management (PFM) Reform Adviser to assist the Ministry of Finance with planning, implementation and monitoring the Public Finance Management Reform Plan and the related development of a Finance Sector Plan. The consultant will be required to assist Government with the design and implementation of capacity building plans for PFM Reform and common policy matrix of Government commitments as well as assist with PFM reviews/ evaluations and requests for release of budget support funds. The expert will consult with the water sector on PFM reforms, which impact on the performance of the sector, including a PFM review of Samoa Water Authority (SWA). The role will include support for the management of EU’s Technical Cooperation Facility and the complementary TA funding under the Budget Support Programme. The post will be funded by the European Union. The expert must be from a European Union, ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) or OECD (including Australia and New Zealand) member state. The expert should have a degree in a relevant field and a minimum 7 years relevant professional experience in planning and implementing PFM reform and capacity building support. The expert should preferably have knowledge of the EU budget support modalities as well as EU programming and project procedures. He/she should have excellent capacity building skills with a track record in institutional strengthening. Provisional commencement date of the contract is April/May 2012 with a planned period of 20 months of which 17 working months. The expert will be based at the Ministry of Finance in Apia, Samoa. Please submit a CV and letter of motivation in English by post or email to the ACEO Aid Coordination and Debt Management Division, Noumea Simi: email: noumea.simi@mof.gov.ws., mail: Ministry of Finance, 3rd Floor, Central Bank Building, Private Bag Samoa. Fax: (+685) 34349 with copy to Nick Roberts: nick.roberts@mof.gov.ws The deadline for submission of expressions of interest is 9th January 2012. On the basis of a shortlist drawn up after review of the expressions of interest received, selected candidates will then be provided with a detailed Terms of Reference and invited to submit an offer for the contract.