Vacancies: Factory Manager + Administration Assistant

A well established South African based water-containing company intends to open a branch in Bulawayo. Applicants are invited to fill the following positions:

Factory Manager

Technical and production qualifications as well as experience in this field is required. A minimum of five years in a supervisory or management position is essential together with good administration skills We seek an applicant who has extremely high standards and who is a stickler to detail. A good state of physical strength is required to do an amount of physical engineering related work,
Excellent problem solving skills, staff management and logic is important to our client. Computer literacy is essential and knowledge of the Afrikaans language advantageous.
Applicants should hold a valid drivers licence and be over 35 years of age.
?Successful candidates for this position will be required to travel to Johannesburg for a two week training period.

Administration Assistant

A minimum of five years work experience in an administration-related position is essential. Stock keeping experience, Pastel Evolution and limited payroll is also necessary.
The ability to speak Afrikaans would be advantageous but is not essential. This position also requires someone in good physical condition as they will need to take stock in the yard on a daily basis.
Our applicant must have their own transport and be a logical thinker. Knowledge of VAT and other returns is also essential.

Key to the above positions is that two will need to work closely together and without much day to day supervision. The administration system will be online back to South Africa and there will be daily contact with the company’s head office.

Technical back up will be available from South Africa via the internet and telephone, however the factory manager must be capable of solving small technical issues on his own once having been trained .
The site will be visited on a regular basis depending on the situational requirements but it is not the intention of management to have to visit regularly.

Please email your CV with the job title as the subject, to MLC Corporate Recruitment at celine@mlc.co.zw
(all mlc registered applicants have already been considered)

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Vacancy: Water Technician (2)

ACF is a registered charity, founded in 1979. Action Contre la Faim operates in 41 countries. The international network of Action Contre la Faim is represented in Paris, London, Madrid, New York and Montreal. Teams in the field combat hunger on four fronts: nutrition, food security, health, water and sanitation.

The Water Technicians will be based in Masvingo.

Main Duties
- Participate in the geophysical surveys for new boreholes
- Supervises the builders/contractors in the construction of new boreholes drilling and Head works
- Pump, Pipe & Electrical Fitting of motorised borehole pumps
- Water Storage Tank Installations
- Participates in the community based activities
- Reporting and meeting
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by the WASH Supervisor

Level of studies and experience

Educational / Professional Background
- Diploma in Civil Engineering/Class 1 Journeyman (Fitter & Turner) or related disciplines
- At least two years’ experience in the field borehole drilling design, drilling & supervision, pump, pipe & electrical fittings for motorised pumps and installation of water storage tanks.

Required skills
- Experience in borehole drilling, designing and supervision
- Experience in Motorised Pump, Pipe & Electrical Fittings
- Experience in Water Storage Tank Installations
- Analytic and synthetic aptitudes
- Diplomatic skills
- Motorbike driving license and riding experience
- Computer Skills (Word and Excel)
- Ability to liaise/work with Government departments at district level, communities at village level and partners at all levels
- Good communication skills
- Flexibility & Dynamism
- Organised and able to work with communities-preferably from the same geographical environment of the project
- Minimum of two years professional experience in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) in NGO environment will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of English & Shona

To apply
Applicants should clearly indicate the post applied for in the subject line.
Cover letters with up-to-date detailed CVs should be forwarded to: jobapplications@zw.missions-acf.org

Preference will be given to candidates based in Masvingo.
Application deadline: 31 May 2013

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Vacancy: Community Publishing Assistant

Duties
- Edit, and develop youth and children’s voices
- Update ACPD’s website and publish community publishing messages electronically
- Update previous publications
- Documentary and community based research
- Co-facilitate with community publishing workshops
- Edit local publications
- Preparatory documents, testing and final checking of national publications
- Assist with the monitoring of readership responses
- Write proposals and reports for the department and edit organisational documents produced by other departments
- In-house training

Qualifications and Requirements
- A relevant degree
- Strong research, analytical thinking, writing and editing skills, demonstrated in published work
- Strong human relations and team building skills
- Creativity
- Strong motivation to learn
- New media skills
- At least 5 years relevant experience
- Commitment to social justice, and compatibility with ACPD’s vision, mission, values and principles

To apply, please send your CV and letter of application by Friday 31 May to: The Admin Coordinator on email allienp@acpdt.org
Deadline: 31 May 2013

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Vacancy: Country Funding Coordinator/Institutional Funding Officer

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

**NB we are re-advertising this position, those who previously applied need not to apply.

OXFAM Vision
Zimbabwean women, men and children are exercising their rights and accessing dignified sustainable livelihood opportunities within the context of a just, accountable and democratic political, legal and socio-economic environment.

Country Purpose
To significantly reduce poverty, inequality and suffering amongst the poor and marginalised people in Zimbabwe, Oxfam will work with partner organisations on:
- Strengthening local capacities
- Enabling communities and local CSOs
- Meeting humanitarian needs

In addition to developing and supporting the strategic and operational capacity its partner organisations, Oxfam will build alliances and knowledge networks, undertake research analysis to inform decision-making and influence local and global policy makers to facilitate and leverage change.

Team Purpose
- To raise funds for Oxfam’s program in Zimbabwe and effectively manage the funds
- To develop and maintain good quality and consistent relationships with donors
- To lead on contract management: To effectively support program teams to develop and plan concept papers and proposals in accordance with country strategy and donor requirements.

Job Purpose
This is a combination of 2 part time jobs both with different tasks and responsibilities
- To establish, implement and maintain the Oxfam country funding strategy including resourcing for development, humanitarian and policy/advocacy work in order to increase Oxfam income from institutional donors. This includes spotting funding opportunities, targeted donor relationship building and engaging in joint fundraising initiatives across Oxfam affiliates in Zimbabwe.
- To support directly the fundraising plans and efforts of Oxfam Novib through joint and individual funding initiatives.

To Apply
To find out more about this role and to apply online, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: INT6234

Deadline: 31 May 2013

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Vacancy: Operations Clerk

Job Description
Our client, involved with cross boarder container shipping, is looking for the above mentioned position to join their team.

Duties/Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be responsible for or have the following duties:-

• Handle all logistics for freight transport across all borders
• Handle all import/export documentation
• Work long hours ensuring that all import/export documentation is available.

Requirements
The ideal candidate must have the following:-

• Experience and qualifications based on operations and logistics
• Zimbabwean
• Aged below 35 years of age

Interested, qualified and suitably experienced candidates who wish to apply for the above mentioned position are to send through their CVs in Microsoft Word Format to Hemal on hkanjee@priconsultants.com no later than the 30 May 2013.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have already registered with us and wish to be considered for the above mentioned position, please send through an email, requesting consideration, through to Hemal WITHOUT sending through another copy of your CV.

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