Part-Time Researcher/Writer
Deadline: 13 September 2013

Background
An International organisation working in Zimbabwe is seeking the services of a professional writer with experience in research for documentation purposes. The writer will assist the organisation to document its development work while capturing lived realities of communities. The writer will lead a team of writers for the purposes of this short term project on documentation. Writer and Researchers who are interested in creating work that helps illuminate lived realities of development work and encourage greater public understanding and discussion of these issues and meet the requirements are invited to apply.

Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Writer will be required to
-Capture the untold community stories in the country in relation to our work.
-Collect not less than 20 stories that best illustrate community realities.
-Design the framework and outline of the publication.
-All stories submitted should be unpublished.
-By submitting a complete portfolio of stories, the consultant confirms that he/she owns the right to all his/her stories and that the rights of persons included in his/her photographs have not been violated.
-In cases of photographs taken, captions are critical. Each photo must be accompanied with a short conceptualization caption (maximum 600 characters). Well-written captions are needed to understand the image’s context.

Skills, experience and qualifications required
-Five years progressive experience working in the development sector and a writer
-Experience on writing for development related work,
-Availability and willingness to travel,
-Ability to work in close coordination with other team members.

Assignment Duration: The assignment will cover 30 working days.

Application Procedure
Applicants are required to submit the following
-Letter of Interest, stating why you consider yourself suitable for the assignment;
-Personal portfolio showing previous work done, (written work)
-Work references – contact details (e-mail addresses) of referees and telephone numbers
-Financial proposal indicating consultancy fee (lump sum fee) and a breakdown of expenses (unit price together with any other expenses) related to the assignment.

For more information or submission of applications, email: npazim [at] gmail [dot] com

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Human Resources Assistant: CARE
Deadline: 7 September 2013

Duty Station: Harare            
Position Code: PS-HRA13

Job summary
CARE International in Zimbabwe is inviting applicants for the Human Resources Assistant position.  Reporting to the Talent and Relationship Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for recruitment (especially of staff needed in the emergency programs), general communication, induction and maintenance of HR records. S/ he will also assist in organizing workshops or training in liaison with the Talent and Relationship Manager. S/he is expected to uphold and advise employees on CARE’s core values.

Duties and responsibilities
-Recruitment and selection mainly for the emergency program, communicating with project management on the engagement status of new employees
-Advises employees and management on HR policies, procedures and practices to ensure adherence to theses set policies
-Keeping updated HR records and information in the available database
-Filling of HR documents to ensure easy access and retrieval
-Communicating HR related issues with project /program management and employees and liaises in sub offices, keeping the Talent and Relationship Manager informed
-Induction of new employees and ensures that staff completes all the necessary engagement forms

Qualifications, skills and experience
-Degree in Human Resources Management/ Social Science/Psychology or related
-Membership to a professional human resources body e.g. IPMZ
-At least two years work experience in Human Resources (preferably in Recruitment and Selection) with an NGO or similar environment
-Ability to work under pressure and meeting deadlines
-Good Communication skills
-Ability to handle confidential information

To apply
Interested and suitably qualified applicants should submit application letters together with updated Curriculum Vitae quoting the position code on the subject for email applications to:

Human Resources Manager
(PS-HRA 13)
CARE International in Zimbabwe
8 Ross Avenue
Belgravia
Harare

Or: vacancies [at] carezimbabwe [dot] org

Administrator: Cesvi
Deadline: 15 September 2013

Position Code: 32_2013 ADM ZIM
Contract: 6 months (renewable)
The collaboration will start in October 2013.
The main duty station will be Harare.

Work context
In the health sector, Cesvi operates in the district of Centenary in collaboration with Saint Albert Hospital, which works for the prevention of Hiv/Aids as well as other sexually transmitted diseases. At the House of Smiles, in Harare, Cesvi organises educational and recreational activities for orphans and street children. In the management of natural resources, Cesvi promotes the Zimbabwe participation in the Great Limpopo Park, the protected area bordering on Mozambique and South Africa. Beitbridge and Chiredzi are areas of multi-sector activities.

Required competencies
-Degree in Economics, Business Studies, Accounting
-Minimum 2 year experience in developing country
-Knowledge of UE administrative and procurement procedures
-Experience in supervision and planning of field logistics
-Experience in supervising multi-cultural staff
-Strong leadership, supervisory and people skills as well as experience with NGO procedures, approaches, and operations
-Fluency English (written and spoken)

To apply
Please use this link and apply online

Google kicks off ‘Africa Connected’ Competition
Deadline: 11 October 2013

Google is calling on entrepreneurs, creators, innovators and web-lovers in Nigeria and across Africa to share their stories of how the web has transformed their lives and work.  Whether you’re a photographer, an entrepreneur, a fashion designer or a community activist, if the internet and Google tools have played an important role in your success, Google wants to hear from you. In the next five years, 7 out of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies are predicted to be in Africa, and the Internet is playing an important part in this.  Google’s new initiative, ‘Africa Connected: Success stories powered by the web’, aims to gather the largest collection of inspiring stories about ventures established online by Africans, in Africa.

Five successful entrants will win $25,000 each, and will also have the opportunity to work with a Google sponsor over a six-month period.

“Google wants to hear from young, spirited entrepreneurial web adopters in Nigeria and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa who have a healthy disregard for the impossible and who are using the web and technology to do cool and extraordinary things to rise above their circumstances, change their world, and achieve success. We want to showcase the amazing achievements happening in the new Africa”, says Affiong Osuchukwu, Google Lead for the Africa Connected initiative.

Categories for entries include Education; Entertainment/Arts/Sports; Technology; Community and NGOs; and Small Businesses. 20 semi-finalists will be selected from initial entries to take part in an interview and to produce a short promotional video. A judging panel made up of Googlers and external judges will then determine the 10 finalists.  The 5 winners, in whose lives the web and Google have played a pivotal role, will then be selected by the online voting public.

For more information and to enter the Africa Connected contest, visit here

Applications for the 2014/15 Chevening Scholarships now open
Deadline: 14 December 2013

Chevening Scholarships are the UK Government’s global scholarships programme. Established in 1983, the programme makes awards to outstanding individuals who demonstrate the potential to become future leaders, decision makers and opinion formers. Scholarships are awarded for post-graduate study, usually a Master’s degree programme of one year, across a wide range of fields. These include politics, government, business, media, the environment, civil society religion and academia.  Applicants should be high-calibre graduates with the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities necessary for leadership.

Once awarded, the scholarship will cover the scholar’s tuition fees, a maintenance allowance (for one person), travel to the UK and additional grants to cover essential expenditure.

For information on applying for a Chevening Scholarship for 2014/15 visit this link

For more information regarding the Chevening Scholarship Programme please visit the Chevening website or send an email to ukinfo.harare [at] fco [dot] gov [dot] uk

FES Youth Leadership Training: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Deadline: 16 September 2013

The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Zimbabwe, a non-profit making, public interest institution, is offering leadership training for young adults. The training will target young leaders with proven social, civic and political interests and abilities from political parties, trade unions, civil society organisations and youth organisations.

Women are particularly encouraged to apply.

The training shall provide young leaders from the full political spectrum of Zimbabwe with leadership skills and the opportunity for political networking. This process will run for about 8 months.

FES will meet the actual training for the selected participants while any other associated costs will have to be borne by the participants. No sitting allowances or per diems will be paid.

Interested candidates should fulfill the following criteria
1. Between 20-35 years of age
2. Team player
3. Proven political and social interests
4. Ability for political analysis and knowledge of political developments in the country
5. Be part of the programme throughout the whole training period

To apply
Please send your CV, and a half page justification why you should participate in the training to the following email address: info [at] fes-zimbabwe [dot] org

Love is in the air as two young college graduates drive to rural Limpopo in South Africa to break the news of better prospects ahead. But that joy is short-lived as a father takes a hard-line stance to save face in the community for his failure to provide for his family as he reveals a dirty family secret which brings misfortune to the life of a young woman. Events unfold in a set up which puts to test the value of a woman in a society where culture is still struggling to adapt to the demands of modernization. In such an environment is a young woman called “Elelwani” who recently graduated from college and hopes to further her studies in America. Under the guise of a home coming celebration the father took the opportunity to introduce her daughter to her future in-laws.

Florence Masebe plays the role of Elelwani, a young woman who is married off to a king in honor of traditional cultural beliefs as well as to pay off debts accrued during her upbringing and for the support her family has been getting from an elderly king in Limpopo. ‘Elelwani’ is an indigenous film shot in Venda language based on a novel by Titus Maumela and directed by Ntshaveni wa Luruli. Set in rural Limpopo where people are still very much attached to their culture the film reveals the harsh treatment faced by women in a society where men still play a dominant role in decision making. When Elelwani turned down the offer to marry the king this does not deter her father from settling for her youngest daughter as a replacement. This decision makes Elelwani bow down to the cultural demands and later agrees to marry the king so that her young sister can be saved from the forced marriage arrangement.

Such a thought provoking film brings to life some of the stories we have been reading in the press of how the girl child is used as a pay off for avenging spirits or exchanged for a bag of maize when family faces starvation. Premiered at the just ended International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF) “Elelweni” tells a story of rural women who are struggling to fight patriarchy and to get fair treatment in the society.

The film festival showcased films, which helped raise awareness on women’s sexual rights and the general human right abuses women go through under the cover tradition.