Namibia: Organisational Development Advisor

You will have at least 3 years' work experience in organisational development in NGOs or CBOs and proven experience in training/facilitation methodologies and direct training ability experience. You should have a degree or qualification in the area of Organisation and/or Management Development or in any other relevant discipline. You should have a working knowledge of the field of HIV & AIDS as a development and human rights issue and the ability to work and to analyse the work of small organisations and identify their training needs. Proven experience in and the ability to train people in Strategic Planning, Fundraising, and Monitoring & Evaluation is essential.

International Cooperation for Development

For over 30 years, CIIR/ICD has been placing workers in development projects and has on average around 100 skilled professionals working in Latin America, the Caribbean, South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Organisational Development Advisor
Namibia Network of AIDS Service Organisations (NANASO)
Windhoek, Namibia
Two-Year Contract

NANASO is a national, Non-governmental Organisation that provides a networking service to its members to enable them to strengthen and maximise their potential to effectively address the HIV & AIDS epidemic. The Organisational Development Advisor's role will be to assist NANASO and/or its members. S/he will focus upon building skills in strategic planning, management, fundraising, monitoring and evaluation and to develop organisational and individual staff competencies to meet organisational aims.

You will have at least 3 years' work experience in organisational development in NGOs or CBOs and proven experience in training/facilitation methodologies and direct training ability experience. You should have degree or qualification in the area of Organisation and/or Management Development or in any other relevant discipline.

You should have a working knowledge of the field of HIV & AIDS as a development and human rights issue and the ability to work and to analyse the work of small organisations and identify their training needs. Proven experience in and the ability to train people in Strategic Planning, Fundraising, and Monitoring & Evaluation is essential.

You will have an understanding of the role NGOs and CBOs play in responding to HIV & AIDS and of the importance of good networking and information strategies.

The ability to plan and implement own work with limited support, good interpersonal and communication skills, an ability to communicate with a wide range of people, willingness and ability to work as part of a small team, and to share skills are essential.

Demonstrable commitment and empathy towards the aims and objectives of NANASO, a readiness to work with people with widely differing belief systems and personal circumstances and the willingness to undertake road travel in Namibia are also essential.

We offer a comprehensive remuneration and benefits package.

Only completed ICD applications will be considered. Please do not send CVs.

For further information, job description and an application form visit our website at
http://www.ciir.org/ciir.asp?section=jobs or email [email][email protected] specifying the title of the post. Alternatively phone 0044 (0)20 7354 0883.

Closing date: 9th February 2004 Interviews: end of February / early March 2004

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