Job Opportunities At VSO International

Ajira Tanzania Job Opportunities At VSO International 

Position: Global Thematic Lead - Employment and Entrepreneurship
Location: Various, Various Countries
Salary: Competitive
Contract type: Permanent
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Application Closing Date: 6 Oct 2019
Interview date: To be announced
Start date: ASAP

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Role overview

• This role will provide technical expertise to shape VSO’s employment, entrepreneurship, enterprise development and job creation programmes, help drive forward our Livelihoods strategy and support improvements in the quality and impact of VSO’s programmes globally, including replicating and expanding effective approaches.

Skills, qualifications and experience

• You will have extensive experience of developing and implementing employment and entrepreneurship programmes, securing external funding and project management. Strong relationship building and negotiation skills will also be key.
• VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

MODE OF APPLICATION:
If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description for more information. 
To submit your application, click on ‘Make an application’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure we protect children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy(PDF).

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