Vacancy: Head of Programmes

VSO is an international development organisation that contributes towards addressing poverty and disadvantage through the placement of international skilled professional volunteers with national partners. VSO Zimbabwe is seeking an experienced, highly motivated and ambitious professional who will raise the profile of VSO Zimbabwe and take VSO’s country programme to the next level in terms of scale and impact. You will play a leading role in the delivery of VSO Zimbabwe’s country strategic plan. You will possess experience in senior management role and have a strong track record of successfully and consistently raising institutional funds for development programmes. Key responsibilities -    Lead the design and implementation of the country strategic plan and country programmes -    Identify funding opportunities through developing strong working relationships with donors and partners -    Lead the programme team in the implementation of programme plan -    Lead and train the team on grant management, ensuring donor compliance is fully adhered to and donor reports are completed on time and of high quality -    Support VSO Zimbabwe’s programme team to develop, manage and monitor programme budgets (including ensuring value for money) -    Manage and motivate a high performance team within the VSO performance management framework -    Work closely with the programme support team to induct, orient and provide on-going support to volunteers -    Lead the programme team in assessing negotiating, maintaining and reviewing relevant partnerships -    Develop and establish new networks with key stakeholders (donors/other agencies/volunteers/partners etc) to strengthen programme impact -    Develop high quality volunteer placements with partners and liaise with VSO Volunteer Placement Advisors, to place the most appropriate volunteers -    Lead the design and delivery of appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, determine the impact and ensure continuous development and learning takes place The essential requirements for this post are -    Substantial senior level programme leadership and management experience for leading NGOs -    Strong leadership experience in strategic planning and programme delivery -    Significant and demonstrable experience in developing successful proposals for a wide range of bilateral and multilateral donor grants -    Successfully managed the implementation and reporting of multiple donor grants -    Extensive experience in managing highly motivated teams -    Substantial experience in financial management of donor grants -    Extensive representation and profile raising experience with external stakeholders at all levels -    Excellent networking, negotiation and communication skills -    A minimum of Master’s Level Degree in Social Science or related field -    Technical expertise in the area of health or agriculture livelihoods -    Experience of working effectively as a team with regional colleagues based outside the country -    Able to travel and work long hours, including work away from the home base for up to 30% of time, both within the country and occasionally internationally -    Zimbabwean citizen -    Clean, valid Driver’s License The successful candidate will be offered local terms and conditions. Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter, CV and contact details by email to the attention of the Country Director not later than 4th April, 2013 by using the following email address:info.Zimbabwe@vso.int.org Only short listed candidates will be contacted and invited for interviews. Appliation Deadline: 4 April 2013