This website will now be hosting news, updates, citizen feedback, our newsletter and job offerings, the NGO directory, and more. So if you want the latest from Kubatana, make sure to visit our main website: www.kubatana.net

Meanwhile, this blog will still be here “for posterity,” but we won’t be adding to it here – Look for our regularly updated content on www.kubatana.net instead.

And if you’re a researcher looking for our archive of Zimbabwean civil society reports and human rights documents from 2001 – 2013 it’s still there! Just visit archive.kubatana.net and you’ll find all 25,000 documents for your research pleasure.

Thanks!

Just a short note to say that we are discontinuing this blog so you won’t see any new posts on it. This isn’t because we’ve fallen asleep over our keyboards, it’s because we are hopefully going to be launching another platform soon that will keep some elements of this blog as well as adding some spice!

Change starts with us. Right?

Bye for now.

Post: Social Worker/Case Management Officer
Type of Contact: Fixed term (one year) renewable

Christian Legal Society of Zimbabwe is a faith based non-profit making organization, which provides free legal assistance to vulnerable populations. The Organization is seeking a qualified professional to take up the position of Social Worker/Case Management Officer in Bulawayo. We seek an individual with an ability to
work independently with minimal supervision, motivation and passion for achieving best outcomes for children and tackling issues of children in contact with the law in Zimbabwe.

Key responsibilities
-Provide direct counseling/ therapeutic support to children who have come in contact with the law as well as their families
-Complete follow-ups on reports received of children, including home visits within the community
-Work in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, Police, Social Services Department and other relevant Government departments in ensuring children’s safety
-Work jointly with other stakeholders in the field of children’s services, making referrals and networking
-Assist in capacity development and training of community-based child protection structures
-Compile monthly reports of a high standard
-Maintain accurate case records and attend regular supervision
-Facilitating Meetings on awareness on child rights issues in the communities
-Work as part of a team towards achieving the organization’s objectives

Candidate skills and competence
-Possess a university degree in Social Work or post graduate diploma in Social Work
-Registration as a Social Worker in terms of the Social Workers Act (Chapter 27:21) and a current practicing certificate
-A certificate in counseling would be an added advantage
-At least two (2) years’ experience working with vulnerable groups, particularly children and in primary Social Work
-Ability to work with little or no supervision
-Results oriented and able to work under pressure and with strict deadlines
-Experience working with children, women, local community structures and government structures
-Computer Literate (able to use Excel)
-Excellent report writing skills
-Good analytical and problem solving skills
-Excellent communication skills as well as speak fluently in both Ndebele and Shona

To apply
Interested persons with the relevant experience are requested to submit their applications including a cover letter, CV and names of at least two contactable references. Only short listed candidates shall be contacted.

Applications to be delivered in hardcopy to:
The Executive Director
Christian Legal Society of Zimbabwe
Suite 5, Winchester House, Fife Street and 4th Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Or email: clsbulawayo [at] gmail [dot] com

The subject of the email should be ‘Application for Social Worker Position’ 

The Book of African Records (BAR) is a proudly African, innovative and growing organisation. We collect records about Africa and Africans and use these as a positive change agent against stereotypical coverage of Africa in the global media.

In 2015 and 2016, and in collaboration with tourism boards across Africa, BAR is organizing a promotional and world-wide road show to be known as the African Records World Expedition. This cultural diplomacy shall take participants across 41 countries over a distance of 52 000km by road, using expedition vehicles. If successful, this journey will be the first circumnavigation of the Earth’s surface by Africans.

The African Records World Expedition will be collaborating with an African satellite television that shall be documenting and broadcasting this historic journey as a reality show for popular consumption across Africa.

This is a call for interested individuals who would like to join the expedition as a participant. There are no specific personal qualifications as the final 12 participants shall be chosen through a 3-tier elimination process that shall test candidates’ fitness for travel, general health status, ability to mentally endure extreme conditions, command of foreign languages, Class 1/4 driving skills, among other things. Whilst the organization and sponsors shall meet costs of travel for the entire 14 months, successful candidates are required to contribute 15% towards own total cost of participation.

Successful candidates will also be expected to play an active role in the preparations for 11 months prior to departure day. There are no immediate material benefits to participation.

Positions available: 12 (this includes, among other things, photographers, videographers, rapporteurs, drivers, mechanics). Individuals with a multiplicity of skills will be given preference.

Duration of expedition: 14 months (Departure day is 1 January 2015)

Countries to be covered: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, India, Australia, Japan, Canada, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica,  Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, South Africa.

An introductory meeting for potential participants shall be held in Harare in the 1st week of January 2014.

For further details, interested individuals are kindly requested to email: expedition [at] bookofafricanrecords [dot] org

When: Saturday 14 December 2013, 8:30am – 7:30pm
Where: Raylton Sports Club, Harare (Behind Road Port – 5th Street / George Silundika)
Theme: Our Resources, Our Future

Programme includes theatre performances, plenary discussions, and autonomous sessions on themes like health, debt and trade, youth and students, democracy and rights, social service delivery, arts and culture, labour, gender, and natural resource management.

Find out more and download the full programme

Zimbabweans are never short of a plan

This year Robert has been making a range of imaginative Christmas tree decorations

There is something touchingly beautiful
about his recycled angels
the curse of our consumerism
reappearing as the messengers, warriors, guardians
a re-visitation of the wise ones
kitted out in the latest colours

Robert asked me to invite you to drop by
if any of you in Harare are on a hunt for Christmas tree decorations…

Programme Development and Funding Officer (Southern Africa): CAFOD
Deadline: 1 January 2014

Based: Harare, Zimbabwe
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £22,100 – £27,100 per annum

Job profile
The Harare based Programme Development and Funding Officer will support CAFOD’s programme staff and partners in Southern Africa in developing high quality programmes and projects, ensuring CAFOD and its partners obtain significant institutional donor funding for its development and humanitarian work, and maintain and strengthen CAFOD’s relationships with key donors.

Job role
You will be required to work with a range of different institutional donors and on a number of different technical programmes. To undertake this you will need extensive international experience in insecure environments together with a proven track record of developing successful funding proposals and writing and presenting reports to donors. You will need experience of working in Southern Africa. You will need excellent communication, finance, strategic and diplomacy skills; you will also be an effective team player.

To apply
For more information about this vacancy and to apply, please use this link

Resource Mobilisation and Fundraising Adviser: Progressio
Deadline: 1 January 2014

Length: Six-month placement
Partner: Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP)

Please note that for this placement we are only able to consider applicants who are fluent in Shona and/or Ndebele.

The Progressio Development Worker will enhance the capacity of the Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP) to engage in fundraising and resource mobilisation in order to effectively implement and sustain its health and wellness interventions in the Manicaland Province. S/he will assist DOMCCP to develop a fundraising and resource mobilisation strategy that will enable them to successfully implement their strategic plan for 2011 – 2015, and ensure the sustainability of the organisation and delivery of high quality programming.

The successful candidate should have a Degree in International Development, Project Planning and Management, Social Sciences, or other relevant disciplines.

A minimum of three years’ work experience in Gender/HIV and AIDS development work with Christian faith-based organisations (FBOs) or civil society organisations in an advisory/support capacity; a successful track record in securing funding from institutional donors (based in the Southern Africa region and beyond), and direct experience in training, specifically in resource mobilisation, strategic planning, results-based management and reporting is essential. You should have experience of networking/building/managing relationships with donors and writing successful funding proposals and reports; working with community Boards, and in a resource poor environment, where access to technology is limited.

To apply
For more information on this vacancy and to apply please use this link

Fundraising and Knowledge Management Adviser: Progressio
Deadline: 1 January 2014

Length: Six-month placement
Based in Mutare
Partner: Simukai Trust

Please note that for this placement we are only able to consider applicants who are fluent in Shona and/or Ndebele.

The Progressio Development Worker will enhance the capacity of the Simukai Trust in fundraising and knowledge management to effectively implement and sustain its livelihoods and child protection interventions in the Manicaland Province, and deliver on its objectives. S/he will assist the Simukai Trust in mobilising adequate financial, human and material resources in order to ensure the sustainability of the organisation and delivery of high quality programming, as well as to leverage its current programmes for visibility and strategic alliances.

The successful candidate should have a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Communication, Journalism, or other relevant disciplines.

A minimum of five years’ work experience in livelihoods and child protection with local civil society organisations in an advisory/support capacity, and a successful track record in securing funding from institutional donors, and implementing sound knowledge management and documentation systems is essential. You should have direct experience in training/facilitation, specifically in resource mobilisation and knowledge management, and of working in a resource poor environment, where access to technology is limited.

To apply
For more information on this vacancy and to apply please use this link