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HIV Programme Officer – Zimbabwe Office: Trócaire
Deadline: 11 June 2013

Trócaire is the Development Agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland.  The Agency works in Zimbabwe under an MoU with the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference.  A vacancy for a HIV Programme Officer has arisen within its Zimbabwe Office. The successful candidate will be managed by the Programme Manager and will work in close collaboration with the other Programme officers as well as with our finance team. Trócaire has supported partners working on HIV in Zimbabwe for the past nine years. The HIV programme was a small programme, consisting of 2 – 3 partners, until early 2009. At present, the programme includes five partners. The programme is focused on the Rights of People living with HIV and the current programme cycle will come to an end in late 2013 when a new 5-year HIV programme will be developed.

Key Duties and Responsibilities include the following core areas
-Programme Development, Management & Monitoring
-Programme Administration and Finance
-Partner Relationship & capacity building
-Participating in broader work of the programme and country teams
-External links
-Mainstreaming

The ideal candidate will have
-At least 3 years proven experience in implementing and managing HIV programmes in a developing country context
-Experience of the partnership model of development work
-In-depth experience of Results Based Programme Management
-Knowledge of HIV and gender context in Zimbabwe, the region and globally
-Experience in managing budgets for development projects and programmes
-A proven track record in financial management
-Strong experience of providing capacity building support to NGOs in the areas of RBM, mainstreaming and advocacy
-Proven skills in facilitation using participatory approaches
-Understanding of and commitment to implementing MIPA in programmes and advocacy work
-Proven experience in mainstreaming HIV
-Experience in the implementation of HIV Workplace Policies
-Very good interpersonal skills, including excellent communications skills
-Good IT skills, including word processing, Excel
-Commitment to Trócaire values
-A team player

In return we offer a competitive salary and package commensurate with education and experience.

Full job description available on request from: fshereni [at] trocairezw [dot] org

To apply
Email your cover letter and detailed CV to: fshereni [at] trocairezw [dot] org with “HIV Programme Officer” in the subject line.

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Head of Programs: Catholic Relief Services
Deadline: 7 June 2013

Catholic Relief Services – Zimbabwe Program (PVO: 6/2002), an international humanitarian and development organization, seeks to fill the above named position.

CRS Zimbabwe seeks candidates for Head of Programs based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The main role of the Head of Programs (HoP) is to lead CRS/Zimbabwe’s programming department, to ensure the quality and growth of CRS programming and to support the development of CRS and partner programming staff. Vested with substantial decision-making authority, this individual will regularly undertake representational responsibilities with the local Church, government, and donors.

Requirements
-Master’s degree in international relations/development or a related field
-Five to seven years international management experience, including significant supervisory experience in complex development and relief programs in developing countries, with project management experience in one or more of the following areas: agriculture and/or livelihood recovery, WASH, nutrition, DRR, and conflict management
-Excellent personnel management and leadership abilities; effective team builder, facilitator & mentor; good networker; proactive & decisive thinker; both creative and analytical; consensus-builder
-Ability to manage interpersonal relationships facilitates meetings, build consensus within groups, manage interpersonal conflict, and juggle/prioritize multiple tasks
-Demonstrated strong ability with project grants management, including participatory project design, detailed planning, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting
-Experience accompanying civil society development and organizational strengthening, especially experience with partner strengthening and cross-sector engagement
-Familiarity with the social development function of the Catholic Church and experience in working with Church partners
-Excellent English written and verbal skills for project proposals, reports, and other communications
-Computer proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
-Requires approximately 40 percent travel within Zimbabwe, plus attendance at regional conferences and workshops when requested

Apply
Those who meet the above criteria are invited to submit their applications together with a cover letter and detailed Curriculum Vitae that includes the names and contact details (plus e-mails addresses) of three traceable references. Applications should be clearly marked “HEAD OF PROGRAMS”. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.  Please submit by: Friday 7 June 2013 to: The Country Representative, 95 Park Lane, Harare or 33A Duncan Road Suburbs Bulawayo or P.O. Box CY 1111, Causeway, Harare, or to taurai.musakaruka [at] crs [dot] org

Country Director: Population Services Zimbabwe (PSZ)
Deadline: 9 June 2013

Population Services Zimbabwe (PSZ), an affiliate of Marie Stopes International (MSI), is a market focused and result oriented non-governmental organization. We develop the efficient, effective and sustainable family planning and reproductive health programmes, with particular emphasis on the lower and disadvantaged communities in Zimbabwe. PSZ’s goal is to meet the needs of underserved individuals and dramatically improve access to and use of family planning and other reproductive health services. PSZ is part of a Global Health Partnership, which operates in 40 countries providing over 5 million services worldwide annually.

PSZ are commencing a period of geographic and programmatic expansion and the Country Director (CD) is responsible for a successful and sustainable programme. S/he ensures the attainment of PSZ goals and objectives and provides leadership to the PSZ team to develop and implement and expand the national programme efficiently and effectively. The Country Director will provide professional, high-quality and effective strategic leadership in the continued development of PSZ. We are offering you the opportunity to take your career to the next level, whilst putting your skills to use assisting us to achieve our Mission of “Children by Choice, not Chance”.

Key Results Areas
1.The CD is expected to ensure excellent relationships are established and maintained with all key stakeholders and donors, while ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of PSZ’s distinct contribution to the attainment of these objectives.
2.External relations and resource development: To ensure PSZ is well regarded, well resourced and influential.
3.Strategic and Annual Planning: Ensure successful strategic development and national expansion of PSZ, in line with the values of the Global Partnership and the end goal of a sustainable organisation leading the way in the health sector.
4.Finance: Ensure PSZ has good financial health.
5.Programme implementation: Oversee the development and implementation of annual operational plans and working budgets, in conjunction with other team members, actively participating in meetings as needed.
6.Team Leadership: Provide overall leadership and strategic direction to the team and ensure existence of a motivated, productive and appropriately managed team.

Qualifications
-MBA/MBL
-Management/business qualification
-Have technical/clinical competence for Sexual Reproductive Health & FP services
-10-12 years of management experience in similar or allied roles in previous organization

Apply
Submit CV plus covering letter clearly marked “Country Director” to: populationserviceszimbabwe [at] gmail [dot] com

Only short listed candidates will be contacted

Finish things. That’s how you develop your voice. Whether it’s a poem or a short film or a painting or a piece of theatre, whatever it is, finish it. Let it go and move onto the next thing. Lots of the stuff I’ve done I think is really, really shit but it’s fine because it’s finished.  – Kate Tempest

Something was recently posted online that made me pause and reflect on how impersonal Zimbabwean society has become over the years thanks to the odious nature of our politics.

A reader posted on a bulletin board to comment on the death of someone prominent last week.

Thus read the comment: “Greet Satan for me. BYE.”

These forums have become the modern day agora where all sorts of comments are aired, yet I found it was one of those audacious statements that get you asking about the person’s cultural and social sensibilities, yet for anyone who has lived through the impunity dealt on political crimes especially, you somewhat readily see the anger contained in that statement.

We had always thought that every death is regrettable, that you commiserate with even your worst enemy, for death is something you cannot wish on anyone – alongside getting someone fired, I might add! Schadenfreude, I believe it’s called.

These are things enjoyed by the Devil’s disciples, we are often told, yet Zimbabwe’s post-independence narrative is fraught with emotions that have seen many deviating from the what would be a universally accepted response to the loss of human life and actually celebrating someone’s death.

Such tales abound and they invariably border on politics where, because ordinary people have been failed by all pretence to legal processes, see death as the ultimate equalizer.

There is no need to repeat the late Chenjerai Hunzvi’s words of condemnation to local youths who drank themselves silly celebrating Laurent Kabila’s death back in 2001. The same youths also rejoiced when he himself died that same year!

Thus it can be concluded many here will readily identify with Mark Twain’s witticism: “I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”

Sad by any measure.