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in Tanzania: New Volunteering Opportunities at VSO International Tanzania, Dar es salaam | Deadline: 16th April, 2019
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Volunteer role: International Resilience Volunteer
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Application Closing Date: 16 April 2019
Interview date: To be announced
Start date: 1st of July, 2019
VSO
is the world's leading development organisation that works through
volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people
together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and
ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It's a
highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of
people in some of the world's poorest communities lift themselves out of
poverty.
Role overview
The International Resilience
Volunteer will closely work with VSO programme teams and partners to
strengthen and mainstream VSO’s approach to resilience.
The Ideal
candidate will carry out pilot risk and capacity assessments among
communities and partner organisations in order to contribute towards
building preparedness plans. This would involve training partner
organisations and community representatives in understanding the
different concepts of resilience, carrying out assessments, and engaging
in discussions regarding perceptions of risks and preparedness to build
on the importance of resilience.
Skills, qualifications and experience
Qualifications (essential):
Qualifications (essential):
• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, social work, or other related fields.
• At least one year experience in working with or mobilising communities, grass-roots workers.
• Good understanding of linkages between disasters, other shocks such as conflicts, and development in the Tanzanian context
• Tanzanian, fluent in Swahili as well as fluency in English
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Desirable
• Field experience or have actively participated in humanitarian action projects, ideally international or developmental
Allowance
As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel, vaccinations, accommodation, and medical insurance costs, along with a local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home. You will also receive some financial support to contribute to your on-going expenses at home.
Accommodation
VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.
Some background about VSO
Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.
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.
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Volunteer role: Communication Adviser
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Application Closing Date: 08 April 2019
Interview date: To be announced
Start date: 06 of May, 2019
VSO
is the world's leading development organisation that works through
volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people
together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and
ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It's a
highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of
people in some of the world's poorest communities lift themselves out of
poverty.
Role overview
The ideal person for this role is somebody who has a background in communications and Tanzania media contacts. With a requirement to undertake stakeholder and marketing material s audits, in order to make recommendations that can be developed into a communications plan for VSO Tanzania to communicate cost effectively to both its internal and external stakeholders .If you are passionate about using your communication and training skills to demonstrate the positive change VSO has made in Tanzania, and keen to travel the country, in order to visit the projects, you are the ideal candidate!
The ideal person for this role is somebody who has a background in communications and Tanzania media contacts. With a requirement to undertake stakeholder and marketing material s audits, in order to make recommendations that can be developed into a communications plan for VSO Tanzania to communicate cost effectively to both its internal and external stakeholders .If you are passionate about using your communication and training skills to demonstrate the positive change VSO has made in Tanzania, and keen to travel the country, in order to visit the projects, you are the ideal candidate!
Skills, qualifications and experience
Qualifications:
Bachelor or Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Journalism and Public relations or a relevant discipline.
Essential:
• Two years of relevant experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Desk and qualitative research skills
• Understanding of multimedia communications
• Sound working knowledge of digital and social media
• Presentation and influencing skills in order to obtain buy-in of recommendations
Desirable:
• Understanding of the development sector and key stakeholder
• Experience of excel database build
• Design and publishing experience
Competencies and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge
Equal Opportunities
VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
Qualifications:
Bachelor or Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Journalism and Public relations or a relevant discipline.
Essential:
• Two years of relevant experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Desk and qualitative research skills
• Understanding of multimedia communications
• Sound working knowledge of digital and social media
• Presentation and influencing skills in order to obtain buy-in of recommendations
Desirable:
• Understanding of the development sector and key stakeholder
• Experience of excel database build
• Design and publishing experience
Competencies and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge
Equal Opportunities
VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
Allowance
As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local
communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel,
vaccinations, accommodation, and medical insurance costs, along with a
local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This
allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be
enough to send money home. You will also receive some financial support
to contribute to your on-going expenses at home.
Accommodation
VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.
Some background about VSO
Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a
UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017
alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and
from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives
of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our
programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with
an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability,
gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when
we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering
positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations,
from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders,
charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are
recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to
grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our
programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one
developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the
same; to build a world without poverty.
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.
