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Please note that the job vacancies we carry are related to the NGO and civil society sectors only.

Eight (8) vacancies: Locally based International organization
Deadline: 31 January 2013

A locally based International Organisation in the democracy and good governance field seeks to fill vacancies that have arisen in their Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare offices.

Regional Co-Ordinator (2 posts)
(Bulawayo and Mutare)

Key Competencies and qualifications
-Dynamic and self-driven individual with an excellent track record of delivery
-He or she must have strong fundraising skills, programme development and financial management competencies to lead the program team
-Articulate and conversant of the socio and economic issues affecting Zimbabwe
-Should be able to manage anti-corruption programmes to address the problems
-Must have at least 2 years managerial experience and at least 1 year NGO experience. Should have sound managerial and people skills
-At least a First Degree in Social Sciences, Politics and Administration
-Must be fluent in written and spoken Ndebele for Bulawayo post only
-Knowledge of other vernacular languages an added advantage
-Clean class 4 drivers licence a must

Legal Officer (2 posts)
(Bulawayo and Mutare)

Key Competencies and qualifications:
-Must have a thorough appreciation of legal issues related to corruption in the country with experience in drafting legal briefs and litigation
-Should have knowledge of Zimbabwean law and the relevant law enforcement agencies
-Minimum LLBS Honours Degree, registration with the High Court and certification by the Law Society of Zimbabwe. A minimum of one year practicing experience
-Must be fluent in spoken and written Ndebele for Bulawayo post only
-Knowledge of at least one or more vernacular language will be an added advantage
-Clean class 4 drivers licence an added advantage

Advocacy Officer (2 posts)
(Bulawayo and Harare)

Key Competencies and qualifications:
-An individual with impeccable oral and written capabilities, must be able to design and coordinate community based and outreach projects
-Ability to conduct community meetings and mobilizing citizens for a cause
-Must possess a minimum qualification of a Degree in Community Studies, Social Development Studies or equivalent
-At least one year working experience in grass roots community advocacy a must
-Must be fluent in written and spoken Ndebele for Bulawayo post only
-Knowledge of other vernacular languages an added advantage
-Clean class 4 drivers licence a must

Legal Assistant (Harare)
Key Competencies and qualifications
-Individual should be able to provide legal advisory services to communities and other relevant groups
-Should also help citizens pursue corruption related complains and suggesting advocacy for broader reform
-Ability to conduct community meetings and mobilizing citizens for a cause
-Should have impeccable oral and written capabilities
-At least a Degree in Law with one year working experience or at least 2 years internship experience
-Knowledge of at least 2 vernacular languages a must
-Clean class 4 drivers licence an added advantage

Administrative Assistant (Harare)
Key Competencies and qualifications
-Minimum Diploma in Business Administration /Institute of Administration Diploma (IAC)
-Must have at least 2 years NGO working experience
-Must have good interpersonal skills
-Must be computer literate and very proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite of Packages
-Must have proven event management experience and skills
-Must be very resourceful and quick to learn
-Must be able to work under pressure and with minimal supervision.

Application Process
Interested persons should submit your current CV, an application letter indicating the position being applied for, and your current salary to the Recruitment Officer on or before the 31st of January 2013.

Please do not apply for more than one post. All applications should be directed to recruitmentzimbabwe [at] gmail [dot] com

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Work in and for Zimbabwe. Help grow our nation. Check out the vacancies below. If you’d like to receive this sort of information, as well as civic and human rights updates, by email each week drop us a note saying “subscribe” to: info [at] kubatana [dot] net

Please note that the job vacancies we carry are related to the NGO and civil society sectors only.

Organisational Development Adviser: Progressio
Deadline: 31 January 2013

Partner: The National Faith-Based Council of Zimbabwe (NFBCZ)
Placement length: Three-month placement (with the possibility of renewal)
Please note that for this placement we are only able to consider applicants who are fluent in Shona and/or Ndebele and able to start before 31 March 2013.

Progressio has been leading the way on practical international development issues for more than forty years. Whether through placing skilled professionals overseas, or in our policy and advocacy achievements, Progressio has a track record of making a difference. We work with people of all faiths and none.

The Progressio Development Worker (DW) will work as an Organisational Development Adviser with the NFBCZ in the development, capacity building and implementation of its Gender-Based Violence programme. S/he will provide technical support in the development and implementation of organisational development systems to enable the NFBCZ to effectively carry out gender-empowerment programmes, psychosocial and counselling support programmes for victims of gender violence, policy analysis, advocacy, and documentation and information dissemination on SGBV, HIV and AIDS and related issues from a faith perspective.

For more information and to apply, please click here

Southern Africa Sub-regional Funding Officer: Progressio
Deadline: 31 January 2013

Location: Harare, Zimbabwe, with occasional visits to Malawi and potential visits to Zambia and South Africa
Full-time, two-year contract
Salary of USD$2,000 gross per month

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to speak and write fluent English and Shona and/or Ndebele.

We are looking for a highly motivated and resourceful individual with a genuine commitment and track record of fundraising for international development. The post holder will play a leading role in increasing the funding for Progressio’s programmes and advocacy work in the Southern Africa Sub-region.

The post holder will be responsible for researching new funding sources in the region and beyond, preparing specific funding bids/reports for submission to institutional donors (this will involve liaising with the Fundraising Team, plus other staff in the UK, and in the Sub-region), donor relationship management, and maintaining up-to-date information systems.

The successful candidate should have a degree or appropriate qualification in a relevant discipline, and fundraising training.

For more information and to apply, please click here

A Zanu PF Chivi South legislator Irvine Dzingirai, has grabbed Renco Mine in Masvingo in what he alleges to be ‘indigenisation’. Dzingirai in the report by NewsDay, boasts of having a diploma in mining which equips him with the skills to run the gold mine. Earlier on in the week wives of the mineworkers held a strike demanding their better wages and working conditions. The acts of this legislator go further to show how indigenisation has gone wrong in Zimbabwe. The whole process has been politicised making it defy its purpose which could have been beneficial to local Zimbabweans had it been done in the right manner.

I believe in small acts and gestures to show my son I love him. And this too applies to the love we have for our country in the various cities we live in. I listened on Star FM’s breakfast show this week about an initiative by With Love Foundation in collaboration with the Proudly Zimbabwe Foundation of cleaning the City of Harare. To me citizens who avoid littering or take part in cleaning up the city, is an act of love for Zimbabwe. Speaking during the show, representatives of the two Foundations reminded us that we love to live in clean homes and we don’t find ourselves throwing litter in our own homes, why then throw litter on the streets? The Zim Clean Campaign is trying to attract 2400 volunteers.

According to the With Love Foundation:
“The aim of this drive is to keep our city clean. We intend to do this by mobilising the general public to keep their streets clean. The demise in street sweeping activity should motivate us not to sit back and complain but should mobilise us to act. We as responsible citizens of Zimbabwe should then be empowered to re-create our Zimbabwe.’

Details for the clean up campaign are as follows:

Date and Time: 26 January 2013 at 1330 hours in Harare CBD
Points of assembly:
Market Square Bus Terminus (0772867300)
Fourth Street Bus rank (0772264471)
Harare City Library (0736971414).
Dress in jeans, sneakers and white top; if you do not have do not worry. We just need YOU.
All volunteers will receive a Community Service Certificate.

Now you know, please share with all your friends.

I don’t know about you, but when I think about the water that isn’t in my tap more often than it is, the potholes which have become craters that stretch across the width of our roads, and the fact that rubbish is collected sporadically, not weekly or on schedule, I wouldn’t rate Harare’s services Average. But in a recent performance review of the City of Harare, the Combined Harare Residents Association scored the City a C, on a scale of A-F.

But a C sounds high, when the report card breaks down as follows:

-    Water: “The Harare City council failed to efficiently and effectively provide water to the bulk of Harare’s suburbs in 2012.”
-    Infrastructure: “Not much has been done to deal with the state of our roads despite efforts being made to deal with the issue of potholes mainly in the Central Business District.”
-    Housing: “The housing backlog of council remains pregnant with at least one million people waiting to be allocated land.”
-    Health: “Health delivery has been generally good mainly due to the affordability of the services at community level.”
-    Refuse collection: “Refuse collection has general been good considering that council has been able to procure more refuse collection trucks.”
-    Budget formulation: “The budget formulation process remains as one that is shallow and lacks credibility.”
-    Financial management: “How finances are run in council remains a secret of the technocrats.”
-    Human resources: “The 2011 human resource audit reveals that there are more than 300 ghost workers on the council’s payroll but nothing has been done.”

So. Fail, do not much, keep a backlog, delivery a few things well enough, manage your money secretively and keep ghost workers on the payroll, and you get a C? Low standards overstate Harare City performance? Have we been so traumatized by years of F*-grade service delivery, that we’ll be so grateful for sub-par performance we’ll still call it average?